r9 or hw77? price is only 100 bucks difference

[CHUCKMATLOCK]

I have the money ready to hand to Santa. I really like the r9 goldfinger. don't know if there is a difference other than the stock and trigger between r9 and goldfinger. I am sticking with .177 cal and will use for mostly target shooting but some small game.  how do the two stack up? a stock r9 and a tuned (or spring replaced, maccari) hw77.  Any info would be helpful, santa has a dead line.

[Gene_SC]

Hiya Chuck

I had once asked this question. There is a member named JP Shelton who owns a couple R-9's .20. He is quite the  shooter and bags small game and birds in the high desert in Southern California. You may find some of his posts by doing a search on our forum. Used the R-9 .20 exclusivly for hunting. He answered my question by saying they were the same rife except maybe some minor exterior design changes. So take your pic... Which ever one suits you tasts go for it because there is no difference in performance according to JP Shelton.  Also Jeff "longislandhunter" has just purchase a new Goldfinger. Try asking him how he likes his new baby...

As far as JP Shelton explained. The R-9 was good to go right outa da box. You would probably put many thousands of pellets through it before you would need to mod it or even a major tune like CDT offers.

Good Luck
Gene

[CHUCKMATLOCK]

thanks gene. now I can get he goldfinger or just the regular r-9. Any difference?  again 100 dollar price difference and I really don't need the scope. I am not sure if the checkering is worth 100 dollars.

Personally I would go with the standard R9 because then you have the option of using open sights or scope. I believe the Goldfinger is set up for scope only use. The 77 also gives you the option of sighting devices. I have both a 77k and HW95(R9) in .22 cal, and I love both. But the 77 is a bit easier to shoot, the 95 can be nearly as accurate but it is a bit hold sensitive and requires a bit more concentration for target work. HTH,

Mulby

I've got a "Goldfinger" in .177 and an R-9 deluxe in .20.  The latter has the same checkered stock that the Goldfingers have but has open metallic sights.  Mechanically, they're the same thing.

The sights on my .20 might have well have been omitted from the factory or at Beeman.  Doing so would have saved me the trouble of removing them.  I have ZERO interest in using them.

Which happens to be a good thing, because the stock diminsions of the current R-9's sold here in the USA don't seem too conducive to the use of open sights.  Neither I nor several other shooter I know could get their face down on the stock enough to get their eye lined up comfortably and correctly with the open sights.

With a scope, however, it is pure bliss.

Older R-9 models have more drop in the stock and are much more comfortable to shoot with open sights, IMHO.

-JP