Quote from: Bladebum on February 14, 2021, 10:52:57 PMSome recent posts(both my own and others) have got me curious, how do you like to tune your German springers? Do you run a bought kit like a vortek, tin bum or ARH? Do you do something custom with different springs, seals and guides? I'd like to hear your methods and preferences, what your goal is for each tune(power, shootability, etc) and your best description of the shot cycle. The performance details(what pellet, velocity, accuracy) would be excellent to hear. I think it would be cool to just hear what everyone's own preferred methods are without too much debate, just for some good information and ideas!the HW95 in this pic was bought 7 years ago and the R9 a couple decades ago when living in West Virginia...........
Some recent posts(both my own and others) have got me curious, how do you like to tune your German springers? Do you run a bought kit like a vortek, tin bum or ARH? Do you do something custom with different springs, seals and guides? I'd like to hear your methods and preferences, what your goal is for each tune(power, shootability, etc) and your best description of the shot cycle. The performance details(what pellet, velocity, accuracy) would be excellent to hear. I think it would be cool to just hear what everyone's own preferred methods are without too much debate, just for some good information and ideas!
Hey NCED,What are the top 3 or 5 reasons that You use only Krytox over Molly, SuperLube or ARH Tars in your airgun tunes? Did your findings have anything to do with using alternative piston seals? - We appreciate your findings after years of practical research
Wouldn't bronze top hats and spring guides be even better than steel or Delrin?-Yogi
I myself being old school on how I do things, I will say I have not used Krytox, but I know how to apply JM's lubes and have never had any issues with them, but I will say I purchased a AA Pro Elite about 10yrs ago that had sat in a guy's gun safe for 5yrs before I purchased it, it had been lubed with some type of moly paste, when I got the gun I noticed it didn't sound normal, I took it apart to find all the moly had dried up and was crusty!!!! I personally have not had this happen to my rifles I have lubed but not to say it can't happen, but I will personally keep using my JM lubes until they cause an issue!
I myself do not have migration issues with moly on the piston seal as u have shown ED, that's probably because I have learned over the yrs how to apply it correctly, not under minding u at all just my experience with how much is to much, also seal fit or a out of round compression tube can cause what u are showing, I would agree Kirk trigger sears are best left to oils not paste, like moly or SL, IMO trigger sears are best left at a hi polish mirror state with no lube at all! due to polishing compound being burnished into the metal!
Where is a good place to get the Krytox grease? Wouldn't need a large amount for one rifle.