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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => China Gate => : Lindros88 March 31, 2010, 10:23:23 AM
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So I was all excited to open my new toy. Ripped it open and find a nice shiny stock, no dings or obvious marks or scuffs. The trigger is a nice trade up from the very stiff falcon hunter trigger. The hooded front sight is a nice touch as well. A few loose screws and about 25 minutes cleaning the gunk out of the barrel and I am ready to start running a few pellets through it. Man the first shot was a doozie, the ears are still ringing. I was shooting in my basement and after about 15 pellets the room was full of smoke. So I keep shooting and cleaning, not really focusing on poi to much. Once I feel ready to start testing some groups I quickly notice the shots are 5 inches high with the iron sights dialed down as low as they will go, that was the case from both 10 meters and 15 meters.
I read a few other threads about droop and reverse droop, and people correcting with a vice or other means of bending the barrel. I am not sure I feel confident in that method. Does anyone have another method of correcting this issue? Something that I might be able to do rather then simply sending the gun back and waiting for them to fix it or replace it.
On another note I ran it through the chrony today and was pretty happy. cphp 898-907 fps (15 shoots), which untuned, not broken in makes me pretty happy. I am getting decent groups with the cphps too so just need to get these 5 inches under control.
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You should speak with Mike Melick and see what he says. You are still under warrantee
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Shipped back today. As a result of the long weekend they won't receive it before Wed of next week. Will post the results of the techs conclusions for general knowledge when I get them.
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Mike always takes care of his people...
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I may be misunderstanding...but just so you know this isn't an MM gun. Wish it was though. How would i get it in Canada though?
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Canada shipments are no problem as long as you have the paperwork for the higher powered stuff....just costs a bit more to ship is all.....tell your folks to get in touch with me as I take care of any problems with the Xisico rifles...don't bother the boys in Houston, way to much for them to do as it is...Mike
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Hi Mike,
Thanks for offering to step in. I forwarded your offer to the shop that sold me the gun. Have to wait and see what they say. I hope I am not making an issue out of nothing. I mean with a scope I could probably just shim a scope or may be even have enough adjustment in the scope to correct for the problem. But I like to shoot open sights and the irons but don't want to have to guess my poi. I don't actually believe my barrel to be bent so, is it just a matter of an inappropriate front sight for this gun or do you think something is off to make it shoot so high, I don't see blow back marks where air could be escaping, I do see some light around most pellets I load in the gun though, (heavy and light pellets).
Cheers, Edward