airgun accuracy?

Ontario Hillbilly said:
Also keep her consistently lubed, some oil ignites (diesels) on the compression of the piston. This combustion adds to your velocity, therefore a dry piston makes less power than an oily one. ( ever notice the little puff of smoke?) Different oils also burn differently, synthetics hardly ignite, natural ones burn well. Some people even make a concoction of kerosene, diesel fuel and slick 50 to really get some extra bang. I stick to cheap non synthetic gun oil myself.
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If you moly the spring once, it'll perform great for years in proper conditions. If you want to diesel your gun, follow the above, and don't moan when you can't hit anything past 5 yards and then you end up with a long, awkward paperweight in the shape of a rifle. It won't happen on the 1st shot, and maybe not the 50th either, but it will. I've seen enough guns ruined by purposeful dieseling.
 
TargetAcquired said:
If you moly the spring once, it'll perform great for years in proper conditions. If you want to diesel your gun, follow the above, and don't moan when you can't hit anything past 5 yards and then you end up with a long, awkward paperweight in the shape of a rifle. It won't happen on the 1st shot, and maybe not the 50th either, but it will. I've seen enough guns ruined by purposeful dieseling.
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True in the case of plastic piston guns, older, leather seal designs were intended to diesel a small amount, with regular gun oil.
Older springers should diesel just a little bit with proper lubrication, and many will diesel right out of the box. I use plain old gun oil in mine, just enough to get a little puff of smoke, and have had no issues after many pounds of pellets. I only use synthetic oils in plastic piston guns that are more sensitive to heat.
 
My guns - a springer and a gas ram - are both metal pistons and they don't diesel at all. Because they are well taken care of and are not supposed to diesel. The springer has well over 10k pellets through it, and the gas ram is getting close to 5k, both perform flawlessly.
 
Your hold is extremely important. I have a model 48 Diana. Have shot it quite a bit in the past. Work on your hold, Then go get some flat target pellets like RWS. Heavy pellets like the Super Mag by RWS are even better, especially for hunting. I shot a half inch group at 50 yards (once only) but usually around an inch or so with H&N barracudas (round point). They are the same as the Beeman Kodiak. Beeman also make really great pellets (most are mad by H&N for them). You can google air guns and a few really good sites will pop up that sell top notch pellets. The good pellets are well worth the money.

Steve

Oh ya, keep that gun tuned too. You need to apply tar or grease to your spring. Google that as i have only done it a few times and just used regular black grease. My chroni shows my gun shooting between 705fps and 805fps with 11.5gr pellets.
 
sharp shooter said:
Your hold is extremely important. I have a model 48 Diana. Have shot it quite a bit in the past. Work on your hold, Then go get some flat target pellets like RWS. Heavy pellets like the Super Mag by RWS are even better, especially for hunting. I shot a half inch group at 50 yards (once only) but usually around an inch or so with H&N barracudas (round point). They are the same as the Beeman Kodiak. Beeman also make really great pellets (most are mad by H&N for them). You can google air guns and a few really good sites will pop up that sell top notch pellets. The good pellets are well worth the money.

Steve

Oh ya, keep that gun tuned too. You need to apply tar or grease to your spring. Google that as i have only done it a few times and just used regular black grease. My chroni shows my gun shooting between 705fps and 805fps with 11.5gr pellets.
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Round point pellets will almost always give you the best groups. Wadcutters print paper the nicest, but are too inconsistent past 25 yards. Hollowpoints aren;t bad but are best for hunting, not making half inch groups, and I don't trust pointed pellets for accuracy.

Winter is a great time for airgunning - take a bucket of snow, wet it a little and toss in some food colouring in yur favourite colour and make tight little snowballs - I hit them out ot 100 yards, they make a very audible 'thwack' when hit, and basically explode. So, good sight and sound reaction, cost nothing, and nothing to clean up after. Very cheap endless plinking and will certainly improve your overall accuracy.

Ditto on keeping your gun tuned. Moly 70 is the best for spring tar, but you are more likely to find 60, which is also fine.
 
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