So I have a walther Parrus that I cannot find a favorite pellet for and it is my least accurate air rifle currently. So far I have tried 18 or so various pellets, two scopes, multiple holds. Recently I decided to push a pellet down the barrel and see what I could find. I noted that the pellet is a stiff start from either end (muzzle or breech) I believe due to the skirt being bigger than the head in almost any pellet, the only place the pellet is tight in the bore is about three inches from the breech. In fact the usually accurate .22 pellets (15 or 18 grain JSB) after the tight start, will fall out under the weight of the cleaning rod. The breech is really difficult to load, virtually no pellet I have tried will fit in far enough to not be squished a bit when the barrel is shut. The breech looks like a target crown in some respects, it is square edged. Any one seen anything like this in a break barrel? This was purchased as a new, but unused rifle, in the box, on a want ad.
Walther Parrus .22
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Give these a try: https://www.pyramydair.com/s/p/H_N_Silver_Point_22_cal_17_13_grains_Pointed_200ct/24
If those pellets do not work, then you may have to buy a pellet pen to fully tuck in the skirt of the pellet before closing the breach after cocking: https://www.pyramydair.com/s/a/Pellet_Pen_Holds_15_22_Cal_Pellets_Green/3693
If that doesn’t work, then I suggest you send it back to Umarex so that they may repair it. Note, this is only if you still have the lifetime warranty. If you don’t have a warranty, I suggest disassembling the gun and reassembling it. There may have been a possible error made in assembling the gun when it was being manufactured. By that I mean they didn’t fit that barrel on correctly (possible loose screw, joint screws). However, I would be shocked if that is the case. It’s a german springer after all.
If those pellets do not work, then you may have to buy a pellet pen to fully tuck in the skirt of the pellet before closing the breach after cocking: https://www.pyramydair.com/s/a/Pellet_Pen_Holds_15_22_Cal_Pellets_Green/3693
If that doesn’t work, then I suggest you send it back to Umarex so that they may repair it. Note, this is only if you still have the lifetime warranty. If you don’t have a warranty, I suggest disassembling the gun and reassembling it. There may have been a possible error made in assembling the gun when it was being manufactured. By that I mean they didn’t fit that barrel on correctly (possible loose screw, joint screws). However, I would be shocked if that is the case. It’s a german springer after all.
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I have an under-lever, B-46?. The Browning Leverage.22 cal,anyways,, It had a similer condition. I used some crocus cloth,like emery cloth only finer and polished-honed the breach. It helped. A Beeman Pellet Seater or something like it can be useful. Might have something laying around the house you could use? A pencil,pen,some thing-a-ma-bob laying in the junk drawer.
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I agree. If you damage the skirt of the pellet, that could be the issue, I have the terrus and is the same thing, what I did was push the pellet flush with the flat side of my finger nail
Ruben
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I did find a tool to seat pellets, it really didn't affect the accuracy much. I have tried the silverpoint in it, no notable improvement. One pellet, a discontinued (AFAIK) Gamo, is marginally better, but is difficult to seat, it seems to run oversize compared to other pellets. I think I may write the importer, see if they will sell me a new barrel or do a warranty look see...
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Try the JSB in 5.53 headsize in all weights, mine really loved the 14.3 Airguns of Az was out last time I ordered at Christmas but the 15.9 are a real close second haven't tried 18's in 5.53 yet but judging performance so far they would be right up there.
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I have JSB 5.51, 5.52, 5.54 in weights of 13.43, 14.35,15.89, (not all sizes in all weights though), and it prefers the 5.54, but still not "accurate". I think at this point, I can assume that I have one of "those" barrels. It makes a promising hole at 10 yards, opens at 20 yards and scatters at 40 yards...
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You did double check the stock screws as well as the trigger guard screw? Sry to state the obvious but I did'nt see it mentioned. Also there is no mention of what rings and scope are being used. I'm not trying to be an a$$h0le or anything, just it can be one of several things beside a bad barrel,especially with a springer. Scope rings are a key component with any rifle,ESPECIALLY powerful SPRINGERS like the Parrus. And powerful springers break scopes all the time.
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I did check the screws, my Terrus will shoot itself loose, but a lot of plinking shots go through that one. The Parrus hasn’t loosened its action screws. I even took the action out, inspected everything for anything odd, and put it back together and torqued the screws so all was the same (for the machine threaded screws). I have shot it with the barrel adjusted to floppy loose, a little tighter than floppy, and no movement when not held, and oddly it slightly prefers floppy. The Parrus has had three scopes on it, a cheap scope that came with a Gamo springer, a Burris Timberline and an “Ohhunt” side focus, 30mm tube scope I read about on the optics forum here, on a one piece mount. It has had 2 piece rings and an RWS drooper one piece mount on it, all were marked with a pencil to see if anything was moving. There isn’t much I haven’t tried...
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Well, at some point, you've lost confidence in that rifle, so it's either put it aside and move on, or keep trying. The trouble with former course of action is that what do ya do with it? If ya sell it, you either provide full disclosure and get cents on the dollar, or say nothing...and that has a tendency to bite you in the butt! It's a quandary for certain .
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