Are they accurate?, any issues?, would you install one in a 1st gen crown .25 or would finding a royal 400 Be A better option? This is information for a friend who will be using it out to 50yds and wants 1/2in or better accuracy!
FX .177 stx liner?
- Thread starter nomojo65
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Very accurate with the right ammo. I changed my barrel liner and probe out from .25 to .177 on my Impact turned my power wheel from 5 down to 1 and shot a couple half inch groups at 50 yards. Then I got serious and immediately after shot a 1/4inch group. So accurate I would have to say yes. Think I was shooting the heavier 10.3 JSB pellet in the low 900s.
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My stx liner was accurate but god knows how? After a couple of hundred pellets I decided to remove the mod and see what was inside, nothing other than pellet shavings. Rodding a pellet through and the reason became obvious, the internal finish was the worse I have ever seen, After spending a few hours I did manage to get it smooth, I don’t think it made much difference to accuracy but consistency was better and it gave me more confidence.
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I think you will find a big difference in the ones made on the new machines, the interior finish is much better, make sure to source one with the packing tube that says superior on it.
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Yes you are correct on having to buy the barrel kit, and assuming reg. Will need adjusting as well, one of the reasons he may want to find a nice used royal 400? He says the new 400’s no longer available?
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Or a used FX Streamline in .177. I have one of those older .177 FX ST solid barrels in my FT rig (Crown) and its a laser. 1/2" groups at 50 yards all day long... Should be able to pick up a used FX Streamline for under $600 and just clean, reseal, polish, and adjust for .177 RD Monster 13.43 at 820 FPS.
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Well, mine (Wildcat) is currently shooting only the Monsters really really well. Perhaps one of the H/Ns as well. But can’t get the 10.34s or 8.44s to shoot to save my life. Still playing with it and hoping that it can shoot those, as I like them. But with the Monsters it’s a lazer so far. More to come.
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Thanks for the information so far, he is a very good friend and loves his crown, and at one time owned a Royal.22, which he sold to buy his crown and has regretted it! I told him that according to some dealer’s Websites list It as a special order?
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