Mousegun
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- Dec 9, 2005
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I was doing real fine with my RWS 48 at 35 yards shooting at circles I drew on index cards that were nickel sized and then in short order, all went bad.
I changed the grip force, adjusted the scope, changed the hold and ate up about 50 pellets in the process but nothing worked.
It hasn't been long since I ran patches through the barrel but now that all else failed, I pulled three patches soaked in a mild solvent through. The first one looked bad and was speckled with dots of lead. The next two were clean up patches that simply finished the job.
Instantly, the groups fell back to dime sized holes but not until I re-adjusted the scope back to where it started.
Lesson learned. Have faith in your ability, your gun, your pellets and if accuracy starts to falter, clean the barrel FIRST.
Some say clean every 500 - 1000 pellets or if accuracy falls off. I say let accuracy be your first guide and clean the barrel even before accuracy diminishes to stay ahead of the curve.
I changed the grip force, adjusted the scope, changed the hold and ate up about 50 pellets in the process but nothing worked.
It hasn't been long since I ran patches through the barrel but now that all else failed, I pulled three patches soaked in a mild solvent through. The first one looked bad and was speckled with dots of lead. The next two were clean up patches that simply finished the job.
Instantly, the groups fell back to dime sized holes but not until I re-adjusted the scope back to where it started.
Lesson learned. Have faith in your ability, your gun, your pellets and if accuracy starts to falter, clean the barrel FIRST.
Some say clean every 500 - 1000 pellets or if accuracy falls off. I say let accuracy be your first guide and clean the barrel even before accuracy diminishes to stay ahead of the curve.