392 steroid pros and cons?

[agorena123]

I'll be sending my 392,  that valve locked, to Tim for the full steroid treatment in the next week or so.  Tim also offers the "old school" treatment for less, but thinking if I'm going to get Tim to work on it, might as well get it steroided. The feedback on the steroid work up seems to be overwhelming positive, but before I send it in, I wanted to get the pros and cons from steroid owners.

[Habanero69er]

Arturo, I have a couple pumpers that Tim Steroided for me. No “cons” that I can think of. You’ll be improving your 392 both mechanically & performance wise. Just keep her well lubed with the bottle of Secret Sauce that Tim gives you. You’re going to love it.

[agorena123]

Thanks Dave.  I've not run into any "cons" during my research except for the cost which is more than the price of the gun, but as Tim says, the gun will out live me.

[Hobbyman2007]

I’ve been shooting one I found locally for the last year without issue. It will digest pretty much any jsb pellet made with great accuracy out to 40 yards . I also shoot 31 grain cast out of it at about 650 fps . Absolutely love it .

[agorena123]

I’ve been shooting one I found locally for the last year without issue. It will digest pretty much any jsb pellet made with great accuracy out to 40 yards . I also shoot 31 grain cast out of it at about 650 fps . Absolutely love it .

Great to hear Denis.  Sent mine up this week for Tim to steroid it up!

[Flint]

I have 3 steroided rifles. 

They are awesome.  the only "downside" is that you need to cock the guns before pumping - though I have always done that anyways, so its normal for me, but some people don't like it for some reason. 

as long as you keep them lubed up good with secret sauce, there are no problems. 

only sent Tim accurate guns.  accuracy will not change.  power will.  and I never ever pump mine to 14.  thats crazy.  I do 10 max.  I don't necessarily do it for the power.  I'll send them to Tim if I get one that already doesnt work, and if I'm going to ship it to cali anyways, I might as well pay for the whole works, and I HIGHLY recommend the billet lever.  its AWESOME!.  necessary on the newer guns, but even on the older ones, its clearly superior.

if I had a gun that was very early or especially mint or collectable or something like that I might not steroid it, or if it already works perfectly fine I wouldn't do it either, but if you have one that needs to be resealed anyways, then why not. 

[Habanero69er]

I have 3 steroided rifles. 

They are awesome.  the only "downside" is that you need to cock the guns before pumping - though I have always done that anyways, so its normal for me, but some people don't like it for some reason. 

as long as you keep them lubed up good with secret sauce, there are no problems. 

only sent Tim accurate guns.  accuracy will not change.  power will.  and I never ever pump mine to 14.  thats crazy.  I do 10 max.  I don't necessarily do it for the power.  I'll send them to Tim if I get one that already doesnt work, and if I'm going to ship it to cali anyways, I might as well pay for the whole works, and I HIGHLY recommend the billet lever.  its AWESOME!.  necessary on the newer guns, but even on the older ones, its clearly superior.

if I had a gun that was very early or especially mint or collectable or something like that I might not steroid it, or if it already works perfectly fine I wouldn't do it either, but if you have one that needs to be resealed anyways, then why not.

Agreed! I have one Steroided 342 & one that was pristine when I got it. The Steroided one needed some help. The other shoots great & is very accurate. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!