I recrown my Bantam .177 non regulated and now it shoots pellets and slugs really well.

[Emu]

Since I bought this rifle some years ago I was not really comfortable with the accuracy.

Last night I thought: What can I do for that rifle to make it more accurate?...... Then I remember I had not recrown it yet.

First thing in the morning went to my studio, took the Bantam unscrew the shroud and the tip that holds the shroud in place and recrown it.

Went shooting and immediately notice that with the JSB 8.4 grain the accuracy was really good. Then I load a magazine with NSA slugs ..... Perfectly accurate also !!!

I just shot to 70 yards, but at that distance now that small rifle is pefectly functional !!

Another medal for the drill and the magic recrowning tip !!

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

I've been looking for a method to try(the simpler, the better)
Anyone?
I've never done this but I hear great things come of it

 

[Chuck-in-Ohio]

I've been looking for a method to try(the simpler, the better)
Anyone?
I've never done this but I hear great things come of it

Search for posts on the subject by @nervoustrig .

 

[Emu]

Just hold the barrel with your left hand (if you are right handed), rest the tip as aligned as possible in the tip of the barrel and make the drill run. Feel the debast and stop and see how it goes. 1.5 millimeters of deep are enough.

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

Search for posts on the subject by @nervoustrig .

I tried
Everything fx "crown" and Everything "barrel" related came up in the search(what an outcome that was!)....imagine I got about 14 pages in and nothing about what I was looking for

Just hold the barrel with your left hand (if you are right handed, rest the tip as aligned as possible in the tip of the barrel and make the drill run. Feel the debast and stop and see how it goes. 1.5 millimeters of deep are enough.

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That's it?
Gotta be something I am missing(besides whatever bit that is)

 

[nervoustrig]

Toasty, we discussed DIY crowning techniques in this recent thread:

Avenger barrel pull, and re-crown

Hi everyone, In my "introduce yourself" post I was asked to show pics of what I am doing to my first PCP rifle build. So, here is the first day of my first air gun, in my shop. As a quick catch up, I was into building small bore (22lr) bench rifles, making barrel tuners, muzzle brakes etc. Now I...

www.airgunnation.com

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

Toasty, we discussed DIY crowning techniques in this recent thread:

Avenger barrel pull, and re-crown

Hi everyone, In my "introduce yourself" post I was asked to show pics of what I am doing to my first PCP rifle build. So, here is the first day of my first air gun, in my shop. As a quick catch up, I was into building small bore (22lr) bench rifles, making barrel tuners, muzzle brakes etc. Now I...

www.airgunnation.com

Thank youuuuuuuuu!!!! I looooooked

 

[Chuck-in-Ohio]

I tried
Everything fx "crown" and Everything "barrel" related came up in the search(what an outcome that was!)....imagine I got about 14 pages in and nothing about what I was looking for

That's it?
Gotta be something I am missing(besides whatever bit that is)

I know ,that you know better than to use a carbide burr to crown a barrel, correct?

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

I know ,that you know better than to use a carbide burr to crown a barrel, correct?

Yes! I was just making sure it wasn't something else

 

[Chuck-in-Ohio]

Yes! I was just making sure it wasn't something else

Just making sure is good policy, carry on.