ST barrels and cleaning frequency

[Menttaliist]

When i wrote this post, i was having basically the same results when talking about cleaning frequency -300 pellets-
Now for some reason i have to shoot over 1000 pellets before the groups start to open and i can see a wobble. How new is your rifle? I had to shoot over 2000 shots before my results change, shooting a r400 too

 

[Asa-J]

Interesting...

I've probably only put maybe 1800 pellets through mine so far, and until recently severly understimated the need for cleaning because of what I'd read about ST barrels. I have been very dissapointed with the consistency of the rifle in general and tried a lot of things to improve it so cannot say that cleaning alone made all the difference, but a full clean with Napier cleaner between shooting days and then a regular dry patch during a session is what I am doing currently and not waiting to get to the point where the groups are opening up. 

When I have got to the point of some kind of satisfactory consistency (not too far off I feel...) I might relax the cleaning and see just how much / little is really needed.

 

[Menttaliist]

I'm not using any kind of cleaning products, just a some dry patches until they came fully clean. At that point i shoot some pellets in order to settle down the barrel again and that's it. I can't talk about pushing the pellets though the barrel because i have never done it before. Anyways, try to do it with jsb 18.1 5.52 and see what you get. Those are the best pellets for this barrel so that could explain why you need more force in order to pull h&n though it. With what pellets and speed are you shooting?

 

[Asa-J]

I do use 18gr JSB, resized but have tried numerous other makes and nothing else seems to be much good over about 35yards. Pushing any pellet through manually is hard but I mentioned the H&N as these are particularly tight and come out noticably grooved around head and skirt.

Currently set at 850fps with the 18gr.

 

[Menttaliist]

Try to shoot them at 880-90fps, that seems to be the perfect velocity at least for me. If things don't improve call your dealer. Cheers

 

[teeken]

My Wildcat .25 need to be cleaned after every 300 shots because of pellet spiraling ... Just me?

 

[Menttaliist]

"teeken"My Wildcat .25 need to be cleaned after every 300 shots because of pellet spiraling ... Just me?

At first i was having the same result as i told to Asa-j. With time to time and over 2000 pellets though the barrel my results changed. How many shots have you fired through it?

 

[teeken]

"Menttaliist"

"teeken"My Wildcat .25 need to be cleaned after every 300 shots because of pellet spiraling ... Just me?

At first i was having the same result as i told to Asa-j. With time to time and over 2000 pellets though the barrel my results changed. How many shots have you fired through it?

I just bought my Wildcat .25 last month ... I have put about 700 pellets through it using JSB 25.39 at 890fps. 

 

[Menttaliist]

Keep shooting then
Clean the barrel (using just dry patches untill they came out with no residues) when the groups start to open/ pellet spiraling and that's it. Once you have fired over 2000 pellets your results may change, at least that was my case. Now i'm firing 1000 pellets with no issues at all

 

[teeken]

"Menttaliist"Keep shooting then
Clean the barrel (using just dry patches untill they came out with no residues) when the groups start to open/ pellet spiraling and that's it. Once you have fired over 2000 pellets your results may change, at least that was my case. Now i'm firing 1000 pellets with no issues at all

Ok, thanks bud ^^