Rugar Airgun Barrel

[Pasquale01]

I have a friend who purchased a Ruger at a yard sale which when he tried shooting realized the barrel was bent. Any idea where or how we can gt a replacement.  I am checking with him for which Ruger model.
Any Help would be appreciated.
Tony

[WD Feese]

If it is a springer, bend it back.  The usual cause is the barrel snapping shut and the barrel bending upward causing the rifle to shoot high.  Break it open, put both hands on the end of the barrel and pull hard.  This may take several tries.
  If the bend is different than I described, you will need a vice or a forked tree.  Several years ago while at the Malvern show, Mike Milick used the brace on a picnic table to straighten a Diana 36.
  I  have found the Chinese barrels to be softer than the German.

[mikeyb]

I have a friend who purchased a Ruger at a yard sale which when he tried shooting realized the barrel was bent. Any idea where or how we can gt a replacement.  I am checking with him for which Ruger model.
Any Help would be appreciated.
Tony

Unless barrel is VERY BADLY BENT it will be much cheaper and easier to bend the barrel back close to "straight".

Several people here bend barrels to compensate for barrel-droop. I'm all out of drooper-scope-mounts so the next droopy rifle I get will get "fixed" with a barrel bend.

Several good posts/threads here on barrel bending/straightening.

A few years back, in my new-to-springer days, I had a B19 clone (Crosman-like breakbarrel) barrel escape my grasp during some overly aggressive trigger adjustments. ALL MY FAULT. Barrel was bent UP almost 3/4" from the "power snap with sudden stop". I bent the barrel back to "almost normal" and that rifle has been shooting just fine for over 5 years.

[Ronno6]

Most Umarex barrels I have seen were bent up....
I typically straighten them in my hydraulic press........

As Umarex will not even sell a breech seal for these guns I doubt they would sell a barrel.......

[lillysdad621]

i would contact Mike mellick for Umarex ruger springer support... they are B25s after all. But yes, try straightening it out first. I have heard that the barrel "shudders" as it bends back to its original shape... havent felt it myself, but several people (who i trust) said that is an occurrence when applying "reverse bends".