Lubing for a cleaner barrel
I have been searching the forum about lubing pellets for the Cricket. I think that the consensus is just go dry. I think that’s fair, the gun shoots so well with pellets right out of the tin, but my barrel get’s so dirty so fast I thought I’d try an experiment. I thoroughly cleaned the barrel then pulled two Krytech wet patches followed by three dry patches down the barrel. Then I lubed about 100 pellets with Krytech and shot 24 over the Prochrono to season the barrel and check speeds. I went ahead and set the velocity to 910. Twenty-four shots and the Extreme Spread was 16 and the standard Deviation was something like 3…very very good.
Then I shot 6 targets with 5-shot groups each and got very tight groups. But when I went in and pulled a patch it came out very clean…like a quarter of the crud than without lube. Barely anything on it, and certainly no lead flakes. I’m hoping that this isn’t a fluke, which is how a lot of things are when testing air rifles, at least for me…so will shoot some more and recheck the patches. Hoping this will help keep the barrel clean until i send it to Ernest at the end of the season.
Wondering if anyone else has tried this?
KPinNC
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Now that is nice.
The Morini CM162EA Electronic Trigger Pistol $1,840.00 now, I bought it for $1,600 about 12 years ago the same gun it never changed.
The Electronic trigger is awesome, it’s so smooth and fast that often times it feels like it fires just before you do.
The IZH-46M (IZZY) I bought about 13 years ago and 10 years before SECoda got his, it was $290 and now it’s about $600.
I’m not sure if he remembers me from back then ?
http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=27881#p274163
~ GKU
Nice video. Reminds me of my Bullseye shooting with Uncle Sam, but at 25 and 50 yards. What does something like those cost? $1500 to $2000??
:rofl: :rofl: Jan too funny!!!
It’s not as easy as people think it is the bull is only 11.5mm/0.45″ in diameter, open sights and one hand only.
~ GKU
Zonk means.. Hook, line and sinker. Its a fishing weight..!!! Used for casting out bait..
Because i said id use the pistol when fishing, mainly to deter the vermin .. Lol ..
Poor Zonky (o) ! :rofl:
~ GKU
I will read Alexxus review than I can tell you. BTW Zonk what is sinker please? When I put that word into the translator I got strange translate :biggrinn:
Does it come with a hook and sinker??
Ive got my eye on the new Kalibrgun Ocelot pistol… Itll be selling for around £400 in the EU..
Apparently it has the same style silencer system as the Colibri/ Hummingbird…
If i deem it quiet enough, ill get one to take fishing with me….
LOL Gooner. Some nice looking pistols Greg. 10 meter shooting?
Zonk knows i like to go in dry..!! .. Lol ..
Yes, but years ago in the mid 70s with a Bic pen for 177 cal 10m match pistol shooting. 😆
How do you like it so far Zonk ?
Sold my old match pistols and these are the newest two.
Morini 162ei
IZH-46M
~ GKU
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as promised here are the specs of the mods on my rifle, soon the testing will begin once i get this thing right!!!! lol
depth of the valve spring .230 inch
thickness of the valve stem .117 inch
thinned to .096 inch
about a 1/2 and inch is thinned from valve seat.
i apparently did not adjust my reg right. lol
i polished each individual reg washer by rubbing two together on both sides, with polishing compound and reinstalling those two washers back in together. took about an hour.
thats more like what i wanted should be around 115 bar
slightly ported and polished valve for better airflow works well together with the thinned valve stem.
when disassembling the reg.i noticed that the end that hits the delrin block to close off air flow had some very tiny machine marks or scratches right at the edge. so i used this q-tip with some polishing compound to polish those out. i forgot to take a pic of it so heres the q-tip 😀