Brocock/BRK Bantam Sniper .25 improved accuracy after barrel change.

Now is useful to hunt up to 100 yards.

Before barrel change: useless!!


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87.5 yards

Five shot group:

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Purchased brand new, my .22 Sniper XR wasn't accurate for s***. Bore-scoping showed not only a couple sections of rifling with hideous cratering (like dental cavities), but laughably-bad machining of the chamber area of the barrel; all of which looked like the machining was done with a sharp rock :oops:... that needed sharpening! On return to AoA they replaced the barrel, and all has been fantastic ever since.

So much so that I decided to chop the barrel to Extreme Pistol Field Target maximum length of 15", cut the rifle section off the stock to leave the pistol grip for pistol use, but make connectors to join the chopped stock sections in order to make the gun into a pistol-carbine convertible. Black Bart is not only accurate enough for long-range air pistol and rifle Bench-Rest and Field Target competitions, but retains alll the other fantastic features of the Brockock Snipers.

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Three consecutive five-shot groups at 100 yards after rebarrel-

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This ten-shot group at 80 yards with the Sniper XR pistol, shot from the stool-and-bipod Field Target position, measured 1.5" center-to-center-

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Of course,

This new barrel is also longer that the original one. That implies more power, but should not imply more accuracy.
@Emu I’m just the messenger. Others asked what type of barrel the original was. That’s what I was primarily concerned with addressing.

My comment about the machining was speculation. I have not had this issue with my Bantam Sniper, so I really don’t know what causes that. I’ve read of two or three other members that have had similar issues. The most lengthy thread on it that I can recall was a member with a troublesome Brocock Commander IIRC.

Edit: the member was @Jim81

Here’s one of his threads on it, but I haven’t located the one I recall.
In the one I’m looking for, many of us blamed his shooting at first, but it turned out that something was wrong with his rifle from what I remember.
 
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