Iīve no doubt got a new found respect for the minescule little 177cal. Since i came to "discover" H&Nīs semi new offering of 20grain hollow point pills it DOES carry merit.
Why?
Simple really. The 4,5mm shoots flatter for a given amount of power. What i learned from the #El-cheapo# project was quite evident iīd say. Pushing a 20 grain pill beyond the speed of sound for an even 100 Joules of muzzle energy sure opened up my eyes at least.
So.
Did a job on a Reximex Zone for a gentleman and was offered not one but two PCPīs in return.
One of them this BSA R10 MkII in 177cal and the other an Evanix Hunting Master AR-5 in 22cal.
These are by any measure not cheap PCPīs. On the contrary, although.. i have to say one of the best looking ones out there. This one had been standing dormant for quite some time why it was in need of some dire attention no doubt.
No pressure left, of course, why i took to filling her up and then let her rip using JSB 8,4īs across the FX brick. Well.. she at least worked
What came out the other end tho was... 3 Joules.
No. Thatīs not a misprint! So yeah, she no doubt needed to come apart.
Yeah. On that. I can tell for a fact that theyīre not supposed to be green within!
Yes they are regulated but truth be told these regs have an extremely poor reputation. For instance, whatīs the plan using all them belleville washers? Whatīs up with that? Yeah well, whatever i guess..
Getting the thing going again was one thing but.. getting ahead of myself here.
Yeah. The front end of the probe was massacred and thus.. I keep a lathe donīt i so rest of it goes without saying i hope. These ARE to be had new, made out of stainless, though. Which is worth of notice.
Point being the stock probe is plated and this plating has a rep of falling off and getting into the gun ruining accuracy and what not. My new probe though out of SIS-2541 tool room steel.
Here a small tidbit though. These guns donīt carry a breech seal per normal but instead carries an o-ring on the front of the actual probe. For better for worse, and i guess thereīs advantages to both setups, be it either an o-ring on the probe or an o-ring installed to the breech in a more conventional manner.