Bent my Alpha Wolf barrel 🥺/ UPDATED 😁
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Lol, and I will make sure the battery is fully charged, the bottle is full of air, and the pellets are put in correctly.....those are the go to questions when calling the dealer about any issues with the electronic rifles.
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I believe what the OP is simply trying to understand is if the flight path can become somewhat curved.. well physics do NOT allow that with decelerating projectiles. Even if you have a curved, spiraling, bent or any pther form of distorted barrel.I give up ....
Just watch mythbusters.
The OP is right to question all the answers and make his mind on his own opinion.
The other information that was missed is that the scope compensates in angle and NOT in distance.. so whatever difference in allignment is trued simply with turrets whatever the distance may be (not including other factors like spin drift or wind).
A bent or curved barrel may however have grip points where the diameter may be choked before the crown or the muzzle, which may affect precision or standard deviation but if the groupings remain as before or acceptable by your standards i would stick with that barrel.
I have a pcp that uses various interchangable barrels and every single one deviates about 2 mils from the other in every direction and i just offset the scope accordingly.
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Brilliant example! No boomerang trajectory apparently..
If it were me i would stick a mirror so i could also aim as long has the view would be alligned perpendicular to muzzle.
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I’m not familiar with your rifle but if you can index the barrel on than one you should get any deviation indexed to face up. Then your alignment R-L will be close.
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I get what Richieg is saying. Let's say for sake of argument that the barrel is bent near the middle. Now the pellet exits on let's say a 5 degree angle to the left. The scope being mounted back on the receiver can't possibly align with the end of the barrel which is bent. So you can only sight in for one distance since the pellet is continuing on that 5 degree angle and the scope can't compensate as it is aligned with the reciever.
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I would try to align it to be shooting up rather than left or right in the gun. It would be like a MOA rail.
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I took my Alpha to the range today after my straightening on my bent barrel. Here is my target shooting 5 shot groups of JSB 18.1 @ 25 yards. I shot group 1, adjusted my Vortex, shot group 2 adjusted my Vortex and shot group 3. Seems good @ 25 yards.
The other target is a 5 shot group of JTS 18.1@ 25 yards. I dont shoot with a moderator, but put on my Odb and shot 5 to see how it shot. With the moderator it shot low and right. Close enough for steel and animals, but for shooting paper...not so good...unless I adjust for it. So I took it back off.
The other target is a 5 shot group of JTS 18.1@ 25 yards. I dont shoot with a moderator, but put on my Odb and shot 5 to see how it shot. With the moderator it shot low and right. Close enough for steel and animals, but for shooting paper...not so good...unless I adjust for it. So I took it back off.
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I could try that with my Vortex, and if it doesn't work they will replace it.Just bend the the scope in the same direction as the POI, done!
Allen
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As i recall this was done at the FWB factory to prove a point ...think they stated accuracy was hardly if at all compromised
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Can the barrel be indexed, (any deviation pointed up) or is it fixed in position.I took my Alpha to the range today after my straightening on my bent barrel. Here is my target shooting 5 shot groups of JSB 18.1 @ 25 yards. I shot group 1, adjusted my Vortex, shot group 2 adjusted my Vortex and shot group 3. Seems good @ 25 yards.
The other target is a 5 shot group of JTS 18.1@ 25 yards. I dont shoot with a moderator, but put on my Odb and shot 5 to see how it shot. With the moderator it shot low and right. Close enough for steel and animals, but for shooting paper...not so good...unless I adjust for it. So I took it back off.
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