Air Arms s510xs 177 Moderator Clipping?

[Bramezy]

Just acquired a slightly used s510. Shot it in a FT match today and had an occasional errant shot. I cleaned the barrel and in doing so i removed the moderator. I happened to look inside and noticed an odd shaped hole so i took it all apart. Not sure if the cups have actual clipping or if its just poop machining. The end cap looks hit a few times for sure though. Thoughts? Fixes?

 

[SpiralGroove]

I make my own PCP moderators which I can't open up and inspect such as you have, but to me .... it sure looks like pellet contact is going on in there which shouldn't be . Also, someone might have cleaned the barrel by ramming everything through the moderator without much care?

Hard to say, except replace it.

 

[bdzjlz]

SpiralGroove provided the correct response.

 

[elh0102]

When you reassemble, those baffles will be in different positions, so you should be able to determine immediately if the pellets are clipping. From appearance, it seems the alignment would be significantly off, more than I would imagine happening in the original assembly. Of course, stuff happens. A direct comparison with shooting without the moderator would also be informative.

 

[Bramezy]

When you reassemble, those baffles will be in different positions, so you should be able to determine immediately if the pellets are clipping. From appearance, it seems the alignment would be significantly off, more than I would imagine happening in the original assembly. Of course, stuff happens. A direct comparison with shooting without the moderator would also be informative.

Yeah im going to try that tonight. Ill be doing some testing while im trying to get a replacement.