FINISHED and assembled by noon today!! I got a bit of a late start this morning but completed the lube and assembly around midday. After tossing it around for a bit, I decided to go with the PG3 kit.......
especially since it was a gift from my wife. I like a happy house. I was careful to do a good lube job on all the appropriate parts, because I don't want to feel the need to break it down again until I just want to.......of course assuming the PG3 delivers a shot cycle that I am pleased with. I was able to compress the Vortek spring and get the trigger block threaded without the use of a spring compressor. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world, but quite honestly wasn't that hard either.
Well.....I have to say that I am smiling ear to ear after shooting this afternoon. I'm honestly a little bit blown away at the accuracy of this rifle. The shot cycle is fast and snappy but so very smooth. The cocking is smooth as silk and very quiet. It took a bit of shooting for things to settle down a bit and become very consistent. I sighted in at 25 yards and while it was delivering some descent groups, it wasn't consistent. I had more fliers than I would want. I continued shooting until late afternoon and boy did it begin to bring it all home! It began grouping like like.....my PCP. Did I say that? Yeah......I did! This 97K has just rekindled my love affair with good springers. I put quite a bit of work into it before the first pellet was ever shot and am glad I did. But, this is a super nice shooting and crazy accurate spring gun. (I want another one
)
I had to take some pics of
"sweet thang"......so pretty. And look at the groups it finally began putting together this evening. These became the norm and easy to do.
Crazy. I only tried JSB 15.89 gr. and H&N FTT 14.66 gr. (5.54). It didn't really do very well with the JSB's but loved the FTT's.
Beautiful rifle......
All these groups were at 25 Yards. I had pellets going in the same hole. I forgot to use a coin for reference. But, the black dots are exactly the same diameter as a
US Dime.
Ten shot groups.......
I hope it gets better with more break in.....
I really appreciate the interest taken and the replies along the way. This is the stuff that makes a grown man feel like a kid.
TR