Who makes the best barrels for air rifles?

[Trent A]

Barrel prep is a very broad topic but here are a few threads you may find interesting:
Barrel troubleshooting and accurizing for the DIYer (and an example)
Bore lapping versus polishing and fire lapping versus cast lap
Barrel crowning - brass screw method
Barrel machining
Barrel machining - reamer selection for leade

Wow, that’s awesome, thank you!!

 

[BABz58]

CK,

Have you tried these yet?

Worthless to me in that caliber. Had me all excited for a minute

 

[BK_SouthBay]

When it comes to tuning, there are so many faucets, which airgun are you wanting to tune, caliber, pre-manufactured or custom, barrel length, barrel twist rate, type of rifling, barrel material, solid or liner to name a few. Then, what about tuning, are you going to test a regulated or unregulated gun, if regulated, what reg pressure, size of plenum, hammer spring setting, are you willing to play around with various types of valves and hammer springs and weights etc.?

All these variables can impact what you perceive as a good or not good performance barrel.

 

[Trent A]

When it comes to tuning, there are so many faucets, which airgun are you wanting to tune, caliber, pre-manufactured or custom, barrel length, barrel twist rate, type of rifling, barrel material, solid or liner to name a few. Then, what about tuning, are you going to test a regulated or unregulated gun, if regulated, what reg pressure, size of plenum, hammer spring setting, are you willing to play around with various types of valves and hammer springs and weights etc.?

All these variables can impact what you perceive as a good or not good performance barrel.

Yikes on bikes... ya this PCP stuff is way over my head right now... hopefully I will get there eventually, but for now I think I better just listen to people that know what they are doing and follow suit, lol.

 

[John "spysir" Blount]

Pardon the additional bump.
Why has no one purchased the (original LD - not the second batch or the small batch an airgun maker I know had to through away -OUCH) Benchmark on the classifieds?
Now I haven't because #1 no $$$ and 2 I can no longer shoot that well (at all). But people say they are looking for something which is the "best" and this may be it.

John

 

[caliusoptimus]

I started to think the same recently. There is a reason why JSBs (and its derivatives like AA, etc) almost always expected to group well in all my rifles. While I have about 20 different .22 pellet brands/models it's a hit and miss to find one that is consistent and accurate. Little did I know about the role of pellets in the equation for accuracy when back in the late 1980's I was shooting mostly RWS pellets. If I had JSBs those groups would have been much much smaller and consistent. There is a reason why Gamo and similar pellets are considered trash IMHO and that proves the fact "that pellet quality does matter!"

I am surprised that pellet manufacturers do not use laser measuring/cutting on a large scale to ensure uniformity of not only the overall shape but also head/skirt sizes/diameter....where thousands of inches do matter, and weight is also paramount for long ranges. I would think that our sport has enough potential for profit to make that investment, especially if it pans out...you could corner the market.

Vaporizing lead with a laser sounds like a really, really unhealthy idea.

Edit: Ugh, I'm reaponding to ancient history.

 

[emack1984]

I had a RAW HM 1 000X in25 cal that didn't shoot anywhere near where it should so I took it back to raw. 3 weeks latter i got it back and it shot the same or not as good. Send it to AZ and told him to make it a 30 cal. that shot good. It came back 30 cal and shoots really good. He when over the gun and replaced a lot of parts. Gun shoots great and AZ was great to work with.
He gave me exactly wha t i ask for and the work was flawless.He was very nice and
So easy to talk too. He will give you what
You ask for and no back talk or double ta lk Seemed to be an outstanding man. Any more work will be done e by AZ. He is great
Gun is also great. 900 FPS withv44 .75 JSB pellets. Vortex pellets shot as good as JSB pellets and maybe a littl e better if you weigh them.

I know this is a old thread but got a question. When you say you had him turn your .25 caliber to a .30 caliber do you mean he ordered a .30 caliber barrel for you or he actually turned your .25 caliber barrel to a .30 caliber himself ? I'm looking to also turn my .25 to a .30 caliber.

 

[mubhaur]

I know this is a old thread but got a question. When you say you had him turn your .25 caliber to a .30 caliber do you mean he ordered a .30 caliber barrel for you or he actually turned your .25 caliber barrel to a .30 caliber himself ? I'm looking to also turn my .25 to a .30 caliber.

Used new 30 cal barrel

 

[JimD]

I just did little Goggle research on what the PB guys think is the best barrel. Seems like they are dealing with different manufacturers but the answer is about the same. You pick a manufacturer you think is good, prep it and hope it gives you the results you want. No consistent opinions on what manufacturer is best.

I'm starting to get better results now but my CZ barreled Caiman still has not outshot my China barrel P35. But it's results are now 1 point better than the second best of my china barrels. I was disappointed in my P35-25 and bought a new SPA barrel for it. Before it got here, I found a tune for the original that shoots a lot better. The new barrel is probably as good as the old but it's not better. They like different pellets, however. Finding the right pellet seems to make the biggest difference regardless of the brand of barrel. Next is finding the tune. Doing that can make a bad/mediocre barrel shoot pretty well.

If you only try JSB pellets at least some of your guns can shoot better. More of mine prefer H&Ns than JSBs.