I have a couple of Hatsan springers in .25 both are legal limit i use four weights of pellet in them 19 20 26 and 33 all rounded to the nearest decimal point,"and yes i do incorporate the acctual weights when working out ftlbs".
The highest figures i have ever recorded with any of the .25 hatsans are 11.7ftlbs its imo hotish but very consistant and simply will not go above that figure so i leave it alone. i chrono most of the shots i take to watch for errors in fps and if they match any unexplained flyers, and i must say the .25s seem to be very efficient to me the genuine downrange retained energy blows anything else out the water its just not a moot point i am afraid.
The cocking effort is noticably soft, and the shot cycle is again lovely no other way to discribe it,
The Hatsans are let down by plastic a varying size of plastic lump or mod cocking aid thing horrible things they insist on putting on their guns, the plastic trigger guards and even plastic trigger blades on the airtacts really cheapen the rifles, and the Later PD and ED airtacts have plastic shrouded barrels which work fine but not to my personal tastes really.
These Hatsans are not a lot of money any of them, and as much as i would like a TX200 a HW97 or an hw80 i doubt i will ever find a used one and shelling out on a new one for me who already has two .25s that work fantsatic its just not practical for me fiscaly or otherwise.
The cometa fusion400 usc .25, yes looks good watched a BD review on youtube seems the ticket, but its not cheap , and me if i was spending that much i would rather shell out the extra on a plastic pig hw97kt in .25 i know hw underleavers have them and at their price point they are Incredible value.
No for me i have two Hatsans my lad 30 miles away has two more Hatsan .25s and we have £515 in all four of them brought brand new.
I must add this other than the plastic tackiness discribed above and elsewhere the Hatsans are good they are built to a price but not unpleasant with it the blacking is comercial the wood is finished comercaly but woods good its not auful at all.
I do not know of any other available .25s springers, and i will be keeping my Hatsans they are mostly rat guns and as much as i would like a HW97 .25 its not going to hapen you have to be realistic these Hatsans are not failing me anywhere on any front.
If they were i would bail out bite the bullet and have me a HW.25. but i simply have no decernable need.
