Quote from: caleb90 on November 06, 2021, 02:23:00 PMGot it back together. Clean relube... Shot it 20 times to get excess moly paste out. Then got crony out, had a weird high of 784fps to a weird low of 699. Then it settled in between 765 to 755 fps over 20 more shotsSeems about right depending on your pellet choice. I get a little higher average velocity using the CPHP 14.3 grain pellets. These pellets can vary in size so I find some really tight and some really loose pellets in each tin. Those will stretch the ES out to 70-100 fps. It's pretty obvious on target also as these velocity extremes tend to be flyers (>1.5" off at 30'). If I only use my chronograph data for pellets that fit "just right" my Mod95 average velocity hangs in the 790fps range with ES~20 and SD<10. Open sight 10 shot groups are under a dime at 30' for the "good fit" pellets.
Got it back together. Clean relube... Shot it 20 times to get excess moly paste out. Then got crony out, had a weird high of 784fps to a weird low of 699. Then it settled in between 765 to 755 fps over 20 more shots
Now that you've worked on this gun, I'll be surprised if you like a new 125 as well. Yours is tuned now, after all.If you haven't sold the 95 yet, do yourself a favor and hang onto it at least until the 125 is through break-in and honeymoon.Last comment: You said you only need one air rifle, as you're mostly in to powder-burners. A LOT of us started that way. Got into springers as something simple, not to be taken too seriously. Got serious about them anyway. Then, tried PCPs and after getting a nice PCP shooting well, found we had no desire to go back to a rimfire.a .22LR is better at 100-150 yards than a .22 PCP airgun. A bit better than a .25, even, in terms of ballistics and retained energy. What you lose in ballistics & retained energy with the air rifle, you get back in other areas. You said you don't want to get into high-dollar PCPs, just a simple break-barrel until this ammo situation is back in line. PB ammo is not likely to get cheaper again. More available? Eventually.PCP air rifle vs. .22 rimfire:Power & terminal ballistics: advantage rimfireLegal Regulation: advantage air rifleNoise: advantage air rifleAccuracy: Tie!Remember that while a PCP air rifle is more expensive than a PB, you're not paying for propellant or cases each time. You pay up front for a more complex gun and a means to charge it, then, rarely after that.Consider something like an adjustable power .25 cal PCP air rifle, and put aside the prejudice that it's not worth the money because it's "only" an air rifle. Give it an honest try. Heck, find someone local through here to let you shoot his. I bet you'll be amazed at how fun it is, and how different it is from springers and PBs.With adjustable power, level, you can dial it down to 400 fps for plinking in the basement or back yard to 950 fps for drilling trash pandas in your garbage. If I could only have two airguns, one would be my 7 FPE HW30s in .177 for plinking, target shooting and removing pest birds from the back yard and the other would be my (.22 cal adjustable power) Air Arms S510 FAC for hunting and pesting.I happily sold about 5 or 8 powderburners when I really got hooked on airguns, and haven't shot them at all in the past 5+ years.
To each there own, but air rifles lack alot of what i enjoy about shooting. The noise the smell and the down range energy.