Weihrauch HW45 or Beeman P1 Review

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Weihrauch HW45 or Beeman P1
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pinheadboy's Review of Weihrauch HW45 or Beeman P1

5th Mar 2008

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
Good Points

Wonderful balance, power, kick and accuracy.

Bought mine secondhand, their rock solid, so why not???

Built to last......


Bad Points

Genuinely none...(though maybe price - it is just metal after all - but its quality does count!)


General Comments

I bought this pistol after several months target shooting with my BSA Lightning XL Tactical .22 (a great rifle) in the garden. This was a second hand purchase from a gun shop and on initial inspection I was more than impressed with the look, feel and quality of the gun in person than internet images can manage.

My choice was also a .22 in the standard black finish as I have big hands and find the larger pellet size easier to manage and of no detriment in accuracy out to 35ish yds.

I have previously seriously considered buying the Webley Tempest and Hurricane and also the BSA 240 Magnum, though now I have the HW45 I know it will be a choice for life. I have tested this pistol on a 40 yard range with just the bog standard iron sights and they are amazingly good at lining up the targets. I am no pro, but found that I could easily hit the 10" x 10" targets at serious distance with slight hold over where required.

I have no interest in dull, target sport, pneumatic guns that are lifeless. When I release the trigger I want to feel recoil and the associated challenges that it provides.

I now realise that pistol shooting is fun though requiring effort (after 50ish shots) with the HW45 and am happy that I bought at the top of the market. I am sure that nothing else can match this package from Weihrauch unless it is similarly priced, and amazingly its a decades old design and inner workings!!!

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