Hw50
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It's a really nice gun, very compact, solidly built with the record trigger which is great. Personally I would buy a non-PAL version in .22 as they are not all that powerful. My brother has a PAL rated HW50 in .22 and with standard weight pellets is not even doing 500 fps and the gun is in good shape so its probably not a seal issue. I had one in .177 and I don't think it was doing 650fps with a regular pellet.
If you want power go with the HW80, 85 or even the 90. The 50 is a fantastic gun just not that powerful.
If you want power go with the HW80, 85 or even the 90. The 50 is a fantastic gun just not that powerful.
I had an HW50 in .177 with a full maccari tune kit that did 850 fps with standard pellets.
Do a search for James Maccari it will pop up.
To me it was the best if could find as a high power air rifle, very light, 14" barrel transfers the weight back to the stock, very compact. The handling characteristics are much closer to a rimfire. versus the awkward forward weight often found with springers with 18"+ barrels. Yeah another plus for the record trigger! It produced enough power that i was able to mount a small 4x scope and not have to adjust it from 25-40 yrds
Accuracy it was like a freaking lazer beam.
As for the low points, there is a link in the cocking arm to shorten the stroke lenght so you get a much fuller forestock which makes for a much heavier pull than a rifle in a simmilar class.
Unfortuantly i swapped it for a killer deal, finding that i want to relpace it i bought one in .22 PAL version and it appears to be shooting under 500fps, By the way im ScottC's brother
IanC
Do a search for James Maccari it will pop up.
To me it was the best if could find as a high power air rifle, very light, 14" barrel transfers the weight back to the stock, very compact. The handling characteristics are much closer to a rimfire. versus the awkward forward weight often found with springers with 18"+ barrels. Yeah another plus for the record trigger! It produced enough power that i was able to mount a small 4x scope and not have to adjust it from 25-40 yrds
Accuracy it was like a freaking lazer beam.
As for the low points, there is a link in the cocking arm to shorten the stroke lenght so you get a much fuller forestock which makes for a much heavier pull than a rifle in a simmilar class.
Unfortuantly i swapped it for a killer deal, finding that i want to relpace it i bought one in .22 PAL version and it appears to be shooting under 500fps, By the way im ScottC's brother
IanC
