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Barely underway with questions

Personally I wash and lube every tin , in my experience I ha e found that things just work out better “for me” at least, if you take a new tin of jsb or whatever and wash and rinse them into white bowl you will be surprised at the amount of crap lead dust and shavings you end up with and I prefer not to have all that junk depositing the gun or can, and as far as groups goes yup “I” get better groups. This is just me guys. Been doing the wash&lube for the last 5 years and don’t plan on stopping.
 
With the HW100 you do not need to wash and lube pellets, Use a good brand pellet, JSB pellets work great in both of my HW100's, I use in my .22 cal the JSB Jumbo Heavy Diabolo 18.3's work excellent, very accurate, in my .20 cal I use JSB 13.73 grn, be aware of loading the magazine the right direction, I've accidently loaded it backwards in the gun a couple times, DOH.... get some 100% Silicone oil and use it to add into the fill probe after every 10 fills, 5 drops will be enough, this will keep your fill port valve and other internal o-rings in good condition, your Regulator adjuster is in front of the trigger assembly, it requires disassembly of the gun so if you need to adjust it, you might need a qualified air gun specialist to work on it, unless you are very mechanically inclined like myself, adjusting the Hammer spring is fairly easy, you will need to remove the gun from the stock, there is a plate on the back of the action, it has 2 screws holding it, remove the plate and allow the cocking lever to slide back, inside is the hammer spring adjustment screw, there is a locking grub screw on the side of the Hammer screw assembly, loosen it before trying to adjust the Hammer spring screw, turn it in clockwise to increase power and out counter clockwise to decrease power, it is best to use a Chronograph to measure the speed of the pellet and adjust from there, once set, re-snug the locking grub screw, re-install the back plate and re assemble the gun, my HW100BP .22 is set for 780fps, it gives me plenty of power and shot count is good around 40 shots per fill, my HW100 T FSB .20 is set for 800 fps, I get about the same 40 shots per fill, if you want to mess with the regulator you will need to buy a regulator adjustment gauge, from

HW100 tuning, lots of good info too.... 

https://hw100tuning.co.uk/shop/ols/products/regulator-pressure-test-gauge

or you might find one on Ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114223995962?hash=item1a9847dc3a:g:75QAAOSwEelgJFRt

good luck with your new HW100, you will love it.
 
you got to really be bored imo lol ...if you have a 'wonder gun' and are heading to the match i could see eliminating all variables, i used to do that racing rc 10th scale .. otherwise, the most practical approach for me anyway, is your setup should be spontaneous .. in other words you should be able to grab the gun and throw a handful of pellets in your pocket to go engage the rabid family of squirrels taking over your chicken coop .. washed pellets dont work for that lol ...
 
That gun will amaze you with its accuracy with a quality pellet like JSB straight from the tin. If you have the time and feel like going through the process, it certainly won’t hurt in most cases. I find my guns out shoot me without having to take the extra steps. I don’t shoot competition and certainly don’t knock anyone who tries to maximize their gun’s potential. 
 
Pull some tight patches through the barrel if anything. Especially if new, you may be surprised what comes out. Use a Hoppes or whatever you are partial to, then keep pulling dry ones til clean. Then re-zero. I honestly do not know if Weihrauch polishes their barrels going out the door, but can't hurt. I washed and pledged one sleeve pellets and dipped out of the tin another sleeve. Patches were always cleaner with the washed and waxed pellets, as one would expect.