Tuning Beeman R9

Before you make any pre- judgements, just shoot the thing. After a tin of pellets, it will smooth out and may like it the way it is.

Clean the barrel grab pellets and shoot it. Some times we tinker too much.

Just shoot it.

Clean the barrel, check the stock screws and then just shoot it. Then shoot it a bunch more. Have a bunch of fun shooting 2 or even 3 tins of pellets through it.

If after that you still think it needs to be, then have at it. You live roughly half way between 2 of the best tuners around. Motorhead is in Northern California and John in PA is in Pennsylvania and either one would do an awesome job tuning for you. You could also do it yourself. Plenty of members here will happily help you along with any number of YouTube videos to help walk you through how to do it.

I guess I am the odd duck out, but with a vault full of tuned springers, I can tell you that I don’t mess around with them any more when new. Too hard on scopes and too many pellets down range thinking it is going to get better any time now.

Usually mine are torn down with 72 hours and totally polished and repowered. You can find plenty of reviews on line from me and others that statistically verify that tuning can make a huge difference in performance. 

I know there are at least two R9 tuning reviews I have done within the last six months posted on this forum.


This is not a criticism of all that suggested you just shoot it. To each his own.

I would have to agree. I just rebuilt an R10 20 cal. and I can't believe how enjoyable it is to shoot now. They smooth up some when shooting in a new gun but they are still not like a tuned gun is.

Unless you have shot a tuned springer, you wont have any idea how much better it would be. Years back when I sold guns, the big question was when to tune ( same as today). I always letbthem shoot a number of pellets thru the rifle to be sure they were satisfied, after they seemed to be satisfied, I then let them shoot the same rifle that had already been tuned...didn't have to say anything after that, the tuned rifle sold itself !!!!! Shoot your new gun for a while and make sure you like it, then get it tuned, even if you do it yourself with stock parts, it will make a big improvement in firing behavior....ifvyou have never shot a tuned rifle, you will never know..

I guess I am also in the minority. Every new Weihrauch or Beeman I have bought (all in the last 4 years) have had terrible spring twang. I personally could never shoot one long enough to see if it would go away. I put a kit in them and they become a different gun, no more twang and a smoother shot cycle. If you can get over the noise take the above advice and shoot the daylights out of it and see what it does. I personally do not have that kind of time even if I could stand the noise. Good luck with whatever you do, I have the Weihrauch equivalent of the R9 and it's a great rifle. You made a great choice, I'm sure you'll love it.

I never had a problem with the older model HW,like made decades ago,the new ones do seem rougher...

My advise is not to tune....why is because you will be able the Then tell the benefits of a tuned springer...when you get it tuned.

A lot of people tune their own springers,save and are happy...a tune kit is around$60-$80 a good tuner,priceless......

I love my R9 in .20...it is a keeper....I favor JM kits....the other popular kit is also good....they feel different and are different.

To recap, do not tune it,shoot it...get it broke in.....then decide to tune it ..pick out your tuner and the kit you want to use....

You sure have a lot of patience,I shoot everything hundreds if not thousands of times before tuning it....and yes they all get tuned sooner or later.

Shoot it a ton. Or make a spring compressor and tune it.

So those that say tune it,. don't tell us about reviews. Tell us how to tune it!

Every new gun I buy, I send straight to John in PA for a vortek tune.

Why waste 1500-2000 pellets trying to get it broken in ? If you don't mind spending the money that is, some do.

I used to fight anyone that said they had to be tuned out of box simply because I felt if I was paying that much money for a rifle, I shouldn't have to. 

I don't bother anymore simply because it's the choice of the owner, who paid all that money, when or if they do anything with the rifle they shelled out their money for. Some choose to drop ship straight to a tuner. Others choose to shoot a few tins, then home tune. Others choose to shoot it, have fun and when or if the time comes, then decide whether to send to a tuner or home tune. There is no wrong answer here, just the personal choice each owner makes for their own rifle.

I have my own Beeman R9, in .20 caliber and bought from fellow member justanothajoe up there. It was very gently used and untuned when I got it a couple years ago and it still is. The cousin to it in a bought new just about 6 years ago HW95 .22 is also still untuned. Will they be?? Yeah, when the time finally comes they have some kind of issue and need to be and I already have a few of the parts needed to do just that. I bought a brand new Vortek PG2 HO kit a month after I bought that HW95 for the day it would need to be but almost 6 years later, it still doesn't need to be yet and neither does the R9 that kit will also fit.

p.s. - Tuned or untuned, I don't consider it wasting pellets to shoot my rifles. They're gonna get shot either way and I get to have fun doing it

Well said Steve.

SteveP52....well said!! But after a while we spring gun shooters realize how much nicer it will be after tunning and just cant wait!!! Sadly though, I have ipened newer rifles and found damaged seals and lots of metal chips/shavings that could cause harm if thousands of shots were put thru the rifle. Just my two cents from my years of experience..

Your starting with a good rifle!!!

Shoot it!