Quote Originally Posted by evert View Post
Do other people get rifles with bad comp tubes?
When working on my own springers have found a few bad tubes: some have tight/high spots in the middel of the tube, and some have ridges down at the bottom that chew up piston seals.
I'm not talking about Chinese guns, but German and British guns that are supposed to be good; a HW80 had a sharp ridge at the bottom, several Supersports seem to be oval and leak lubricants past the seal, a Tx200 with bulges, and the list goes on...

Do other people get them too, or is it just me?
Your jinked mate, give the sport up and go find another one that is perhaps hex free lol

Or maybe your just a perfectionist and notice more because of it ?

I've noticed a Hw35 .177 with a tight spot in the barrel about 2/5th up and a early mk2 Hw77 .177 with a choke so tight at the muzzle, I'm sure the pellets were coming out less than 4mm.

Honing comp tubes is a option, just practise on a piece of spare tube first so you can gauge how much metal your taking off with it. ;-)