Stoeger AFTER PINTY FIASCO ,READY TO TRY THE XM BULLSHARK.....TUNE REGULATOR!!!

OK GENTS ONWARDS AND UPWARDS. BULLSHARK OWNERS AND TUNNERS. I WANT TO SEND A 14.3/ 14.66 HNS AROUND 880-890. GOING FOR MAX SHOT COUNT. CAN I BRING DOWN THE FPS.......JUST USING THE HAMMER SPRINIG ADJUSTER. IF NOT IS IT VERY HARD TO ADJUST THE REG. EXCITED ABOUT THE PLUNGE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EXCELLENT .....GOD WILLINIG TACK DRIVER.....THANKS ONE AND ALL !:)
 
You'll have to see what happens but I suspect you will need to decrease the regulator but it is not very hard. My Bullshark in 22 prefers AEA 18.3 grain and sends them about 870 fps. It will also shoot Crossman domed accurately at about 925 fps, however. I could bring the velocity down with the hammer spring but it is not as accurate and the first shot at the start of the day would be much lower in velocity. They like to be tuned about 3% under the peak velocity. My P35-22 is very similar and prefers 21-22 grain pellets which it only gets up to about 820 fps and less in cold weather. But it's accurate - two 200s on the 30 yard challenge (Bullshark has 1).

If you are lucky you can access the regulator from the gauge end of the airtube. After degassing you remove the big nut the gauge is on with the thing that looks like a tube that will come with the gun. At the other end of the tube you will see the lock nut (12mm) and slot headed adjustment screw for the regulator. You need about a 18 inch screwdriver and extension for a socket. The luck part is whether the O-rings are set enough you can loosen the lock nut and then it moves pretty freely on the adjustment screw so it doesn't change the adjustment when you turn it to lock in your setting. To decrease you will want to turn clockwise, no more than 1/4 turn would be my suggestion. Once the screw is turned and secured you just put it back together and air it up. If you have to remove the regulator it is not that bad but you have to remove the air tube from the gun. If you loosen the two 3mm allen head screws that clamp the barrel to the air tube you can just unscrew the airtube from the action. The stock screws will need to be loosened a little but it's actually better to leave the action in the stock. One of the potential complications is getting the clamps mispositioned causing the gun to not cock or the safety to not work. It is not very hard to fix but leaving the gun largely still in the stock helps keep things in the right place. If the air tube is out you just unscrew the nut at the back of the airtube and the regulator may come with it. If not, you have to remove the other nut and push it out, a dowel is a good tool to use. I've started using digital calipers to measure the overall length of the regulator to help anticipate the setting. You can only do that if you remove the regulator.

I always relax the little coil spring on the trigger mechanism to lower the first and second stage pull weight of the trigger. You have to take the stock off but all you have to do is loosen a tiny grub screw to relax the spring. The stock screws are 4mm, the hammer adjustment is a 5mm allen head.
 
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I have the .22 Bullshark also. I don't play with internal reg adjustments , just the hammer spring & trigger screws. I'm shooting 18+gr pellets at just over 900 fps. Super accurate . As mentioned ,when trying to bring the velocity down quite a bit the group starts to open. I tried tuning down for rats with light pellets & low fps with unsatisfactory results. So back up in power & stick with pest bird & Ghogs under 50 yards.I did get the trigger down to just around one lb. pull weight as discussed earlier. Overall I think you will enjoy the "Shark". PS, I use an Airgun Capital long moderator that matches the barrel diameter & doesn't
interfere when recharging air.
 
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Joshua777- If your Pinty Pup is still under warranty, they should send you a new gun. I bought mine when they first came out & had to fix a few things with my dremel. Not something I wanted to do with a new gun, but mine was a shooter, until it leaked all it's air & it would not refill. I emailed Pinty about the problem & they sent me out a new Pup. This one is just as accurate & holds air. Lol. I also have a .177 Bull Shark that I really like, with a( 5yr warranty). I also read that Stoeger will send out a new rifle if you have any problems with their guns.
 
One thing to be careful about with Bullsharks is the baffles in the end of the shroud. If the nut on the forward end of the shroud gets loose, it can allow the baffles to shift into the pellet path and get damaged. So it's a good idea to check the nut occasionally and make sure it is snug. It shouldn't loosen on it's own but installing and removing a moderator is on the same nut and may help it get loose.
 
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