Quote: The HW55 is indeed a fine rifle. I own a couple of them. They are nothing to do with a 30 in my opinion. The 35 is probably closer to the 55 in construction than the 30 is. Both the 35 and the 55 share a solid, machined, receiver tube. The lockup breech is also shared, in a different configeration. The 55 is a nice shooter for sure. The extra weight helps absorb the low power recoil, making one of the calmest shooting springers I have experinced.
The original question wasQuote: Seeing as HW doesn't make them anymore, which of their current rifles best fits the spec?
The old 35 was similiar in design to the 55 in that both had a manual breech lock, but shared little else with the 55 except the Record trigger. The tube was much larger in diameter than the 50/55 tube, and internals are not shared in any way. The same solid screw in end cap configuration was used in both guns, but that was used in many older HW guns. None currently in production have it now. The 35 is still in production, but its design and performance have far more in common with the HW80 than with the 50/55 design. The HW30 is the current production model that best matches the HW50/55 in performance, regardless of size or construction.
Going rate for a nice 55 is probably near $500 Canadian, they seem to sell for maybe US$400 or so when they come up. Theres been a couple for sale on-line for near $500 for some time with no interest expressed at all. Just the HW aperture sight can sell for $75+ by itself.
The HW30 does have pretty good accuracy but it isn't match grade. The HW55 was originally intended for 10m match competition and was a very competitive gun in its day. Match rifles have evolved far beyond them now however. The HW30 simply not a match gun, its a sporter rifle, thats why you don't see Weihrauch putting the action in an expensive match-type stock.
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