Thursday, July 09, 2009
HW97 #1
I bought my first adult airgun back in the late summer of 1994. It was an HW97 and it was one of the first ones sold in Florida. I bought it from Bob Koshler who lived at that time in the Tampa area. I was looking for a used FWB124 since my dad had one and I really liked it. Bob talked me into the HW97 and I haven't regretted buying it. I shot my first Field Target match later that year with that rifle and shot it exclusively for a number of years. Over the course of the first few years I shot thousands upon thousands of pellets through that rifle.
In recennt years #1 has set in the gun cabinet while I played with my other toys. I recently got it back out to shoot again and it shot wonderfully. The original HW97s were design for 12 ft lbs and I found that over time mine usually settled in around 11 ft lbs. After setting for a number of years it was only shooting around 760 fps or about 10 ft lbs. This is a bit low for field target but it sure shoot sweet at that power. It is so smooth and accurate at the lower power.
I had shot a lot of match in the olden days at 10-11 ft lbs and did quite well with it. I decided to take it out to a local FT match and ended up taking top piston honors. #1 is still a smooth shooting machine and I still enjoy shooting it. Over the years I have had #1 tuned for higher power but it just seems to like shooting in the 10-11 ft lbs range and I enjoy shooting it in that range. Trying to get the extra power just made the shooting cycle a bit harsher so I am going to leave it at the lower power and enjoy it.
#1 is now an old boy at 15 years old but it is still shooting like a champ.
In recennt years #1 has set in the gun cabinet while I played with my other toys. I recently got it back out to shoot again and it shot wonderfully. The original HW97s were design for 12 ft lbs and I found that over time mine usually settled in around 11 ft lbs. After setting for a number of years it was only shooting around 760 fps or about 10 ft lbs. This is a bit low for field target but it sure shoot sweet at that power. It is so smooth and accurate at the lower power.
I had shot a lot of match in the olden days at 10-11 ft lbs and did quite well with it. I decided to take it out to a local FT match and ended up taking top piston honors. #1 is still a smooth shooting machine and I still enjoy shooting it. Over the years I have had #1 tuned for higher power but it just seems to like shooting in the 10-11 ft lbs range and I enjoy shooting it in that range. Trying to get the extra power just made the shooting cycle a bit harsher so I am going to leave it at the lower power and enjoy it.
#1 is now an old boy at 15 years old but it is still shooting like a champ.
