Blast From The Past THE WEIHRAUCH HW100

Gary Chillingworth continues his look back in history as he revisits this iconic rifle from Air Arms

- ​​​​​​​Gary Chillingworth

The Weihrauch HW100 is one of the best rifles on the market today, and if I had to have just one gun in my cabinet for target shooting, hunting and plinking and I wasn’t allowed my TX200HC, it would probably be the HW100KT. So, the question you might want to ask is, ‘Why is the HW100 so good?’

Well, first of all, we have to look at longevity. Weihrauch has a reputation for building fantastic rifles and these rifles are often handed down through the generations. This German manufacturer prides itself on build quality and precision and the HW100 has this in spades. It also has some of the best blueing that I have seen on any rifle, and a properly blued barrel will prevent rust and keep the rifle looking like new for many years.

Then there is precision. The rifle is manufactured to a very high tolerance and this is why the HW100 out of the box is one of the most accurate rifles on the market today. The barrel is all match grade and the trigger is a joy to use because it is fully adjustable and has a lot of feel. The rifle is regulated, although Weihrauch choose to call it an ‘airmetering system’, but this system is still a set of Bellevue washer, pistons and ‘O’ rings that regulate the output of the rifle. With weighed pellets it is very easy to get a 8fps variance over 60-plus shots in .177.

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