HatsanAir

I bought this because I've had a big disconnect with the airgun market lately. I have extensive experience through a vintage Gamo Hunter in .177 and a Benjamin Marauder in .22. I've purchased other rifles since owning these but every time I've been disappointed. I wanted an open-sight rifle that would be moderately accurate and have decent power, but everything on the market was disappointing or extremely expensive. I purchased the Hatsan without having any knowledge about the brand, and I'm impressed. The quality of the wood and metal finish was better than I expected for the price. The accuracy out of the box was fine with the massive RWB Super-H Point .25 pellets, and while I have not gotten it on paper, it did just fine plugging lemons at 12-15 yards, though it seems it is sighted to have the sights just below the intended target. With an on the fly adjustment of the elevation dial, it was hitting just about dead on with my offhand standing hold. The most incredible part to me about this airgun is the sheer power that sits behind the .25 pellet. While they fly alot more slowly than a .177, they absolutely transfer a pile of energy into their target. I knocked over a piece of firewood, which was about a half of a quartered 6" diameter log. When shooting lemons, they visibly would send pulp flying out of the back and hollowed the internals of the lemons out with just a few shots. There is an incredibly satisfying meaty "thwack" when attacking lemons. I will say, however, that (1) the build quality of the sights is not excellent. One of the rear sight dots is a slightly different color than the other and maybe a little off-center. It has not been an issue yet. (2) the .177 pellets I have used in the past would simply lodge themselves into wood targets or lose all energy and fall right there. The .25's do massive damage to the wood, but I have had some of them come back in the direction they were sent. It pays to be cautious when engaging hard targets with a high-speed projectile, but it seems to be extra relevant with these slower speed projectiles. I would say to buy with confidence. I will update the review if and when any issues arise. Update: I’m almost through a whole can of RWB Super-H pellets and have taken a small game animal with the rifle already. I noticed my accuracy was getting worse and I was getting keyholing in my target. The main screw which attaches the rifle to the stock had come loose. Will tighten and report how the issue progresses, but CHECK YOUR SCREWS!

Seems to be pretty sturdy, though I've only owned it for a few weeks. It isn't as jumpy as the daisy .177 I own, but if my chronograph is right I'm getting about 520 fps from the .25, pushing a 28 grain pellet, compared to the Daisy at 860 fps pushing a standard pellet, and the damage, of course, is considerably more with the .25 compared to the Daisy, the crosman .22 at 690 fps, or the crosman nitro .177, the one I spent the most on, that to my disappointment only fires at 500 fps on a good day. (No wonder the nitro is so quiet...) Accuracy, it outperforms both the scoped nitro and the scoped .22 , with open sights. (Haven't bothered with the scope on the .25, seeing it as a potentially unnecessary hindrance) I've already found that the best pellets for this particular .25, I believe they are called "super H", though with the exception of the heavier pellets For my other air rifles they all seem to like the crosman hollow points best, which is fine by me since they are the cheapest I've found, but you get what I call wild ones where you may miss by as much as 12" at 50', a problem I have yet to notice with any of the pellets I've bought for the .25. The heavier .25 pellets I bought that I believe are 32 grain, they perform poorly, sometimes as much as 4" at 40', but I think this is due to the skirts being damaged, assuming during shipment? But the less damaged ones fly fair, hitting lower due to projectile weight, which is to be expected. I plan on this being a rabbit gun, as I think it will give a quicker, more humane kill, that is if I can stop plinking with it (so much fun!) and actually get out hunting instead.

Got mine late 2017 for under $100. Hatsan Striker Wood (Beech stock) combo (with scope) in 25 caliber. Mine is the steel coil spring model. I have some Vortex air-spring models but almost all of those have gone limp (leaked) and needed repair. Trust me, coil springs are more reliable. I rate mine at 5* for excellent performance at a bargain price, but the journey to get there was not easy. Some points: - YOU MUST check stock screws and keep them tight or you will break the stock! - These are jumpy "springer" rifles and most (but not ALL) require a special LOOSE HOLD ... look up "artillery hold". - Springers are notorious for being "pellet fussy". Some will shoot ANY pellet well but most will shoot best with a select few pellet types. It is up to the buyer to FIND OUT which pellets will shoot well in THEIR SPECIFIC air rifle. - Once you discover the best "hold" and a pellet the rifle "likes" you will need to practice-practice-practice and practice MORE to get good accuracy with a springer style rifle. - Scopes and rings on jumpy springer rifles can move around if not properly secured. Accuracy will be poor until the scope and rings are SECURELY mounted. - Scopes may be blurry as adjusted from the factory. There are ocular adjustments even on these bargain scopes. There is a recommended process for focusing the reticle and then the target to YOUR SPECIFIC eye. Do some research on this if you have never adjusted a scope before. - Springers are "jumpy" limited energy style air rifles. It is unrealistic to expect precision accuracy out to 50-100 yards. Accuracy out to 50-100 feet IS possible... with practice! - I can usually group 10 pellets under a US penny at 30' using the factory installed open sights. For many months I could NOT get my Striker25 groups under 2" at 30'. That is not good accuracy for this style air rifle. I almost gave up and was about to disassemble the rifle for spare parts. I then discovered that my Striker25 "likes" a firm DEATH GRIP HOLD! This is NOT typical for a springer air rifle but it does happen. When using the firm hold my air rifle began to stack pellets into one ragged hole at 30'. Nice! With a little effort and care these air rifles can be reliable, accurate, and FUN to shoot! 5 stars! FWIW, this particular model Hatsan air rifle also performs very well in 22 caliber and 177 caliber.

Before you buy this airgun, you'll do well to know that other optics and rail adapters that will survive a springer are expensive. Cheap gun sights, especially those made for real rifles, will break due to how the recoil works on the striker 1000x. this means if you plan to throw out the cheapo scope that's included, you're going to have to dump around $400 on a scope that's designed to handle springers. Think you'll just use the iron sights then? HAH, I made the same mistake. The iron sights are actually crappy plastic sights that wiggle. So you're going to have to dump either $80 minimum to get a rear sight that will fit on the dovetail of this rifle, or around $50 minimum for a picatinny rail adapter, and another $80 - $400 on whatever sight you can get that can take the beating this gun's recoil My advice? Get anything else. Get something with real iron sights and is actually made to be shot accurately. Get something that doesn't give you a junker scope to throw away immediately. Purchasing this rifle is a mistake I regret making edit: the Williams fp-ag will not be able to align correctly on this, if you were considering getting a peep sight. there goes my $80 (plus the $150 i paid for this gun)

Worth the money. You're not going to find a 25 caliber cheaper than this, at least I couldn't, and considering what you get for the money I mean for a hundred bucks you got a nice Walnut stock from Turkey, with German steel. the sites are good didn't even bother to put a scope on. Came on time undamaged. This rifle it's practically five stars in every way especially the dollar value and it hits like a truck. The only reason I gave it four star is that it's so close to perfect that they only had to give it just a tiny bit more to be perfect. And what I mean by that is power. Some guy said earlier it was a good close range gun and it is. But I got 22s that are harder to cock than this 25. And so far since I own seven new brake barrels usually the ones that are harder to cock have more power. So in my opinion they could have put a little bit more of a stronger spring in it and yes it is a Springer. But it shoots good and it's five star in every other aspect. That's why I gave it four star because it's so close to perfect all it needs is a little bit more powerful spring and it would be probably the only gun You'll Ever Need. I like the 25 Cal even though you got to order the pellets cuz you can't get them in the store here but that's okay cuz when you open the can these pellets are gigantic I think Hatton just took a 22 cal and drilled out the barrel to a 25 and left it at that that seems like the logical explanation. It is a good gun and have no regrets in buying it and for that price, if it breaks I'll buy another one :-)

Very nice Rife just what I was looking for not a cheap synthetic stock like most brands out there , this is real wood and top notch quality, first shots right out of the box held a group at zero at 20 yards ( no scope) With the scope and a bore site at 30yards was dead on (3-5 shots) I recommend

Initial Short Review as of Oct. 2nd, 2021: Inconsistent shot placements makes this item hard to enjoy. After a couple hundred shots (more than half my tin), I've come to the conclusion that this air-rifle is simply not consistent enough (iron sites and scoped) to enjoy. I'll put the details of my assessment in the longer review below if you are interested. Initial Long review as of Oct. 2nd, 2021: Rating the accuracy/consistency of an air rifle is never pretty. 90% of the time it is due to shooter proficiency or lack thereof. 90% of the time, the shooter will blame the tool rather than their own ability to shoot straight. I probably fall into that 90% of shooters who rather blame the tool than themselves (the truth is never pretty). But hear me out on this one: I've been shooting for a while. I'm not the best out there, but I do achieve some consistency for it to be enjoyable enough to continue with the hobby. I am a military veteran (which does not mean I know how to shoot - but merely that I have been around firearms, and do not feel overly uncomfortable around them). I am able to place my shots consistently within dime sized groups with iron sights at 30 yards with both rifles and air rifles. I practice shooting a couple times a week. Like I said, I'm "ok" with shooting but definitely not a professional. That aside, sighting in usually takes me around 30 minutes for iron and another 30 for scoped? I use 1 large target sheet and a handful of pellets. Like I said, I'm not great at shooting or even sighting in. But it took much longer with this rifle than any I've ever owned and many more sheets. At the time of this review, I still cannot say with 100% certainty that this rifle has been properly sighted in. Meaning, I am still not confident enough to shoot something with this rifle, and "know" that it will hit it with certainty. After sitting with this rifle for a couple of hours and just scratching my head wondering what I was doing wrong, I finally entertained the idea that it could very well be the rifle itself! This took a long time for me to verify. I kept thinking that I haven't reached the "break-in" period when these rifles start to stabilize. Maybe my pellets were simply cheap and inconsistent (but when used with a Daisy 880, I'm able to keep my groups touching). I thought it could be the scope, so I re-tightened all the screw points on the rail connecting it to the rifle as well as the rings. Still, my groupings were significantly inconsistent with no rhyme or reason. A couple more hours exercising my sluggish brain and I believe I may have it down to the overall construction of this rifle. I "BELIEVE" ( and obviously I am NOT a professional in this area) that it is due to the way the spring moves inside this rifle. This is a powerful spring. Unfortunately, the activation of the spring bumps/jerks this rifle around and will thereby throw the aim off. A tiny jerk in any direction BEFORE the pellet exits the rifle, and you will be missing what you are aiming for entirely. Take it for what you will, but I do NOT have this same issue with Gamo magnums (two to be exact), a Walther Magnum, a RWS Diana rifle, a Benjamin rifle, a Crosman, and of course my Daisy - just to name a few (the Crosman and Daisy pellet rifles are pneumatic and NOT spring). Again, I am not a professional, and I do not have a huge amount of experience with other air guns. But for the ones that I have and use, I have come to develop some type of "expectation" for how an air gun should operate. In the end, it should be user-friendly no matter the shooter, and accurate. This is my first Hatsan, and I wanted to inspect the build quality of their product. It is definitely built solid. It is not like an RWS Diana - but mine is an older version anyway (back when they were still made in Germany). Anyway, I believe it is not accurate due to its internal mechanisms. There. I said it. As for how that affects the next potential consumer (you), I feel that if you are starting, go with a more economical rifle first. See if it is something you truly enjoy. The Daisy 880 is a fantastic starter rifle. It has plastic parts, but for the money... boy, it is hard to beat the value! Variable power means you can shoot indoors and outdoors. Pellets or BBs gives it great versatility (though I would avoid over using BBs if you want to keep some accuracy on your rifle - then again, its so affordable that the only thing you really have to be worried about is having FUN). The scoped out kit with BBs, pellets and even safety glasses easily costs less than a third of this Hatsan. People have reported thousands of rounds and years of service from this great rifle until they had to replace it (before even replacing it, check to see if it can be repaired with a 15 cent seal/washer - you'll be a couple bucks richer and also keep some junk out of our landfills! Yay!). Economical, accurate, easy to use, long-lasting and durable... start with one of those. Looking for power and hunting mid-size game? That is a little more work... but this Hatsan is in .177 (I would recommend looking into a different caliber such as .22 or higher). Hope this helps. I am going to spend some more time with this item and see if my opinion changes. Until then, I buy these items with my own pennies. If my review has helped you at all in making a decision about this rifle, click on that "helpful" icon so I know you're out there. If there is enough interest, I'll post a follow-up with this review, especially if there are any changes after more time out in the field with it. ***UPDATE as of Oct. 8th, 2021*** Ok, so I feel obligated to make this update. So far, no corrections in the star ratings - but I did get a friend over to get a second opinion about this rifle - as I just couldn't put my finger on why I was having such a difficult time with this rifle. While cocking the break barrel, the whole assembly came loose and the rifle came apart at the rear housing. It took this strange situation to discover that the rear screw holding the whole rifle together (beneath the trigger) had been loose the whole time! Oof. This issue obviously contributed to why it felt as if the spring was bouncing the whole rifle around each shot. I've hand tightened this screw, and the shots immediately became significantly more consistent - though not as much as I hoped (seriously, I'm a terrible shot). We were able to get some shots looking consistent, but now I will always have a question in my head with this rifle: Will the screw come loose again, and will I lose it somewhere in the woods rendering this rifle un-useable sometime soon in the future? Should I loktite this screw (because it will be hard to get into the rifle to fix any other issues that may present itself in the future)? What other screws will come loose in this rifle? Only time will tell... I'll update if there is any interest, but for now... I'm not terribly impressed with this rifle. For those of you experiencing similar problems (and possibly having passed the return date) check that all the screws are tightened correctly on the rifle - especially the one in the back behind the trigger. True story.

Hatsan striker .25 This springer isn't the most powerful but it is easier to cock and very accurate to 90 ft or 30 yards . It will definitely take small game .for the price it's perfect for target or hunting without spending a lot of money on powdered ammo .I haven't tried the scope that came with it so I don't know how it will hold up . I have a tasco on my .22 umerex and that is a solid scope and sold at Walmart . It's not a speed demon at 640 fps but it does have a punch,and since it's a springer you could diesel a few for more speed and not worry of breaking anything . My benjamin.22 is 20 years old with a leather yes leather hammer in front of the spring and I been diesel it for years and still going strong . Best bolt action springer I think ever made . But back to the .25, no hatsan piston to break down in a year of use because it has a spring :Update: Scope is useless . Does not stay on the target . You sight it in its perfect on the bench and within 2 shots it's off by a good 3 inches off center . Don't even waste your time buy a better scope .