Hello, I was wondering if anyone here has had a break barrel air rifle that just did not work right.Yep, I had two that weren't accurate enough and one that "didn't work right". First was a Crosman Quest 1000 that shot 1 1/2" CTC at 30 yards in my hands, however I was able to get the accuracy down to a mediocre 1" ctc at 30 yards with a LOT of rework. Second was a Gamo 440 that wouldn't group any better than 1"ctc at 30 yards regardless of the mods I did or a trigger insert. While those two guns functioned adequately, they were both "landfilled" due to the mediocre accuracy. The gun I have that never did function was a Chinese B26 that wouldn't shoot after cocking. A teardown showed that the hole for the safety button was so "wallowed out" during manufacture that the safety button spring would bind the safety button and it wouldn't "pop out" when cocking. I used my lathe to cut a small sleeve and pressed it into place so the safety button functioned properly......problem now was that the gun would shoot whenever the safety button was pressed without touching the trigger. LOL....I don't have a clue how accurate it was because it was too hard shooting it using the safety button for a trigger! "I mean it was capable of 1500fps with light weight alloy pellets, right." Nope.....not a good thing! When tuning my R9s I deliberately limited my velocity to 910fps MAX with 7.9 grain pellets and in the last couple years have been tuning my R9 to shoot 8.4 grain pellets at 865fps MAX. Currently the R9 is tuned to shoot the same 8.4 grain JSB Exact pellets at 840fps. Here is a recent 5 shot 50 yard group shot hunter class field target style (like my avatar) using my R9 tuned to the 840fps level.......Uploaded at Snapagogo.comFour pellets went 3/8" ctc however my second shot opened the group to 5/8" ctc."installed a scope that I had on a .22-250 high powered rifle that I knew was good."Not necessarily a good thing for the "high powered rifle scope". If the scope wasn't designed for the two way recoil of a piston gun (especially a sharp shooting rammer) you may trash that scope too."three different brands were used, Daisy Quick Silver pointed pellets, Daisy Copper Head pointed, and Crosman Premier hollow points."Well....with my R9 I haven't had a Daisy pellet that shot accurately regardless of the style! Here is a pic of a target where I tried out some Daisy pellets at only 18 yards.......Uploaded at Snapagogo.comMy brother tried the CP Hollow Points in his R9 and found that as long as he sorted them according to size they shot as accurately as the die lot marked and boxed CPs. The problem with them was that the fit in the barrel was so inconsistent that only about 150pellets from a 500 count tin fit his barrel properly."ALL shot 6-8 inches to the left of bulls eye or 6-8 inches below it"Could be a lot of causes for this including incorrect barrel pivot bolt tension, the scope mounts, the scope rail on the gun being off, etc. Still....it's rather easy to bend the barrel (especially low left) so the poi is within 1/2" at 30 yards with the scope turrets centered and I use the turrets to do the "fine adjustments". I actually do this to my R9 since I want the scope crosshairs to be centered in the scope and every time I change to a new scope mount (like from my BKLs to the UTG mounts I'm currently using). Here is my "barrel tweaking tree" for adding "snoop" to the barrel.......Uploaded at Snapagogo.comUploaded at Snapagogo.comIf I need to add "droop" to the barrel I use this "high tech" rig.......Uploaded at Snapagogo.comAnywhoo.....as mentioned, the only issues I've had was with the Crosman Quest, Gamo440 which functioned well but had poor accuracy, however the Chinese B26 I bought did not function from day one. The dozen or so HW springers I've bought (HW50,HW35,R10,HW77k and the remainder were R9s) that I've bought and sold (I used to buy, tune and sell) have all been good and I haven't had a .177 R9 yet that wouldn't shoot 3/8" ctc at 30 yards straight from the box in "factory twang mode" after a barrel clean and a few dozen fouling shots! 15 out of 20 CPLs through a 3/4" killzone at 50 yards shot sitting on a bucket resting the gun on cross sticks......Uploaded at Snapagogo.com
"each shoot was 6-8 inches from bulls eye. To the left or below.""ALL shot 6-8 inches to the left of bulls eye or 6-8 inches below it, sometimes two pellets would fire almost in the same spot."Did you try adjusting the scope? Daisy pellets aren't very good, and each gun will have it's favorite pellet.Don't get (not good) in by that "magnum air rifle" BS. They are hard to shoot, and many times not that accurate with light pellets. The Gamo PBA's are some of the worst pellets that I have ever tested! You're much better off with a slightly less powerful, but easier to shoot gun.I have a Benji Trail AW in .22 that shoots pretty well. Shooting field target with it, I can usually hit about 1/3 of the targets, but some of the misses are my fault.
I have many guns. There are only two that I would not buy again. One is a Gamo Shadow 1000 break barrel. After the trigger was replaced with a GRT, that part was better. But the gun was just, not fun. Not terribly accurate. Not a joy to shoot. Wouldn't buy it again. Wouldn't recommend it to a friend. The other gun I wouldn't buy again is a powder burner, a Heritage Rough Rider .22LR single action revolver. I bought that one on a whim, for less than a nice dinner out for our family. Should have taken the family to dinner instead...I can't complain too much though. Both of these are cheap guns that I bought before I realized "you get what you pay for" (most of the time). There are good bargains out there, but these two are not examples of that.