Is it the famous 'tune in a tube'?
Reducing power by that much without any reduction in cocking effort isn't 'tuning'.
Reminds me of the California spec corvette stingrays. 5.7 litres of American V8 pumping out a massive 170hp
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I am generally a big fan of Tom G’s, but, seriously, taming a nasty shot cycle by shoving in so much grease that it reduces power by 35-40%? Is that even possible, or is something else maybe going on here?
Is it the famous 'tune in a tube'?
Reducing power by that much without any reduction in cocking effort isn't 'tuning'.
Reminds me of the California spec corvette stingrays. 5.7 litres of American V8 pumping out a massive 170hp
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Red rubber grease I believe was used to slow some down a little . It was thick and sticky. A night mare to remove too.
I'd take your 'vette, drop its V8 lump into an Opel Monza, and leave you with the rest of it.
Er, yes. I shuddered when I saw this.
And, yes, very, very wrong and TomG should, indeed, be giving himself a very sharp slap across his wrists!
Any self-respecting tuner would be going for properly fitting and finished internals and reducing the power to get that rifle into a sweet-shooting happy state.
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Similar with tight guides and seals .
Oooooh . It feels much calmer afterwards , and now it dont twang . .......clowns !
The American tune a few years back was to stick in the biggest spring that you can find and lots of the thickest grease available. They probably destroyed a lot of scopes.
A stage 2 tune would be to wash out the insides with kerosene and fill the cylinder with expanding foam ;-)
I bet the rifle is very consistent too, I mean, all that grease in there must keep it fuels up to diesel for good... plus it will probably stop the LGV's parts from wearing themselves out
I had a S400 dropped off for service a long time back, the guy had "had a go" himself and said he tried to lube the hammer rail. after I pulled out around 4oz of thick grease from the hammer and spring. it shot great again
S'pose we all have to learn somewhere![]()
How is this any different to any other 'tuner' who takes a full power rifle and de-tunes it to 10 ft/lbs to get it shooting properly, yet you see this all the time..
Most UK tuners would take it apart and put in a smaller spring. It is a better method long term than putting in something that will absorb a lot of energy from the larger spring.
I remember years ago somebody on here saying this was a SFS stage 1 tune.![]()
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