Back inside the Walther Falcon Hunter

[daveshoot]

Elgin, they are OK and that's why they make so many models of air guns. I have guns I enjoy that others don't think so highly of....

They cost a lot for the level of QC I found, however. You can get an RWS34 .22for that kind of money, and find a whole world of finesse for a marginal sacrifice in power. The WFH does shoot pretty well now, especially for a spring cannon. Never tried a gas ram and maybe that is just the thing for it. I was kind of annoyed they couldn't blow the scrap out of it before assembly, though. Subsequent batches may have been better for all I know.

Some isa matter of what you're used to. When I shoot, 'specially at critters, the trigger IS the gun, at least until it goes off. The Walther Falcon trigger is bloody awful, sorry. It is awful in 2 directions, too, not just heavy and creepy but wobbly. I didn't make it much better but I may revisit someday. Still, with discipline the gun will shoot very decent groups. I have other guns that are "hammers" that behave more nicely, is all.

It is heavy to cock but I have others nearly as heavy (MP513). It was advertised (maybe still is) as having 27 lbs. of cocking force. I think this was mixed up with the trigger spec and that is about helf the true cocking weight. I bowhunt, too. This was more like my first recurve, before I got into compounds. To while away a weekend shooting at paper, I would rather play with the more medium-powered guns. But, you shoot what you got. This is a lot of power for the money, no doubt about it. If there was a replacement trigger I would buy it in a heartbeat. For now, it spends most of the time in the closet, in case a rhinoceros shows up in the yard.

There really isn't much as powerful as this and if you master the trigger and your stock holds together, there is no reason you shouldn't enjoy the heck out of it. Once you have some work in a gun, it is hard to let one go.

Hope you're back to work soon! I am sorry to be snobby about triggers and such. There is another cost-effective magnum lady on the block these days, if you're inclined to branch out later- check out tjk's thread http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=16770&posts=9#M136173

[mackeralboy]

Here's a photo of the wooden stock I made for mine after the original plastic stock from the factory cracked at all 4 holes on the forend. To get rid of the side to side trigger wobble I was experiencing with mine I took a pair of vice grips and pinched the sides of the trigger group housing togeather slightly. I also went back and installed an Air Venturi gas ram in it.

[Elgin]

I competly agree about the trigger, I wish I could find one that would work with it.  I play with the screws to set the trigger back a bit, and lighten the pull, however that wobble is gross.  I contacted Hantsen in turkey dirrectly to see if I could get one of the brass 135 MOd triggers, no answer yet.  That link you sent me to looks just like the WFH, as far as the metal goes.  Is it supposed to be a china remake?  I have not opened mine to see the internals because Bah, and Stacy at PA did it for me, when they installed the piston.  I think if you decised to have one installed you would dust it and shoot it more offen.  Bah, said that in the past (2008 models) there were a lot of quality control issues, but this last batch was a lot better.  The thing about the piston is it is filled to  love the rifle, and am going to use it to hunt.  I almost bought a Mendoza RM600, and ended up with this.  i got a great deal on it!  I was given free over night shipping, I had a 10% coupon, and found some errors on thier site so I go an additional 5% off, then I found the rifle stock for less else were and they price matched it for me.  I saved over $100.00 off the piston model.

Do you know of or if you hear of anyone with an after market trigger please please let me know I will do the same for you.  I wonder if that B28 stock would fit this WFH, it looks wood, and I bet would be cheap, that is worth looking into.

[daveshoot]

B28 is a copy of the RWS350, and is another type of breakbarrel magnum altogether. By all accounts it has extreme power, a great trigger, and very good QC, not to mention a decent wood stock for a Chinese rifle.

I really think the Chinese have been listening to the American airgun market. Maybe the Turks are too (they certainly got the 1000 fps obsession) but the Chinese build quality seems to be getting much better.

The good thing is you bought your WFH right and you're having fun working on it and shooting it, plus you get bragging rights for being at the extreme upper end of spring gun power. I had fun working on and shooting mine. I am just more fickle, and that was a few guns back. It will hit a kill zone at 30yds very nicely.