Air rifle help needed!!!

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Just bought a Crosman TitanGP in .177cal. The problem I'm having is with scope rings. It came with a scope and cheapo aluminium rings. I ditched those and am using a BSA air rifle scope and steel Burris "tipoff" air rifle rings. The problem I'm having is the scope shifting back toward the stock after every 20 rounds or so. Some additional info is that it is only rated at 695fps and has a Nitro Piston (Break barrel spring gun). I've tightened the hell out of the rings and put a ring stop behind the eyepiece ring that was also worked loose. Need help from any air rifle shooter out there with ring or fix suggestions. Thanks.
 
Degrease the base dovetail groves and ring clamp feet with rubbing alcohol.

Re-mount everything with a drop of BLUE Lock-Tight under all the clamp surfaces.

Let it set a day to cure before you shoot it again.

rc
 
Thanks RC. In addition to that I did a little more research and saw that they make rings with a built in stop pin on one of the pair. I think I will be getting those and follow your suggestion.
 
Scope Walking...

I have had this happen on a few air rifles.

Normally I just find the correct scope/ring position, (and I mark it). then drill a small 1/16" hole and pop a roll pin in it (hardware stores usually have bins of them). A Dab of loctite on the threads helps.

A QUICK fix that will eventually wear out it is to use a dollop of silicone gasket goo / silicone caulking on the mounts/rail and glue it down, then torque down when wet (let cure overnight or longer) This usually works for a while.

Andy
 
You dont need a scope on an air rifle
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Apparently you have never shot a real good spring-cocker air rifle!
We are not talking about BB guns here.

I have two Beeman air rifles, and both are scoped.
And both will put all the pellets through the same hole at 15-20 yards.

Flys landing on the targets are in deep dodo.
Try that with open sights.

rc
 
Ive owned a number of springers, and I would also suggest a solid one piece mount. Ive gotten away from the springers recently since i never perfected the "artilary hold", the new ones are supposidly less picky tho, and may affect scope mounts a bit differantly. I still use the once piece mounts on my QB78s tho, great mounts.
 
I don't shoot springers because of the whacking around generally. I do shoot PCP's or good old fashioned pneumatics.

The Tech Star BSA I have been shooting the past few years does 34 FT/LBS at the muzzle and will do dime sized groups at 50 yards It will handle PD's out to 100 yards if the wind is right.

The iron sights are there but they are the last thing I want to do hen trying a 75 yard ground squirrel shot in the wind.

Greg
 
I think that mount will work well. That appears to be very similar to the RWS scope mount that works well for airgun/rimfire 3/8in. dovetails. In fact i'd leave off the loc-tite until you determine that it is indeed necessary (I doubt it will be).

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