My custom P15 .22

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Swish

Swish

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This little bullpup has killed most of my want for other pcp's. It's getting about 80 shots at 915 fps with 16grn JSB's. It's so short, light, and compact it's a pleaser to carry in the field and shoot of hand. My longest kill shot last summer was 177 yards with many over 100 yards. Now that it has a LW barrel that has cut the group size in half, this spring should be amazing.

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Swish,

Awesome! I love to see other people enjoying their P15's. 
It's great to read how dialed in you've gotten yours, and how accurate it is!
I have one also - fairly new to me - and I can't get enough out of it.. They're just so much fun! 
Mine is trapped indoors limited to 10M until' the end of winter, but it is still a complete blast.. 
So far, it isn't pellet picky either.. Crosman 14 grain and H&N Baracuda 21 grain both fired great.

I can't even imagine how nice these pups must be: cleaned, leaded in, w/ performance bbls, etc. 

They really are a shooter's and tinkerer's dream!

🙂👍 

Sam -
 
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Swish,

Awesome! I love to see other people enjoying their P15's. 
It's great to read how dialed in you've gotten yours, and how accurate it is!
I have one also - fairly new to me - and I can't get enough out of it.. They're just so much fun! 
Mine is trapped indoors limited to 10M until' the end of winter, but it is still a complete blast.. 
So far, it isn't pellet picky either.. Crosman 14 grain and H&N Baracuda 21 grain both fired great.

I can't even imagine how nice these pups must be: cleaned, leaded in, w/ performance bbls, etc. 

They really are a shooter's and tinkerer's dream!

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Sam -
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Thanks Sam, 

The one thing I noticed with my factory barrel was the more I shot it the better it got. After a cleaning it would take a while to shoot decent again. It seems like I've read the same with others. I just kept shooting it and it kept getting better. Finally had to give in to the LW barrel because I enjoy the gun so much. Now it's a laser. 
 
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Matt at Jefferson State Air Rifles machined the barrel. I would highly recommend him for the job. He can get standard or polygonal. Mine is the standard and choked. Other than the barrel all I did was go through and polish/tune all the internals. They come full of cheap grease and orings so it's usually a good idea to go through them anyway. They are actually quite simple once you tear into them.

Here's a 5 shot group at 50 yards with the new barrel.

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Swish,

What you noticed is a very common and normal thing.. 
Factory/OEM/Uncleaned barrels usually shoot the worst: 1 because they're grimy inside, and 2 because they're 'new'.

Cleaning them will obviously help - It clears out any imperfections: metal dust / filings, oil / residue, etc.
After that, shots tend to become more significantly more accurate.. But wait . . . There's more! 😜 

I mentioned 'new' up above..
Just like with a lot of things, new doesn't mean that things will function to the best of their abilities.. 
Sometimes, they need to be 'broken in'.. Barrels are one of these things - in almost every case.. 

I / we call that 'leading in' a barrel [Hopefully this is new info to you]

The more pellets that pass through the barrel, the more lead particles are deposited, and eventually, 
that process makes for a Much more accurate and consistent result! 

I do this with every single rifle / pistol I own, and I notice significant improvements time and time again.

Your LW barrel has got to be insane, and will just get better! "Now it's a laser" . . . I totally believe it! 
Now keep shooting and leading it in and you'll be focusing that laser down to pin-point-accuracy!

👍👍 

Sam -
 
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Oh just great..

Now I'll be a minimum of $277.00 + $hipping poorer in the future.. 🤣 
Thanks for the heads up as far as prices go!

If I remember correctly, there was mention of still having to 'adapt' the bbls due to their dia?
P15 bbls being a bit larger, so the LW bbls would have to be 'sleeved' w/ [copper] tubing.. 

For those w/o access to calipers to measure wall thickness, diameters, etc..
It'd be nice to put together a simple cheat-sheet for a "barrel kit"

*Kit* meaning everything needed to do the swap.

I know it isn't rocket science, but, some people have a hard time if they're not mechanically inclined.

👍👍 

Sam -
 
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