Caravan Monster 323 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Anyone own one of these? I' m thinking about upgrading from my S410. My local gunshop has offered me £400 part ex. for my several years old and slightly tatty S410 with a Hawke 6.5 - 20 on against the new Wiehrauch at £625, which I could put my Simmons 1.5- 5 Whitetail Classic on, which is the only scope I use anyway. The S410 is an excellent gun, but I would like a rifle with a safety. Would I need a different connector on my stirrup pump? Any advice much appreciated. Quote Link to post
spike 0 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Never shot one but hear very good things about them. £400 doesn't seem too bad for an old tatty 410, but you may get a little more sold privately, hard to say without seeing it, though he won't be offering £400 out of the goodness of his heart Quote Link to post
Deker 3,478 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) For the sake of a safety (I didn't even know they didn't have one) I would not bother. The HW100 is a fine gun but it weighs a ton, you may like that but I don't, build is typically german overengineered, yes you can chuck it about but who does anyway and I don't see it performing any better than your 410. Unless there is more to this story I would stick with what you have. With regard to the pump...bin it and spend the money you would have spent on the gun buying a bottle. No idea if the connections are the same but you should get an adaptor with the gun anyway! Edited December 6, 2007 by Deker Quote Link to post
Caravan Monster 323 Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Its daft, but various military folk did such a good job of instilling safety drill when I was a youngster, competition shooting and in the army cadets, that fifteen plus years later, it' s still really unsettling to not have a safety. Not very logical I know, just the way it is. I know what you mean about stirrup pumps Deker, but round here, even at the beginning of the season and out of the 4x4, I' m doing well to get twenty shots in a night, so its not too bad to keep the 410 topped up. Quote Link to post
spike 0 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 (edited) There's one on the BBS for a fair price edit for link Edited December 7, 2007 by spike Quote Link to post
Caravan Monster 323 Posted December 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 There's one on the BBS for a fair price edit for link Thanks for that Spike. I bought the HW100K from my local shop in the end. Just finished fixing the sling studs to the fine walnut stock thankfully didn' t damage it in the process. It can' t outperform my old S410 because I reckon that was good as 100% on accuracy, but the HW100 feels user friendly and I like the side lever cocking, which is very light and surprisingly quiet. Just need some calm weather so I can zero the scope and get out and use it. The Weihrauch looks and feels better put together than the AA did, which I think I sold at the right time. Is there an idiot' s guide to posting photos on THL? - using photobucket didn' t work. Quote Link to post
fergie 0 Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 There's one on the BBS for a fair price edit for link Thanks for that Spike. I bought the HW100K from my local shop in the end. Just finished fixing the sling studs to the fine walnut stock thankfully didn' t damage it in the process. It can' t outperform my old S410 because I reckon that was good as 100% on accuracy, but the HW100 feels user friendly and I like the side lever cocking, which is very light and surprisingly quiet. Just need some calm weather so I can zero the scope and get out and use it. The Weihrauch looks and feels better put together than the AA did, which I think I sold at the right time. Is there an idiot' s guide to posting photos on THL? - using photobucket didn' t work. I have one and i think its superb the magazine system has to be the best one out there, mine is pellet on pellet the weight is a bit high but i dont find that a problem. You also can only cock it once therfore it is not possibe to put 2 pellets in through it at the same time people have said that they have had power issues i.e it going over the 12ftlb but i have not had any trouble The cocking is so smooth compered to alot of other rifles out ther in the same price range. Quote Link to post
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