OK, T-9 it is. -Y
What does BAKED Pledge mean?
Quote from: Yogi on February 26, 2023, 11:57:15 AMOK, T-9 it is. -Y Hey Yogi, I would hold off on buying/recommending the liquid T-9 until Nitrocrushr chimes in with his test results.He is very good at testing/analyzing things . It would be nice to have some collaboration of my findings .... if possible.
Pledge Polish baked pelletsNot a phrase I thought I would ever use... What the heck, I'll try them in a PCP.
Quote from: Firewalker on March 05, 2023, 12:54:15 PMPledge Polish baked pelletsNot a phrase I thought I would ever use... What the heck, I'll try them in a PCP. Thanks Steve,How did the T-9 liquid compare to pellets straight from the tin? Was velocity up vs. no additional lube, just down from the Backed Pledge?- Also, can you give me a link where I can find the Pledge spray?Best Regards,Kirk
Quote from: SpiralGroove on March 05, 2023, 03:54:50 PMQuote from: Firewalker on March 05, 2023, 12:54:15 PMPledge Polish baked pelletsNot a phrase I thought I would ever use... What the heck, I'll try them in a PCP. It works well in my rifle. As I mentioned, some rifles may prefer another lube such as T-9, or no lube at all.Steve
Quote from: Firewalker on March 05, 2023, 12:54:15 PMPledge Polish baked pelletsNot a phrase I thought I would ever use... What the heck, I'll try them in a PCP. It works well in my rifle. As I mentioned, some rifles may prefer another lube such as T-9, or no lube at all.Steve
I just read these posts, and I am interested in testing either T-9 or pledge for lubing my Air Arms 7.9 pellets for my TX200. Do these lubes work well at 880 fps MV?Background: I recently tuned my TX200 to 13.5 fpe, using a 0.120 Maccari spring on TBT guides. The most accurate pellet for this tune is the AA 7.9gr Express pellets. My rifle is launching them at 880 fps. The down side is that the barrel needs to be cleaned every 400 to 500 shots. Anyone had experience with these lubes at 880 fps velocity?Thank you!
I got some different brands of pellets for testing, and after seeing how much garbage was in the tin, and my hands after head size sorting I decided to wash and lube. Can't offer many comparisons because I didn't want to put these down my barrel without washing, but some had been previously tested and chrono'd. As far as accuracy I didn't see any difference in Norma GTFT 9.1, they did pretty well dry, and group sizes were about the same, except that instead of an even, consistent group, the pellets clumped together. Like in a 13 shot group, instead of 1 large hole that was circular I would have 3 or 4 pellets in one small hole in one place, then another 3 or 4 in another small hole. Total group size was about the same. So I'm calling that a draw since I really don't know if it's better or worse, velocity was down and ES and SD tripled. Now for a comparison I cleaned and lubed some H&N FTTs, mostly to make sure lube didn't ruin the accuracy on them because that's the gun's favorite. The washing was done, but not much junk came off. Paper towel damp with Pledge, tumbled around in a shoebox . As for accuracy I cannot compare, tested at 40 yards, which I have not tested with dry at that range since the last spring power change. It did excellent, the velocity is up 15-25 fps on 2 different lots, all were gaged to be 4.54mm (so theyre fat and someone mentioned bearing surface) the extreme spreads were very high and SD went up slightly. But after there had been about 100 shots through the gun (mix of Apolo, Norma, and a few H&N) the FTTs recorded 843 fps five times in a row, then 841 and 842. So this sudden change is interesting, and decided it would be best to clean the barrel before testing this further. I still have quite a few washed and lubed, and just lubed a number of others, I didn't wash because I don't think they benefit. I do like the velocity increase and want to see if this steadying of the velocity may be a barrel seasoning thing. Sorry about the length, but no quick way to sum this up and testing continues soon with clean barrel. And I do enjoy lemony fresh pellets, as odd as that sounds.