Thread: Airgun Interest

Weihrauch make quite a range of air rifles but the HW95 is the biggest break barrel springer at present.
At the top end, they have the 85 and 95. 85 have a 500mm barrel vs 410mm for the 95 and the 85 weighs 100g more. But the nominal velocity for 22 cal pellets is the same (230m/s).
Models ending in X7, the 77 and 97, are underlever spring guns and look similar to the Air Arms TX200. K stands for Kurz (short) and is equivalent to the Air Arms Hunter Carbine.
I'd been advised this model was better suited to .177 but I wanted 22 for killing power on rabbits and possums.
It's a well aired debate whether 177 is big enough for fur. Furrther comments invited ...

Just having some fun today in the back yard:


Shooting at the head, I did 5 pellets sitting. This is recommended as the best position for checking zero and for accurate shooting.
The lowest shot and possibly the one next to it are the sort where you shoot them in the head and they fall over but then get up and run away before you can recover them. Had it happen a few times. 20m is a long way with an airgun if you're only an average shot like me.

Then there are 10 shots standing (I neeed even more practice there) and as you can see they would all be the proverbial "Dead Deer" with a chest shot but likely not if I was trying to head shoot a deer at 20m. Know your limits. Rabbit-wise, there would be 7 OK placements, two wounded and one fluke shot in the neck. Seven times out of 10, I would feel like a great marksman and twice I'd feel like a dork. My experience is that an airgun slug pencils through and doesn't cause widespread internal damage like the powder burner 22LR so bleeding is slow after a lung-only shot and a head shot is really needed, to recover an animal for meat.

Looks like its sitting and shoot at the chest for me past 20m but, at present, better to stalk closer and go for head shots.