So a while back I decided to get a repeating PCP air rifle. I looked around and watched youtube vids and was conflicted between the FX Dreamline and Weihrauch HW100 TL or S.
Eventually I settled on the FX Dreamline and was initially impressed, but the romance did not last long. I learned about the cheap multi tube barrel crap they put on the rifle and how it might shoot a good group once in a while that youtubers use to exaggerate the accuracy of the rifle... The cheap fake barrel suffers from thermal expansion and un-anticipated POI shifts then negate any sustained accuracy expectations.
That lead me to the Weihrauch HW100 S. I've had it for a while now and it will be the last rifle I ever sell when I am on my death bed.
The Weihrauch HW100 S has a solid steel barrel and holds a zero without question. I can empty the 14 shot mag into a target and the hole is not large enough for a pellet to fall through.
So, a buddy decides to get one. He liked mine and also thought its the perfect PCP air rifle for his needs. The model he got had a plastic stock, not the wood stock originally on mine.
Well when it arrived, guess what.... Same crappy bunch of tubes fake barrel like the FX Dreamline had. This lead to an investigation of the nomenclature on the various dealer web sites as well as Weihrauch and there is no clear reference to the distinction of different barrels on different models.
It turns out the HW100 TL or S designation is for target model which means a real solid steel barrel.
So my buddy is returning the one he received and is replacing it with the HW100 TL model, which we know he will be happy with.
If you are in the market for such an air rifle, be careful to know the difference and that you get what you actually want. The dealer required more arm twisting to clarify the difference than should be needed for a $1500 air rifle.
The FSB Designation apparently is the cheap light weight bunch of tubes fake barrel. If you place light weight ahead of accuracy you might like the FSB.
Eventually I settled on the FX Dreamline and was initially impressed, but the romance did not last long. I learned about the cheap multi tube barrel crap they put on the rifle and how it might shoot a good group once in a while that youtubers use to exaggerate the accuracy of the rifle... The cheap fake barrel suffers from thermal expansion and un-anticipated POI shifts then negate any sustained accuracy expectations.
That lead me to the Weihrauch HW100 S. I've had it for a while now and it will be the last rifle I ever sell when I am on my death bed.
The Weihrauch HW100 S has a solid steel barrel and holds a zero without question. I can empty the 14 shot mag into a target and the hole is not large enough for a pellet to fall through.
So, a buddy decides to get one. He liked mine and also thought its the perfect PCP air rifle for his needs. The model he got had a plastic stock, not the wood stock originally on mine.
Well when it arrived, guess what.... Same crappy bunch of tubes fake barrel like the FX Dreamline had. This lead to an investigation of the nomenclature on the various dealer web sites as well as Weihrauch and there is no clear reference to the distinction of different barrels on different models.
It turns out the HW100 TL or S designation is for target model which means a real solid steel barrel.
So my buddy is returning the one he received and is replacing it with the HW100 TL model, which we know he will be happy with.
If you are in the market for such an air rifle, be careful to know the difference and that you get what you actually want. The dealer required more arm twisting to clarify the difference than should be needed for a $1500 air rifle.
The FSB Designation apparently is the cheap light weight bunch of tubes fake barrel. If you place light weight ahead of accuracy you might like the FSB.
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