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Posted: 6 hours 21 minutes ago at 12:39pm

Good luck with napier and hastings.
Crafties no. Ranges to river no. ( Has ftt now)
Gun city no Napier no. Hunting and fishing possible. Did pick up rws from there. But no jsb at that time.
I will gun city to get some in when i send the wiehrach to its new owner. But this time ill take photos of the pellet tins as last time they had no idea of aa and jsb pellets.
Took all might last time to not tell the lady he was selling pellets too, that he was full of shyt and had no idea about he was talking about.
Honestly the crap he came up with was truly shocking to sell.

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Im heading into napier early tomorrow morning ec. If your heading to town Wednesday i can meet up and drop of some 18.13 gr jsb and some jsb/exact 16gr for you to try. Got some rws as well. Think you have tried the rest of what i have. Oh and sone h&n barricuda 18. Basically the h&ñ version of the jsb 18.13gr.
Let me know before tomorrow if you want em.

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Posted: 1 hour 58 minutes ago at 5:02pm

Ok....

Well after careful consideration and not taking anyone's advice apparently, I've probably bought the wrong gun.

I've ended up getting a 2nd hand Weihrauch HW97KT .177. It was on Trademe if anyone happened to have spotted it. Everything except the rests and scope for $995

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Posted: 48 minutes ago at 5:21pm

They're a great airgun - possibly the best. You should be very happy with it.

Based on the price range you were indicating, no one (other than Myson) bothered suggesting the Weihrauchs. Had pricing not been too much of an issue then pretty much all of us would have.

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Posted: 23 minutes ago at 5:46pm

Absolutely spot on.

Get rid of some pests and settle into some very accurate target sessions.

Our local club members regularly shoot sub 1/2 inch groups at 25 yards with Weihrauch Air Rifles.

There are several HW97 users who can front with the best pre-charged owners.

Most recently:

25 yards 4 pellets through same hole HW97.

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Posted: 11 minutes ago at 5:58pm

The HW97 is an excellent air gun. Many people don't like an under leaver for hunting as they find them slower to reload than a break-barrel. However they are very very accurate and hitting what your shooting at is the most important thing with any gun.

A HW97K with the thumb hole beach stock is nearly $1700 from Youngs - so under a grand for the gun, the case some targets and some pellets is a very good price as the gun looks to be in near new condition.

Kruzza , Gun City did not have any JSB pellets at all, nor did they have any 30 cal FX - which my Hatsan likes. Not sure when or if I will be heading to Napier. I was taking my daughter to the Palmy hospital for a procedure today and by the time we got home she was feeling like sh*t and has gone straight to bed. Not sure how she will feel after a night's sleep - but I suspect I'll be staying close to home tomorrow.

I'll probably end up getting a couple of tins of JSB 30 cal from Youngs as the Hatsan likes them too and get some .22 JSBs to try in my guns. THANKS for the offer though - we will have to have a meetup sometime to checkout each other's Dianas.

Regards
-Ec

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	Good luck with napier and hastings. Crafties no. Ranges to river no. ( Has ftt now) Gun city no Napier no. Hunting and fishing possible. Did pick up rws from there. But no jsb at that time. I will gun city to get some in when i send the wiehrach to its new owner. But this time ill take photos of the pellet tins as last time they had no idea of aa and jsb pellets. Took all might last time to not tell the lady he was selling pellets too, that he was full of shyt and had no idea about he was talking about. Honestly the crap he came up with was truly shocking to sell.

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2887	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2 hours 20 minutes ago at 4:40pm
	Im heading into napier early tomorrow morning ec. If your heading to town Wednesday i can meet up and drop of some 18.13 gr jsb and some jsb/exact 16gr for you to try. Got some rws as well. Think you have tried the rest of what i have. Oh and sone h&n barricuda 18. Basically the h&ñ version of the jsb 18.13gr. Let me know before tomorrow if you want em.

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	Ok.... Well after careful consideration and not taking anyone's advice apparently, I've probably bought the wrong gun. I've ended up getting a 2nd hand Weihrauch HW97KT .177. It was on Trademe if anyone happened to have spotted it. Everything except the rests and scope for $995

KiwiTR6 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Nov 2022 Location: North Island Status: Online Posts: 434	Post Options Post Reply Quote KiwiTR6 Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 48 minutes ago at 5:21pm
	They're a great airgun - possibly the best. You should be very happy with it. Based on the price range you were indicating, no one (other than Myson) bothered suggesting the Weihrauchs. Had pricing not been too much of an issue then pretty much all of us would have. Edited by KiwiTR6 - 43 minutes ago at 5:26pm
	Daystate Red Wolf .22 FX Dreamline .22 Diana Outlaw .22 HW98 .177 HW30 .177 Diana 340 N-Tec .177 Diana Two Forty .177 FWB Sport 124 .177 Diana Mod 25 .177 Crosman 2240 Custom .22

mercs Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 Apr 2020 Location: Stratford Status: Offline Posts: 361	Post Options Post Reply Quote mercs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 minutes ago at 5:46pm
	Absolutely spot on. Get rid of some pests and settle into some very accurate target sessions. Our local club members regularly shoot sub 1/2 inch groups at 25 yards with Weihrauch Air Rifles. There are several HW97 users who can front with the best pre-charged owners. Most recently: 25 yards 4 pellets through same hole HW97.

-Ec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2025 Location: Matamau Status: Online Posts: 179	Post Options Post Reply Quote -Ec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 minutes ago at 5:58pm
	The HW97 is an excellent air gun. Many people don't like an under leaver for hunting as they find them slower to reload than a break-barrel. However they are very very accurate and hitting what your shooting at is the most important thing with any gun. A HW97K with the thumb hole beach stock is nearly $1700 from Youngs - so under a grand for the gun, the case some targets and some pellets is a very good price as the gun looks to be in near new condition. Kruzza , Gun City did not have any JSB pellets at all, nor did they have any 30 cal FX - which my Hatsan likes. Not sure when or if I will be heading to Napier. I was taking my daughter to the Palmy hospital for a procedure today and by the time we got home she was feeling like sh*t and has gone straight to bed. Not sure how she will feel after a night's sleep - but I suspect I'll be staying close to home tomorrow. I'll probably end up getting a couple of tins of JSB 30 cal from Youngs as the Hatsan likes them too and get some .22 JSBs to try in my guns. THANKS for the offer though - we will have to have a meetup sometime to checkout each other's Dianas.
	Regards -Ec