Changing barrels on FX Crown-- Tuning info. needed

I'd try and dial in a tune at 140 bar or so. You'll find good consistency here due to the factory hammer weight. Dial it in for 900 FPS if the rules will allow. This speed is going to see the least amount of wind drift for a projectile in the .03 BC range.

The hammer spring setting is the least important. You want the hammer weight (which is fixed) to be in balance with the valve pressure. (around 135-140bar bar on this gun.)

The wild card will always be harmonics. We can dial everything in where it should be ideally, and still find that the projectile is leaving the barrel on a harmonic node. More frequently disturbing the departure of the projectile. We can remedy this a bit by bonding the liner with a stiff material. To this end, Earnest Rowe sells some carbon fiber tubing that will fit FX liners, but I'm not sure he makes them for .177.... We can also adjust the tune a little bit to move the departure off of the harmonic node. This will be able to be observed in actual group tightness on target.

Now, the other thing... is that hammer cycle can be disruptive to the gun while it is firing. The nice thing about the Crown is that it has a semi-balanced valve that does not require a whole lot of force to open.... so the hammer is relatively light, as is the hammer stroke. I run my gun with very high hammer spring tension, and it is not disruptive to my shot cycle. I don't shoot competitively, I but I can definitively say that the gun shoots worlds better than any of my others, for the soft shot cycle alone. (not to count other advantages it has)

Now there should be a good efficiency zone around 120 bar as well (speaking of consistent velocity) tuning for 900 fps here may allow for softer hammer spring settings. That may or may not be a good thing.




 
Are you planning to switch between 22 and 177? The reason I ask is that you may not want to change the reg or hammer spring depending on the current tune.

It is possible that you may be able to adjust the Power wheel and hammer spring only. I have seen what some of these guys are doing on here just with just those two wheels when switching barrels. 

If you are planning to go over to the 177 mostly full time to focus on FT, then you might as well change the other settings. As LGD mentioned, for optimal shooting, then you would want to change more. 
 
I recently changed caliber barrels on my Crown Continuum. I went from a .25 to a .30. I made no adjustments except changing the barrel, pellet probe and magazine. The .30’s accuracy is pellet on pellet at 50 yards. The average speed is 950 FPS with a 44.75 grain JSB. So before you make any adjustments to the gun, change calibers and go shoot. You may be blessed like me. I don’t believe in luck, I believe in God!!!
 
Your .177 barrel setup is going to be the least forgiving for FT(12 ft/lb) or HFT(20ft/lb). Maybe shoot your .177 at the settings(TP- High, Med, or Low; PW-min thru max) that will give you the required ft/lbs with different ammo to "ballpark" which is most accurate. Tweek Regulator and/or internal hammer spring pretension screw to "dial it in". Once you have determined this, you switch to other barrels(they will be much more forgiving as to different settings where they will shoot well) you want to shoot, and see how they do. 

Imo, a "power tune" provides least Extreme Spreads and Standard Deviations in shot strings. Power tune is near max internal hammer spring pretension screw, and corresponding "higher" reg pressure(MK1 is usually about 120 to 140 bar, MK2 is about 150 to 170 bar).

Good luck
 
Probably going to take more than just a hammer spring setting. Watch some tuning videos if you haven't.

Probably going to have to loosen your spring up. Start at 90-100 bar on the reg and work your way up. That will be the proper way to tune for your new barrel.
need help please have a crown in 22 cal just brought a 177 barrel my regulator is set at 110 bar would this work for my 177 i shoot in hunter class need 20ft plus im new to this airgun thing please help keith from michigan
 
need help please have a crown in 22 cal just brought a 177 barrel my regulator is set at 110 bar would this work for my 177 i shoot in hunter class need 20ft plus im new to this airgun thing please help keith from michigan
Do You have chronograph? Swap barrel (and pellet probe) then take a shot and see where are You at. Based on Dreamline, 110bar is good pint to start with.
 
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