Smoothest springer

[GingerCat]

I had a 99s in .22 that was virtually recoilesss from the factory and easy to shoot accurately free hand. Admittedly this was 25 years ago and the quality may have changed but even so. I'm not sure the .177 is quite the same.

[dogger]

HW8o knocks squirrels no bother👍

[Wharf Rat]

FWB 150 was recoiless.  It was a springer with a sledge held action.  You can tune them to shoot higher than 6ft-lb.

[12gauge82]

I'm going to say airarms prosport out of the springers I've shot. I've owned weihrauchs, theoben slr (gas strut), bsas and a few more, I recently acquired a pro sport and while there's obviously still recoil, it's super smooth with a lovely trigger, it was absolutely mint and I'm assuming someone has done a bit of tuning as I've owned a tuned hw97 and a tx200, but it's even smoother and a beautiful trigger to.

[Goldfish]

On 15/02/2024 at 11:09, oowee said:

If I were to buy the smoothest springer / gas ram sub 12 what would it be? Is there a recoiless hunting rifle (not pcn)? 

@oowee If you want a smooth springer buy a professionally tuned HW in the flavour you like, end of discussion really!

I own an HW80 that is tuned to perfection and great for 40m vermin control but heavy, I also use an out of the box light as a feather HW30 that is so smooth and quiet it is a joy to use but at 7.5fpe it is a 20m maximum head shot vermin gun at best.

So really it is down to the ranges you are shooting, the HW30 works well if all you need is to shoot squirrels from the base of a tree👍

Edited February 29 by Goldfish

[Ultrastu]

I've just picked up a 20 year old mk1 bsa lightening  .it's in excellent  external condition , and looks to have been worked on internally . It's running at around 9.5 fpe with jsb rs .177  .and is so smooth to cock and shoot its amazing .I thought it may have been a gas ram conversion at first but no,  I found the spring OK.  Accuracy is excellent out to 35 yds  with most pellets tried ,  it doesn't seem overly fussy but definitely  preferes the lighter offerings . It just goes to confirm my statement above that if you find an older well run in gun that's in harmony it will be a joy to shoot  .

I used to have a hw 30 that gun was easily the most accurate springer I've ever shot .but only to 30 yds or so when the power dropped off a bit too much .

[Lloyd90]

On 29/02/2024 at 07:46, Goldfish said:

@oowee If you want a smooth springer buy a professionally tuned HW in the flavour you like, end of discussion really!

I own an HW80 that is tuned to perfection and great for 40m vermin control but heavy, I also use an out of the box light as a feather HW30 that is so smooth and quiet it is a joy to use but at 7.5fpe it is a 20m maximum head shot vermin gun at best.

So really it is down to the ranges you are shooting, the HW30 works well if all you need is to shoot squirrels from the base of a tree👍

Is that the one that’s a junior rifle and runs about 6 ft / lb? 

[B B]

FWB 127 vsport is about the smoothest out of the box spring powered air rifle , a 10ftlb webley vulcan 177 i played with is smooth and the HW30 is again worth considering. I dare say you can smooth up most spring powered air guns to some extent. But stock or more or less stock i think the FWB 127 and Webley vulcan with a softer spring are my picks for smooth.

[THEINVISIBLESCARECROW]

I've had a TX200sr, not quite the smoothest, I had an  early Venom tuned HW80 .177 & very surprised how well it shot, very little felt recoil. Not tried one but perhaps the smoothest springer would start life as a low power 6ftb 10mt target rifle.