hw80

[aka_t50 3]

hi guys anyone give me some info i just bought a hw80 it not in best condition would say 7/10 anyone got any idea on the value as it stands would it be worth spending money to get it right thanks guys

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

if you plan on keeping it and using it for hunting or hft .. yes it would be worth spending money on,

 

one of the top spring piston air rifles. some would say legendary even! .. along with the hw77

[gurtwurz 792]

Less than £200 mate, and yeah, probably well worth doing up. Arguably the best break barrel ever, alongside it's stable mates the hw35,95,90 and 98. I've had a couple of roughly 20 year old models, the first one should never have been sold on and you'll have to prise my current one out of my cold dead fingers. They tune up really well, very accurate work horse rifles that genuinely will stay with you for your entire shooting life if looked after with minimum maintenance (and believe me, mine gets minimum maintenance and maximum use lol)

 

Hope this helps, cheers, wurz

[j j m 6,564]

ive had about 8 80s the early ones i like best great hunting guns

[aka_t50 3]

well i only paid £30 for it ive started cleaning it up and it looks ok the lad i had it of had raped it in cammo tape need to get some new stock screws as the abit chewd up but the internals look like new will let u all now how i get on

[pianoman 3,587]

We'd need a photo or two to assess a proper value aka-t50. But at your 7/10 estimate on condition, I'd say somewhere around bobbins for a fully shootable, functional if rust-pitted metals and battered, tatty stock. To £150 for an eminently restorable, surface-rusty rifle and tatty stock but with everything working and shooting accurately. If this is the first HW80 you've had, they are superbly tough and well made on the inside so, even the most abused can be brought back to shoot with superb accuracy. I love these German break barrels passionately!

 

Does my bloody head in to see such fine rifles as Weihrauch and Air Arms left in a rusted-to-buggery, unlooked-after and bashed-up condition. Some people don't deserve them and some should never be allowed to so much as look at em ! :cray:

 

Edited to add.

For £30 you have a real gem under that muck and abuse. Spend decent money restoring it and you'll not be sorry!

Edited November 20, 2012 by pianoman

[Lewis Ste 245]

I picked up my hw97k for 145 it was in pretty bad condition stock was chipped and bluing pitted quite bad they must of left it in the bag wet. But it has a venom buttoned piston and I knew I could redo the stock and get rid of some of the pitting I knew it was never going to be a show winner but its a good hunting rifle so I'm not tht bothered to be honest

[Lewis Ste 245]

I picked up my hw97k for 145 it was in pretty bad condition stock was chipped and bluing pitted quite bad they must of left it in the bag wet. But it has a venom buttoned piston and I knew I could redo the stock and get rid of some of the pitting I knew it was never going to be a show winner but its a good hunting rifle so I'm not tht bothered to be honest

[andyfr1968 772]

A bit of rust on the outside and the odd knock here and there won't affect the way it shoots if all else is well. For what you've paid it's more than well worth spending a few quid on to bring it back up to speck.

[Grayling 56]

The HW80 has to be one of the best spring powered hunting rifles ever made, so it would have to be extremely ''ROUGH'' to not repay some home tuning and TLC.