So here we are, April already and its been an interesting start to the year, shooting wise I have been struggling a lot with my springers. I started the year full of enthusiasm and confidence with my Hatsan Mod55s.

This has been an interesting excercise, as I had been hoping to get this ready for the UK Recoiling championships at Anston in April. But like a lot of things I have not had enough time to get it exactly doing what I wanted it to do. I cant fault the accuracy or the power, but I have not quite got the recoil down to a level that you can shoot with confidence with. Its not loke it has a lot of recoil, but just enough to make it a bit too lively for the sort of ranges we are expecting.

 

So anticipating that it would not be ready I got hold of a Weihrauch HW95K in .177. I have gone on record as saying my old SMK XS20 was an awesome rifle, so it was logical to take the opportunity to get a HW95, as it was available in .177.

Now things were looking up, as the first three months of the year

, my shooting had suffered as a result of trying different things with the Mod55s. So the introduction of the HW95K to the arsenal was to be a forward step

 

Things never work out how you think they will, do they? Anyway my downward shooting trend continued and I have only been shooting scores around the mid 50% mark. I needed to get some form back, so I studied my record files to see if I could find a common cause to corrulate the downward spiral of my scores and the rifles I have been shooting.

 

The next step was to see which rifle had been the most consistant. I need not have even considered this as I already knew the answer. The only springer I had shot well in the last two years was my old Walther LGV

This was clearly the rifle I should be using, but, and theres always a big but (and not just Jennifer Lopez') I had sold it on. I sold it because I had gone off on a different tangent and gone down another avenue. A big mistake. I am not in a position to just go and buy another new one, and they just arent around secondhand..... Except one appeared on facebook, and at a good price, So.....

I am now the proud owner of this Walther LGV Challenger. Again a .177, but in the Synthetic stock. I am not a fan of synthetic stocks, as I am a bit old school, and believe a rifle stock is supposed to be made from wood, however ther is an upside, as the Challenger is over a lb lighter.

This one was from a group who offer shooting experiences to disabled and dissadvantaged people, but the group are moving towards a fleet of PCP's (easier for the disabled shooter) and this was at a pricenearly £200 under new.

My only other springer at the moment is my SMK (BAM) B19