The Pyramyd Air Cup is fast approaching so I've begun practicing for the Piston Gunslynger event again. Last year, I decided to make the move from my beloved Russ Best tuned Beeman R10 in .20 to a .22 Air Arms Pro Elite. When I acquired the PE, I'm pretty sure it had the original piston seal in it since it was hard as a rock...I resealed it and re-lubed it with Tony Leach's signature lube and red and tacky on the spring. These are the results. Shoot-N-C targets are 5 @ 50 yards and the standard paper target is 10 @ 50 yards. Air Arms 16gr pellets.
Sub 1/2" groups at 50 makes me want to take this thing out to 100!
I left the piston seal *slightly* oversized. It would not fall under its own weight. Tamping the receiver on the group makes the piston fall about 1-1.5". Figured that will tame this beast a little bit and be a little easier on the scope.
Here's a 13 shot string. ES is slightly higher that I'd like but we are under 2% which is always a good thing. Producing about 19 FPE with these 16 grainers. 18 gr pellets push it up to 20. With the oversized seal that seems right about right and makes me confident that I don't have one with the dreaded "tapered tube" (if that was even a thing? Seems like there was some chatter on the old Yellow that that might have all been rumor and speculation). I also don't know the age or mileage on this spring. No kinks and no breakage so we are rolling with it.
I threw a CS500 lefty stock on here. Seems like a nice piece of wood and I really like the way it feels. Hawke Airmax Compact 6-24 is brilliant on a spring gun.
Just thought I'd type up this quick thread since I know how much you guys appreciate the rarer vintage stuff
I almost feel bad shooting it as much as I do...
Sub 1/2" groups at 50 makes me want to take this thing out to 100!
I left the piston seal *slightly* oversized. It would not fall under its own weight. Tamping the receiver on the group makes the piston fall about 1-1.5". Figured that will tame this beast a little bit and be a little easier on the scope.
Here's a 13 shot string. ES is slightly higher that I'd like but we are under 2% which is always a good thing. Producing about 19 FPE with these 16 grainers. 18 gr pellets push it up to 20. With the oversized seal that seems right about right and makes me confident that I don't have one with the dreaded "tapered tube" (if that was even a thing? Seems like there was some chatter on the old Yellow that that might have all been rumor and speculation). I also don't know the age or mileage on this spring. No kinks and no breakage so we are rolling with it.
I threw a CS500 lefty stock on here. Seems like a nice piece of wood and I really like the way it feels. Hawke Airmax Compact 6-24 is brilliant on a spring gun.
Just thought I'd type up this quick thread since I know how much you guys appreciate the rarer vintage stuff
I almost feel bad shooting it as much as I do...
