Thanks a bunch..seriously.I brought the rifle to the shop this morning to attempt to bend the barrel in the mill vice thinking that it had a bull barrel. Looking at it more closely, it's not a bull barrel but is actually a pipe of some sort. The bottom of the barrel is tapered, which leads up to the o.d. of the pipe so it does actually look like it's a bull barrel. I noticed this as I was fixing to press it. It looked like the had a screw on cap at the tip of the barrel...which it is...so I'm thinking there's an actual small diameter barrel encased in the pipe...a suppressor of some sort I would suppose.Instead of disassembling the barrel components...I think I will try the adjustable rings first. Maybe I might return it and take a better look at others in a box to see if you can notice the drop visually, then simply exchange it. The droop is very noticeable with the eye on this one that I have.
A lot of us gently bend the barrel. The last time I needed to install a new scope, I centered the reticle then bent the barrel to match at twenty yards. Very little adjustment of the turrets to get it perfect. There are several different methods of bending, all the way from a fixture to the crotch of a tree. And before you think bending is bad, the founders of GTA, top airgunsmiths, recommend bending. There are better instructions than what I can supply in the library link. This is Charlie Da Tuna's link - http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/library/Charlies%20Barrel%20Tool.pdf He is one of the founders, Gene from SC being the other. These guys know their stuff, I would do any thing they recommend. Between the two they have over 500 years experience.