I am sorry for the late reply- I'm not getting any alerts when a new post has been made like I used to.
I sent you a PM with details, but yes- I have a few springs left.
Again, I apologize for the late response. I need to somehow find more time for the forum! Please check your messages, and thanks.Hi Cobalt327,
I would like to purchase a high performance spring and air tube for my Red Ryder.
Thank you
How's your accuracy? I'm thinking I'm going to slow mine down and see if I can get the accuracy back up to where it should be. It's not much fun to have a fast gun if it isn't accurate. I'd like something a little better than being able to hit a tin can at 15 yards. English sparrows aren't a very big target at that distance.
So the previous owner was a BB gun fan. That's interesting.
Besides an oily shot tube hurting accuracy when shooting a smoothbore BB gun, accuracy has a lot to do with the fit of the BB in the shot tube. And that has a lot to do with the type and age of the shot tube. Back when the BB guns used the removable gravity feed shot tube like your gun uses, the bigger priority was not to jam, rather than the best accuracy. The BBs back then were terrible compared to what we have today- the old BBs had flats on two sides, and were all over the place as far as uniformity. So the shot tube ID was made large so the BBs wouldn't jam.I may have over oiled it when I reassembled it. I've swabbed it a few times but it seems not be a tack driver. It wasn't to begin with so it may be the nature of the beast. The original property owner was into all shooting sports, He built a rifle/pistol range, a skeet tower and the bb gun range. The people I bought the property from spent their time undoing his hard work, They removed the reset mechanism from the BB gun range and removed some of the targets.View attachment 961189
I would be interested in more information on these BB's. What's the OD of them and are they pretty consistent?.I've been talking to Shane on YouTube and he pointed me to this thread. I hope you don't mind if I post a picture of my powder coated BBs here for him to see.
What kind of consistency/ accuracy are you getting with that set-up? Must be decent if you mounted a scope. My 111-40 throws 1 shot center, 1 shot left, 1 shot right, then repeats that randomly.I'd like to try some on my modified 499 to see if they would improve the accuracy before I start detuning it. At the higher velocities that I'm shooting it might not. Don't expect hand outs and would be more than willing to reimburse you for them.
The samples I measured seem to be between .1745 and .1750. It's tough measuring a round ball, and I have a cheap digital caliper. I have no scientific proof of accuracy, but I can tell you I'm not seeing the wild flyers I was getting before.
If I may interject, be sure your shot tube is clean and dry- no oil. I use a clean .177 mop or a patch and denatured alcohol, but 91% isopropyl will do. It's a good idea to follow up with a dry patch, especially if using 91% iso alcohol.What kind of consistency/ accuracy are you getting with that set-up? Must be decent if you mounted a scope. My 111-40 throws 1 shot center, 1 shot left, 1 shot right, then repeats that randomly.