The Hatsan is a very good, strong rifle. They don't spare metal. They do not spoil at all for decades. They may not be the most accurate in the world, but they are worth every cent. Greatings from Nis, Serbia.👍👍👍
Thanks and I agree, it’s powerful, looks really nice and feels well built. It’s something of a bear to shoot but I now understand why people like them so much. If it wasn’t for the viewers I’d have put it back in storage and tried to forget I bought it. 😀
In watching the old guys and their springers, and seeing how accurate these Hatsan MOD 95's can be, I got to talking with them about what it was they did to get their 95 .22 and .25's to shoot accurately. They made it very clear, that the first thing to do with a new break barrel is to get the factory preserving grease out of the barrel with bronze bristle bore brushes and what ever bore solvent you want to use. Put a piece of tape over the air vent to prevent solvent from getting to top of piston. When patches are fairly clean, put many dry patches through to get bore dry, then shoot about 25, 50 or 100 pellets over the next few days. Use the cheapest pellets for this. Then clean the bore one more time and try shooting accuracy groups. The Hatsan bore preservative is an absolute accuracy killer, Period. I've used the old guys cleaning method, and have even gotten orphaned break barrel springers to actually shoot very nicely. This should get that Hatsan .25 shooting much more accurately. Best regards from Texas! ... I was born in Ketchikan but now live near Houston.
Thanks for the info! I recently used a bronze brush out of my .22LR cleaning kit on my Crosman C362 with good results. Right now I’ve been focused on tuning my 362 so my Hatsan has been collecting dust. I need to fit it with a scope to do additional testing as I found that iron sights are not very precise for the ranges I want to shoot at.
I got one for my son. Took it all apart. Removed the piston and all grease and machining crud. lubed it with some better products and a minimalistic approach. And what do you know he never had any problems with it.
@@airgunsofalaska that is right you should not. But because I chose to clean it before shooting it , i will never know if I had to do it. But i did find metal shavings from the machining. And I dont like waiting for packages. Sending stuff back and hoping that they send me a good/better one. I just enjoy the tinkering. I do that with stuff that works fine to. I like your channel keep it up 👍
I just received a model 95 .177 today from Amazon, I'm seriously blown away, this thing is shooting sub dime size groups at 30 feet with H&N Silver points 11.57 grains. I have about 60 rounds through it, it took probably 30 to get the scope settled in, I grabbed the .177 because I've never owned a powerful .177, this thing is freakin awesome punching holes through a laptop hardrive and turned my 3/8" plywood backstop into splinters lol. First air rifle I've bought since the 80's that impressed me.
I wonder if the .177 is smoother and more well behaved than my .25 cal 95? Mine is a spring piston model and quite unrefined when shooting. It’s powerful and I’ve finally learned to shoot it accurately with the help of viewers but it’s one on my least favorite airguns.
@@airgunsofalaska I got the spring version also, it isn't twangy at all but has a decent kick. (the trigger is also excellent, no adjustment necessary) I have very little experience with break barrels, just the fact I can shoot it this well says a lot. I'd have bought an RWS or Weihrauch years ago if I didn't have such bad experiences with break barrels in the past, I assumed they were all inaccurate compared to my early 70's Sheridan Blue streak.
@@jskyg68 I wonder if Hatsan build quality has improved since I bought mine or maybe they’ve just become way more consistent with their guns? My RWS guns all feel and shoot worlds better than my Hatsan. There is such a dramatic difference they simply don’t compare. But my gun is a ‘16 model so perhaps they’ve gotten much better since then?
@@airgunsofalaska I'm sure there's still noticeable difference but with this accuracy and power it's really easy to overlook the rough spots. (for me anyway since I don't have anything better to compare it to) They list the .177 at 1000fps on Amazon but the box says 1300 and 20fpe, my rifle showed up with the spring stop pin, closest to the safety sticking out about 1/3 rd of the way, I had to loosen the stock bolt and push it back into place (left a nice little dent in the stock), no big deal to me, like I said the accuracy more than makes up for it imo. I wasn't expecting much so this was a very pleasant surprise, at this price point I don't think you can get anything near it. It really likes the heavy H&N silver points, Crosman hollow points don't group near as good.
I've had my Hatsan mod 95. For over 3 years now.And I gave up trying to this rifle to shoot accurate no matter what pellet I tried for months and finally So I put it back in the box and that's where it's been for the past 2 years. I still like Hatsan I just received my mod 130s and I absolutely love it. But as far as the mod 95 goes and I like I got taken for a ride the rifle absolutely sucks.
@@JeffreyAdams-rw3yp I’ve not shot this gun for a long time. Last winter I got a .30 cal Mod 130S and I can’t hit anything with it. It seems to have a lot of barrel droop and my droop compensation rail won’t fit on the factory scope rail. The iron sights won’t adjust enough to compensate. I’m pretty frustrated with the whole affair.
I'm shooting softballs at 25 yards with my mod 130s from the bench using the bag or the bipods but I did graze starling at 20 yards shooting off hand. I know it's going to take a little getting used to but it's 100 times better than 25 caliber.
Ohohohoh... Congratulations Alaskan old boy! You shouldn't feel this way, be so surprised. Hatsans are, in my opinion, the best-built airguns, incorporating the latest technologies, strong, powerful, consistent and with great precision. They rival with the famous Spanish Gamo. Mine, for example, is a simple 60 kg Vortex model and came with a Lothar Walther barrel, made in Germany, according to Hatsan USA. Caliber: .22 air, 5,5mm air Choke: yes Twist: 17.7" Material: precision rifle steel tube Outer diameter [OD]: 12 mm Length [L]: 605 mm Bore diameter: 5.46 mm If you want to and train a little bit, you'll make consistent, repeat hits, not at 25 yards, but at 55 yards. I use my Hatsan for shots between 55 and 110 yards. For shots beyond 110 yards, up to 165 yards, I use the Magtech 1000. Below 30 yards, I use the SPA B3-3. I always shoot with the sights open, standing and without support. For supported shots, using a 4X32 scope, I use the CO2 Artemis CR600W, you know? But, glad you're rediscovering and very excited about your best rifle (in my opinion). Cheers!
I forgot how well these pellets did! The last time I shot the Hatsan I used a different brand of pellets that weren’t as good. I’ll need to put these X-hunts at the top of my stack of .25 cal pellets.
I had a Hatsan 125 25, that was really accurate with Air Arms 25 grain pellets. I took out the scope stop and used the screw hole for the scope stop pin. It was a accurate rifle as long as I did everything exactly right. I believe you will see better accuracy if you get a scope back on your 95. Glad you found a pellet that works.
A couple weeks ago I discovered one of my threaded mounting holes for the scope rail was stripped out. I was looking to install a scope onto it but then lost interest as the scope stop won’t mount properly now. I think I may have shown the broken off screw in my review video for this gun? I was glad that I was able to extract the broken screw without much trouble. As we are heading into winter it’s been cold and windy so shooting isn’t any fun. I’ve not been doing anything with airguns for the past couple weeks.
@@airgunsofalaska Another option would be to disassemble your air rifle and drill out the screw hole to make it big enough for a scope mount stop pin hole. I had considered doing this to some of my other rifles also. Tinkering on air rifles helps pass the long winter months, lol.
I’m thinking of doing that as viewers really like the gun and it would be interesting to see how it does at longer ranges. Now that I’m getting nicer, warmer weather, we have days where it’s way more pleasant to shoot outside again.
So glad that you stuck with the Hatsan it's just a pellet fussy Rifle pretty much like most Rifles. Great work mate and good to see that it put a smile on your face 😔.
It’s definitely fussy and more demanding to shoot than I care for. My RWS break barrels are smoother and more refined to shoot. I’m not sure what these 95’s are going for presently but for the money they are a good value if a guy is willing to put the time in to make them work. 👍
Dude really nice seeing you solve the puzzle. One more thing that will help is stay on target till you actually hit it . The idea is that some people move right after the piston rams home the pellet is still in the barrel and especially so with 25 cal because of the slower fps . Basically just hold your position till you know the pellet has left the barrel .
Thanks! I’ve never had a airgun that caused me so much difficulty to shoot accurately. I’m so glad that viewers were encouraging to keep at it as I was ready to put it back into storage and forget that I bought it.
@@airgunsofalaska Do not do it! That Hatsan of yours is fantastic. The problem is that you were only used to weapons of low power and practically made for children and beginners. Lol... I'll tell you how it was for me: I'm 65 years old today. When I was a boy, more than half a century ago, I got a .177" air rifle from my grandparents. After that, I didn't have airguns for a lifetime. After retiring in 2017, I decided to buy a airgun and, wisely, I bought a B3-3. The B3-3 is a crude weapon, with low power (8 Joules), but that was a school in the re-entry into the world of airguns. Only after fully mastering the B3-3 and relearning the fundamentals of shooting did I purchase a medium powered (27 Joules) weapon, the Hatsan Striker Edge. As soon as I started using it, I felt the same way you do; it was very difficult to get it right and have consistency. But, I was not discouraged. I spent over a year training, choosing the right lead for her (lead choice makes all the difference). We have it after I had tamed it and I got excellent results up to 100 meters. Only after all that, three years later, training almost every day, I bought a magnum carbine (42 Joules). So, it was much easier to adapt and, today, I shoot targets up to 170 meters (beer and soda cans). You need a "wildcard" lead. I will recommend you the JSB EXACT HEAVY DIABOLO, or Crosman Premier Heavy Domed pellets. Do not give up. Giving up is for the weak! Cheers, old boy!
@@shotsdog-jogihillbilly3289 thanks for the pellet recommendations! Until I tried yet another type of pellet in the Hatsan, I didn’t believe that a different pellet alone would make a noticeable difference. I’ve got a few more guns in my collection that I’ve not yet done videos on and they are quite expensive, powerful and worlds easier to shoot than the Hatsan. That’s part of my outlook towards certain guns in my collection. I understand what you are saying and there is definitely a feeling of accomplishment that comes from figuring out how to shoot a particular air rifle well. But, with my limited available free time and other hobbies competing for my interest, something like the Hatsan becomes more of an annoyance than something I look at as a challenge. But, I’m glad I listened to everyone to keep trying to make it work. I’m now curious how the energy of its .25 pellet compares out at a long distance to my .177 & .22 cal guns? I do enjoy shooting from an off hand position because it’s the most challenging and a far better demonstration of accuracy than all the elaborate bench shooting videos I see on TH-cam. Once I get a gun sighted in using the bench I find it’s a lot more fun and rewarding to see how well it can be shot off hand. It’s also really neat to learn about what airguns are popular and held in high regard in other countries. Here in the USA they tend to get looked down upon as toys or kids guns, something you shoot when learning and then move up into firearms leaving the airguns behind except for the occasional need to shoot a pest now and then.
@@airgunsofalaska The .25 caliber has heavier ammunition. Generally, weapons for thicker calibers require a differentiated design, a larger chamber, and the ballistic curve is more pronounced and less subject to factors such as wind, for example. But if the weapon is made for the caliber and not just a modification to the barrel, the tendency is for it to go further, with more stability and conserving energy. I also only like to shoot with open sights, standing and without support. But, as my wife, Donna, gave me a CO2 rifle, so I allow myself to use a scope and shoot while sitting and supported. I've had firearms. But, here in Brazil, they are expensive and with extreme bureaucracy to acquire and use. Airguns are not toys. They have their own technology, ballistics and are very fun and even lethal. Think of a high-powered PCP; are more expensive than a firearm. But, I prefer spring carbines. I perfectly understand your way of looking at the hobby and your priorities. I wish you success and lots of fun. Cheers!
Awesome video man! Hilarious reaction to finally getting "minute of beer can accuracy" from your Hatsan. Now I've just got to try the same pellets and hope for the best. We shall see.
Thanks! I just rewatched this and forgot how good I was doing with it. Once we get more daylight and I can shoot outside again I’ll have to try out some other pellets. It’s just a demanding airgun to shoot so I don’t enjoy it as much as my other guns.
Thanks! I forgot how well I was finally doing with it. 😀 I just skimmed through the video and saw where I was shooting cans off-hand. Maybe there is some hope for my Hatsan Model 130 .30 cal?
It depends on what you are after. For the price you get a lot of power in a .25 cal and the wood and metal finish and quality is pretty nice. I find the gun to be difficult to shoot accurately but it can be done with determination and practice. The shooting experience isn’t very pleasant as the gun takes a bit of effort to cock and it vibrates and jumps around significantly with each shot. The trigger is also weird in that you need to pull up rather than back. I’d never buy another Hatsan model like this but they seem to be popular. I don’t really understand why, I guess it’s the price and you get metal and wood?
Can't do that 4-5 lb trigger, mine had a bad piston seal from the factory and stripped screws. Forget everything you learned shooting, pull UP on the trigger. You're joking, right?
I just rewatched this to remember shooting it and the big thing was the trigger. One view told me to pull up on the trigger, not back (like normal) and that helped me out a great deal. I also have to use a really light artillery hold with it. For me it’s not a pleasant gun to shoot. The vibration and recoil are the worst out of all my airguns. But, once I get more daylight I’ll have to practice with it some more.
I’ve cocked my Chinese model 62 in the same manner since the 80’s and it’s fine. The mod 95 takes far more effort to cock but is also built way more stoutly than my model 62.
@@airgunsofalaska the 95 doesnt need kid gloves either! In fact one of my favorite things about it is that despite it's weight I can still "flop" it back into the bag after loading without the barrel breaking on its own
Great home defense item if you can't get firearms. Leave a pellet loaded, un-cocked. Cock if there are threats around. Gas piston rifles can be left cocked for a while because there is no spring fatigue. I use RWS in my GAMO's. Crossman .22's were garbage, but OK for breaking in the gun. Under $250 in .25.
It would definitely hurt to get shot with one at close range but unless you hit a vital organ, I don’t know that it would put an attacker down? I’m just thinking about squirrels I’ve shot with .22 cal pellets that have not died and kept climbing in a tree until I shot them again. Like it’s crazy. The size of the pellet to the squirrel’s body would be like us getting shot with a low velocity 30mm round. Either squirrels are super tough or pellet guns just aren’t very powerful or lethal?
@@airgunsofalaska Not sure they need to be put down. I've heard it's very painful to get shot even with a BB gun. After your one shot the gun becomes a club. You could also tape a kitchen knife to it to make a bayonet.
Don't knock up the barrel .. And don't knock it in lock either. No weapon is built for such brutal treatment. It will destroy the fittings and metal surfaces in the chamber and barrel. In addition to the operator stays. In addition, you can have no expectations of good precision with cheap pellets. And definitely not tip pellets. Use JSB, and only that.
Curious, what makes the Hatsan so special that I can’t unlock, cock & shoot it like I have all my other break barrel guns since the 80’s. If Hatsans are so well fitted then why doesn’t the action and lock up feel that way? The 95 pales in comparison to my Diana mod 34 in action movement alone. Finally, why does this mod 95 require very expensive pellets? My Diana’s don’t, my Daisy 880 doesn’t, my Benjamin 397S doesn’t… please explain.
@@airgunsofalaska There is nothing particularly sensitive about the Hatsan, except that it is an airgun/break barrel - not a tank. Like any other airgun, weapon or technical item. None of them are designed to be used as baseball bats. The barrel should be as linear as possible like the cylinder on the rifle, of course this is seriously disturbed/destroyed when the barrel slams down and up in lock with hard force. And again: it has nothing to do with Hatsan that it performs poorly in precision with bad pellets .. If you have the best rifle in the world, it won't help if the pellets are bad .. It's not rocket science .. At the JSB factory, they quality check EVERY SINGLE pellet... That means minimal damage to the pellets and as much equal weight as possible to the pellets. More is not necessary to say.
@@hauk65000 I now have two Hatsans. They both exhibit extremely sticky, stiff movement when unlocking and locking the action. You seem to be insisting these Hatsans are of some fine quality to be carefully manipulated like handing a rare, antique firearm of historical value. But both my Hatsans unlock and lock like cheap, poor quality, low end Chinese breakbarrel guns. I’d totally agree with you if they were smooth like a Diana but I can certainly attest to the fact they are not. Again, explain why my Diana’s shoot perfectly well with Crosman Premier pellets yet a Hatsan requires top of the line pellets? That makes zero sense. If I got a dollar for every time someone commented that I should buy/use JSB pellets this or that I’d make pretty decent money off the channel. Here’s the thing, I’ve tested various types of JSB pellets in many of my different types of guns on the channel and they have not performed the best in my guns. Why would I buy more when I’ve not found them to work as well? If JSB wants to send me free pellets than I’d gladly proclaim to the world that these JSB pellets are the best FREE pellets I’ve ever used.
@@airgunsofalaska Please.. Now listen, my good man - no doubt, I think you're a really funny and nice guy to watch on videos. But: it just so happens that there are several basic factors that determine the precision of an airgun. Pellets; the Hatsan you have is a pretty powerful rifle. About 30 fpe + .. Your Diana 34 somewhat less. And Daisy and Benjamin weaker. Of course, that Hatsan will require other pellets. * Anyway, if you have two exactly the same rifles, same issue, same model - they may require completely different pellets to achieve precision. * You must know that an airgun barrel is special, with very sharp rifling. * In addition, the barrel is narrow for the first 20-30 cm - but gradually expands towards the mouth of the barrel. It is intentionally made further in the end. Because of the blowing force against the skirt. (So the opposite of a shootgun). * In order for a pellet to take maximum grip on the rifling in the last part of the barrel, a pellet with good softness is needed... Which has the ability to EXPAND with the skirt in the last part of the barrel. To achieve maximum precision. One should achieve grouping of 1/3 Inch or better, at 25 yards, with a scope. * Therefore, there is a VERY GOOD reason why many people have recommended that you only use JSB. It has the quality and softness to adapt to this. * Pellets such as H&N, Crosman have a rather hard alloy, and are not suitable for maximum precision. * The locking wedge for the barrel; it is quite common to lubricate with grease when the rifle is new. Spread around it and press it down several times with a wooden stick. * Everything requires patience, the barrel needs getting used to a new pellet. No use switching between 4-5 different types of pellets and expecting precision. ABSOLUTELY NOT recommended. Stick to just one type, and by JSB. * The barrel is cleaned when the rifle is new, and later when it starts to become inaccurate. You must know that after cleaning it is also normal that the rifle may actually need as much as 100-200 shots to provide maximum precision. Both due to getting used to the pellets and build-up of lead film in the barrel, which is actually positive and necessary for precision. Can't say it often enough: no matter what rifle you have - the world's best or average - the quality and weight of pellets is absolutely crucial. Good luck, can't help more.
@@hauk65000 thank you! 👍 I now much better understand the reasoning behind your earlier comments. I can sometimes get short in my responses as I sometimes reply to 20 comments or more per day and I don’t always know if someone is being sincere or not. Thanks for sticking it out as I’ve learned something now that I was unaware of before. I’ve never thought about how a pellet interfaces with the barrel.
@@airgunsofalaska consider yourself lucky , you live in the best state ever , i'm from north central maine , it's similar to alaska , but it's not alaska , i live in west central florida , came down years ago when my dad had cancer , he has since passed , met my wife , kids , mortgage ,oh well , we hate it here though , but she has a killer paying job thank GOD , hopefully the economy don't tank , watch out for those alaska sasquatch , they are way bigger then the florida skunk ape , that's what florida calls it's smaller bigfoot
@@woofman4796 I recently had a co-worker move to Florida in June. Our economy up here isn’t very good. Prices for almost everything keep increasing, people and businesses are leaving, and we have fewer businesses and services in my town now than we did in the 80’s. It’s sad to see but kinda fascinating as well since most communities grow and many in Alaska are going the opposite direction. I can say I’ve never seen any sign of a Bigfoot up here in all these years and have ridden to so very remote areas. But, I do know people who believe in them and their are Alaskan Native stories about those types of creatures.
The Hatsan is a very good, strong rifle. They don't spare metal. They do not spoil at all for decades. They may not be the most accurate in the world, but they are worth every cent.
Greatings from Nis, Serbia.👍👍👍
Truth! But, if your concept of precision is a 1 euro coin at 40 meters, it does the trick.
Thanks and I agree, it’s powerful, looks really nice and feels well built. It’s something of a bear to shoot but I now understand why people like them so much. If it wasn’t for the viewers I’d have put it back in storage and tried to forget I bought it. 😀
In watching the old guys and their springers, and seeing how accurate these Hatsan MOD 95's can be, I got to talking with them about what it was they did to get their 95 .22 and .25's to shoot accurately. They made it very clear, that the first thing to do with a new break barrel is to get the factory preserving grease out of the barrel with bronze bristle bore brushes and what ever bore solvent you want to use. Put a piece of tape over the air vent to prevent solvent from getting to top of piston. When patches are fairly clean, put many dry patches through to get bore dry, then shoot about 25, 50 or 100 pellets over the next few days. Use the cheapest pellets for this. Then clean the bore one more time and try shooting accuracy groups. The Hatsan bore preservative is an absolute accuracy killer, Period. I've used the old guys cleaning method, and have even gotten orphaned break barrel springers to actually shoot very nicely. This should get that Hatsan .25 shooting much more accurately. Best regards from Texas! ... I was born in Ketchikan but now live near Houston.
Thanks for the info! I recently used a bronze brush out of my .22LR cleaning kit on my Crosman C362 with good results. Right now I’ve been focused on tuning my 362 so my Hatsan has been collecting dust. I need to fit it with a scope to do additional testing as I found that iron sights are not very precise for the ranges I want to shoot at.
@@airgunsofalaska No problem. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
I got one for my son. Took it all apart. Removed the piston and all grease and machining crud. lubed it with some better products and a minimalistic approach.
And what do you know he never had any problems with it.
@@Greyzonecompliant that’s great and all but why should I be required to disassemble and work on an airgun that hardly has any use?
@@airgunsofalaska that is right you should not.
But because I chose to clean it before shooting it , i will never know if I had to do it.
But i did find metal shavings from the machining. And I dont like waiting for packages. Sending stuff back and hoping that they send me a good/better one. I just enjoy the tinkering. I do that with stuff that works fine to.
I like your channel keep it up 👍
I just received a model 95 .177 today from Amazon, I'm seriously blown away, this thing is shooting sub dime size groups at 30 feet with H&N Silver points 11.57 grains.
I have about 60 rounds through it, it took probably 30 to get the scope settled in, I grabbed the .177 because I've never owned a powerful .177, this thing is freakin awesome punching holes through a laptop hardrive and turned my 3/8" plywood backstop into splinters lol.
First air rifle I've bought since the 80's that impressed me.
I wonder if the .177 is smoother and more well behaved than my .25 cal 95? Mine is a spring piston model and quite unrefined when shooting. It’s powerful and I’ve finally learned to shoot it accurately with the help of viewers but it’s one on my least favorite airguns.
@@airgunsofalaska I got the spring version also, it isn't twangy at all but has a decent kick. (the trigger is also excellent, no adjustment necessary)
I have very little experience with break barrels, just the fact I can shoot it this well says a lot.
I'd have bought an RWS or Weihrauch years ago if I didn't have such bad experiences with break barrels in the past, I assumed they were all inaccurate compared to my early 70's Sheridan Blue streak.
@@jskyg68 I wonder if Hatsan build quality has improved since I bought mine or maybe they’ve just become way more consistent with their guns? My RWS guns all feel and shoot worlds better than my Hatsan. There is such a dramatic difference they simply don’t compare. But my gun is a ‘16 model so perhaps they’ve gotten much better since then?
@@airgunsofalaska I'm sure there's still noticeable difference but with this accuracy and power it's really easy to overlook the rough spots. (for me anyway since I don't have anything better to compare it to)
They list the .177 at 1000fps on Amazon but the box says 1300 and 20fpe, my rifle showed up with the spring stop pin, closest to the safety sticking out about 1/3 rd of the way, I had to loosen the stock bolt and push it back into place (left a nice little dent in the stock), no big deal to me, like I said the accuracy more than makes up for it imo.
I wasn't expecting much so this was a very pleasant surprise, at this price point I don't think you can get anything near it. It really likes the heavy H&N silver points, Crosman hollow points don't group near as good.
I had same Model 95 Springer in .177 it was a nice gun...
I've had my Hatsan mod 95. For over 3 years now.And I gave up trying to this rifle to shoot accurate no matter what pellet I tried for months and finally So I put it back in the box and that's where it's been for the past 2 years. I still like Hatsan I just received my mod 130s and I absolutely love it. But as far as the mod 95 goes and I like I got taken for a ride the rifle absolutely sucks.
@@JeffreyAdams-rw3yp I’ve not shot this gun for a long time. Last winter I got a .30 cal Mod 130S and I can’t hit anything with it. It seems to have a lot of barrel droop and my droop compensation rail won’t fit on the factory scope rail. The iron sights won’t adjust enough to compensate. I’m pretty frustrated with the whole affair.
I'm shooting softballs at 25 yards with my mod 130s from the bench using the bag or the bipods but I did graze starling at 20 yards shooting off hand. I know it's going to take a little getting used to but it's 100 times better than 25 caliber.
The 95 is a great rifle. The 125 is even better. I'm shooting up to 33gr .25cal slugs out of my 125. I love the hatsans.
Ohohohoh... Congratulations Alaskan old boy! You shouldn't feel this way, be so surprised. Hatsans are, in my opinion, the best-built airguns, incorporating the latest technologies, strong, powerful, consistent and with great precision. They rival with the famous Spanish Gamo. Mine, for example, is a simple 60 kg Vortex model and came with a Lothar Walther barrel, made in Germany, according to Hatsan USA.
Caliber: .22 air, 5,5mm air
Choke: yes
Twist: 17.7"
Material: precision rifle steel tube
Outer diameter [OD]: 12 mm
Length [L]: 605 mm
Bore diameter: 5.46 mm
If you want to and train a little bit, you'll make consistent, repeat hits, not at 25 yards, but at 55 yards. I use my Hatsan for shots between 55 and 110 yards. For shots beyond 110 yards, up to 165 yards, I use the Magtech 1000. Below 30 yards, I use the SPA B3-3. I always shoot with the sights open, standing and without support. For supported shots, using a 4X32 scope, I use the CO2 Artemis CR600W, you know? But, glad you're rediscovering and very excited about your best rifle (in my opinion). Cheers!
Thanks for the info and encouragement! I don’t think I ever experienced more frustration with an airgun before getting this model 95.
X-hunts saved my 22 shockwave. I'm also a big fan of them.
I forgot how well these pellets did! The last time I shot the Hatsan I used a different brand of pellets that weren’t as good. I’ll need to put these X-hunts at the top of my stack of .25 cal pellets.
I had a Hatsan 125 25, that was really accurate with Air Arms 25 grain pellets. I took out the scope stop and used the screw hole for the scope stop pin. It was a accurate rifle as long as I did everything exactly right. I believe you will see better accuracy if you get a scope back on your 95. Glad you found a pellet that works.
A couple weeks ago I discovered one of my threaded mounting holes for the scope rail was stripped out. I was looking to install a scope onto it but then lost interest as the scope stop won’t mount properly now. I think I may have shown the broken off screw in my review video for this gun? I was glad that I was able to extract the broken screw without much trouble.
As we are heading into winter it’s been cold and windy so shooting isn’t any fun. I’ve not been doing anything with airguns for the past couple weeks.
@@airgunsofalaska Another option would be to disassemble your air rifle and drill out the screw hole to make it big enough for a scope mount stop pin hole. I had considered doing this to some of my other rifles also. Tinkering on air rifles helps pass the long winter months, lol.
One of the problems with the 125 is that your arm can become unstable from loading the rifle in 10 fast shots 😅.
And then you cant hit anything.
@@Greyzonecompliant Never had that problem.
I’m thinking of doing that as viewers really like the gun and it would be interesting to see how it does at longer ranges. Now that I’m getting nicer, warmer weather, we have days where it’s way more pleasant to shoot outside again.
Great video guy ! I'm old but and I still love air rifles! Remember I got my crosman, barrel single pump. Got alot of the best today!
Right on!
So glad that you stuck with the Hatsan it's just a pellet fussy Rifle pretty much like most Rifles. Great work mate and good to see that it put a smile on your face 😔.
It’s definitely fussy and more demanding to shoot than I care for. My RWS break barrels are smoother and more refined to shoot. I’m not sure what these 95’s are going for presently but for the money they are a good value if a guy is willing to put the time in to make them work. 👍
Dude really nice seeing you solve the puzzle. One more thing that will help is stay on target till you actually hit it . The idea is that some people move right after the piston rams home the pellet is still in the barrel and especially so with 25 cal because of the slower fps . Basically just hold your position till you know the pellet has left the barrel .
Perfect! Very good tip.
Thanks! I’ve never had a airgun that caused me so much difficulty to shoot accurately. I’m so glad that viewers were encouraging to keep at it as I was ready to put it back into storage and forget that I bought it.
@@airgunsofalaska Do not do it! That Hatsan of yours is fantastic. The problem is that you were only used to weapons of low power and practically made for children and beginners. Lol...
I'll tell you how it was for me: I'm 65 years old today. When I was a boy, more than half a century ago, I got a .177" air rifle from my grandparents. After that, I didn't have airguns for a lifetime. After retiring in 2017, I decided to buy a airgun and, wisely, I bought a B3-3. The B3-3 is a crude weapon, with low power (8 Joules), but that was a school in the re-entry into the world of airguns.
Only after fully mastering the B3-3 and relearning the fundamentals of shooting did I purchase a medium powered (27 Joules) weapon, the Hatsan Striker Edge. As soon as I started using it, I felt the same way you do; it was very difficult to get it right and have consistency. But, I was not discouraged. I spent over a year training, choosing the right lead for her (lead choice makes all the difference). We have it after I had tamed it and I got excellent results up to 100 meters.
Only after all that, three years later, training almost every day, I bought a magnum carbine (42 Joules). So, it was much easier to adapt and, today, I shoot targets up to 170 meters (beer and soda cans).
You need a "wildcard" lead. I will recommend you the JSB EXACT HEAVY DIABOLO, or Crosman Premier Heavy Domed pellets. Do not give up. Giving up is for the weak! Cheers, old boy!
@@shotsdog-jogihillbilly3289 thanks for the pellet recommendations! Until I tried yet another type of pellet in the Hatsan, I didn’t believe that a different pellet alone would make a noticeable difference.
I’ve got a few more guns in my collection that I’ve not yet done videos on and they are quite expensive, powerful and worlds easier to shoot than the Hatsan. That’s part of my outlook towards certain guns in my collection.
I understand what you are saying and there is definitely a feeling of accomplishment that comes from figuring out how to shoot a particular air rifle well. But, with my limited available free time and other hobbies competing for my interest, something like the Hatsan becomes more of an annoyance than something I look at as a challenge. But, I’m glad I listened to everyone to keep trying to make it work. I’m now curious how the energy of its .25 pellet compares out at a long distance to my .177 & .22 cal guns?
I do enjoy shooting from an off hand position because it’s the most challenging and a far better demonstration of accuracy than all the elaborate bench shooting videos I see on TH-cam. Once I get a gun sighted in using the bench I find it’s a lot more fun and rewarding to see how well it can be shot off hand. It’s also really neat to learn about what airguns are popular and held in high regard in other countries. Here in the USA they tend to get looked down upon as toys or kids guns, something you shoot when learning and then move up into firearms leaving the airguns behind except for the occasional need to shoot a pest now and then.
@@airgunsofalaska The .25 caliber has heavier ammunition. Generally, weapons for thicker calibers require a differentiated design, a larger chamber, and the ballistic curve is more pronounced and less subject to factors such as wind, for example. But if the weapon is made for the caliber and not just a modification to the barrel, the tendency is for it to go further, with more stability and conserving energy.
I also only like to shoot with open sights, standing and without support. But, as my wife, Donna, gave me a CO2 rifle, so I allow myself to use a scope and shoot while sitting and supported.
I've had firearms. But, here in Brazil, they are expensive and with extreme bureaucracy to acquire and use. Airguns are not toys. They have their own technology, ballistics and are very fun and even lethal. Think of a high-powered PCP; are more expensive than a firearm. But, I prefer spring carbines. I perfectly understand your way of looking at the hobby and your priorities. I wish you success and lots of fun. Cheers!
Patience pays off.
Awesome video man! Hilarious reaction to finally getting "minute of beer can accuracy" from your Hatsan. Now I've just got to try the same pellets and hope for the best. We shall see.
Thanks! I just rewatched this and forgot how good I was doing with it. Once we get more daylight and I can shoot outside again I’ll have to try out some other pellets. It’s just a demanding airgun to shoot so I don’t enjoy it as much as my other guns.
Thumping lead is my cup of ☕️
Ήρεμα με την κάνη. Θα το κανης ζημιά. Δεν θέλει απότομες κινήσεις
How do you mean?
Off hand at 25 yards is pretty good for any gun . Especially with iron sights 👍🎯
Thanks! I forgot how well I was finally doing with it. 😀 I just skimmed through the video and saw where I was shooting cans off-hand. Maybe there is some hope for my Hatsan Model 130 .30 cal?
I own 3 of them great rifles even without a scope. Have patiense on artillary hold.
Awesome!
Would you still recommend this rifle?
It depends on what you are after. For the price you get a lot of power in a .25 cal and the wood and metal finish and quality is pretty nice. I find the gun to be difficult to shoot accurately but it can be done with determination and practice. The shooting experience isn’t very pleasant as the gun takes a bit of effort to cock and it vibrates and jumps around significantly with each shot. The trigger is also weird in that you need to pull up rather than back. I’d never buy another Hatsan model like this but they seem to be popular. I don’t really understand why, I guess it’s the price and you get metal and wood?
Can't do that 4-5 lb trigger, mine had a bad piston seal from the factory and stripped screws. Forget everything you learned shooting, pull UP on the trigger. You're joking, right?
I really dislike the “acclaimed” quattro trigger. Aside from the caliber and power there is very little l like about the gun.
Mine came with a bad piston seal as well so I made one out of leather and it shoots pretty good now.
I love this gun 😊
Now that I’m getting it figured out it’s growing on me. 😀
I made a comment on your previous video, can you explain what you are doing differently
I just rewatched this to remember shooting it and the big thing was the trigger. One view told me to pull up on the trigger, not back (like normal) and that helped me out a great deal. I also have to use a really light artillery hold with it. For me it’s not a pleasant gun to shoot. The vibration and recoil are the worst out of all my airguns. But, once I get more daylight I’ll have to practice with it some more.
try jsb pellets
I imagine.25 cal JSB’s are not cheap!?
Try the barracuda by H&N
Take it easy on the action…. Your cocking the gun way to hard. Your putting stress on the cocking link and the trigger and the piston.
I’ve cocked my Chinese model 62 in the same manner since the 80’s and it’s fine. The mod 95 takes far more effort to cock but is also built way more stoutly than my model 62.
That's so awesome I literally just got mine last Friday the same thing you have caliber and all
Nice! I’m hopeful that yours won’t be as picky as mine. 😀
Maybe if you didn't slam the barrel down so hard & then slam the thing shut again when cocking it 😂
My German made break barrels don’t require such pampering. 😆👍
@@airgunsofalaska the 95 doesnt need kid gloves either! In fact one of my favorite things about it is that despite it's weight I can still "flop" it back into the bag after loading without the barrel breaking on its own
Great home defense item if you can't get firearms. Leave a pellet loaded, un-cocked. Cock if there are threats around. Gas piston rifles can be left cocked for a while because there is no spring fatigue. I use RWS in my GAMO's. Crossman .22's were garbage, but OK for breaking in the gun. Under $250 in .25.
It would definitely hurt to get shot with one at close range but unless you hit a vital organ, I don’t know that it would put an attacker down? I’m just thinking about squirrels I’ve shot with .22 cal pellets that have not died and kept climbing in a tree until I shot them again. Like it’s crazy. The size of the pellet to the squirrel’s body would be like us getting shot with a low velocity 30mm round. Either squirrels are super tough or pellet guns just aren’t very powerful or lethal?
@@airgunsofalaska Not sure they need to be put down. I've heard it's very painful to get shot even with a BB gun. After your one shot the gun becomes a club. You could also tape a kitchen knife to it to make a bayonet.
Αccurate hatsan 95 🤣,non way
Only with lots of practice and determination. 🤣😆
Don't knock up the barrel .. And don't knock it in lock either.
No weapon is built for such brutal treatment. It will destroy the fittings and metal surfaces in the chamber and barrel. In addition to the operator stays.
In addition, you can have no expectations of good precision with cheap pellets. And definitely not tip pellets.
Use JSB, and only that.
Curious, what makes the Hatsan so special that I can’t unlock, cock & shoot it like I have all my other break barrel guns since the 80’s.
If Hatsans are so well fitted then why doesn’t the action and lock up feel that way? The 95 pales in comparison to my Diana mod 34 in action movement alone.
Finally, why does this mod 95 require very expensive pellets? My Diana’s don’t, my Daisy 880 doesn’t, my Benjamin 397S doesn’t… please explain.
@@airgunsofalaska There is nothing particularly sensitive about the Hatsan, except that it is an airgun/break barrel - not a tank. Like any other airgun, weapon or technical item. None of them are designed to be used as baseball bats.
The barrel should be as linear as possible like the cylinder on the rifle, of course this is seriously disturbed/destroyed when the barrel slams down and up in lock with hard force.
And again: it has nothing to do with Hatsan that it performs poorly in precision with bad pellets ..
If you have the best rifle in the world, it won't help if the pellets are bad .. It's not rocket science ..
At the JSB factory, they quality check EVERY SINGLE pellet... That means minimal damage to the pellets and as much equal weight as possible to the pellets.
More is not necessary to say.
@@hauk65000 I now have two Hatsans. They both exhibit extremely sticky, stiff movement when unlocking and locking the action. You seem to be insisting these Hatsans are of some fine quality to be carefully manipulated like handing a rare, antique firearm of historical value. But both my Hatsans unlock and lock like cheap, poor quality, low end Chinese breakbarrel guns. I’d totally agree with you if they were smooth like a Diana but I can certainly attest to the fact they are not.
Again, explain why my Diana’s shoot perfectly well with Crosman Premier pellets yet a Hatsan requires top of the line pellets? That makes zero sense.
If I got a dollar for every time someone commented that I should buy/use JSB pellets this or that I’d make pretty decent money off the channel. Here’s the thing, I’ve tested various types of JSB pellets in many of my different types of guns on the channel and they have not performed the best in my guns. Why would I buy more when I’ve not found them to work as well? If JSB wants to send me free pellets than I’d gladly proclaim to the world that these JSB pellets are the best FREE pellets I’ve ever used.
@@airgunsofalaska Please..
Now listen, my good man - no doubt, I think you're a really funny and nice guy to watch on videos.
But: it just so happens that there are several basic factors that determine the precision of an airgun.
Pellets; the Hatsan you have is a pretty powerful rifle. About 30 fpe + .. Your Diana 34 somewhat less. And Daisy and Benjamin weaker. Of course, that Hatsan will require other pellets.
* Anyway, if you have two exactly the same rifles, same issue, same model - they may require completely different pellets to achieve precision.
* You must know that an airgun barrel is special, with very sharp rifling.
* In addition, the barrel is narrow for the first 20-30 cm - but gradually expands towards the mouth of the barrel. It is intentionally made further in the end. Because of the blowing force against the skirt. (So the opposite of a shootgun).
* In order for a pellet to take maximum grip on the rifling in the last part of the barrel, a pellet with good softness is needed... Which has the ability to EXPAND with the skirt in the last part of the barrel. To achieve maximum precision.
One should achieve grouping of 1/3 Inch or better, at 25 yards, with a scope.
* Therefore, there is a VERY GOOD reason why many people have recommended that you only use JSB.
It has the quality and softness to adapt to this.
* Pellets such as H&N, Crosman have a rather hard alloy, and are not suitable for maximum precision.
* The locking wedge for the barrel; it is quite common to lubricate with grease when the rifle is new. Spread around it and press it down several times with a wooden stick.
* Everything requires patience, the barrel needs getting used to a new pellet.
No use switching between 4-5 different types of pellets and expecting precision. ABSOLUTELY NOT recommended. Stick to just one type, and by JSB.
* The barrel is cleaned when the rifle is new, and later when it starts to become inaccurate.
You must know that after cleaning it is also normal that the rifle may actually need as much as 100-200 shots to provide maximum precision.
Both due to getting used to the pellets and build-up of lead film in the barrel, which is actually positive and necessary for precision.
Can't say it often enough: no matter what rifle you have - the world's best or average - the quality and weight of pellets is absolutely crucial.
Good luck, can't help more.
@@hauk65000 thank you! 👍 I now much better understand the reasoning behind your earlier comments. I can sometimes get short in my responses as I sometimes reply to 20 comments or more per day and I don’t always know if someone is being sincere or not. Thanks for sticking it out as I’ve learned something now that I was unaware of before. I’ve never thought about how a pellet interfaces with the barrel.
hey , , what part of alaska are you in ?? we live in zephyrhills , about 30-ish miles northeast of tampa ,
I’m in Valdez along the ocean.
@@airgunsofalaska yup , the worst oil disaster until the gulf of mexico ,, are you a fisherman , oil worker ?? i'm retired
i only use h&n pellets in all of my break barrels
Those are pretty expensive pellets.
@@airgunsofalaska yes they are , but , if i'm getting charged by a saber toothed earth worm or rabid butterfly , i don't want to risk missing
Ha ha! Well when you put it that way… 😆
@@airgunsofalaska consider yourself lucky , you live in the best state ever , i'm from north central maine , it's similar to alaska , but it's not alaska , i live in west central florida , came down years ago when my dad had cancer , he has since passed , met my wife , kids , mortgage ,oh well , we hate it here though , but she has a killer paying job thank GOD , hopefully the economy don't tank , watch out for those alaska sasquatch , they are way bigger then the florida skunk ape , that's what florida calls it's smaller bigfoot
@@woofman4796 I recently had a co-worker move to Florida in June. Our economy up here isn’t very good. Prices for almost everything keep increasing, people and businesses are leaving, and we have fewer businesses and services in my town now than we did in the 80’s. It’s sad to see but kinda fascinating as well since most communities grow and many in Alaska are going the opposite direction.
I can say I’ve never seen any sign of a Bigfoot up here in all these years and have ridden to so very remote areas. But, I do know people who believe in them and their are Alaskan Native stories about those types of creatures.