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    BREAK-BARREL BRILLIANCE

    Sep 08, 2022 6 minutes

    KEY SPECS

    MAKER: Weihrauch, Germany

    MODEL: HW80KLuxus

    SUPPLIED BY: Hull Cartridge (weihrauch.co.uk)

    PRICE: £540

    TYPE: spring-powered break-barrel

    CALIBRE: .177 and .22 (tested), .20 and .25 by special order

    OVERALL LENGTH: 1132mm

    LENGTH OF PULL: 362mm

    BARREL LENGTH: 310mm

    WEIGHT: 3.9kg (without scope)

    TRIGGER: Two-stage adjustable

    POWER: 11.5 ft-lb

    Lasting success is not easy to achieve - especially in a world that has grown to expect change for the sake of change - but the iconic Weihrauch HW80K has managed to be a very desirable airgun for almost 40 years.

    Back in the 1980s, I wanted an HW80K because it was the gun used by John Darling, the father of modern airgun hunting. Four decades later, I would still like to find a place for this remarkable air rifle in my gun cabinet. Its appeal to me isn't just because of nostalgia, though - it is because it is one of the finest break-barrel airguns that money can buy.

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