Well I’m off to the Man Cave to square up my .25 Ranger!!
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PCP Stoeger XM1 Ranger Groundhog time!
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Well that didn’t do squat
!I tried that about 3 times ,to no avail ! I'm wondering if the carbon shroud would do better. Also I may opt for a Air Capital
Shorty .30 would put less stress on the barrel ( Although the .22 has no problem).The .25 has been riding the air tube since I got it.
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Never have seen this video. Thank you!
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I took off the barrel band to make some adjustments then reattatched it and then took some shots at 30 yards and it was off over 8 inches to the right and 4 inches high. I can't believe my laser perfect XM1 Ranger 25 now can't hit the side of a barn from the inside! It got dark and i had to go in, I'll fix it tomorrow. Should of left it alone, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. LolWell that didn’t do squat
Barrel band! Where did you find that? I need one . Please let me know.
Found the barrel bands on Ebay & ordered two . One for each Ranger.
Jacko_0106
HAM Shooter
Yeah I took mine out today and it was shooting 4 inch groups. No idea what happened as it was shooting a ragged hole at 50 meters last week. I took the shroud off and tried this trick from the video, couldn’t increase the space between air tube and shroud but when I put it all back together it was back shooting single hole groups. I actually managed to explode a fly on my target.
No idea what happened but will test again over the next few days.
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I love it when you hit a bug while target shooting! I couldn't work on mine today as it stormed all day. Hopefully tomorrow the weather will be better. I can't stand it when i can't go out and shoot in the summer!
Jacko_0106
HAM Shooter
Okay I need help on this - took the supressor off the XM1 ranger which accidentally unscrewed the shroud nut. Tightened it back down and its now shooting 2 inches left with groups about 3 inches wide at 40 meters.
Any ideas on how to getting shooting well again?
Any ideas on how to getting shooting well again?
I've had that happen when testing moderators on my .22 Ranger. In my case I had misaligned the shroud. I simply started fresh by loosening the shroud & repositioning it snug against the buffer spacer at the breach end, then wrapped a bit of rubber inner tube around the threaded adapter & snugged it up w/ channelloc pliers. I had to rezoro, but never had any issue since. I think this is another benefit to having a barrel band on these guns. Hope this helps.
Jacko_0106
HAM Shooter
Yeah I've taken the shroud on and off twice and still have the same issue. How tight do you tighten the shroud nut?
I wrap a slice of rubber ( had on hand) , then use adjustable pliers to GENTLY snug it up while hold the shroud in place. Rezero is definitely needed afterwards .
Jacko_0106
HAM Shooter
So hand tight, gotchya!
I dont mind re-zeroing but currently getting 3 - 5 inch groups at 40 meters
Somewhere, something is not lined up(?) Just for giggles I'd reverse the shroud (holes to the front) , snug it down & test
fire, may make something happen?
Jacko_0106
HAM Shooter
That did cross my mind. It'll need to wait until thursday or friday when I can get to one of my permissions
PA_AirHead
HAM Marksman
I did my part yesterday also, as well as the AEA Element R .25 and the mighty Hades. About a 15 yard off hand dome shot. I used my motorcycle for concealment. This was I think last years pup. I took out Momma last year with my M3 Impact .25 and a 33.95 pellet at about 40 yards to the brain as well.
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Great work getting rid of these destructive animals! Would like an FX to add to my collection as well. I'm working up to it.
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The rain quit here and i got to go outside and tinker with the Ranger. If i take off the shroud nut and check down the barrel it is off center to the shroud. No matter how much i mess with it its still off a little bit before screwing on the shroud nut. I wonder if 3 or 4 rubber harmonic stabilizer rings from Terminador Outdoors on ebay could help keep the barrel centered while putting the shroud back on? I may order a set and try them out to see if these help. I have it shooting well again for now after messing with it for an hour. Happy shooting all!
Jacko_0106
HAM Shooter
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I got out too, fitted the shroud and back to shooting single hole groups.
Now, I played with the hammer spring adjustment. Doing quarter turns so 12 (stock), 3, 6 and 9 positions. Turning it to the right as people have said to increase speed.
Out of the box, average speed was 820fps with 16 grain air arms Diabolos, but after making changes to the hammer spring, my speeds were sorta inconsistent. So much so that I thought I went the wrong way. Turning it right, to the 9 o’clock clock position, the first two shots were 891 and 886 AND it stacked them on top of each other. But the next was in the 840s. And the rest bounced between high 840s and 870s. The average was around 870 fps so an increase for 50fps. Is this what other people have experienced?
- Foot-Pounds Energy (FPE):
- 891 ft/s → 28.21
- 886 ft/s → 27.94
- 876 ft/s → 27.27
- 846 ft/s → 25.49
- 873 ft/s → 27.07
- Standard Deviation (velocity): 15.63 ft/s
- Extreme Spread: 45 ft/s
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