Hi there subscribers, In this episode of VHTV Si & Davy shows you the results of the Sandwell Field Sports Imp MK 2 field review that they did. Enjoy Si & Davy.
Great video. I love the .22 caliber air guns. I just got my first .177 in 30 years and it’s my first in a PCP. All my other PCPs and Airrifle’s are .22 and .25. I forgot just how flat a .177 shoots. Even though it’s a Nova Vista Liberty/Alpha, a 300$ PCP, it is amazingly accurate. I wish I could shoot a break barrel. My shoulders are blown out and it is impossible to cock them. Shame really with all the superb piston driven air guns out there nowadays. Glad to see someone shoot them that truly knows how to get the best out of one. Thanks again, take care, God bless.
That's some quality shooting mate, there's some other youtubers who can't match that with a PCP on a Bipod in the prone position and you're doing it standing unsupported and kneeling, well impressed.
I called Tony at Sandwell field sports and he couldn’t have been a nicer guy and more interested in his craft. Great guy, really looking forward to getting my Imp MK2 👍
@@mikesharp4033 ,hey up Mike im from west Yorkshire and love a trip down to Sandwell, the lads are very knowable, friendly and a good laugh, last month I bought a hw35 over the phone and left it with them to tune ,should be ready February/March, out of all the guns I've ever had or own now it has to be the hw95 that Sandwell tuned about 4/5 years ago that I'd never sell ,this hw95 shoots just as good or better than any pcp I've ever shot 👍
That 56yd shot on the little spinner, with a .22 was astounding. I would have worries about hitting that with my S200 in .177. Astonishing shot Si. Nice!
Been following this channel for a ton of years. With a rifle tuned like that, why have a PCP LOL!! Also what one must have in mind is that Si has more experience as a shooter than most. Of course the MK ll rifle is a shooter!!! A top channel to watch indeed :-)
It good to see someone reviewing springers again ,I think should be more springer on review , all we see these days are pcp . great shoot guys keep it up , missed you video for some mouths , great to see you back.
Iv just popped a tbt top hat and guide in my hw95. what a different it tuck 36 hours for the kit to arrive.amazing bit of kit. Recommend it to everyone £30 amazing price as well happy shooting every one
Hi SI, I have, on the strength of your review I ordered an IMP mk 2 this morning. SFS treated me very well and I can see why they have featured in some of your video's. I love your honest no nonsense reviews and look forward to seeing many more. keep up the good work, you're a star!! For anyone reading this this is my first comment on any air rifle review, although I've seen many and apart from being a subscriber I have no connection with either Si or SFS.
Why the disclaimer at the end Gary...? As I understand, but I may be wrong and please forgive me if I am, aren’t VHT sponsored by SFS? Are you really telling the audience the truth about a connection with said parties? My psychologist mind started waving red flags like crazy with your statement/declaration. That aside, and unlike your good self, I did not have a great experience with Sandwell. I bought this rifle untuned (and without the horrible engraving on breech block) and had it tuned elsewhere due to the poor customer service and attitude in the shop. I’ve shot a Sandwell tuned rifle and can safely say mine is absolutely superior. No sticker/advert on my gun as my tuner of choice doesn’t need it - his reputation precedes him. Only came here to listen to the hype for entertainment purposes. Kind regards.
@@1972pip like you I am suspicious of glowing endorsements, suspecting many are spurious. Hence the disclaimer, which I would agree sounds suspect. I am a fan of the channel, Si sounds honest to me, refreshing in a cynical world. Shame your experience didn't live up to your expectations. When I get the imp II I'll be sure to get back to you with my overall impressions. It has serious competition against my pro sport, walther varmint and fx streamline, we'll see. Keep smiling. Gary
A tuned Weihrauch is a thing of beauty and I've really missed your regular video updates... but can I suggest you keep the rifle absolutely horizontal whilst running the chrono tests? Not being rude here - love this channel! Cheers
Impressive spring rifle, impressive marksmanship too. Though I have a couple of extremely accurate 12ft/lbs spring rifles I still hunt to farmyard ranges, 25m. To shoot further would require me some real application to be consistent enough to confidently hit what is a very small target area. Conditions on the day are the other great factor. All credit to you to you putting the effort in to achieve that level of skill. I love these vids of hunting with air rifle. The caveat is always the range is dictated by what accurate shot placement can be delivered any one day. What such vids rarely show is the dedication necessary to reach out beyond the farmyard ranges, and restraint when conditions aren't right. Great to see a spring rifle match modern PCP consistency. Takes ome tuning skill to do that too.
Great shooting Si and the HW99s Tony's made into a Super Rifle brilliant I have the HW 99s in. 22 cal excellent rifle always owned HW rifles Regards 👌👌👌👍
GR8 content as always good to see some new content from your self and Davy it's realy good you still shoot and make vids on springers I sometimes think people think there no good only for plonking and old fashioned .I love pcps and springers but always go back to my Springer. it's people like your self and Davy that keep it real in today's air gun world. gr8 shooting keep the vids coming guys
Self tuned my hw97kt a few days ago. Rifle is not bedded in and pellets not weighed the deviation I got was only 3fps over 10 shot string. This being said I will gladly take this rifle off you Si when you get bored of it👍
Great to watch your video and super consistent gun. Looking forwards to watching the next ones ! I've been tuning my 99 but it's not as consistent as that! It's still bedding in and it's getting better and more accurate though, mine is running around 10.4. SFS will be getting loads of enquiries I bet! 👍👍
I've just ordered mine from sandwell field sports bit of a wait but I think it's worth it had to sell my pride and joy Walther lgu in the first lock down but I won't be selling this broke my heart when the lgu went but that's life
Good shooting as always. I have a BSA Ultra and a HW97 both bought after watching your channel, not disappointed in either. Not getting your standard but still good with both 👍
Great video and information. Gona be ordering my one today. I have hw95 which is super accurate. Gona get that tuned by sandwell sports aswell. Keep videos coming si. Best
That's incredible consistency. But I bet it's actually even closer than you found. Because you can see the deviation getting a tiny bit bigger as you increase the amount of shots, I guess from the heat? It would be a massive ball ache but I bet if you left it 5 mins between each shot it would barely deviate at all.
hi after seeing all your reviews on the IMP i got one but there ere somethings that you that you did not mention like when you start shooting the IMP you cannot stop,its deadly accurate and its fun to shoot and thanks to YOU i have a great gun ,THANKS MATE. i hope to see more of your great shows mate
Nice to see you guys back great vid I haven't seen you guys preview any underlever rifles from what I hear they don't have the barrel droop that a break barrel has and are even more accurate I have a SPA WF600 .22 underlever pellet rifle made in China it is a cheap underlever gun and the quality is not that great but it does shoot accurately at 30 ft 500fps in a basement Take care thanks for the vid 👍
I did comment but its gone fantastic video made by two great lads and there fore we respect there judgements and the info will help lots yes I like shooting to just like many others and Tony does a great job so a very big respect to Tony , And its not all about power if its 11ftlbs and less even 10ftlbs it will be very accurate and still kill very accurate shooting vermin better two shoot and handle
Nice one as always. I'd just like to also give a bit of recognition to the gun it begins as too. The weihrauch hw99s. I've recently bought one in .177 and am well impressed. Off the shelf for just over £200 and it shot without throwing off the (pellet balanced on turret trick.) For an hour spent cleaning off grease, polishing piston and refitting, then fitting a £50 hawke fastmount, I can get a group at 50 meters (which I admit wouldn't be as good as your groups but) 7 of 10 shots covered by a 10 pence and the others just outside. Thats off a crappy home made rest too. First time I've ever stripped a gun and although I've messed with springers over the years, only got into it properly end of last year. Maybe I just got lucky but if they're all like that it makes me wonder is the super duper tuned version really worth the extra wait, money etc. Not knocking it in any way though.
I just bought one and recon it's good nuf as it is. They're a piece of cake to strip, clean and re lube, I've done mine out of curiosity, was the first time stripping a springer but no dramas. I'm not that experienced at springer shooting but on a calm day shooting off a rest, I can burry a group of pellets under a 10 pence at 40m, and might only have a couple just outside at 50. What more do you need from a springer. For me is it worth spending the price of the gun again for a tune, no.
@@stephenoshea1166 After reading your comment again all these months later I'm going to buy the .177 version as my close quarters rat gun to replace my ageing Webley Sport . Good Hunting pal and stay safe.
@@ginger7558 Go for it, to be honest I havn't put a lot of use to it for pest control, because not long before buying the hw99 I got the air arms s410 which I tend to pick up for the rats. (Normally purely because it's at night and multishot is easier loading in the dark) but every time I get the hw out for a go, it's a joy to shoot, a quality feel to it and I can shoot better with it than previous springers from gamo and bsa. The aa 410 is my first pcp and it's great, but I traded in a springer to help soften the blow of purchasing the pcp, but soon missed having a springer in the cabinet. That's how I came about the 99, and chose .177 because everything else i had previously inc the aa 410 was in .22. Others say the .99 is better in .22, if your buying for close range ratting, you might be better with .22? But either will be good. I've just got a £50 hawke scope on it, a 3-9x40ao, and it holds true. Best of luck!
Hello from South Florida, USA. Is it possible that you can do a review of a FAC Rifle for us, especially from that great tuner. And is it possible to buy one from there and have it shipped to Florida we’re there isn’t and restrictions on power??? Thank you and keep safe.
Sorry for the second comment..., but why not set your guns right at the 12 FPE limit or at least within a couple ounces or so? I don’t get the 10.5-11.0 FPE. What am I missing Master said grasshopper😂👍 BTW...mad respect for being able to shoot like y’all do with a sub 12. Here in the USA using FAC my point of aim is the same from 27-55 yards. Your shot dropped at 56 yards the better part of 8 inches or so. WOW. Sub 12 takes skills my man! I see now why .177 is the most popular across the pond. I have to admit, my first PCP in .177 shoots laser beam flat in comparison to my larger calibers and at the same speeds they do. Mad, mad respect my friend. God bless.
hey friend, if the Rifle was set at 12 or there abouts a heavier pellet than the ones it was set with would push it over 12 ftlbs and land him with a firearms offence 👍 ,he won’t hunt beyond the range that he can achieve a nice tight group at & therefore the extra 3/4 of a foot pound will be irrelevant 😎, On a still day my sub 12 .20 Daystate Airwolf will hold its own against my perfectly tuned FX Crown at 50 yards in terms of group size 🤗
bugsy742 Thanks for your reply. I understand now and that makes perfect sense. I can’t help but think the air gun laws in the UK are nuttier than squirrel crap. I did some reading into how they came about but the it just seems like the laws are too general and airguns should have been left out of the mix. Hopefully someday, with enough push from your airgun community, you all can have amendments to the law and hopefully raise the limits or eliminate them altogether for air powered guns. Thanks again bud God bless.
Heath Halfhill 🤗 👍 unfortunately the reality here is it’s only going to get worse for us 😩 had a Scottish guy lambasting me online a week ago over the need for MORE regulation & his reasoning centred around the death of a baby murdered with an air rifle- the fact he is Scottish ( their laws changed real bad after said incident ) means he knows very well that the problem is HEROIN addiction in Scotland period! it’s just that they have to be licensed to have an air rifle now and the twat just feels mega important because he’s got a certificate from the Government to say he’s a big boy! 😩🤣🤦🏻♂️ the Heroin addict would have killed the baby with anything he could have got his hands on! Jock Government yet again totally drew the attention away from the terrible addiction ruining so many people’s lives 😕. stay safe my friend 🤙
bugsy742 amen. The Doctor have a license to be legalized drug dealers and they alone are to blame. Here...your back hurts...take this script and get it filled for opioids. The Drs and the Pharmaceutical companies are to blame for this pandemic. Not air guns or fire arm owners!
No God unbelievable .si I wish I can get that accuracy in USA with mi New umarex syrix 22 just got it is np but I'll cut it short . no pre load an drop the power to 12 f p
0.3 total deviation ?? What ??!!!!! NO !!!!!!..... PCP air gun with regulator can do this !!!! Tony is a genius !!! I have 2 HW 77k in .177 and .22 both tuned down from 18 fpe to sub 12 fpe because it is ´not´ a pleasure to shoot accurate with them !!! Shooting cycle is just to hard ! I hit what I´m aiming for but it´s no fun. My good friend in Germany tuned the .22 and it is 12 fpe!!! so it is less than 16 joule wich is important for FT . Thanks for sharing your vid´s !!!!
Hi guys it's been awhile . I have been looking forward to seeing a video from you guys thanks for taking the time to do it , do you think Tony would send one of these to the colonies down under it looks like a really fantastic rifle looking forward to the next video cheers👍😎
So mate, will Sandwell be selling the lube with secret ingredients? I only ask dude as obviously in the future we’d need to replace it 👍😎 thanks in advance mate 🙏
Sorry we can't speak for Sandwell on that. If you are honestly interested you should ring and ask pal. Tony tunes the rifles and we just test and review them. We are sponsored and nothing more.
Has always a great video and informative I've learned a lot from your videos and put it to good use out in the field hunting. Can you tell me if you are going to do a review on the pard nv008 lrf in the near future.
Late on parade here but boy, do I hate you, or what? 😜 Here’s me, a .177 Merchant and now I’ve watched this vid and the one on the Snipe and I’m getting the bloody itch to go up to SFS and have a chat......😂😂😂 I’m a .177 Merchant because of the flat trajectory over distance. I’ve also found, as a Marksman, that this calibre “does the business” out to 65 yards, providing that you know the kill zones and can hit them with accuracy. So, Question: With suppressor, are the IMP and SNIPE quieter than their .177 equivalents? Much obliged if you could give me a steer on this. ATB.....subscribed! One, what a lovely pair of rifles! Two, what an excellent pair of demonstration videos!
I welcome you cordially. I've been watching your videos for years. I often come back to them again with the same pleasure. Amazing results. I have a question. I shot the counter with 177 caliber, but I decided to change it and bought another HW 97, but .22. I have the piston and cylinder slides done. Refined everything possible ... Unfortunately, it is not known why the speed jumps up to 10m. It's a lot. The piston-cylinder system was changed and still the same. I don't know where to look for the problem. Do you have any idea and advice for this. Greetings to you from Poland Rafał.
But there is still a "twang" in the gun´s coil . How can I be quitt of it ?? Is this a Weihrauch ´thing´ ? I mean for 450 € guns. Airarms TX 200 do not have it / not that much . Or is it just impossible to remove that completely ??
The noise is amplified by the fact that the HD recording unit and microphone is fitted on the scope above the action. In reality it's not like that 😄. There will be noise anyway as there are moving parts. Even when I put that microphone on a PCP it still picks up the hammer as a loud click.
So you showed us all what the what the first Imp can do! Now you are showing us that this version is better? My 99s was a bit harsh but it was a tack driver as they say! I bought a TBT kit ! No Twang ! Same accuracy Weirhauch made a great gun!
Nice, 👍 have you ever had a go of one of those BSA lightening XL se the gas ram one, ime thinking about getting one just wondering if you had an opinion on them ??? Thanks in advance 👍👍
HW95 Luxus or HW80? I’m about to order but can’t decide between the two. I can’t find any videos which compare the two. Both great rifles but can only order one :) Any advice?? Cheers!
It may be more consistent than your 97 if we try other pellets in it mate. Consistency won't guarantee accuracy at distance mate. Don't get draw in to the consistency myth. Do a video of your 97 shooting at 51 meters hitting 12mm spinners mate. It's accuracy you want at the end of the day.
