d2wing
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I bought 3 Hatsan air rifles and they all came this week. an Alpha for my grandson, An Airtract because it was a great deal, refurbished for $50, and a Hatsan 95 also refurbished because I wanted a .22.
The Alpha turned out to be harder to cock than I expected. accuracy was so-so. It might be a little much for the grandson.
The Airtract was a pleasant surprise light, not bad to cock, reasonably accurate and decent power.
The 95 was as expected much harder to cock. It was in 22, the others were .177. It needed a little break in to ease the cocking effort. It seemed pretty powerful but surprisingly recoil wasn't bad at all. It has a recoil reducing system. Accuracy was pretty good but just using open sights at close range.
At first I used Crosman Piranhas in the .177's. I had to check twice to make sure they weren't .22 cal. I had to drive them in to shoot them. I thought the guns were defective but then i found some old .177 pellets and they slide right in. I checked reviews and the Crosman Piranhas run oversize and don't fit many air rifles.
I shot them in my garage using a heavy duty bullet trap. The 95 was pretty loud. None of them recoiled badly and the triggers were good. None came with scopes and my eyes are not great. so not much in the way of accuracy report. Maybe with break-in and scopes they will be great.
I am looking forward to trying out my HW30S when it gets here.
The Alpha turned out to be harder to cock than I expected. accuracy was so-so. It might be a little much for the grandson.
The Airtract was a pleasant surprise light, not bad to cock, reasonably accurate and decent power.
The 95 was as expected much harder to cock. It was in 22, the others were .177. It needed a little break in to ease the cocking effort. It seemed pretty powerful but surprisingly recoil wasn't bad at all. It has a recoil reducing system. Accuracy was pretty good but just using open sights at close range.
At first I used Crosman Piranhas in the .177's. I had to check twice to make sure they weren't .22 cal. I had to drive them in to shoot them. I thought the guns were defective but then i found some old .177 pellets and they slide right in. I checked reviews and the Crosman Piranhas run oversize and don't fit many air rifles.
I shot them in my garage using a heavy duty bullet trap. The 95 was pretty loud. None of them recoiled badly and the triggers were good. None came with scopes and my eyes are not great. so not much in the way of accuracy report. Maybe with break-in and scopes they will be great.
I am looking forward to trying out my HW30S when it gets here.