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 Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:29 pm |
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| Lupin |
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I've been using cheap copperhead BBs all my life. They were cheap and the only ones I could find that were Made in America. Now that I have gotten back into it, (I recently purchased the Benjamin Marauder - awesome!) I decided to revive my old 500 shot Daisy Model 105B as well.
I bought some "precision" BBs and was wondering if a drop of chamber oil in the container would lubricate the BBs, prevent rust, improve feed and increase speed.
Or would it just slow things down and hurt performance.
Who knows? I sure don't but was hoping someone here does.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 3:56 am |
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| Alstone |
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Any lubricant of any kind will slow down a bb and as the lubrication builds up in the barrel it will get worse. Keep the BB’s and the barrel dry for maximum fps.
Al
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:16 am |
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| Lupin |
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Thank you for the reply that I should keep the barrel and BBs dry for maximum fps. My (maybe erroneous) thinking was that a little lubrication on the bbs would keep them from oxidizing and would help fill in microscratches on an old barrel forming a better seal.
I can see how an oil film would increase drag but I argued with myself that it also increased the time in the tube for the compressed air to accelerate the BB.
I am an engineer and cannot resist mucking with stuff to make it better.  |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 2:54 am |
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| Stay away from Crosman bb's, they are awful. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:30 pm |
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Sadly I agree. I try to buy American Made but the copperheads are terrible - and have been for decades. They have pits and the cladding has loose edges. Before shooting them I would pour the whole container onto a towel and roll them around. Invariably there would be a bunch that stuck to the towel because the cladding was loose. I would also use compressed air to blow out the container that always had loose flecks of copper stuck to the sides and bottom.
I just bought 3 brands of precision BBs: Avanti, Daisy and Umarex. All three are beautiful but are made in China. Darn it. |
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