Weihrauch HW 95
I bought one of these rifles after much searching and reading on internet forums. I wanted a rifle that was a good solid shooting machine, accurate, but not too heavy to tote around in the hardwoods come squirrel season. This rifle fit the bill! It is the same rifle as the Beeman R-9, though the Beeman is a little less fancy. It’s heavy for a squirrel rifle at 9-1/4 pouds but no worse than my .54 Renegade or my scoped 870. It handles really well, well balanced, no sense of being awkward or muzzle heavy. It shoulders easily and point well, two traits that are endearing to me as a hunter. It is nicely checkered at the wrist and forend, has an ambidextrous cheekpiece and a plain rubber buttpad. Simple, but a well executed design.
Since my primary use for it was hunting small game, I mounted a scope, a Hawke Vantage 3-9x IR AO. This scope was recommended in an article published by Airgun Depot:
https://www.airgundepot.com/vault/ar...he-rws-34-177/
The author stated that the IR series (illuminated reticle) uses an etched glass reticle that has been shown to be more durable and insensitive to the recoil pulse of powerful springer airguns than the more common wire reticles. The author also suggested that a drooper base should be installed at the outset in the event that, down the road, the gun should develop barrel droop. This was the first airgun I had purchased in over 50 years so I took him at his word.
I will say, the optics are beautiful, absolute crystal clear with a well-defined Mil-Dot crosshair. The illumination control is on the left side of the scope tube, five brightness settings each, red or green. Zeroing couldn’t have been simpler. Because the drooper rail has 10” of elevation built in I knew my first shots would be high. I zeroed the sights on my clubs indoor 50' range using the NRA A-32 Light Rifle Target. Once zeroed, I shot the target below. The white aiming dot measures 0.200". Once I become more familiar with it, I’m sure this rifle will put them all in one tiny hole. That’s 5 shots in the upper right bull, fired from benchrest using H&N 14.66 gr. Field Target Trophy pellets, 5.55mm diameter. The left hand bull was shot from the offhand position. This rifle's gonna’ be a LOT of fun!
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