Have any/many of you had accuracy problems? Did cleaning the barrel help? After how many pellets? What about recrowning? Any difficulty removing the muzzle break under the shroud to get to the crown?
Brocock/BRK Bantam Accuracy Issues with my Bantam
- Thread starter Skip-in-WV
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I have 2 Bantams and I clean both barrels at about 500 pellets and it really helps. As long as I keep them clean they are tack drivers. For practice at 20yrds. they seem to do really well with Crosman hollowpoint pellets so that could be getting them dirty faster. They shoot best with JSB 18gr. at longer distances.
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I have a Bantam Sniper HR. No accuracy issues. I had reg issues. When you begin to see changes in your grouping, maybe consider cleaning the barrel. I don’t clean mine often either. I’m mainly shooting pellets. Which Bantam do you own?
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Definitely clean, don’t recrown unless you know what you’re doing.
I do like @ba49, CPHPs for pesting and plinking, JSB Exact Jumbo 18s for serious target shooting. Cleaning after a tin a pellets a few patches and back to good. Two Atomics and a Pathfinder XR (basically a mini Bantam). Clean it and make sure its not the scope, mounts, moderator, etc.
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I have a Sniper XR in .22. I did clean the barrel on mine but there was still about a 100 shot break-in period for mine (reg, mag, barrel) where accuracy wasn’t that great. Once it settled down it was a laser beam. Probably 4000 shots in now and it still is! And I’m with ba49, clean the barrel every 400-500 pellets. I don’t wait for my groups to start opening up.
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Skip, how did you ever make out with the leaking gauge? Did you finally get it out on your own? Sounds like you got it squared away.
I would not mess with the crown for now. Try everything else before you try that. Also have you chronied it yet? Also what is the regulator set at and what do you fill it to?
I would not mess with the crown for now. Try everything else before you try that. Also have you chronied it yet? Also what is the regulator set at and what do you fill it to?
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I have cleaned the barrel on my Sniper HR 4 times in 5 years....................first time as a new gun, then only when accuracy started to deteriorate. My take is;
if it aint broke, don't fix it. Mine is still a laser. My go to when the first shot has to count.
if it aint broke, don't fix it. Mine is still a laser. My go to when the first shot has to count.
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I've cleaned mine twice, once when I got it, and about 7 months later. It shoots lights out accurate. If you're not seeing an accuracy improvement after cleaning, then I'd sure look at the crown and maybe push a tight patch thru it to see if it's rough. Mine is one of my most accurate rifles, period.
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I should be able to get it back together in a few days. But, the seal kit comes from the UK.
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The first 4 threads looked like they were almost welded together. Teflon tape when it goes back together.
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My .22 Bantam HiLite (below, top) has been a tack-driver from the get-go, but a .177 I bought used (here) wouldn't average better than 1" groups at 50 yards. So I lopped off the barrel and stock to make a pistol that averages sub-3/4" groups at 50 yards. That solved its accuracy problem quite nicely.
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Wait... "drastic" to butcher a no-shootin' $800 air rifle into a pistol that shoots like a house afire? So how would you describe butchering a $2000 rifle that already shot like a house afire into an air pistol?
Insane? CRIMINAL?
Well... what if I told you I used a new hacksaw blade and sand-paper? Still CRIMINAL?
Okay, what if I said I actually converted the $2000 rifle into a pistol/carbine convertible... that shoots as well as the original rifle?
STILL insane?
Ummmmm.... you might be right!FW(hatever)IW, here's a ten-shot group at 80 yards shot with the pistol... from seated, stool-and-bipod position. It measured 2" c-t-c.
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