I’m the original owner of this rifle and it has several thousand pellets through it.
It has the Vortek seal, Vortek PG3 steel tuning kit set at the lowest power and the only lube I used is the Krytox GPL 205 Grease.
The trigger has not been modified at all and breaks at a crisp 13oz.
I did have to order a new trigger shoe from England as the original one was worn out and not functioning properly. It was a pain to diagnose the issue and I had to use a dremel on the trigger shoe to be able to install it).
Now the gun is shooting like a dream. I do think it’s a little loud, but other than that I’m very happy.
I think the biggest that improved on the accuracy and consistency was using only Krytox grease instead of a combination of Ballistol and Crosman silicon chamber oil on the seal.
Distance 23Y indoor.
The middle of the rifle was rested on a Caldwell bag (no rear sand bag was used).
All five shot groups (except the last group that is 10 shots)
The shot sequence is indicated on the target.
I started with a clean barrel, shot 10 pellets to chrono, then started shooting the target.
At shot sequence 11 I noticed the group is opening up. After shot sequence 13, I retorqued the gun (nothing was loose though), and that’s how the POI shifted slightly to the right.
I finished shooting the target with 10 shot group on sequence 20.
My only problem is that I wanted to buy another springer and now I feel I’ll be disappointed by any other factory gun.
Also keep in mind that I’m by no means an experienced air gun shooter and this is my only quality springer. I say that because some of you might not be happy with the groups I’m getting and I also wanted to high light that I don’t have any other reference point to compare my results with. But I do think that I could improve these groups by working a little more on my shooting technique.
It has the Vortek seal, Vortek PG3 steel tuning kit set at the lowest power and the only lube I used is the Krytox GPL 205 Grease.
The trigger has not been modified at all and breaks at a crisp 13oz.
I did have to order a new trigger shoe from England as the original one was worn out and not functioning properly. It was a pain to diagnose the issue and I had to use a dremel on the trigger shoe to be able to install it).
Now the gun is shooting like a dream. I do think it’s a little loud, but other than that I’m very happy.
I think the biggest that improved on the accuracy and consistency was using only Krytox grease instead of a combination of Ballistol and Crosman silicon chamber oil on the seal.
Distance 23Y indoor.
The middle of the rifle was rested on a Caldwell bag (no rear sand bag was used).
All five shot groups (except the last group that is 10 shots)
The shot sequence is indicated on the target.
I started with a clean barrel, shot 10 pellets to chrono, then started shooting the target.
At shot sequence 11 I noticed the group is opening up. After shot sequence 13, I retorqued the gun (nothing was loose though), and that’s how the POI shifted slightly to the right.
I finished shooting the target with 10 shot group on sequence 20.
My only problem is that I wanted to buy another springer and now I feel I’ll be disappointed by any other factory gun.
Also keep in mind that I’m by no means an experienced air gun shooter and this is my only quality springer. I say that because some of you might not be happy with the groups I’m getting and I also wanted to high light that I don’t have any other reference point to compare my results with. But I do think that I could improve these groups by working a little more on my shooting technique.
