Weihrauch-hw97k-blue-laminate-stock

[dh1633pm]

Been at the house almost continuously for two weeks. Bored, so Sighted In a New Air Rifle. Windy and wet today and high forties. I am bored. So what to do, get out the Air Rifle that I purchased last fall and get the thing sighted in. This is what I am working with. Exactly like the below review.

https://www.gunmart.net/gun-reviews/airguns/air-rifles/weihrauch-hw97k-blue-laminate-stock

First ever Air Gun other than bb guns when I was a child. Put a Bushnell 3x9 that was laying around on top. Seemed to work ok. Set a target on one side of the yard and shot using two chairs from the other side. One chair backwards as a rest and the other to sit. Worked ok, but the wind is fierce today. I could get a 50 yard setup in the back yard and will as soon as it gets a little warmer. Trigger wasn't too bad, it is two stage. Wanted to practice a bit until I can get out to shoot. Anybody have one of these? I got the springer because I didn't want to invest in air until I had a chance to see how it goes.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

Congrats! Excellent rifle. Couple of mods out there to make it a little quieter and shot a bit less "springy" if you are interested in doing those. However, it is excellent out of the box. Really a pleasure to shoot.

 

[dh1633pm]

I saw some tuning kits out there. For now, until better educated, tuning might be more than I need. Thanks for the input. My hope was to be able to practice more.

 

[Kookla]

Always liked the look of those blue 97k's. Have you adjusted the trigger yet? The rekord trigger is considered world class. 50 yards is a long distance for a spring gun.

 

[JohnKSa]

Shoot it awhile before you decide to do anything to it. That's a very nice gun just as it is.

 

[dh1633pm]

If 50 is a long way, what would the suggested distance be? It doesn't have to be 50. It just that it could be 50. And thanks for the comments. I haven't touched the trigger yet. And to be honest, blue is the reason I purchased it, well that and a lot of good reviews.

 

[Ernie Bass]

Vortek makes IMO the best tune kits out there. He really has some talent.

http://vortekproducts.com/ourstore/airgun_springs

 

[Kookla]

@dh1633pm I'm by no means an airgun expert, so keep that in mind. Shooting accurately at 50 yards can be done with a spring piston air rifle, but you'll have to be consistent with your technique.

I'd probably shoot at 25-35 yards, but that's just me.

HW makes very high quality air rifles. Have read so many great things about the hw97k, look forward to reading your experiences with it.

And the blue stock looks sharp! Also, I agree with John above, shoot it for a while before you do anything.

 

[dh1633pm]

Thanks. I will consider 25 to 35 yards optimal.

 

[Ernie Bass]

Congrats on your new Weihrauch. Not to be confused with their firearms. They are top of the line Air Rifles. For sure NOT your off the shelf big box rifle. Spring Air Rifles have a huge following. I highly suggest you become a member of a Air gun forum if you want to learn more. There is a wealth of information about them out there. WARNING! This sport is very addictive. I have been involved with Air Rifles for years. You will be shooting all kinds of different pellets, most likely if not all ready buy a Chrony. (I have three). They have Bench Rest Shooting Competition, Field Comp. etc. The Spring Air Rifle is a beautiful creature. You could NOT have picked a better time with the ammo shortage and ranges being closed. You can many different places. I have a nice back yard set up.
Find a good forum. Learn what pellet your gun likes best. Here is a start. You will see about 85 different pellets. Buy a sampler. Learn how to take care of the rifle. You are going to love shooting them. Again very addictive. I started off with a cheap Walmart Chinese made gun and just kept moving up in quality. You have started off with a very Fine Rifle.
Here is a great forum. You will see a thread devoted to German/English Spring Powered
https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?board=120.0

http://www.straightshooters.com/

By the way, here is a great video of the quality of he Weihrauch. (I own a number of them)

 

[DocRock]

Great rifle. Fixed barrel is genius and addresses the biggest issues for springers. Congrats and enjoy!

 

[dh1633pm]

Updates - Locked in the house for over a month now. Getting warmer outside. Found some copper pellets that the rifle seems to like a lot. Sighted it in at the shorter distance. Made a target stand that will connect to the chain link fence. I have a walk out basement. It has a sliding glass door that opens to a concrete pad. On the top floor there is a deck above the concrete pad. I shoot from this pad. The plywood target stand makes a big whop noise but stops the pellets, but scares our oldest Lab. He's a chicken little. So I will have to rethink that. I can hit any of the poles for the chain link fence at will standing. I am getting more used to it. Not warm enough for daily shooting yet. Supposed to rain four of the next five days. Heck we got snow last week on different days. Spotted an evil red squirrel in the back yard. I will take him out shortly. On the other side there are about four grays. They finally found my squirrel feeder and enjoy themselves.

The rifle isn't too hard to cock. The trigger works for me as is. The scope isn't the most expensive, but its holding up nicely. Might want to add a pistol to the collection. I keep it by the back sliding door next to the beer fridge with the pellet can open on top of the fridge. Sometimes I walk the basement, load up round, open the slider, and ping one of the poles. Thanks for everyone comments. Ernie Bass thanks. DocRock, was in your neck of the woods twice last year and once this. Was there last when the president came to visit in Feb.

 

[cslinger]

Trigger wasn't too bad, it is two stage.

Damn dude what is your definition of a GOOD trigger. The Reckord trigger is good out of the box and can be adjusted to just shy of insane.

The rifle you have is SPECTACULAR. Shooting springers is hard. You cannot use firearm techniques with them. You have to sort hold them loosely. The basic reason is spring guns recoil like a sonofabitch and they do so backwards, forwards, side to side etc. You CANNOT control the recoil, what you basically have to do is find the hold that lets them recoil sort the same natural way every time follow through is super important with an spring gun.

50 yards with that rifle is more than doable but again, spring guns are hard task masters and require technique. You also need to understand that you are only pushing like 8 grains of lead. Think about what the wind will do to a .40 grain .22lr. It will throw around an 8 grain pellet. You kinda need to learn to read the wind.

Rest assured that even if you are frustrated its not the gun and with time and practice and the right technique you will find it a VERY enjoyable and challenging pastime. I would suggest you start off at close ranges 50 feet....20 yards.....25 yards. Let go of what you know about RIFLE shooting and learn the airgun, she is a different beast.

Also like any good rifle you need to both feed it quality ammo and learn what it shoots best. My go to is H&N Field Target Trophy as a good general purpose pellet. Sample the other good stuff from there. Crosman Premier is good stuff too in general and can generally be found locally.

Take care and shoot safe. My .177 Blue Lammy is a literal tack driver. I am sure yours is too.

Chris

 

[cslinger]

I don’t get to run my airguns at distance very often but these are a couple 18-20 yard groups with my Blue Laminate .177. I have a Thumbhole 97 that will do this too and do it easier. Obviously these are off a rest. If they were off hand my groups would open up a weeeeee bit, have you ever shot birdshot at 40 yards??

At any rate mechanically your gun will shoot. IIRC these were either H&N FTT or JSB Diablos.