Hard Air Magazine’s 2025 Most Popular Airgun Reviews
Now that we’re very close to the end of the year, it’s a good time to look at Hard Air Magazine’s 2025 most popular airgun reviews. In fact, this “Top 20” most-read reviews list is really YOUR list! It’s based entirely on what you spent time reading in 2025.
First, let’s note that – as HAM has a world-leading 264 comparable, structured airgun and airgun-related reviews on the site – it’s quite an achievement for any product even to make it into this “Top 20”.
The Most Popular Review – Weihrauch HW100 Sporter Carbine
In first place, we have the Weihrauch HW100 Sporter Carbine. In fact it’s our review of this PCP air rifle was first published in 2024. This HW100 was – of course – a HAM Gold Award winner, earning an ultra-high score of 95% on test. The same gun placed fifth in our 2024 list of top reviews.
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Weihrauch HW100 Sporter Carbine
Second Most Popular Review – Weihrauch HW30S
Weihrauch made it an incredible “one, two” result with this review of the HW30S. Again, it’s not a new review, being published in September 2021. Incredibly, this was the second most-read review in 2024 also!
Another HAM Gold award winner, we summarized the HW30S as “a quality German-manufactured air rifle that’s attractively-priced and easy to shoot well. It’s compact and is supplied with industry-leading open sights. It’s great for the whole family to use for plinking and informal target shooting.”
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Weihrauch HW30S
The Third Most Popular Review – Weihrauch HW95
But wait, there’s more! In third place, we have the Weihrauch HW95. In fact it’s our review of the HW95 Luxus springer that was first published in 2023. This HW95 was – of course – a HAM Gold Award winner, earning a score of 88% on test.
Our conclusion on this classic air rifle was “The Weihrauch HW95 is accurate, powerful enough for most shooters, easy enough to cock and has an outstanding trigger. The quality is obvious for all to see and the price is fair for what you get.”
The HW95 was the top-placed review in 2024.
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Weihrauch HW95 Walnut
Overall Summary
Now, let’s congratulate two companies.
As you have read, Weihrauch-Sport made a clean sweep of our top three 2025 most popular airgun reviews. (It was two in 2024). Plus they also had a total of six reviews in this HAM Top 20. WOW!!!
Secondly, Umarex and its subsidiary brands (Ruger and Glock) placed second with five reviews in total. This was up from three in 2024. Notably, two of these were the only pistol reviews in this list, the Glock being the only BB gun. Great progress Umarex!!!
Out of your “Top 20” most popular airgun reviews of 2025, 11 were for PCP air rifles. Six were were for spring/piston air rifles (one a pistol), while two were for CO2-powered airguns – one long gun and one pistol. Plus, again, one pellet review squeezed into your “Top 20” list this year.
That’s an almost identical proportion to the 2024 results (11 PCP, 6 spring/gas ram, 2 CO2 and 1 pellet review).
And Now, The Full List
Congratulations to all the companies whose products featured in this list. Just by appearing in this list, any gun (or pellet) is in the top 8% of all those 264 HAM test reviews!
Plus, thanks to all of you who read Hard Air Magazine reviews in 2025. I hope that they continue to be a valuable source of information and buying advice in 2026!
