BBL removal = POI Loss??
I purchased a couple of used Talons a couple of weeks ago and I had yesterday off so I decided to open them up and clean everything. To make a long story short, I removed the barrels, cleaned them and reinstalled them with no issues. But when I went to shoot them, both were shooting extremely low, even after setting the power adjustment to where they were.
What happened there?
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Each bushing has a pre-drilled holes for the grub screws… Can’t rotate
the bushings. You can rotate the barrel if you unscrew the set screws that
secure the bushings to the barrel… I don’t think he went to that
extreme…
I think you probably re-inserted your barrels with the bushings turned different from what the previous owner had them at. Either rotate the bushings or just re-zero. Not a big deal.
Graphite? From lead? 😕
Oil the pellets and only clean if something goes wrong… Make sure the oil is pcp approved or else, boom!
Stop with the PCP approved BS, there is no such thing and there is no danger of exploding anything here…
Not to be too harsh but the myth of exploding stuff with airguns is just that, a myth. Take plain oil and swab the barrel to get it wet and fire your gun as hot as you can set it and the most you’l get is a bit of smoke in the barrel. Unless you die in the fireball but you won’t be around to argue then…
Another flaw the older pellets had was oxidation. Within a year or two, they would start to accumulate a dusty white coat of lead oxide if left exposed. Benjamin pellets came coated with thick oil and they oxidized, too. Today’s pellets have either an oil, wax or graphite coating that resists oxidation for a lot longer, though they do cause airgunners to think their bores are dirty when the compound scrapes off.
Full Article…
http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2008/02/crosman-pellets-they-werent-always.html
Do ya think its just lead dust .Hence the name ldc mix the lead dust with red crosman pellgun oil its black. Its just a theory.
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Yea, like hotdog meat or Spam….
Teats, toes and beaks… 😯
Masked with lots of salt… 😕
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Yea, like hotdog meat or Spam….
In the Crosman Pemier boxes it’s like they included a little factory floor sweepings for good measure…
I’ll have to check my fancy german pellets, they may have something on them… I wouldn’t be surprised if it was used to dry lube the mold before pressing the wire into a pellet… Cheap, easy and persistent…
I agree with synopsys, I think the Crosman pellet process is just dirty
and the JSB/Air Arms, Eun Jins, and Kodiaks have
nothing on them as far as I can tell…. I have even rolled them in white
paper towels with very little if any residue left behind…. I have messed
with enough graphite to know I want nothing to do with it… It is a mess
IMO….
I don’t know for any certainty gimmick, is the graphite used to lube the mold? I would expect some in the bottom of my kodiaks or rws pellets if it were added and most of the pellets I have bought are basically covered in crap from the process or nothing at all… Most of the pellets I own turn white pretty quickly in the container if I don’t seal them… The white residue is also reacting with the bare steel barrel and new lead is scraped off the pellet when shooting,l so that may account for the black and dark grey residue… I’ll keep my eye out for the graphite when I order some new types of pellets for my 22 cal barrel…
Graphite is not a bad idea though, for a dry pellet lube… 😉 I may have to test that one out! The oil is a pain when handling pellets then shooting… Do you clean the ones that have graphite on them and relube?
Boom is no joke, my .177 Talon goes boom like my 22lr… 😯
synopsys: Make sure the oil is pcp approved or else, boom!
My condor goes BOOM every time anyway? I use finish line krytec.
Sam
Taking the grips off and putting them back on will do the same thing.
Most pellets are coated to prevent oxidization. Check out a pellet that’s been shot and exposed to the air, it will turn white. Most pellets have a fine coating to preserve their surface and color. When you clean the barrel the black substance is graphite. Lead is not black.
The black residue on the breach o-ring + divers silicone is also graphite.
I think crosman premiers have a different type of coating its really dirty, just to handle, before it goes down the barrel.
Graphite? From lead? 😕
Oil the pellets and only clean if something goes wrong… Make sure the oil is pcp approved or else, boom!
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Maybe not. But once you start unscrewing things it’s hard to stop! 😆