Quote Originally Posted by u.k.neil View Post
I have lost count of the number of times I have seen shooters on a sighting in range with four or five different makes of pellets opened in front of them, taking five or so shots with each type and then saying that their gun is not grouping.

Whenever a brand of pellets is changed (sometimes even different batches of the same pellet) or if the barrel has been cleaned then the barrel has to be "conditioned" to that particular pellet by putting at least ten shots (I do 20 to be on the safe side) through it before trying a group.

Different brands of pellets have different percentages of elements in them which affect hardness, coefficient of friction, B.C's etc which all have an effect.

Just thought a "Heads-Up" on this subject might stop a bit of frustration....

I
Neil
I've read much about barrel conditioning......all of it seemed great sense!
My Webley Omega .177 cal was producing very poor groups at all ranges. Was it me or was it the gun. I'm not the worlds greatest shot but surely I thought.......I can't be that bad!!
This afternoon I decided to clean the Omega's barrel.
With cleaning paste, coarse and medium felt pads & a wire pull through I began.
What a filthy state the felt pads were in after pulling them thru' the barrel!!
About 20 coarse followed by 15 medium pads were used to remove the "deposits" on the bore.
I finished off with a few pull-throughs of a recommended propriety teflon grease - just to 'line' the bore.
I used about 20-off AA 4.52 cal to condition the bore.

My groups were superb!

Only fired over 20 yards but managed 5 shots in a diameter of a 5p coin!!

I think I'll do my Webley Eclipse .22 cal next!!

Also I must remember to clean & condition the barrels after 200-300 shots.

Thanks UKneil