Now is useful to hunt up to 100 yards.
Before barrel change: useless!!
87.5 yards
Five shot group:
Before barrel change: useless!!
87.5 yards
Five shot group:
Brocock/BRK Bantam Sniper .25 improved accuracy after barrel change.
- Thread starter Emu
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Original barrel use to group like a shotgun.
I bought from AoA a LW poligonal barrel, machine it and now the rifle shoots properly.
I bought from AoA a LW poligonal barrel, machine it and now the rifle shoots properly.
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From original one. I do not know what kindo of barrel was the original one.
To..- (Again) Lothar Walter poligonal.
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I had the same problem with my .22.
Pellets were spiraling.
Glad you solved the problem.
Regards Marko
Pellets were spiraling.
Glad you solved the problem.
Regards Marko
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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 
... 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.
Three consecutive five-shot groups at 100 yards after rebarrel-
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-
... 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.
Three consecutive five-shot groups at 100 yards after rebarrel-
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.
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@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.
Average Jim and the Brocock Commander Issue
Maybe an answer to most of the problems. Same gun, same pellet,same scope, same target, same "SHOOTER", same bench rest , at 50 yds, etc.,,,only difference is I took the high priced moderator off and shot it with the factory muszzle break. And I was not taking competition form shots and was...
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My Bantam Sniper was sweetly accurate right out of the box. Many, many kills and great groups at 25, 40, and 50 yards… Many pigeon kills out to 104 yards. My Pathfinder, which is but a Bantam Sniper in a collapsible folding stock has proven as accurate. Heck “all five BRKs”, still own four, shoot better than I can hold…
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