Barrel replacement
Hi,
I decided to change Cricket’s barrel. It is really poor quality:
http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=29455
I wonder if I should choose a barrel with a choke or without it. I know that there are many opinions that choked barrels are more accurate. However, a lot of people claim that choke is not necessary in airguns as long as pellet’s head diameter is big enough. Moreover, choke reduces V0 for sure.
Here is what I can choose from:
http://www.lothar-walther.de/163.php
What would you suggest?
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Thats jusit sv as u no us lads on the uk forum orderd from alex and due to kalibrguns uk rep dimion inreference cant get anything off alex no more let alone are warrentys he owes a good few lads cheek pieces on the bulpup forum still atb dave g
Weird … I´ve had no problems getting KG to reply to any of my questions. I told them about the poor quality o-rings and they send me two spare sets of the same bad quality o-rings BUT they were very helpful nevertheless.
The right way to do any Warranty claim is thru a KalibrGun dealer. Not thru the Factory. The Dealer in his turn takes up the matter with KG.
didnt see any mention of them shooting bad???
Yeap, KalibrGun ignored our complaints and we received the same shitty barrels as a replacement. It was riddiculus.
As billyboy says tn u wont get any joy from kalibrgun there not intrested at all no matter what warrenty your told you get with the gun you buy your dealer may keep there word towards warrenty but kalibrgun you will be lucky to get a reply i suspect the op knows this as theres been any complains of such on the polish forums
The guys in poland have been getting shitty looking barrels on there crickets….http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=29455
Best send it back and tell them to fix it. = new barrel
You got no hope IMO getting any spares direct off kalibrgun .
I tried unsuccessfully this time last year.. There where useless
don’t fix what’s not broken, stick with stock barrel. they are amazingly accurate.
Hw barrels are pants at higher power tho great barrels at sub 16 flb any thing above there garbage up to lw bsa ect ect
Best would be to get a replacement from KalibrGun, they owe you.
If you’re situated in Europe, you can buy second hand barrels on egun.de. You can also buy Weihrauch barrels as spares, they are good and not very pricy. Will of course need to be machined to suit the Cricket, but so will the blanks you linked to.
A choke is said to make a barrel less pellet picky, but a non-choked barrel can be just as accurate if you find the right pellet. I would personally prefer a choked barrel if I had a choice. Even pellets from the same tin are not 100% uniform.
Make Kalibrgun replace the barrel at no charge.
these barrels we get in the US are spot on in the cricket.
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Get an unchoked barrel, and be done with it.
A barrel, if properly bored and rifled, does not need a choke! A choke is a sales gimmick…a lollipop to the ignorant, eye candy, a technical toy to the uneducated masses.
I dare anyone to show me definitive proof that a “choked” barrel ever did anything good for a properly bored rifle…be it powder burner or pcp, springer, or blow gun for that matter! Furthermore, my knee hurts like hell tonight!!! I am NOT in a good mood.
If your Cricket is shooting poorly, cut off an inch from the tip, and try again. What have you got to lose? The worse case scenario is you buy a replacement barrel.
You will sing my praises…you’ll see. Send the cut off inch of barrel back to Kalibrgun and tell them to shove it up their ass.
Crowning the end is simple. use a conical honing stone and just take your time reaming it out till it looks smooth and the rifling is well defined.
Regards,
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