Now there’s a new, low-cost Teslong borescope. The NTG100-C has just been introduced and it combines portability – courtesy of a flexible probe – with low cost – it’s just $59.99. At this price, everyone can afford one…
You just connect it to your smartphone to use.
After all, so much time and effort is spent on trying to obtain the best accuracy from our airguns. So much of that is connected with the barrel and the pellets or slugs being used. People talk of “winning the barrel lottery” – or not.
In fact, I would say that interest in barrels and ammo is at an all-time high among serious airgunners!
So – to me – it makes perfect sense to explore and learn about what the INSIDE of our barrels looks like. There’s rifling to inspect and leading to see, among other things.
One example. Using a borescope can give you a real indication of when your barrel needs cleaning, rather than just guessing. Is that too much leading in the bore, or just enough? Use a borescope enough and you’ll find out…
Now I certainly do not know as much as I would like to about airgun bores, but I can see that these is definitely a lot to learn. In my view, we all need one for our air rifles!
HAM has featured stories about borescopes in the past. Here’s a link to one of them.
HAM Tester Doug Rogers uses a Hawkeye rigid borescope. This is a superb, made in the USA, instrument. It also is able to fit into .177 caliber barrels. It’s also expensive, as you might guess.
Doug inspects the barrel of every air rifle that he tests and finds this a very useful exercise.
I use a Teslong NTG500 rigid borescope. This makes it easy to produce photographs, whereas Doug’s Hawkeye model is primarily a visual use device.
The Teslong also is not thin enough to fit into .177 caliber barrels. But it goes up to .40 caliber and so covers most of the airguns we review. At $199.99 from Amazon, it’s also a whole lot cheaper.
One other issue with Teslong borescope range is that I find their product names confusing. They’re too similar and I struggle with separating the models. But the range of borescopes produced by the company is increasing fast and there’s multiple versions to choose from.
If you click on the Amazon link below, you’ll go to the NTG500 page. From there, it’s easy to click into the “Teslong Store” and see the others.
I’ll be very interested to hear your borescope-use experiences in the HAM Community. Hopefully we can build-up a body of information there that will help all airgunners…
BUY FROM AMAZON
Teslong NTG500 Borescope
The post New Low-Cost Teslong Borescope – We All Need One! appeared first on Hard Air Magazine.
