Hw57

[shaaark 10,877]

Hi lads, as above, one of the more regular posters on here mentioned the Hw57 a while back. Was wondering about one of these myself, just for wandering around a few woods, and some close to medium range shooting,  about 7 to 30ish yards. 

Without getting into the calibre debate, are they as good as each other to shoot, due to the extra weight of the cocking lever?

[si brown 8,486]

57’s are light compared to most undrlevers, only thing is if your shooting into trees you’ve got to have the rifle level or the pellets fall out. 

[Jonjon79 13,358]

For that sort of work, I'd be looking for a break barrel in .22.

[mark williams 7,558]

At 30 yards plus is where the .22 trajectory starts to show, either caliber up to 30 yards easily .

                 A nice HW 95 lexus comes to my mind in either caliber for what you have described Shaaark.

 

                                       atb  Mark.

[shaaark 10,877]

Thanks for the replies lads .

Si brown, you've lost me there, wouldn't the pellet be secure once the pellet/breach loader is pushed back in securely?

[bigmac 97kt 13,805]

1 hour ago, shaaark said:

Thanks for the replies lads .

Si brown, you've lost me there, wouldn't the pellet be secure once the pellet/breach loader is pushed back in securely?

Yes it would if it stays in the breech loader

the trouble with them is loading the pellet

if the rifle is pointing down or up the pellet tends to fall out or through the loader

the rifle has to be kept level to load the pellet

and most times you dont know its fallen out .

hope this helps

cracking little under leaver rifles mind but as si says there a light rifle

atvbjimmy

[shaaark 10,877]

48 minutes ago, bigmac 97kt said:

Yes it would if it stays in the breech loader

the trouble with them is loading the pellet

if the rifle is pointing down or up the pellet tends to fall out or through the loader

the rifle has to be kept level to load the pellet

and most times you dont know its fallen out .

hope this helps

cracking little under leaver rifles mind but as si says there a light rifle

atvbjimmy

Ah right, get it now. Yeah I fancy a light rifle for walking through the woods, and prefer underlevers, so was thinking of the 57. Never shot one though

[j j m 6,552]

Lost many a pellet with my 57

[bigmac 97kt 13,805]

3 hours ago, shaaark said:

Ah right, get it now. Yeah I fancy a light rifle for walking through the woods, and prefer underlevers, so was thinking of the 57. Never shot one though

There a nice rifle to shoot once its been fettled mind

just make sure the pellet is in the loading port before you

push it back down into place .

iv just sold one to a good friend of mine off here

you have to keep an eye on the little plastic nobble that the action sits on in the stock 

if it wheres down the under leaver action becomes sloppy when cocking

but its an easy fix .

atvbjimmy

[shaaark 10,877]

Thanks for the replies lads. I''ll have a bit of a rethink

[si brown 8,486]

if your after a light weight cart about rifle you can do a lot worse than hw99

there a mint rifle for the money, accurate and pice of piss to work on/tune although they dont always need anything doing and only £200 new. 

 

[shaaark 10,877]

16 hours ago, si brown said:

if your after a light weight cart about rifle you can do a lot worse than hw99

there a mint rifle for the money, accurate and pice of piss to work on/tune although they dont always need anything doing and only £200 new. 

 

Yeah that's another that I also had in mind

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

99s is a good gun for the money, lightweight and nice to shoot in .22