Beeman R10 .177 Help

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PoopdeckPappy

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Good Morning. I am a new member and know next to nothing about air rifles. I have acquired a Beeman R10 .177 from my fathers estate. It sat in his gun safe for 20+ years without use or maintenance. It has what I can only assume to be a pellet jammed in the barrel. I tried to tap it out with a cleaning rod but was unsuccessful.

My desire is to bring this rifle back to life but my dilemma is I have absolutely zero idea where to start, I would bet that seals are dried out in addition to the barrel obstruction. An example is the breach seal is in horrible shape.

I would be grateful if somebody could point me in the right direction, Thanks in advance
 
You got to be careful tapping somthing out. You could be packing it in even worse.. .177 is a pain cause of the small diameter to work with. And the more to the middle the more miserable it is to get to.. ive never had a pellet stuck but 1 or 2 patches. A lot of patience and lot of choice words involved with a high tensile wire and a corkscrew end twisted on the end and dig and pull.. but pushing/ tapping just packes it in harder ..
 
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Mo-Ron said:
You got to be careful tapping somthing out. You could be packing it in even worse.. .177 is a pain cause of the small diameter to work with. And the more to the middle the more miserable it is to get to.. ive never had a pellet stuck but 1 or 2 patches. A lot of patience and lot of choice words involved with a high tensile wire and a corkscrew end twisted on the end and dig and pull.. but pushing/ tapping just packes it in harder ..
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Well... I have probably already made that error :rolleyes:
 
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PoopdeckPappy said:
Well... I have probably already made that error :rolleyes:
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Well ive been there ..... Once. lol. Ya, its no fun or enjoyable... Thing is now i know better next times..😉. Im a bit smarter on the resolves now .. that first time one was a doosey for sure.

Maybe if you look at how they pull a shot out of a black power you may make somthing like that to fit .177 . How i just made the puller i said above to remove stuck patches now. But a pellet? Hmmmmm... Id have to think on a improvment to dig in lead..

I was thinking a hardened rod with a longated good sharp point to drive through the soft lead then maybe a strong some lid wire to go through the hole made to pull somehow or maybe the sharp rod to just chipaway a bit of ot to relax the size to easier remove..

Ya, thats a deliema.. lead dont rip and tare as cloth .
 
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Mo-Ron said:
Well ive been there ..... Once. lol. Ya, its no fun or enjoyable... Thing is now i know better next times..😉. Im a bit smarter on the resolves now .. that first time one was a doosey for sure.

Maybe if you look at how they pull a shot out of a black power you may make somthing like that to fit .177 . How i just made the puller i said above to remove stuck patches now. But a pellet? Hmmmmm... Id have to think on a improvment to dig in lead..

I was thinking a hardened rod with a longated good sharp point to drive through the soft lead then maybe a strong some lid wire to go through the hole made to pull somehow or maybe the sharp rod to just chipaway a bit of ot to relax the size to easier remove..

Ya, thats a deliema.. lead dont rip and tare as cloth .
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sounds like a job for a gunsmith LOL
 
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I absolutely love the R10, just such an easy going, fun shooting and descent power 15ft/lbs gun. I owned one since 1987 and never did anything to it and shot, even to this day, shot fine.
That's the good news, bad news, I had a similar problem with a jammed pellet in barrel and it was (2) pellets. 1st pellet got stuck and a second pellet was expanded in the barrel when was hit from behind and was like welded in the barrel. I noticed on mine the outside barrel was slightly bulged. Barrel needed to be replaced. Maybe not the case in yours though. Good Luck.
 
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PoopdeckPappy said:
Good Morning. I am a new member and know next to nothing about air rifles. I have acquired a Beeman R10 .177 from my fathers estate. It sat in his gun safe for 20+ years without use or maintenance. It has what I can only assume to be a pellet jammed in the barrel. I tried to tap it out with a cleaning rod but was unsuccessful.

My desire is to bring this rifle back to life but my dilemma is I have absolutely zero idea where to start, I would bet that seals are dried out in addition to the barrel obstruction. An example is the breach seal is in horrible shape.

I would be grateful if somebody could point me in the right direction, Thanks in advance
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Most likely has more than one stuck pellet. Happens when the rifle is double loaded sometimes several times. So..........run a rod down the barrel from both ends and determine first how much of a blockage there is.
If not more than an inch or so of a blockage I have had success heating up the tip of a small rod such as an old coat hanger wire and melting them out. Once you get a hole through the blockage you can use a wooden dowel and try to shove them out or tap them down towards the breech end and if need be keep melting them.
If the blockage is quite long like someone kept cramming in pellets heating the barrel in an oven is about the only way.
Kit
 
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Most likely has more than one stuck pellet. Happens when the rifle is double loaded sometimes several times. So..........run a rod down the barrel from both ends and determine first how much of a blockage there is.
If not more than an inch or so of a blockage I have had success heating up the tip of a small rod such as an old coat hanger wire and melting them out. Once you get a hole through the blockage you can use a wooden dowel and try to shove them out or tap them down towards the breech end and if need be keep melting them.
If the blockage is quite long like someone kept cramming in pellets heating the barrel in an oven is about the only way.
Kit
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Hello Kit. Thanks for the idea to clear the barrel. I think I will give that a try.
 
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PoopdeckPappy said:
Hello Kit. Thanks for the idea to clear the barrel. I think I will give that a try.
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I would see if I could find a .20 caliber
barrel somewhere somewhere.
.20 caliber less likely to jam.
I’m guessing you can probably find
a .20 caliber barrel for under $200.
Also, the R-10 is much more efficient
in .20 caliber.
you should never ever ever shoot a
pellet in a .177 R-10 that’s less
than 10 g.—12 to 14 is better.
Light pellets in an R-10 will reduce
the life of the spring.
In a .20 caliber R-10, you should
never shoot anything lighter than
14 g.
I’ve owned a .20 caliber and a
.22 caliber R-1. Now I own a .177
caliber R-10.
In the .22 caliber R-1
I shot 16 g pellets.
My shooting buddy has an RWS
Diana 350 In .22 caliber.
It’s a monster.
He shoots 20 grain pellets.
 
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