Page 6 - Weihrauch HW50S Reviews

Nice combination of size and power. Shoots .22 Hobbies @ 650 fps. Mine likes CR Points quite well, gets 580 fps w/ these heavier pills. Extremely easy to shoot offhand with a mild firing cycle. Power very close to my C-1. No need to say more about the "Rekord" trigger... excellent!

Cocking effort seems high for a gun in this power-range. Harder cocking than my C-1 and Nitro (both harder-shooting guns). The listed "18 lbs" of cocking force is for the older, less potent design! This should be corrected in the product description. IMO, when HW shortened the barrel and beefed-up the guts, they should have redesigned for a solid, one-piece cocking lever. Would provide some mechanical advantage over the articulated design. Would also help eliminate initial galling as felt in the compression chamber during cocking. This seems to be improving as gun is broken-in.

Sling mounting appears problematic, without using a barrel-band. I would not feel comfortable screwing in a sling swivel into the forward part of the stock, as the wood gets pretty thin up there.

Feels a little 'chunky' compared to the C-1, even though weight of the '50S is less than a pound more.

Would like to see an option for a checkered stock.

A "pussycat" to shoot (once cocked). Very mild firing behavior, very accurate!

Going to keep this one in irons, maybe add a peep...

Excellent workmanship, beautiful bluing, very accurate and consistant. It has a wonderfuly solid, well balanced feel, making it very enjoyable to shoot and even just to hold in your hands. Decent power for such a light and well balanced plinker, averaging 770 fps with both Crosman Premier 7.9 gr and and JSB Express 7.9 gr pellets, with an extreme spread of only 10fps. It does about 660 with JSB 10.5 gr Exact heavies which in spite of being a bit heavy for a medium powered springer, it just loves. Able to hit a 2 inch spinner at 60 yards every time as long as I do my part. At 25 yards it is almost boringly easy to knock the caps off of empty 2 liter soda bottles.When I first purchased this gun, it had a slight twang in the firing cycle but after about 1000 rounds it has really smoothed out nicely to the point where it has a nice thunk with almost no vibration at all and has lost nothing in terms of velocity from day one. Cocking it is very smooth and easy as well. The rekord trigger is fabulous, nice light first stage take up followed by a very crisp second stage let off of around 20 or so ounces. The 50S has become my most used airgun, I pretty much shoot it every day, while my high powered PCP's sit in the case.

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The Leapers 3-9x40 Golden image scope with Leapers Acushot 1inch medium height rings are super on this gun, very nice combo and for cheap money.

The gun is compact, a little bigger than the HW30s. Still easy to shoulder, point and shoot. Bluing is the best out of all my guns. Almost mirror finish. Very well made, quality throughout. It has a nice matte finish on the beech stock. Nothing fancy. Has a slight monte carlo design, but is a fine ambidextrous gun. Also, comes with additional replaceable sight posts. I sold my RWS panther 34P for a smaller more manageable gun. This gun is a great all day plinker and very small game hunter. I am very happy with the switch.

Try and reduce the twang. It is not bad, but after shooting the HW30S (which has absolutely none), it is noticeable. I was willing to accept more buzzing so that I could have more power for small hunting applications.

This gun is more hold sensitive and twangy than the HW30S, but just as accurate with a little technique. Mine is shooting in the 770's with .177 jsb exacts and in the low 800's with the Crosman pointed pellets. The Crosman pointed pellet surprised me with its consistency over the chrono with very few fliers. A great economy pellet to use. I also found that RWS superpoints and superdomes worked well. Hobbies didn't shoot very well.
I mounted a leapers 6x bug buster and it works well. Just the right proportions.

Very nice solid feel to it, Well made german quality. Price Is Very reasonable!! Very accurate 5 shots covered by a dime at 25 yards is easy with this gun. Cocking is smooth and not heavy, and shoots smooth, no recoil. Nice stock, nice blueing. Very well made.

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Great gun, not a powerhouse magnum springer, but just right IMO. Im shooting cphp 7.9 grains at 769 fps. I removed the front and rear sights i mounted a bushnell 4-12x40 with leapers med one piece rings and the open sights were in the scope picture. they were easy to remove. Buy this gun you will love it!

Fast service from PA. Gun arrived in just two days after placing my order and in perfect condition. Gun was a tad heavier than its listed. Mine went right at 7 pounds. Much easier to cock than some have said. I'm a short disabled 48 year old and cocking is very easy. Gun is not very loud and very accurate. No spring twang with mine. Outstanding trigger right from the factory. I'm a trigger snob (jewel/50.18 Anschutz tiggers here) and the Record trigger is very impressive. Gun is not pellet fussy or hold sinsitive. Power seems plenty for birds and smaller game at moderate ranges. This gun is very fun to shoot and is sized just about like a average .22 powder rifle. Would make a great rifle to teach people how to shoot.

I would like to see this rifle come with sling swivels. I don't know why the Germans put swivels on everything else and not their air rifles. A checkered walnut stock option would be nice also. Like on the Air Arms TX200 for those that would like something special. The rifle's metal is high quality enough a fine walnut stock is deserved as a option.

I got this rifle after selling my old R7 years ago. The R7 had a large ball bearing that locks the barrel. Mine R7 would never hold zero with a scope. It wouldn't be off much but always just a 1/2 inch off at 25 yards from session to session. Low, high,left or right. This rifle has a wedge that has a much stronger lockup than my old R7. I've tested it for several days and it seems to be much much better at holding zero with a scope. In fact it holds perfect zero so far.