Weihrauch HW50S Breakbarrel Rifle

This is a precise engineered masterpiece. Everything on the rifle oozes perfection. The bluing is deep and beautiful, the wood is finished nicely, and the gun will put pellets through the same hole. I shot 8 different pellets through the rifle ranging from cheap Crosman to expensive JSB and all of them shot incredible.

I wouldn't change a thing, but I would like if the gun was offered as an option in a walnut stock.

If you have never owned a Weihrauch then you are missing out. Yes they are expensive but once you own one you will know the price is justified. There is nothing you really need to do other than clean the barrel and check the screws before shooting. You may smell a little oil and the gun may be a little loud for the first several shots and that is normal. Once you start shooting you will see how crazy accurate this gun is. The more you shoot it the better the gun will get. The spring will settle in and the shot cycle will get smoother and smoother. Also you will continue to be amazed as the accuracy will also improve. People buy two or three Gamo rifles that wear out and shoot with a rough twangy cycle when instead they should just buy one good rifle. The Weihrauch will outlast you and it will be handed down to your kids. They are called heirloom rifles for a reason.

quality fit and finish

perfect as is

this is the one you are looking for , buy it

beautiful rifle, superb fit and finish

fiber optic sight option would be nice for hunting, the sights are more for target shooting

put a bugbuster on it and have fun

Overall quality and accuracy.

The stock is really not for a scope shooter. It drops too much. Probably ok for iron sights.

Great medium weight/power springer for all-around use.

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Excellent quality. Nice looking. Typical Weirauch craftsmanship.

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Great rifle for a senior shooter.

Easy loading and accurate. I put a scope on mine. 4 th shot bullseye. Beautiful looking gun! Feels great when it’s shouldered. I would definitely recommend this gun !

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Package arrived in perfect condition. Gun was well protected.

The fit is quite nice! It's clearly machined better than lower-end, cheaper manufacturers. The weight is perfect and reminds me of your grandpa's little single shot .22; light enough to be comfortable, but not too light that it'd difficult to keep on target. The trigger is very good, although I wouldn't say it's excellent. There is no clean 2nd stage wall. Just a little slop in it, but certainly a huge improvement over most airgun triggers. The stock is beautiful, too! As for accuracy, Barracuda Match in 5.52 head size seem to perform best. Minus a flyer here and there, I had a number of groups at 40 yards just a hair over 1/4".

Blueing is bordering on amateur. I've seen better blueing on hundred-year-old milsurp rifles. The one I received should have been marked as a blem, and it's shocking to think Weihrauch would have allowed this one to leave their factory. Not impressed in the slightest with the finish. Cocking effort is excessive for such a low-powered .177 springer as well. I have "magnum" springers that are significantly easier to cock that won't wear you out after an hour. It's a matter of leverage I'm sure, so there isn't much that could be done if the goal is to keep the rifle short and handy.

Assuming you don't get a blemished rifle and you're skipping arm day at the gym, this is a nice rifle. But at its current price ($420), I wouldn't recommend it. I would have been fine spending $300 on it with the lousy blueing, but I definitely pulled the short straw for a high price.
If you do find one on sale, grab one. $325 would be fair. And if you don't have a way to run a few patches through the bore, grab a pull-through bore cleaner too. The barrel of mine was horrendous and it would not group without a few dozen patches through it first.

Shot tiny groups right out of the box! Beautiful trigger, beautiful workmanship, nice iron sights with several different front sight posts included, powerful. I have been a firearm shooter most of my life, and I have high accuracy standards for any gun--including an air rifle. This excellent rifle easily meets those standards.

The automatically engaged safety is a pain in the neck. It clicks onto safe as soon as the piston is cocked. To my German friends I say, "Don't be so German and crazy about engineering!" Let me decide when I want the safety on.

It is a true air rifle and no BB gun. According to the Weihrauch manual it requires air rifle smithing (professional) after x amount of rounds. The air piston washer eventually wears out, even with proper user-level maintenance. N.B.: Expect to smell hot lubricant and hear a noisy gun for the first twenty bullets or so. The rifle is breaking in, and this is normal.

The hw 50s is a really wonderful air rifle! The quality is amazing. It is beautiful to look at and handle. It has pinpoint accuracy and I love it's weight.

I have changed the spring to an original hw30 spring and changed the piston seal to a vortek piston seal which has a guide bushing on the rear . This tamed the rough recoil and made it a more accurate gun with much easier cocking. It's the gun that I have always wanted to own and now I have it ! Perfecto !

The hw 50s has the size and weight that is perfect for hours of shooting . The trigger is absolutely perfect and makes this gun amazingly accurate. The hw 50s accuray and feel will make you laugh and giggle again like when you were a kid ! The quality of the hw 50s is amazing, it's absolutely perfect in every way .