Originally Posted by
Phil Russell
I think 'tuning' has never been so popular, what with all the kits around and advice in the media.
The Jim articles in AGW could well stimulate more products: How about bespoke barrel weights that can be slid up and down the barrel / underlever to optimise harmonics? Current solutions seem to rely on strapping wheel balance weights with gaffa tape etc. Surely a more aesthetically pleasing item would attract a (small?) market.
I suspect there are more gizmos to tempt the tuner but it's coffee time.
Cheers, Phil
Hi Phil, in my time I have made a few "barrel tuners" for the bench rest brigade. This comprises of a barrel sleeve which can be positioned anywhere along the barrel and fixed with grub screws, the sleeve has an external very fine thread about 30 mm long and then a tuning ring with a matching internal thread that can be micro adjusted along the thread, again fixed with a grub screw. To set it up the shooter shoots groups of three shots until the minimum "clover leaf" pattern is achieved. I am told by the bench rest lads that this was successful and almost eliminated barrel vibration.
Neil
Current airguns:- Steyr LG110: Steyr LP10: Air Arms HFT500: Weihrauch97 fully customised.