what are the shims you make?

That is a nice Rifle

I enjoyed your video s... learning a lot

Thanks for the videos! I bought a Gamo whisper 10x back in 2021 when ammo was high and scarce. I own and enjoy many firearms for hunting and target shooting but had never owned an air rifle. My Gamo is ok for plinking but I am ready for a quality rifle now. I watched your boot camp videos forward. HW50 looks like what I need in order to hunt rabbits and squirrels. Plenty here in rural southern Indiana. Semper Fi and thank you for your service. I'm a former marine reservist 77-83. May God bless you and your family! Almost forgot, yes I have subscribed to your channel.

Honestly, great idea! Even if somehow something went wrong, it's not like you're ruining an expensive part that's hard to replace! Great idea, and I appreciate you sharing, thank you!

In the UK you can't own anything over 12 foot pounds without a firearm's certificate, so that is what nearly everybody works with. 12 foot pounds is fine for the kinds of quarry that you hunt with air guns, if you put it in the right place.

I stuck between these 2 for a 22 for hunting. I like I can get the 80 in the long hunter with sling swivels already on it.

Congratulations, german made are the best , some of china too.

Another Informative Video Chuck....Great Job and thanks for covering this Important subject matter. These Air Rifles Are Not Toys! Didn't the US Military conduct tests with a .22 rimfire In the late 1950's and come to the conclusion that If a projectile can penetrate a 1" Piece of Pine( Which has the similar density to a human skull) It would be lethal?

MY Benjamin Trail XL will shoot 27 ft pounds all day accurate I found it liked Gamo 16- gram pellets at a consistent 30 ft pounds all pellets inside a quarter size area at 60 ft as you go further it will open up considerably my Trail XL is a 22-cal. air rifle hunting allot more challenging than hunting with a regular 22 and you will have to get within 40 yards for all small game to ethically take game

Update: I no longer recommend Gamo because of the low build quality, using plastic parts on the wedge detent and breach block. The follow spring after this video, this Gamo no longer had any accuracy because of the plastic parts gave up. Plastic will never compare to steel.

I no longer recommend Gamo unless you don't mind that it has a plastic breach block and plastic wedge detent. Ps; this Gamo died shortly after this video because the plastic wedge detent finally gave out. Last bit of advice; save up your coin and buy something made with wood and steel, like a Weihrauch.😃👍

If IT AINT GAMO :IT AINT WORTH THE AMMO!!! I LOVE MY GAMO IGT PISTON RIFLES!

Hi Chuck, you will have zero loose fitting issues with the RWS FEILDLINE SUPERDOMES. 14.5 grain, which is also more suitable for sub 12 shooting. 18 grains is rather like lobbing a bean bag.

thanks for video. great spring gun!!! what the scope?

12 fpe absolutely deadly, great video. It would be interesting to show penetrating energy of 177 vs 22 vs 25 at same energy... What thickness was that ply (or maybe it was particle board)? My 16 fpe rifles aren't pushing through my 3/4 ply backer that I use. Great video as always, but I was surprised to see that it needs stock screws tightened so much. Don't blow away up there in SD. ~Papa T

The 50s is a absolutely fantastic rifle it stil amazes me i use manly jsb or airarms pelets mine seems to like this ones

Find the right pellet, the AA’s seemed pretty good, and 12ftlb is plenty for rabbit and squirrels out to 50 yards if you have your aim points and technique down. Great guns hope you keep enjoying it. Maintain it and it will outlast you. They ship from factory with a mild oil lubricating the internals stop stop them from rusting on the shelf. Eventually do yours a favour, tear it down and remove the original lubricants with alcohol then re lube with proper molly. It will be better in the long term to stop wearing of the metal parts. Great video, I’m so happy you got this gun. God Bless

Very educational, I appreciate your expertise in breakbarrel riffles . I think many many of us that purchased a PCP put our breakbarrels up and feel like a pcp is superior. I recently took a friend out he was completely new to airguns so I brought my Beeman RS2 , a Chinese made riffle from SAS . I grew to love it again and was impressed with how you can develop a rhythm with a breakbarrel that isnt quite the same with a pcp , you will always be refilling the airtank and magazines. I have been eyeballing a 25 cal Breakbarrel Hatsan Striker its spring powered . What is your opinion on this riffle ? I remember you were having issues with a Hatsan riffle in the past . I really want the 25 cal as it shhots 24 or 25 footpounds , the thing I do like about PCP is the higher FPE ratings . My Beeman Bullpup shoots about 45 FPE and at 100 yards still hits hard . I had in mind to buy the new Macavity arms 30 cal PCP but after a wonderful shooting trip with my breakbarrel, Im looking a purchasing a 25 cal breakbarrel over the pcp . Great video illustration of power , its appreciated

Interesting how we find differences in manufacturing and barrels. The arrows are very tight in my barrel (Benjamin trail 2). And yes 12 ftlb is not laughing matter, I think that due to marketing and current offerings we do not estimate it correctly

12 FPE rifles have and can kill people, they ain't toys!

I've had my 99s for 10 years been the best gun I've ever had enjoyed the video. Take care and look forward to seeing your next review 👍

Another interesting video. This remains such a beautiful rifle...footpounds aside. 😊

Great shooting in the wind as always Chuck. Have a great weekend.

How about testing Brazilian pellets from the "Rifle" brand? I'm sure you will be surprised... Excellent construction quality and low price. I don't know if you come from your country, but it's worth the tip...

Thanks for the new video. I want that rifle! Good job.

I have a Hatsan 135, 95 and 87qe all in .25cal with Vortex air pistons I want to take out the air pistons and replace with metal mainsprings. From my experience they last longer than air pistons. I'm curious where can I get replacement springs, guide rods, top hats? Also is the rear end cap the same for Hatsans with air pistons vs. ones that use metal main springs? I'm not sure if the end caps are interchangeable or need to be specific for either steel or air pistons. Trying to get a hold of Hatsan seems to be not an easy task.

Hey, y'all; Could you talk about energy in Joules, since that is the international standard of measurement for regulations? "one pound-foot is equal to 1.35582 joules" 12 foot-pounds= 16.72 Joules For example, anything over about 14.7 foot-pounds requires a separate license in Germany

I think you should stay on just doing the Spring Pistons. Not necessarily buying new ones each month, but all the things we do with them. I have a Beeman R7 In a cart, but may take the chance with shipping with Krale on a 50s

I got 95k and 97k in sub 12 , less power equals better accuracy

The hw50 has plenty of knockdown power even in stock configuration I did add a vortex ho tune kit to mine and it’s putting out 13fpe with ftt and 13.5fpe with the terminators from h&n but the biggest thing to look for is bolistic coefficient you can shoot one pellet at 30 yards and loose half your energy at target and shoot another pellet the same speed and weight an hold onto 80-90 percent of your energy at 30 yards I shoot mostly h&n ftt out of my hw’s and my measured bc on the ftt trophy is 0.032 I set my chrony up at 50 yards and shoot through it and measure speed from muzzle and at 50 yards my r9 has 16fpe at muzzle and 11fpe at 50 yards my hw50 has 13fpe at muzzle and just shy of 9fpe at 50 yards and at 35 yards it will still almost pass through squirrels and I take shoulder shots on them most

You might want a multi shot break barrel for your hunting rifle . " Magazine Fed "

Thanks for the videos! 👍

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H&N 5.53 are my flavour of choice (5.54 never available) also use the Weihrauch FT pellets they come in 1 size 5.53, they are made by H&N almost identical except for a wee belt between skirt and head. Only mention this as I have got "slightly" better results in very cold weather with the Weihrauch pellet ???? I don't know why either !, just thought I would mention it as you do a lot in cold weather.

Hi guys,,good test ,just shows even 12 ft lbs.is a powerful gun, thats all were allowed in the UK ,i have the same rifle but the 125th anniversary one,,and an HW 35K both are beautifully made and shoot fine,, certainly worth the extra money,,will last two lifetimes also,,will try those Apollo slugs,,,all the best from England

Last try edited down lol. Good shooting Sir. I use a Weirauch HW98S with JSB .22 5.52 mm Exact Jumbo Diablo and they are tack drivers at 25 Metres. I weigh and size every pellet with a 5.52mm Pellet sizer then place them in soft foam holders inside tins. Ime from a farming background and also a UK Veteran so when i am shooting i make sure my pellets are as good as they can be. Every bore of every rifle is different so its a matter of finding the correct ones for your barrel and then purchase as many tins or sleeves as you can with the same batch number.

ft-lbs of energy Easy to calculate Velocity x velocity x pellet/bullet weight / divided by 450240 800 x 800 x 8 / 450240 = 11.37ft-lbs . 671fps and 949fps are good numbers(velocity) to remember for airgunners At 671fps the pellet weight is the ft-lbs of energy at 949fps double the pellet weight to get ft-lbs of energy 671 x 671 x 8 / 450240 = 8.0ft-lbs 949 x 949 x 8 / 450240 = 16.0ft-lbs .

Hi there Sir i have posted two comments but neither of them are showing ? I will try again.

Great shooting in that wind mister. Plus the wood says it all about the power. Good video thanks

If you want the best quality springers you should buy Weihrauch or Air Arms rifles - and they don´t lie around the fps - just building superior quality!!!

I like the wood grain on that rifle.

Thanks for the video.

Awesome video Chuck and nice explanation of the foot pounds 👍 Your marksman skills are superb 👏 I was able to post some grouping videos of my HW30 and 80 these last few days.... Such fun shooting the springers! Wishing you and your family a blessed Friday and amazing weekend!

Energy does not kill, hemorrhage is what kills (generally) - but also CNS destruction, and especially hydrostatic shock - which you only find in high powered rifles (not in handguns-- gel tests lie. No normal handgun has anything that can be described as "stopping power").

Hey Chuck, Scott here first off thank you for your blessings and prayers for my sister. And blessings to you and yours! At the velocities and distances your hunting do you feel as though the loopier tragetery at 12 fpe is any more difficult to estimate than say the hw95 in .22?

Hey chuck. I have a 77k and 50s both in 177. Would a 95 luxus in .22 bee worth adding to my collection? How dous it compare to the 50s?

Hi, I own the same rifle over in the UK were it is called the HW99s for some reason. It is in .22 cal paired with a Hawke Vantage 2-7 X 7 AO IR scope. It loves the H&N FTT and Air Arms pellets pushing 11.7 foot pounds sub 12ft lbs uk law. It is a really accurate rifle and does all I ask of it. I do use JSB Hades for close range ratting but these are a looser fit in the barrel so you have to close the barrel facing down as not to accidentally clip the skirt. This rifle is great for hunting but also gives many a PCP a run for its money at the range. Like yourself I am a springer guy and love the channel.

It looks as windy in South Dakota as it is here in south west Wales 😅..obviously we're restricted to sub 12ftb ..I've seen a chap successfully take rabbits at +60yrds with a highly tuned 99/50s putting out around 10.8ftb ..so in the right hands a very capable rifle..I've recently purchased my 1st new weihrauch a 97k and straight out of the box it's as accurate as any pcp I've used..great stuff as always thanks for posting take care and have a good day 👍👍

Hey Chuck, great show and take on pellet choice! Such a good looking rifle and accurate too!