The Good
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the Bad
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the Ugly
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THE REALITY
I got out yesterday to take advantage of very light wind conditions for a little more accuracy testing of my .22 Dragonfly M2. But this time I decided on (more realistic for multi-pump guns)
three-shot groups at 50 yards; not only for the sake of better concentrating on each shot, but to reduce wear and tear... on the shooter!
Parcel to seeking the best possible accuracy results, (for the first time) I lubed all pump-pivots with DriSlide moly lube, the pump felt and chamber with pure silicon oil. The lubing did lighten and smooth the stroking effort.
Another attempt to reduce wear and tear on the shooter was reducing the number of strokes per shot from my previous 12, to the more realistic maximum of 11 strokes. However, for sort of a 'control', I decided to shoot the first group with 12 strokes. That group measured a promising .90" center-to-center (top-center below).
The next group, the first of six groups on 11 strokes, proved the tightest of the exercise. It measured a scant
.40" c-t-c (top-right below)
! When the next group went .60" (top-left), I figured I'd found what reloaders call my "accuracy load".
Alas, the next group was one of the two largest; both at .92" c-t-c. Mind you, since I was hoping to achieve a 1" c-t-c (or better)
AVERAGE group size, the two largest groups still fell comfortably within my goal. The other two groups measuring .75" and .51" contributed nicely to a calculated AVERAGE group size (of all seven groups) of .72" center-to center; less than the diameter of a penny, and easily completely covered by a quarter. The two smallest groups can be completely covered by a penny, and the smallest by a dime.
For size reference a dime sits between the .40" and .51" groups, and a quarter sits left of the .90" group (shot on 12 pumps). Suffice to say I am very happy with the
accuracy results.
View attachment 356437 Unfortunately about half-way through the testing the pumping action started progressively getting harder due to an audible scraping feel. No effort to solve the issue with inspections and lubing suspected areas, neither during or after the session, did more than reduce the issue temporarily. In frustration, I set the Dragonfly aside.
At this point I am compelled to repeat my previous statement in this thread- "Make no mistake, it's a Chinese airgun".
And I'll now expound on that statement with this- I've owned several
multi-thousand-dollar European-made airguns that exhibited 'character flaws' just as quickly and egregious as the Dragonfly
...
And were less accurate!
Happy(?) Shooting Y'all,
R
my lady is pretty petite and I've been thinking about getting one if these. She can barely 10 pump a 760 but I would pump it for her*I want to get a setup for .22 multipump that isn't too much effort to pump. She can do 8 real easy on a 760 so I think 10on the dragon fly would be doable for her and 15 would be OK for me
does this apply to all pumpers?
I've tried various oils on various pumpers. I'd love to hear of a great solution 
