This was my first ever gun, five years ago in 2017 when I was 13. Put around 2000 pellets through it since then (never serviced/maintained once) and despite some scuffs on the wood it’s still as effective as it was all those years ago. I will always have respect for this gun, I love it.
I was going to buy this but the guy in the shop convinced me to get the gamo whisper thing. It was for my girlfriend, we took it to the range and it was dieseling badly and the gamo scope it come with was nothing but a paper weight that wouldn't hold zero at all. Really wish I didn't listen and bought the Hatsan, they're the best cheap guns now I think.
I love me a classic springer, yeah I appreciate the smoothness and efficiency of a quality pcp rifle but with a springer there is no refilling, worrying about gas and more expensive maintenance, just pack it up and do your thing 👍
Hi everybody picked up one of these 2nd hand for a work colleague who wanted to start shooting in .177. I stripped it down and greased up the spring as they tend to run them dry , I also got a longer trigger adjustment screw , once back together it was quieter and the longer trigger screw removed pretty much all the creep from the trigger ! I took it for a test up Pete's and was totally shocked by it , with open sights I was hitting 25mm groups at 25 yards and fitted with a scope was doing the same size groups at 35 yards for such a cheap rifle I was amazed . By the way the longer adjustment screw tip works with a lot of stoeger rifles as well .
Purchased one of these last year, the screw was done up so tight I couldn’t cock the gun without a lot of brute force, had to use a hammer driver to undo it, sorted that out but the trigger was a hard pull, the seers were like the edges of a file, bit of work with a Dremel and some molly paste, cracking little rifle now, 35 yard flip over targets easy now. Best £95 I’ve spent in ages.
Hi there Andy, I've had a 900x for years now and I absolutely love mine,i don't know if hatsan have changed the stocks but mine is a lot darker than the one you showed,I have a bsa 3-9x40 on top and it's really accurate I've taken more quarry with it than any of my other rifles also the trigger is really easy to mod it just needs a longer screw on the trigger ajustment I can really recommend this rifle to anyone OH and the power is very good also, thanks for the review Andy and your right it's a real bargain atb Dave
I'm 54 and just starting out, Reason being we currently have a few Rats so been watching loads of vids and managed to pick up one of these rifles for £80 including postage and including a scope chucked in, I used to shoot as a youngster at a local gun club and loved it.
I've got the Hatsan Striker 1000x in 0.25, 18ish ft/lbs here in Spain. Very similar gun but a big bigger. I paid €95 delivered, it was a little rough so I stripped it, plenty of fettling and lubrication to the system and trigger group. Now it's an absolute belter. Very powerful and shoots really sweet. Hatsan actually sell gasrams to go in them as an upgrade but I haven't felt the need yet. One thing to note, it needs a few pellets down it to get accuracy sorted. Mines is also a big pellet fussy but once you get the right ones it's an absolute gem. Along with the CP2 one of the best deals in airgunning
Yea Andy this is the kind of thing I'm talking about something cheap cheerful and gets you hooked on shooting .. thus far I have on recommendation from friends and your review purchased the umarex syrix .. artemis cp2 .. the pp800r . To make cp2.pcp .. the sherridan cowboy then gamo venari . And quite possibly this one too though the price will be less of a bit on the wallet .. keep up the great work . 😀
Great review as always and I would love to see more reviews on springers, but as said in another comment, hold the barrel when putting the pellet in or you are going to loose a finger or two.
Very light, and very easy to cock, too. It's perhaps a little unfair to do a 40m accuracy test on such a light springer, but it was not too bad. I'd limit my 900x to 30 yards if using on live quarry, just for peace of mind. But a great little gun, with build quality that meets the likes of Gamo and BSA springers.
I own a Hatsan TG AirTact QE 4,5mm. Purchased last year in October. It had 11J out of the box and struggled to hit pargets bigger then 5cm diameter over 25m. Until a nice dude on facebook gave me a contact to a good shop to do a proper first maintenance on it. The piston was all dirty and covered in grease etc. After a proper wash and lube + some sanding of the less refined edges out of the factory... the rifle came up as 14,85 J on the chrono. And I'm able to put 8 out of 10 shots in a 7mm diameter group on 30m. It's the same with cheap bikes- the more you love them- the more they give back to you. ;)
Awesome review as always Andy, I've just bought a weihrauch HW95K the other week and it was no better than that straight out of the box, now its had a tin of pellets through it it's different story😁
Hi Andy, great review again. Had my hatsan for about 6 months now, overall I'm impressed with it although I find the stock a little thin! Shoots well and is accurate too. A great rifle for the money 👍
My main rifle is a brake barrel, despite having better air guns in my collection. I don’t shoot in competition unless it’s competition between me and my mates so it’s never serious, I simply love how my brakes look and feel.
One of these or the Remington Pest Controller and a £50 scope are really all you need to get started. The stock is very nice on the 900x, I've heard they benefit greatly from abit of a tune, but even out of the box I imagine most of them are satisfactory.
Is still like a nice springer i restored a BSA Meteor mk5 new piston new home build custom stock new tiran spring polished trigger sears new seals now i will make a new brass trigger for it 💪
About a year ago in a moment of madness & £99 I bought a Hatsan Striker in .25 with anything but wood stock , when it was delivered I hated it , now a year later & many pellets I love it , what does not is the local pigeon , Rat & Rabbit population , funny thing is I tend now to pick up my budget Hatsan not in preference to many other various Airguns it’s just because I love it , I plonked a set of high mounts on it & a very cheap 6x40 X 24 & it shoots wonderful accurate & powerful , it’s shoots at around 11.5 ft lbs , would I buy another , the answered YES !
Good review Andy put 2 tins of pellets through it and the accuracy will increase tenfold I’m extremely impressed with the .22 so I went out and got the .177 as well it’s a good starter rifle
Completely new to this. Would 2 tins of pellets make accuracy improve because he will become more experienced in handling the particular rifle or because the rifle itself performs better once worn in?
@@microwavegommmm916 some guns need running in … they diesel…. Even if you’ve cleaned the barrel .. it gives a chance for the spring to bed in there for power and accuracy will improve.. not only that the lead lubricates the barrel … bearing in mind accuracy can depend on your choice of pellets and it is also a budget gun so don’t expect to pull off Olympic shots … however it can happen from a budget rifle
I bought a remington express £140.00, it's a nice gun,, however it has spent more time in the gun shop than at home. So I ordered a weihrauch wh95, now that is a gun. When the remington did return after 7 weeks, I shot it twice and put it back in the box, the gun shop has had my gun for 14 weeks, in the first 6 months, was it a good buy, well I did learn a lot, keep up the good work
Had this experience except with the warhawk, 2 broken examples out of the box. One broken action and one broken stock. Got my money back and bought a HW97.....
@@bongsound I think they use cheap seals, buy replacing the seals with a quality seal, you will have a decent gun, but put it side by side with a wh95 abcerluty no comparison. I only fired the remington 3 our 4 times and it's back in the box. You get what you pay for.
Interesting. glad I watched this video. Just bought one with scope.looked at loads which were double the price.and this one just felt right straight away.thanks for the video.
These are perfect for a first time back yard shooter, if you look on Google pics you'll find a picture of the so called silencer removed and the butchered strange looking barrel beneath, it'll make sense when you see the oddity👍 they say it works to an extent
Looks a great budget rifle - great review too. Would've potentially liked to have seen a budget scope on the budget rifle to cover the "entry level" starters, but that's just being overly picky! :)
Hawk fast mounts can be bought for about £50 and tbh it's worth it I had a few budget scopes some nikko Stirling and ebay specials .. and the hawke fast mount is miles better in clarity and paralax adjustment .. totally worth the little extra ..
Great review Andy, I would however like to see you keeping hold of the moderator when you are thumbing the pellet into the breech!! Basic springer safety surely?!
Contrary to popular belief, even most Brits on a daily basis use inches, miles, yards, stone, pints, feet, pounds, acres etc. It's mainly petrol and bottles of soda that we measure in litres, most other things we prefer imperial measures. The continental Europeans are much, much more metric.
You reminded me of my first break barrel, an SMK b2 springer; it was a nice little airgun when I got it, but the person who gave it to me managed to drop a tool box on it two days after they gave it to me, buckling the barrel and damaging the hinge point in the process. Sadly, the cost of repairing it is about the same as buying a replacement, so it's little more than a wall ornament now and since I already own three other airguns (two pcp rifles and a co2 pistol), I doubt I'll get another springer in the forseeable future
Yet to try a hatsan . It looks like a nice rifle. There's some great cheaper guns out there. I've got an smk b2. No were near as bad as people say. And though not as accurate as my tx200 , its every bit as fun to shoot.
Just bought one from sheffield air rifles for £89 in March of 2023. Great wood quality but high recoil on my .22 along with very noisy internals. How long would a scope last?
I bought one of these as my first ever rifle a few months ago, and it's beautiful. The stock is gorgeous and it feels well built. I need to take it apart some time and deburr/tune but for now I'm just enjoying it for what it is. I don't think you can go wrong for the price.
Hello Andy, I could do with some advice regarding FAC. I live in a rural environment, have a river at the bottom of the garden, hence a lot of rats, around bird feeders especially. I have a.22 BSA Ultra SE some 5 years old. I love the rifle, but really do have problems with first shot dispatch. I would like to go for a more powerful air rifle above the uk 12ft lbs. Please can you offer any advice, with your expertise. Greatly accepted
I have an American take on this, called the "Crosman" and it will definitely kill errant squirrels. I trued using a Crosman C02 pistol. It was a very accurate rifled barrel "python" looking revolver with schofield type break barrel. I used it for tin can shooting in my basement. Even with pellets and a fresh co2 can, it was just injuring them, even at relatively close range. It think the break barrel has like 3 times the velocity (1200fps).
Are you refering to the DPMS Classic A4 from Crosman? I got that one also and that has breakbarrel yes, but! Its also using Nitro piston technology and can reach the 1200fps mark, but only with light pellets. I wouldnt call it a "springer" anymore at this point. The Nitro Piston technology is whats putting it ahead of other normal breakbarrel/springer type rifles imo.
I like a chunk of wood on a rifle, far more traditional in my book. Looks a nice little plinker and good starting point for anyone that wants to have a go at tuning on a budget. I've had hatsans in the past and had mixed results. I found the .22's less accurate than the .177 but the build quality was industrious! The trigger's were always nice and predictable which is also a good thing. For the cost, I will probably get one of these just for the fun factor in the garden. Quick question....do Vector stock them? Cheers and keep safe 👍
I'm a newbie and just bought this rifle. I followed your shooting technique with this rifle (not holding the barrel whilst loading and just letting it sit there) and was accosted by an older gentleman on the range who scolded me for doing so - despite it being my first time shooting. He proceeded to whip out his instructor card, tell me that he teaches the scouts etc and said he's seen springers "just go off" and take peoples fingers with them due to not holding the barrel whilst loading. Is there any truth to this? Were we doing it wrong or was this gentleman a little jumpy? I'd guess he was in his 60s and I'm in my 20's, so perhaps he saw it as an opportunity to try and "alpha" somebody younger... I'm always looking to learn though, so I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts. He also took it upon himself to insult the sight on the rifle (it came as a package), insult the pellets I was using (RWS Domed) which I thought were not bad to be used with something like this Hatsan 900X, as well as critique my shooting technique on and off for the two hours I was on the range.
Still have the air rifle I bought with my dad who is sadly no longer with us and went out and had lots of fun target shooting and getting the rabbits as well but due to the change in the laws regarding having to apply for a license for an air gun in Scotland a few years back it got handed to someone who was able to store it for me if I decided to change my mind and apply. Am I right in thinking if am going to apply for a license for an air rifle am just as well going for a F,A,C and get a .22 rifle??? What’s your thoughts and opinions???
Personally speaking, springers don't have as many seal problems as a pcp. Also they don't need special pumps, etc. They do have better sound compression, etc, but the servicing makes it not worth it.
Good value. Considered one of these as well as well as a remington gas ram and some smk rifles. Ended up spending £215 on a weihrauch hw99s in 177. Added a 3.9.40 hawke fast mount scope amd it's accurate to at least 40 yds. Very hard to cock though and trigger guard screw keeps coming loose!
The budget 25 caliber break barrel Hatsans nitro piston sold in the USA are terrible. I went through 2 rifles then gave up. I returned the 2nd rifle and I think I ended up getting a cheap nitro piston crosman. Hatsan rear sight falls apart just pushing on it with my finger. The hatsan rifle is not consistent shot to shot or day to day. I always wanted a Hatsan until after that experience.
Nice review, Andy! Would you please add a little section to show if the rifle is de-cockable in the future? In my opinion, a de-cockable gun is far safer to deal with unwanted shots.
I don't think that's been an option for a long time. Most rifles have anti-bear trap mechanisms to explicitly prevent this, because you really don't want the barrel to fly about if the trigger is activated whilst loading. So it's far, far safer to just safely discharge that one round, than to allow de-cocking.
This gun does have a safety catch that can be reset, if one does not take the shot. De-cocking is less useful, and to be honest, in fifty years of shooting springers, I have never had the need to de-cock one.
I own an hw99s, aa tx200 and walther lgv and I routinely decock them to check the action and trigger and generally test it during maintenance, should I feel the need. Pretty sure you can decock any springer even with a bear-trap you just need to have a strong arm to hold back the barrel/lever when you release the trigger, and you'll need to pull and then immediately deactivate the anti bear trap if equipped with one.
@@SmokingBeagles Nope, the whole point of the anti-dear trap is to deactivate the trigger if the rifle is broken, so you can't de-cock it. It's not something you can access from the outside of the rifle. The 99s apparently doesn't have one, but most of the other HW models do.
Remember you have to use the artillery method to get any accuracy out of any springer. Unlike a PCP which can shoot in the same way as a proper firearm rifle.
Don't hate on that voodoo box your fans are in it 😂 I really wish i could tested this next to my ruger airhawk & crossman 160 rather than watching you with it💔
It will be better after another 200 - 300 pellets, I just bought a weihrauch HW95K two weeks ago and it was no better for the first half of a tin of pellets!
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Great to see a Springer on the show....
This was my first ever gun, five years ago in 2017 when I was 13. Put around 2000 pellets through it since then (never serviced/maintained once) and despite some scuffs on the wood it’s still as effective as it was all those years ago. I will always have respect for this gun, I love it.
I was going to buy this but the guy in the shop convinced me to get the gamo whisper thing. It was for my girlfriend, we took it to the range and it was dieseling badly and the gamo scope it come with was nothing but a paper weight that wouldn't hold zero at all. Really wish I didn't listen and bought the Hatsan, they're the best cheap guns now I think.
@@jimmynich4791 was it a 900X Jimmy?
@@Steven-jn2cw Yes.
So refreshing watching a springer review in todays pcp world. Thanks Andy
I love me a classic springer, yeah I appreciate the smoothness and efficiency of a quality pcp rifle but with a springer there is no refilling, worrying about gas and more expensive maintenance, just pack it up and do your thing 👍
@@DoktrDub Me to.
Hi everybody picked up one of these 2nd hand for a work colleague who wanted to start shooting in .177. I stripped it down and greased up the spring as they tend to run them dry , I also got a longer trigger adjustment screw , once back together it was quieter and the longer trigger screw removed pretty much all the creep from the trigger ! I took it for a test up Pete's and was totally shocked by it , with open sights I was hitting 25mm groups at 25 yards and fitted with a scope was doing the same size groups at 35 yards for such a cheap rifle I was amazed . By the way the longer adjustment screw tip works with a lot of stoeger rifles as well .
Seems like a great way for me to get into this sport. Thanks for the great vid
That looks practically identical to the Webley VMX series. If it's anything like them the Hatsan will be a belter.
And stock upgrades!
Sure looks like a Webley VMX with a wooden stock. Even sounds like it.
@@robertwillis4061 yeah, my guess is it's built in the same factory, some slightly cheaper bits and a different badge slapped in the side.
@@barsons2298 No, webley built in Spain, Hatsan made in 🇨🇳
@@ianmangham4570 Webley VMX & Quantum made by Hatsan.
Perfect tool for a farmer to have in the back of his 4wd...Great review as always BTW.
Picking mine up this week after seeing your excellent review. For 89 quid, surely I can't go wrong? No pressure Andy.😉
Purchased one of these last year, the screw was done up so tight I couldn’t cock the gun without a lot of brute force, had to use a hammer driver to undo it, sorted that out but the trigger was a hard pull, the seers were like the edges of a file, bit of work with a Dremel and some molly paste, cracking little rifle now, 35 yard flip over targets easy now. Best £95 I’ve spent in ages.
Quality control doesn't translate well into Turkish. They make good guns in reasonable prizes, but every once in a while you get a turd in the box.
Great stuff Andy, bought one last week, can't fault it. It's a little belter
Always a pleasure 👍 An air rifle after my own heart, cheap n cheerful 👌🏴
Hi there Andy, I've had a 900x for years now and I absolutely love mine,i don't know if hatsan have changed the stocks but mine is a lot darker than the one you showed,I have a bsa 3-9x40 on top and it's really accurate I've taken more quarry with it than any of my other rifles also the trigger is really easy to mod it just needs a longer screw on the trigger ajustment I can really recommend this rifle to anyone OH and the power is very good also, thanks for the review Andy and your right it's a real bargain atb Dave
I've had mine for years and they are a good rifle . I use mine as much as my pcp's
@@cantbearsedmechanics same here,
I'm 54 and just starting out, Reason being we currently have a few Rats so been watching loads of vids and managed to pick up one of these rifles for £80 including postage and including a scope chucked in, I used to shoot as a youngster at a local gun club and loved it.
I hear everyone say, hold the barrel with your free hand when loading so you don't lose a finger.
I've got the Hatsan Striker 1000x in 0.25, 18ish ft/lbs here in Spain. Very similar gun but a big bigger. I paid €95 delivered, it was a little rough so I stripped it, plenty of fettling and lubrication to the system and trigger group. Now it's an absolute belter. Very powerful and shoots really sweet. Hatsan actually sell gasrams to go in them as an upgrade but I haven't felt the need yet.
One thing to note, it needs a few pellets down it to get accuracy sorted. Mines is also a big pellet fussy but once you get the right ones it's an absolute gem. Along with the CP2 one of the best deals in airgunning
Yea Andy this is the kind of thing I'm talking about something cheap cheerful and gets you hooked on shooting .. thus far I have on recommendation from friends and your review purchased the umarex syrix .. artemis cp2 .. the pp800r . To make cp2.pcp .. the sherridan cowboy then gamo venari . And quite possibly this one too though the price will be less of a bit on the wallet .. keep up the great work . 😀
I love you're honesty and you're wit Andy, great video.
Great review as always and I would love to see more reviews on springers, but as said in another comment, hold the barrel when putting the pellet in or you are going to loose a finger or two.
Very light, and very easy to cock, too.
It's perhaps a little unfair to do a 40m accuracy test on such a light springer, but it was not too bad. I'd limit my 900x to 30 yards if using on live quarry, just for peace of mind.
But a great little gun, with build quality that meets the likes of Gamo and BSA springers.
When you review an gun from vector air they are always out of stock 9 times out of 10
I've had my sniper edge version of this for 5 years and it's still spot on and never let me down, bags and are great rifles, I now have an at44-10
I own a Hatsan TG AirTact QE 4,5mm. Purchased last year in October. It had 11J out of the box and struggled to hit pargets bigger then 5cm diameter over 25m. Until a nice dude on facebook gave me a contact to a good shop to do a proper first maintenance on it. The piston was all dirty and covered in grease etc. After a proper wash and lube + some sanding of the less refined edges out of the factory... the rifle came up as 14,85 J on the chrono. And I'm able to put 8 out of 10 shots in a 7mm diameter group on 30m. It's the same with cheap bikes- the more you love them- the more they give back to you. ;)
Bugger it I'm going to buy one of these and a Hawk Fast Mount Scope
Seems like an exact copy of my Stoeger 10x and it is a pretty good shooter!
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Awesome review as always Andy, I've just bought a weihrauch HW95K the other week and it was no better than that straight out of the box, now its had a tin of pellets through it it's different story😁
I just got one of these and it smacks. Very accurate and powerful for such a cheap rifle....I'm made up with it
Hi Andy, great review again. Had my hatsan for about 6 months now, overall I'm impressed with it although I find the stock a little thin! Shoots well and is accurate too. A great rifle for the money 👍
Did you put a scope on it
I purchased one for my Son a year or two ago, very impressed, open sights really good. Great video as usual Thanks.
I slept pretty good, and i finished praying for you
I bought my son one ,popped a scope on and very impressed for a budget rifle👍👍
My main rifle is a brake barrel, despite having better air guns in my collection. I don’t shoot in competition unless it’s competition between me and my mates so it’s never serious, I simply love how my brakes look and feel.
I've got this air rifle as has my son
Great first air rifle. Start with the open sights and move on to a scope later. Shame about the plastic trigger guard.
One of these or the Remington Pest Controller and a £50 scope are really all you need to get started. The stock is very nice on the 900x, I've heard they benefit greatly from abit of a tune, but even out of the box I imagine most of them are satisfactory.
That looks really good for the money, I've seen some more expensive budget guns that were not very nice. Good review as always Andy
Is still like a nice springer i restored a BSA Meteor mk5 new piston new home build custom stock new tiran spring polished trigger sears new seals now i will make a new brass trigger for it 💪
I love my springer. The rabbits, squirrels and pigeons don't.
About a year ago in a moment of madness & £99 I bought a Hatsan Striker in .25 with anything but wood stock , when it was delivered I hated it , now a year later & many pellets I love it , what does not is the local pigeon , Rat & Rabbit population , funny thing is I tend now to pick up my budget Hatsan not in preference to many other various Airguns it’s just because I love it , I plonked a set of high mounts on it & a very cheap 6x40 X 24 & it shoots wonderful accurate & powerful , it’s shoots at around 11.5 ft lbs , would I buy another , the answered YES !
Good review Andy put 2 tins of pellets through it and the accuracy will increase tenfold I’m extremely impressed with the .22 so I went out and got the .177 as well it’s a good starter rifle
Completely new to this. Would 2 tins of pellets make accuracy improve because he will become more experienced in handling the particular rifle or because the rifle itself performs better once worn in?
@@microwavegommmm916 some guns need running in … they diesel…. Even if you’ve cleaned the barrel .. it gives a chance for the spring to bed in there for power and accuracy will improve.. not only that the lead lubricates the barrel … bearing in mind accuracy can depend on your choice of pellets and it is also a budget gun so don’t expect to pull off Olympic shots … however it can happen from a budget rifle
@@johngriffiths3309 Ah, I see, cheers
I bought a remington express £140.00, it's a nice gun,, however it has spent more time in the gun shop than at home. So I ordered a weihrauch wh95, now that is a gun. When the remington did return after 7 weeks, I shot it twice and put it back in the box, the gun shop has had my gun for 14 weeks, in the first 6 months, was it a good buy, well I did learn a lot, keep up the good work
Had this experience except with the warhawk, 2 broken examples out of the box. One broken action and one broken stock. Got my money back and bought a HW97.....
I bought a Remington Express recently. Not had a single issue with it after >700 shots so far.
@@bongsound I think they use cheap seals, buy replacing the seals with a quality seal, you will have a decent gun, but put it side by side with a wh95 abcerluty no comparison. I only fired the remington 3 our 4 times and it's back in the box. You get what you pay for.
Interesting. glad I watched this video. Just bought one with scope.looked at loads which were double the price.and this one just felt right straight away.thanks for the video.
It's a real belting Air Rifle
I agree, it's a fantastic gun I'm very satisfied with my •22 one that I've had for ages. It's per for vermin killing on the farm.
I love break barrel airguns! Nice video!
These are perfect for a first time back yard shooter, if you look on Google pics you'll find a picture of the so called silencer removed and the butchered strange looking barrel beneath, it'll make sense when you see the oddity👍 they say it works to an extent
Looks a great budget rifle - great review too. Would've potentially liked to have seen a budget scope on the budget rifle to cover the "entry level" starters, but that's just being overly picky! :)
Hawk fast mounts can be bought for about £50 and tbh it's worth it I had a few budget scopes some nikko Stirling and ebay specials .. and the hawke fast mount is miles better in clarity and paralax adjustment .. totally worth the little extra ..
Great review Andy, I would however like to see you keeping hold of the moderator when you are thumbing the pellet into the breech!! Basic springer safety surely?!
Great review as usual! Thanks Andy, and thanks for converting metric for us older Americans.
Contrary to popular belief, even most Brits on a daily basis use inches, miles, yards, stone, pints, feet, pounds, acres etc. It's mainly petrol and bottles of soda that we measure in litres, most other things we prefer imperial measures.
The continental Europeans are much, much more metric.
You reminded me of my first break barrel, an SMK b2 springer; it was a nice little airgun when I got it, but the person who gave it to me managed to drop a tool box on it two days after they gave it to me, buckling the barrel and damaging the hinge point in the process.
Sadly, the cost of repairing it is about the same as buying a replacement, so it's little more than a wall ornament now and since I already own three other airguns (two pcp rifles and a co2 pistol), I doubt I'll get another springer in the forseeable future
@@jackking9271 True... good for the 48 hours I had it, before someone turned it into a wall ornament with a heavy toolbox >.
Thanks Andy always a great watch, luv the end bit Lmao, Cheers
Thanks ANDY
I love this rifle so much!
Yet to try a hatsan . It looks like a nice rifle. There's some great cheaper guns out there. I've got an smk b2. No were near as bad as people say. And though not as accurate as my tx200 , its every bit as fun to shoot.
I love the break barrel mechanism on a B2, they are so much fun.
My Crossman Quest Nite Ops 22caliber Air Rifle 1100FTPS has a 3×9Scope with a Piney Lazer system
A ton 😱
Astonishing!
Any chance of an update of your Ebay special compressor you bought Andy?or if anyone else got one would be Interested in opinions
Blimey, that's not bad for 100 quid ! ATB MMMD
Just bought one from sheffield air rifles for £89 in March of 2023.
Great wood quality but high recoil on my .22 along with very noisy internals. How long would a scope last?
Yay!
I bought one of these as my first ever rifle a few months ago, and it's beautiful. The stock is gorgeous and it feels well built. I need to take it apart some time and deburr/tune but for now I'm just enjoying it for what it is. I don't think you can go wrong for the price.
Morning Andy
Hi Andy , can you do a review of the brocok ranger xr please .
I've got one It is acurate enough however very hold sensitive and the trigger takes alot to get used to how it dissapears up into the action.
Like the commentary 👌. And Hatsan,well satisfied.
Still love my Remington xp
Wow..pure value for money or what.. great review as always.. I'm just checking out vectors web site. I want one🧐... thanks Andy. kind regards Dave 😊👍
Hello Andy, I could do with some advice regarding FAC. I live in a rural environment, have a river at the bottom of the garden, hence a lot of rats, around bird feeders especially. I have a.22 BSA Ultra SE some 5 years old. I love the rifle, but really do have problems with first shot dispatch. I would like to go for a more powerful air rifle above the uk 12ft lbs. Please can you offer any advice, with your expertise. Greatly accepted
I have an American take on this, called the "Crosman" and it will definitely kill errant squirrels. I trued using a Crosman C02 pistol. It was a very accurate rifled barrel "python" looking revolver with schofield type break barrel. I used it for tin can shooting in my basement. Even with pellets and a fresh co2 can, it was just injuring them, even at relatively close range. It think the break barrel has like 3 times the velocity (1200fps).
Are you refering to the DPMS Classic A4 from Crosman? I got that one also and that has breakbarrel yes, but! Its also using Nitro piston technology and can reach the 1200fps mark, but only with light pellets. I wouldnt call it a "springer" anymore at this point. The Nitro Piston technology is whats putting it ahead of other normal breakbarrel/springer type rifles imo.
I like a chunk of wood on a rifle, far more traditional in my book. Looks a nice little plinker and good starting point for anyone that wants to have a go at tuning on a budget. I've had hatsans in the past and had mixed results. I found the .22's less accurate than the .177 but the build quality was industrious! The trigger's were always nice and predictable which is also a good thing. For the cost, I will probably get one of these just for the fun factor in the garden.
Quick question....do Vector stock them?
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I'm a newbie and just bought this rifle. I followed your shooting technique with this rifle (not holding the barrel whilst loading and just letting it sit there) and was accosted by an older gentleman on the range who scolded me for doing so - despite it being my first time shooting. He proceeded to whip out his instructor card, tell me that he teaches the scouts etc and said he's seen springers "just go off" and take peoples fingers with them due to not holding the barrel whilst loading. Is there any truth to this? Were we doing it wrong or was this gentleman a little jumpy? I'd guess he was in his 60s and I'm in my 20's, so perhaps he saw it as an opportunity to try and "alpha" somebody younger... I'm always looking to learn though, so I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts.
He also took it upon himself to insult the sight on the rifle (it came as a package), insult the pellets I was using (RWS Domed) which I thought were not bad to be used with something like this Hatsan 900X, as well as critique my shooting technique on and off for the two hours I was on the range.
Hold the barrel while putting the pellet in.
Still have the air rifle I bought with my dad who is sadly no longer with us and went out and had lots of fun target shooting and getting the rabbits as well but due to the change in the laws regarding having to apply for a license for an air gun in Scotland a few years back it got handed to someone who was able to store it for me if I decided to change my mind and apply. Am I right in thinking if am going to apply for a license for an air rifle am just as well going for a F,A,C and get a .22 rifle??? What’s your thoughts and opinions???
Hello Andy another interesting springer review. Did you investigate any make, type or weight of pellets that this gun prefers, in the .22 ? Thanks.
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It's strange the name Monte Carlo stock as Monaco is pretty densely populated and I wouldn't imagine firing guns there is exactly encouraged!
Personally speaking, springers don't have as many seal problems as a pcp. Also they don't need special pumps, etc.
They do have better sound compression, etc, but the servicing makes it not worth it.
You should do a review on the crosman F4
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Great rifle love it
It’s got kick that but it’s not bad
Good value. Considered one of these as well as well as a remington gas ram and some smk rifles. Ended up spending £215 on a weihrauch hw99s in 177. Added a 3.9.40 hawke fast mount scope amd it's accurate to at least 40 yds. Very hard to cock though and trigger guard screw keeps coming loose!
I have one of these that's so powerful can pen everything
What great value. Impressive.
The budget 25 caliber break barrel Hatsans nitro piston sold in the USA are terrible. I went through 2 rifles then gave up. I returned the 2nd rifle and I think I ended up getting a cheap nitro piston crosman.
Hatsan rear sight falls apart just pushing on it with my finger. The hatsan rifle is not consistent shot to shot or day to day.
I always wanted a Hatsan until after that experience.
@@snd7622 HW99S @£240. I have seen one win a Competition.
Has the AAR Facebook group been taken down? I can't find it 👍
Hi Andy i have a phantom mark2 Springer it is epic 👍
Taking of springers it is difficult to not mention hw30s.
Nice review, Andy! Would you please add a little section to show if the rifle is de-cockable in the future? In my opinion, a de-cockable gun is far safer to deal with unwanted shots.
I don't think that's been an option for a long time. Most rifles have anti-bear trap mechanisms to explicitly prevent this, because you really don't want the barrel to fly about if the trigger is activated whilst loading. So it's far, far safer to just safely discharge that one round, than to allow de-cocking.
This gun does have a safety catch that can be reset, if one does not take the shot.
De-cocking is less useful, and to be honest, in fifty years of shooting springers, I have never had the need to de-cock one.
I own an hw99s, aa tx200 and walther lgv and I routinely decock them to check the action and trigger and generally test it during maintenance, should I feel the need. Pretty sure you can decock any springer even with a bear-trap you just need to have a strong arm to hold back the barrel/lever when you release the trigger, and you'll need to pull and then immediately deactivate the anti bear trap if equipped with one.
Easier for me since I permentantly deactivated the anti bear trap on my TX200 cos it's noisy and annoying
@@SmokingBeagles Nope, the whole point of the anti-dear trap is to deactivate the trigger if the rifle is broken, so you can't de-cock it. It's not something you can access from the outside of the rifle. The 99s apparently doesn't have one, but most of the other HW models do.
You should do a review on the Hatsan Sniper 125 it's a excellent gun and really cheap
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Far be it from me to criticise, but I thought the Monte Carlo had a sweep, or was that only particular to BSA mercury rifles?
I bet you did see some nice cheek pieces in Monte Carlo though 😁?
Remember you have to use the artillery method to get any accuracy out of any springer.
Unlike a PCP which can shoot in the same way as a proper firearm rifle.
Great review..👍🏻 lol at end ..
Don't hate on that voodoo box your fans are in it 😂 I really wish i could tested this next to my ruger airhawk & crossman 160 rather than watching you with it💔
Got 4 springers but can’t say they do the trick going to pcps
Wow, less than £100 really does make it a bargain even if the accuracy isn't great (maybe it'd be better with different pellets).
It will be better after another 200 - 300 pellets, I just bought a weihrauch HW95K two weeks ago and it was no better for the first half of a tin of pellets!
Your right it is a lot more accurate than shown and it's not pellet fussy at all atb Dave
@@daermon1000 you're so right mine is extremely accurate half inch groups at 30yards are the norm and it's not pellet fussy atb Dave
To be fair, 40 metres is asking a lot.
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I'm looking for a multi shot. Seems expensive to shoot a single shot, then need a new one.