Comments on: Hey, this is nice – the HW97 Thumbhole

By: Jock Elliott

Jock Elliott — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:55:28 +0000

Ian,

I believe that is a Leapers mini Tactical.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:11:40 +0000

Hi there, could you tell me what scope is on the HW97kt.
Many thanks Ian

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:43:49 +0000

Hi there, could you tell what scope is the HW97kt.
Many thanks Ian

By: Jock Elliott

Jock Elliott — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:23:33 +0000

Chadilac,

Sorry, I haven’t heard of this problem. So long as the performance is good, enjoy the gun!

By: Chadilac

Chadilac — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:50:19 +0000

I bought a HW97kt about two months ago and I love it but I heard some of these guns come with chopped mainsprings. I did take the stock off to see if I could tell if it was chopped or not but I couldnt tell. Is this true and if it is how can I tell without completly taking apart the gun? PS. I love this gun so much I could go for hours just staring at it and polishing it

By: Jock Elliott

Jock Elliott — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:39:16 +0000

Ed,

Since I don’t know how experienced you are with spring-piston air rifles, I’d say wait until you put at least four tins of pellets through your HW97.

Give it a chance to break in and for you to get accustomed to it. The HW97 is a truly excellent air rifle, accurate as the dickens with the right pellet, and a lot of fun to shoot. Typically a tune-up will eliminate spring twang and make the gun shoot with a quick snap of the action, and a tune-up may or may not make the gun shoot faster.

I have shot springers that were annoyingly noisy and twangy that were completely transformed by a tune-up. I have also shot springers that sounded like a box of loose parts when they went off, but were incredibly accurate without a tune up.

My philosophy is that, unless the springer is doing something that I find incredibly annoying, I don’t get it tuned until it needs some attention for another reason (like, for example, the velocity is dropping or it exhibits some other symptom of malfunctioning).

Don’t get me wrong — I think tuners are great, but I don’t think a tune-up is immediately needed on a brand new HW97.

By: Ed Nahm

Ed Nahm — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:14:23 +0000

I just recived my HW97 form Air Gun of Arizona, I had a conversation with a friend of mine and he suggested I get my new rifle custom tuned.
Do you think a tuneup on my new HW97 will it make a major differance in how the rifle handles/shoots? Can I please have your thoughts on the matter.

Thanks

Ed Nahm