Weihrauch HW 40 PCA /Beeman P3 Reviews

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Weihrauch HW 40 PCA /Beeman P3
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Average Ratings for Weihrauch HW 40 PCA /Beeman P3

  • Value for Money4.7 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.7 stars
  • Overall Rating4.7 stars

30 Reviews For Weihrauch HW 40 PCA /Beeman P3

  • 00Tonio Rank: Sergeant 4th Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    This is a stylish single stroke;pneumatic
    Good points;it's German and it's built steel and polymer.A great goodlooking dynamic pistol.(Careful for chinese imitations.'Made in Germany'is underneath the top part of gun when you open it).
    Clever loading system;you 'cock'the hammer and it opens up with a gentle hiss.
    Accuracy is also outstanding and it's quiet.
    Target pistols can be so expensive but this is High quality at low price around £130.
    Bad points;none.This is a pistol for those who want to start serious one-hand target shooting.I'd recommend this one no, doubt.00Tonio.

  • Dehouser Rank: Sergeant 18th Sep 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I recently picked up an older HW40, the version sans tru-glo sights. The gun would not hold air for any length of time and was a trifle anemic in terms of velocity. It needed a new piston seal and a breech seal, both of which are easy to source through a hydraulic shop (nitrile o-rings are all they are). I cleaned up the piston head and compression chamber, coated the new seals with silicon oil, and installed them. Much better: no leaks and a noticeably crisper contact sound on my paper targ ...

  • markiep Rank: Corporal 24th Aug 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    with reguards my review of HW40 i meant to say i brought a WEBLEY TYPHOON not Tempest - sorry - couldnt find a way of editing my review

  • markiep Rank: Corporal 21st Aug 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    EXCELLENT!i brought a webley tempest which was quite frankly very disappointing - poor quality very heavy -very innacurate even with red dot sight (which fell to bits due to the jolting when firing)
    Read reviews on Weihrauch HW40 and picked up one for £75 as new-bargain!
    First impressions were that it was very light and plasticky feeling and how was it going to shoot a pellet! How wrong was that first impression!
    Extremely accurate is an understatement- at 10yds with red dot freestanding i ...

  • tractor lad Rank: Captain 30th Apr 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    This Weihrauch HW 40 PCA /Beeman P3 pistol defines the saying value for money. It is accurate, powerful and cheap, It isn't the easiest pistol to load that is my only fault with it. I find it very comfortable.

  • Guest 9th Feb 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    The Weihrauch HW 40 PCA /Beeman P3 is light and easy to use. Very accurate 6yds and 10 mtr. Our scout group uses one every week with 8 or more people shooting 10 or 20 shots each time. As it is left or right handed and safty is easy to operate most scouts go for it. Only bad point is after a lot of shots the piston seal lets by [1500 -2000]shots

  • Summj002 Rank: 2nd Lieutenant 27th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    When weighed up, I think that the Weihrauch is the best air pistol money can buy. Spend on this and you won't be disappointed.
    Lastly I would like to say that there are other guns similar to this (The Beeman P-1, The Beeman P-3) but they aren't made with the same materials and while they are decent pistols for plinking etc., they cannot keep up to the level of accuracy the HW 40 provides.

  • cole5169 Rank: 2nd Lieutenant 29th Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Weihrauch HW 40 PCA is a single-stroke pneumatic over-lever air pistol. The "hammer" is actually a latch, holding the back of the receiver in place. Pulling back on the hammer releases the top half of the receiver, which can then be rotated forward. This action fills the compression tube with air.

    When the receiver is levered back into position - which takes considerable force - this air is compressed and stored for the next shot.

    While open, a .177 pellet is fed manually directly into ...

  • Guest 6th Jun 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I have hw40 4.5mm. it like 4.52mm dome head pellet. Accurate, 10 meter group 4-5mm ctc with gamo hunter. very good desing, useful.

  • Guest 25th May 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    At first I was impressed; the HW40 PCA shoots pretty much as well as my Walther LP53, and FWB 65 & 80.
    After some more testing, I found that the elevation screw is moving by itself and that the grooves to stop it are cut too shallow. Checking on some other airgun sites, this seems to be a common problem.

    It is not the quality that I expected for three times the money that the chinese copies cost!!!!

  • cptman Rank: Major 9th Apr 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I have a webley Nemisis which is also a pneumatic air pistol, but the two don't compare, the weihrauch handles much better although i would say the power is about the same.
    The tru-glow sights are not to everybodys taste but i like them.
    unfortunately the rear sight elevation screw is slightly faulty, i have e.mailed Weihrauch and asked them to post me a replacement, i will let you know what their customer service is like in due course.

  • jbl 21st Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Its a good gun and I would recommend the Weihrauch HW 40 PCA/Beeman P£

  • QuickDrawJim Rank: Lance Corporal 19th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I bought this pistol on a whim, being mainly into air rifle shooting, but must say that for what it is designed for, it does it perfectly well. Weihrauch don't claim that it is an all-round air pistol, and rightly so. They designed it for informal target shooting and that?s exactly what it does - and does very well in fact.

    If you want an air pistol with the power to shred some coke cans, or shoot objects out to 45 yards, then may I suggest that the HW45 would be the gun that you need rather ...

  • jes437 Rank: Staff Sergeant 21st Nov 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I wanted a reliable gun which would allow all year outdoor shooting, my co2 pistols' performance has waned with the onset of Winter weather, and this one made me curious after a lengthy handling in the gun shop. I'd gone in there to look at true target air pistols, but this became an attractive and far less costly step to take.

    Starting with the negative, that handling session was necessary because on first glances the gun is difficult to take seriously. There's been some attempt at jazzing i ...

  • jabarret Rank: Corporal 14th Nov 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    If I could own just one air pistol for plinking, this would be it.The Weihrauch HW 40 PCA is a well made and accurate air pistol.

  • gunstonburner 21st Oct 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    This is an amazing gun. So accurate with RWS Hobby Flatheads that i can shot a lid of a jar wen its lying flat at 10m range. I love the smooth trigger, its pretty sensitive but it means that beginners don't jerk the gun when they pull it. I bought my Weihrauch HW40 second hand from Thomas Turner Gunsmith so i don't have a problem with the cocking of it though watch your fingers when you close it again, (had one nice pinch from it). I would recommend this gun to anyone looking for a pistol for ta ...

  • cog Rank: Corporal 31st Aug 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Overall, this pistol is very accurate, very well built, and generally easy to use. The only problems some people may experience are difficulty in cocking until they get used to it. And loading pellets may be difficult for some people.
    The only other thing to mention is that the trigger is very light, some people might like this, some might not, but it could easily be adjusted if you know what you're doing.

  • dmills133 Rank: Staff Sergeant 8th Jun 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I wanted an air pistol for rats that have invaded my garden and think 10 yards is a reasonable shot for rats so not a lot of power is required. and settled on the HW 40 PCA since all I would ever get was a one shot effort before the rat took off. I took the HW 40 PCA out of the box, placed a target at 10m in the garden loaded a fiddly .177 and fired off a 5 shot group covered by a 1 pence coin. The pellets were Dynamit Nobel from Troisdorf Germany and seem to fit the pistol well. Others may pe ...

  • MARK HOOPER 17th Apr 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Very accurate and powerful. Shoots like I have had it for years. I used some Bisley Flathead pellets and could group within half an inch, with not too much practice. Even my young boys can hit the target. A pleasure to shoot and highly addictive. Might even join a pistol club and try my hand at 10m. Beautiful trigger and sights. In a nutshell, mint!

  • nige52 20th Jan 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The HW40 PCA is one of the best pistols I have owned, compared to my Feinwekbaus and my other pistols, there is hardly any difference in accuracy. I find the '40 to be good to handle, easy to sight up, not pellet fussy and after you get used to the sometimes stiff cocking mechanism, easy to load.
    I can only fault this pistol on 1 point, which is easily rectified, the grips are too shiny for my liking and need roughening up, this I did in about 10 minutes with my Dremel and the sanding attacheme ...