The New Again Beeman R1 - .20

So I've had this Beeman R1 Carbine for decades, and used to shoot it lots. With Beeman .20 Cal Silver Bear HP pellets, it would shoot ragged holes at 20 yards through just about anything.

Then it sat in the freezer for quite a spell.

FF - my boys are getting big enough to shoot it, so I pull it out, only to find a tired main spring and leaky seals.

So I order new seals and a spring, and have my local Airgun Ferrari mechanic overhaul it for a nominal fee.

Now it shoots better than new, except I can't get the Beeman pellets anymore, so I get a load of Benjamin Cyl pellets - that don't shoot all that great - like 1-1/2" at 20 yards.

And the OEM Partridge rear sight doesn't work so well for me anymore, so I got a WILLIAMS FP-AG Aperture sight - which works great and shrank the groups to ~ 1". (have Tech-Sights or OEM Aperture sights on all my iron sighted rifles)

Then I find out about JSB Diabolo Exact .20 Cal pellets, and order a pile of them.

...Groups shrunk back to a ragged hole.


Like Ponce de León's Fountain.




GR

joneb said:

I weighed a random sampling of ten of each these pellets,
silverbear 9.7gr .20 cal hp pellet, .05 gr +or- .1 variance
H&N FTT 11.42 gr pellet, .1 gr + or - .2 gr variance
JSB Diabolo Exact .20 Cal pellets 13.73 gr .15 gr + or- .3 gr variance
I have not found a better shooting pellet for my .20 cal blue streak than the Beeman silver bear hp.

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Sure, my R1 one-holes'em.

But where do you find them?




GR