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  1. 01-04-2024, 04:16 PM #1
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    Silco barrels for long range

    Hi to all,

    Has anyone bought a (HW) barrel blank from Silco for long range shooting (air rifle wise of course)?
    Choked or Un-Choked?
    What were the results?

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    I've had a few off Nigel and they have been good....
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    I thought Walther barrels where the best?
    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
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    Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
    I thought Walther barrels where the best?
    They are , but the silco Hw's are half the price . They're ok but the Lw is much better finished inside .
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    Quote Originally Posted by hmangphilly View Post
    They are , but the silco Hw's are half the price . They're ok but the Lw is much better finished inside .
    Yes.. I found the Silco "OK", but not stellar. I had better results with BSA barrels, for example. And FWB barrels... ooh yeah...
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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    Ive been impressed with Cometa barrels in all my springers recently, so as a project we used a .177 springer barrel machined to fit a shotgunning r10, and its a proper tack driver now and best bit is the price £70
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    Quote Originally Posted by 32:1 View Post
    Ive been impressed with Cometa barrels in all my springers recently, so as a project we used a .177 springer barrel machined to fit a shotgunning r10, and its a proper tack driver now and best bit is the price £70
    I'd expect a whole rifle for that price
    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
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    Quote Originally Posted by 32:1 View Post
    Ive been impressed with Cometa barrels in all my springers recently, so as a project we used a .177 springer barrel machined to fit a shotgunning r10, and its a proper tack driver now and best bit is the price £70
    that's good to know.. what kind of group sizes (with what pellets) are we talking please ?
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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    Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
    I'd expect a whole rifle for that price
    Why doesn't that surprise me?:
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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyL View Post
    Why doesn't that surprise me?:
    Well it ain't an over priced German rifle
    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
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    Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
    Well it ain't an over priced German rifle

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
    Yes.. I found the Silco "OK", but not stellar. I had better results with BSA barrels, for example. And FWB barrels... ooh yeah...
    Got a couple of old Bsa barrels here Jon .
    I just cant get over how the pellet grates along the inside .
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    Quote Originally Posted by hmangphilly View Post
    Got a couple of old Bsa barrels here Jon .
    I just cant get over how the pellet grates along the inside .
    Depends on what calibre barrel you got.
    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
    that's good to know.. what kind of group sizes (with what pellets) are we talking please ?
    Outside in the yard shooting from a table, 45yds a whole mag in a 5p hole with three of the five pellets samples we had.
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    Has anyone tried the Silco .25 or .20?

    I want to try these but don't want to pay LW prices...
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