My HW30S .177 is the first thing I grab when headed outside, and a close second will be my HW35 stainless in .177 depending on task. My FX PCP's generally just sit around in gun racks and cabinets. Cheers from Texas!
I have mine for 3 weeks. It's everything everyone said it was. I love it. I'm thinking of the 95 for my garage rifle unless you and a few others convinced me otherwise. I need about 40-50 meters for that.
I grew up in South Africa , had the Gecado 25 in 177, never knew any different, just shot it , and shot it , occasional barrel pull through, singer sewing machine oil in and around trigger, and barrel hinge !! Because of that air gun, I have always loved break barrel springers, still do , still have a few, now that I'm almost 70 !!
Ive arrived late to the HW30s owners club, and didn't know what I was missing. With the usual 'Spit & Polish' fettle to debur the cylinder, spring and guide transplant using the correct lubes...they are stunning😉
Very accurate and easy to shoot accurately. Do you know you can get these as HW30K (shorter barrel with 1/2UNF)? HW30K TbTwith a small moderator is my favourite plinker.
Great little gun…. Mine suffered from the most severe case of galling from new. Had to take off a lot of material from the cocking arm and around the linkage. From the sound of it the fix is easier on the 99 where they’ve tried to do something about it…. Be interesting to see what you find with that one.
The Cometa 220 is much cheaper and bit more powerful, i think the barrel is as accurate as a HW but the trigger and overal finish is no match for the HW. If i could only keep two springers it would be a hw30 and a 97 😁
@@alistairmcclure1930 my hw30 had grease in it from when I bought it new. The piston seal was black through disabling, although there wasn't much grease in the cylinder. The spring was covered in grease so I think it must have travelled from the cocking slot. People do put piston sleeves in this rifle eg air grandi site and others
@ Weihrauch slather everything in their brown sticky grease to stop the rifles rusting on the shelf, they slap it everywhere including the piston head..
I've had that 30 for a couple of years the rifle pellets from Brazil are exceptional in it i tried hard to get the laminate stock but there was only 300 they all went to America i would imagine the beeman connection was behind that i have read that beeman married one of weihrauchs daughters but how true I don't know
Im pretty sure thats sold as the HW30SF in the uk, not the 'S' which is a kit with a scope and no open sights. The SF is the version i am about to buy so im really looking forward to seeing if you can develop a TBT kit for it. Much as i fancy a 22, i think I will end up with .177 as i don't hunt or do any pest control so they are target only and .177 seems to make the most sense for that.
Yes, as I understand it the longer barrel one shown in this video is the HW30SF variant, perhaps F denotes the fixed/ iron sights (?) I haven't confirmed that. I own a slightly older version of the same rifle with a plain stock and iron sights, breech block is etched with 'HW30'. Also the HW30K version which has a slightly shorter, threaded barrel to fit a moderator, both excellent rifles. The best choice for target only use is SF in .177cal but I really like the .22 for the fun factor, hitting targets hard and using the iron sights at closer range.
I worked out a new TbT F1 kit for it today. Due to my dodgy shoulder they will be in limited numbers until the new year. Full details in the videos over the next three nights, but the headlines are: up to 9 ft-lb in .22, up to 8 in .177. Both those figures without added preload and both as smooth as you would expect
Great idea getting 177 barrel aswell nick. My standard 22 was around 525 with hobby' s, my 177 has around 655 -660 jsb rs , sounds like you've made a usfull improvement mate 👍
@@tbtairrifletuning1520 Mines .22 and would be nice to get power to around 9ftlb - without it shooting horribly, obviously. It currently gets 8ftlb using HN FTT
Great rifle! The inserts hanging on your trigger guard mate! The HW30 shoot better in .177, especially on longer distance. In my opinion it's a bit to weak to be a .22cal. Are you teasing you F government with that knife? 😆👍
@@tbtairrifletuning1520 Hanging there for decades 😅, is also written in the manual 😉 Like the blued ones more than the nickel plated ones and those with stupid no sense moderators. I own the most HW models and non of them has a moderator and have rather the iron sights. The HW30S is more accurate than a lot of PCP's on the market. You'll find out 😁 Great buy buddy!
I can't understand the need to make a sub 12 ft/lb air rifle to be such a sweet air rifle. I've got a HW95 which I consider a light rifle. It's never been touched inside and was running at 11.3 ft/lbs the last time I tested it on the chrono. It's a vermin gun, it goes straight through wood pigeons at 30 yards so its an humane kill. You start ponsing about with less energy and you land up with less killing power. Look at the regs for deer stalking they require muzzle energy and velocity to give clean kills. Wood Pigeons are tough birds and need full power air rifles to dispatch them. I'd never go near a low power HW30.
It's 'horses for courses'. While not a good choice for a dedicated hunting/pest control rifle, the HW30 happens to be a very accurate, smooth and enjoyable spring rifle for recreational target shooting. I also have an HW95 and other air rifles.
@@phillkirby friend thank you, I am in Iran and only HW products are HW 80and85and77 I have bought the 77k and 80 and I like them a lot,but I get mix report about 85, I would have bought the 95 and 30s and the ugly 35and gass ram 90 and 97 and 98, I think HW rifles are cheap for thiere fantastic German engineering and superb quality. Thank God they aren't all available 😀
@@kouroshdavoudi7828 You should buy the HW85 and tell us about it. I think it's like the HW95 but with a longer barrel and has the Rekord trigger unit? HW77K or 97K is arguably the best. HW30 is a brilliant smaller gun.
@Beesa10 I have got the HW 77 and 80 both full full power in 22 and love them both , What putting me off buying The 85 here in Iran is the asking price is more than 85 and almost same as a 77 which hard to justify 🫤 Instead this week l bought myself as a Christmas 🎄 present, a Diana model 45 made in 2023 in Germany which is an exact Diana 34 EMS wooden stock in 22. I searched the net this rifle doesn't exist and if it wasn't so fantastic 😍 I would start to suspect the Chinese , I paid 362 US dollars for it's beautiful with the best to6 trigger among my 4 others I have, Happy 😊 holidays
It shouldn’t, but some shops can be awkward jobsworths! It’s a Weihrauch springer! Fire a few shots through it, if it works it will carry on working. Once you’ve tested it you can crack on!👍
@@stevefirkins1806No. As per every video I’ve made in the last five weeks; the grease in there is just to stop it rusting on the shelf. It will not protect metal against wear.
Great vid, bought one , brand new in November 2021, £219. Fitted a tbt kit, has never let me down, shoots beautifully.
The HW30S is a fine model for sure. Great for plinking and garden fun.
My HW30S .177 is the first thing I grab when headed outside, and a close second will be my HW35 stainless in .177 depending on task. My FX PCP's generally just sit around in gun racks and cabinets. Cheers from Texas!
Awesome man, that is two lovely springers you have there.
I have mine for 3 weeks. It's everything everyone said it was. I love it. I'm thinking of the 95 for my garage rifle unless you and a few others convinced me otherwise. I need about 40-50 meters for that.
I grew up in South Africa , had the Gecado 25 in 177, never knew any different, just shot it , and shot it , occasional barrel pull through, singer sewing machine oil in and around trigger, and barrel hinge !! Because of that air gun, I have always loved break barrel springers, still do , still have a few, now that I'm almost 70 !!
Just bought my son one for xmas, the synthetic model ( he likes the black stuff like my Sako Quad)
Bought a HW30s Kit during covid for use indoors, could just about get 10 yds across my landing. Cracking little rifle.
Nick i think that you might find those front sight inserts inside the cardboard thats hanging from your trigger !
@@eskimojulie I just ran down to the studio to check.
You were right!? How exciting!😁
@@tbtairrifletuning1520 They are hanging there already for decades😅
Check the package on the trigger guard Nick for the open sight inserts
I take it you found it anyway 👍🏻
Thankyou! It has been a long time since I got a new HW springer with opens😁
Ive arrived late to the HW30s owners club, and didn't know what I was missing. With the usual 'Spit & Polish' fettle to debur the cylinder, spring and guide transplant using the correct lubes...they are stunning😉
Very accurate and easy to shoot accurately. Do you know you can get these as HW30K (shorter barrel with 1/2UNF)? HW30K TbTwith a small moderator is my favourite plinker.
Superb gun
I love these videos. Especially seen as i passed on a 35 but do have a 30. Must be a sign of good taste
Nice to know you lived down Cornwall, im born and raised! 🙌🏻
The only thing I do not like is the barrel ball detent I do prefer the latch like the hw 98 better barrel lock up, 👍👍
Great little gun…. Mine suffered from the most severe case of galling from new. Had to take off a lot of material from the cocking arm and around the linkage.
From the sound of it the fix is easier on the 99 where they’ve tried to do something about it….
Be interesting to see what you find with that one.
The Cometa 220 is much cheaper and bit more powerful, i think the barrel is as accurate as a HW but the trigger and overal finish is no match for the HW. If i could only keep two springers it would be a hw30 and a 97 😁
Put a piston sleeve in it . Grease from spring migrates from cocking slot to front of piston otherwise
Using a TbT kit means you need less grease, so you don’t need a sleeve and can save moving weight, reducing surge recoil👍
I’ve never ever seen the migration theory in practice. Unless you slater it in with a trowel.
@@alistairmcclure1930 my hw30 had grease in it from when I bought it new. The piston seal was black through disabling, although there wasn't much grease in the cylinder. The spring was covered in grease so I think it must have travelled from the cocking slot. People do put piston sleeves in this rifle eg air grandi site and others
@ Weihrauch slather everything in their brown sticky grease to stop the rifles rusting on the shelf, they slap it everywhere including the piston head..
I would be happy to purchase that from you!
You are the first to say so, so you get first dibs. Send me an email to: tinbumtuning@gmail.com
I've had that 30 for a couple of years the rifle pellets from Brazil are exceptional in it i tried hard to get the laminate stock but there was only 300 they all went to America i would imagine the beeman connection was behind that i have read that beeman married one of weihrauchs daughters but how true I don't know
Best spring gun for the money. Sold my 95/97/99 will never sell my 30 .
Im pretty sure thats sold as the HW30SF in the uk, not the 'S' which is a kit with a scope and no open sights.
The SF is the version i am about to buy so im really looking forward to seeing if you can develop a TBT kit for it.
Much as i fancy a
22, i think I will end up with .177 as i don't hunt or do any pest control so they are target only and .177 seems to make the most sense for that.
Yes, as I understand it the longer barrel one shown in this video is the HW30SF variant, perhaps F denotes the fixed/ iron sights (?) I haven't confirmed that. I own a slightly older version of the same rifle with a plain stock and iron sights, breech block is etched with 'HW30'. Also the HW30K version which has a slightly shorter, threaded barrel to fit a moderator, both excellent rifles. The best choice for target only use is SF in .177cal but I really like the .22 for the fun factor, hitting targets hard and using the iron sights at closer range.
Now we need your hw30 kit. My hw30 would get one
I worked out a new TbT F1 kit for it today. Due to my dodgy shoulder they will be in limited numbers until the new year. Full details in the videos over the next three nights, but the headlines are: up to 9 ft-lb in .22, up to 8 in .177. Both those figures without added preload and both as smooth as you would expect
@ can’t wait to get one!
Great idea getting 177 barrel aswell nick. My standard 22 was around 525 with hobby' s, my 177 has around 655 -660 jsb rs , sounds like you've made a usfull improvement mate 👍
The Hw30s is my favorite weihrauch springer,there that good i own 2 .Nick can you please make a short stroke kit for it please?
The stroke is only 60mm, any less and it would be too weak!
I'd be interested in a kit for my 30' if you can produce them 😊
I will be making a limited number this year, with full production starting in January. More videos of the 30 are coming out over the next few nights👍
@@tbtairrifletuning1520 Mines .22 and would be nice to get power to around 9ftlb - without it shooting horribly, obviously. It currently gets 8ftlb using HN FTT
Great rifle! The inserts hanging on your trigger guard mate! The HW30 shoot better in .177, especially on longer distance. In my opinion it's a bit to weak to be a .22cal. Are you teasing you F government with that knife? 😆👍
I found them!😁
@@tbtairrifletuning1520 Hanging there for decades 😅, is also written in the manual 😉 Like the blued ones more than the nickel plated ones and those with stupid no sense moderators. I own the most HW models and non of them has a moderator and have rather the iron sights. The HW30S is more accurate than a lot of PCP's on the market. You'll find out 😁 Great buy buddy!
Is it possible to buy a springer you dont have to take to pieces, just shoot?
Yes, and the vast majority of owners do just that. It’s just some of us want them to be better👍
How do you get on with the import tax from Germany which must put the price up considerably?.
Contact me directly and I can have certain kits sent from our EU office👍
I can't understand the need to make a sub 12 ft/lb air rifle to be such a sweet air rifle. I've got a HW95 which I consider a light rifle. It's never been touched inside and was running at 11.3 ft/lbs the last time I tested it on the chrono. It's a vermin gun, it goes straight through wood pigeons at 30 yards so its an humane kill. You start ponsing about with less energy and you land up with less killing power. Look at the regs for deer stalking they require muzzle energy and velocity to give clean kills. Wood Pigeons are tough birds and need full power air rifles to dispatch them. I'd never go near a low power HW30.
It's 'horses for courses'. While not a good choice for a dedicated hunting/pest control rifle, the HW30 happens to be a very accurate, smooth and enjoyable spring rifle for recreational target shooting. I also have an HW95 and other air rifles.
Should I buy a HW 85 or no ???
My 95 is smooth shoots pellet on pellet very quiet
@@phillkirby friend thank you, I am in Iran and only HW products are HW 80and85and77
I have bought the 77k and 80 and I like them a lot,but I get mix report about 85,
I would have bought the 95 and 30s and the ugly 35and gass ram 90 and 97 and 98, I think HW rifles are cheap for thiere fantastic German engineering and superb quality.
Thank God they aren't all available 😀
@@kouroshdavoudi7828 You should buy the HW85 and tell us about it. I think it's like the HW95 but with a longer barrel and has the Rekord trigger unit? HW77K or 97K is arguably the best. HW30 is a brilliant smaller gun.
@Beesa10 I have got the HW 77 and 80 both full full power in 22 and love them both ,
What putting me off buying The 85 here in Iran is the asking price is more than 85 and almost same as a 77 which hard to justify 🫤
Instead this week l bought myself as a Christmas 🎄 present, a Diana model 45 made in 2023 in Germany which is an exact Diana 34 EMS wooden stock in 22.
I searched the net this rifle doesn't exist and if it wasn't so fantastic 😍 I would start to suspect the Chinese ,
I paid 362 US dollars for it's beautiful with the best to6 trigger among my 4 others I have,
Happy 😊 holidays
What scopes do you use on your springers?
I have a few Hawke Airmax 2-7 x 32’s. They are quite good
Ive just brought a hw97, would stripping and cleaning void the warranty?
It shouldn’t, but some shops can be awkward jobsworths!
It’s a Weihrauch springer! Fire a few shots through it, if it works it will carry on working. Once you’ve tested it you can crack on!👍
@tbtairrifletuning1520 so if its all good, there's no need to strip and clean?
@@stevefirkins1806No. As per every video I’ve made in the last five weeks; the grease in there is just to stop it rusting on the shelf. It will not protect metal against wear.
@@tbtairrifletuning1520 righto
97 is great out of the box, only thing is the bloody twang on firing tried to live with it for a year, bought a tbt kit a few weeks ago.
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Where did you get your illegal knife from?
The supermarket. They are not illegal everywhere👍
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