Bedding in an air rifle

[Poparooni17]

Hello

I recently bought a weihrauch hw99s and what can I say it looks beautiful. I have a few questions

I have shot around 50 Shots and the gun has an awful twang will this calm down and after how many shots?
And also how do you bed it in as the out of the box accuracy isn't all there.

Cheers alex

[Online-gamer]

They do say couple of tins before they settle to be fair im still bedding my S400 in only one more tin to shoot lol

[Jay Jay]

At least 3 to 4 tins

[richard1951]

hi if you bed in a new gun with one type of pellets , does that mean it is bedded in for all types or if you change pellets do you need to bed in again?
Richard

[Jay Jay]

Hi no best to just use a cheaper brand whilst bedding in I use RWS Superdomes once bedded in I switch to JSB branded pellets.


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[Mike1]

Hi no best to just use a cheaper brand whilst bedding in I use RWS Superdomes once bedded in I switch to JSB branded pellets.
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Sounds good advice for bedding in.
Once bedded in you should test for the best pellets for your barrel, and to do this make sure that you clean the barrel before each test. Suggest that you test by using your most stable position and firing 25-30 pellets of which the first 20 are to re-line your barrel and the next 5-10 shoot in two groups of five without adjusting your scope to test for grouping size. The reason for 2 x 5 as a test group is that you can soon tell if the groups are getting even tighter with the 2nd group of 5. If no difference you can just use 1 group in future. Write on the target the name of the pellet for these groups. Then repeat barrel clean and then shoot the next 30 pellets you want to test, again ignore the first 20 shots as these are to re-line the barrel and then shoot two groups of 5 again marking the card. Repeat this procedure for all the pellets that you want to test. Then compare groups and check which pellet is producing the tightest group and now adjust the scope to the centre of the zero using the pellet giving the tightest group.
This can be a tedious process but will be very much worth it in the long run. There is a company called Pellet Perfect here http://pelletperfect.co.uk/ that will sell you small quantities of pellets for testing.
If you cannot achieve tight groups (pellet touching pellet hole) at 25 yards doing this with JSB or other quality pellets seriously consider getting the gun tuned.

[1961nuffield]

A PCP doesn't require a lot of running in, a springer may require a fair bit more!

John

[Egg]

I have it on good authority that the bedding in period for a springer is nowhere near the 3 score tins of 500 (or pick a number) people sometimes view it as - usually the lubes and all the bits & bobs will have fully settled into their little niches and cavities by 200, maybe even less if my source is right (and he usually is, eh Dave? )

However, the general view is around a full tin of 500 cheap-n-cheerful's before giving the bore a clean to get ready for lining with the expensive lead, however if you stick to Superdomes then not only are you getting a cheap pellet to bed the gun in but you're also getting a good all round pellet that will do the same job as a pellet costing twice the price - in some cases 'Domes will do a better job than the dear ones. Just a pity they're not made in .20

[Charlie Dont Surf]

personally i like the twang, makes me feel like a cowboy haha. not that pracical i suppose.

[Mike Airguntune]

If it still is not right after a couple of tins have a look at my website as i might be able to help.

http://www.airguntune.co.uk
Cheers
Mike