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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Airgun Gate => : daved August 28, 2006, 02:19:40 PM
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About the best muzzle brake, or do you just not check you old posts? I left a couple of question for you on you Hunting gate post about the racoons. Specifically, how do you like the Genesis? The other question was, can you do barrels for a CFX, and if so, how much? I keep hearing that Gamo barrels are "oversized", if that's true, what would one be capable of with a choked match grade barrel? Any info would be much appreciated.
Dave
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I have checked a few barrels of Gamos with a hole gauge and they are the same size, it's where the pellet is inserted is different between rifle models, some are honed out to a larger diameter that other models..
Genesis rifle I would have to give it an 7, weak barrel lock up, barrel pivot bolt came loose on me 3 or 4 times before I fixed it so it stays put. It's a good shooter, and the stock is real comfortable
to grip, the scope is fair since I got a new one from them, the first one would go blurry every time you shot it, but they sent a replacment within two weeks. I have heard that most of the problems with the Genesis have been fixed by the factory.
I don't know if the .20 barrel would go on a CFX and what problems that would come across, I'll look into it some more.
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I guess I should have been more specific, I'd just as soon stay with .177. Cheap and easy to get pellets for, especially where I live. Just how does the CFX barrel attatch, anyway? So, match grade, choked .177 is what I'm looking for. Does that make it easier, or worse?
Dave
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the barrel screws into the breach like most all barels.
Getting a Match grade Walther barrel is easy, choked or unchoked right from Lothar Walther, price the barrel if I rember is $93.00 (That is a barrel in white, just a steel tube with rifleing)
I can't find the link now but I'll get it and post it for everyone.
Here is the Link to Lothar Walther air rifle barrels.
http://www.lothar-walther.de/html/262.php
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Would a choked barrel be ok for an Air Rifle? Don't know much about barrels... :)
Gene
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Choked !
http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/06/does-choked-barrel-improve-air-rifle.html
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So are you capable of cutting one to length and threading it to fit my CFX? I can handle the blueing, have done it several time over the years for various firearms. If not, who? And again, if yes, how much? Forgive me if I'm being a pest, that's really not my intent. Thanks.
Dave
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Yes sure, already did two rifles for myself. 1000SB Winchester and a Gamo Shadow 1000, and I just took the Winchester .177 barrel and put it in my .22 Shadow Supreme, and sold the .22 barrel.
The problem is I do not know what the thread pitch or diameter is with out dissembling the rifle so I can match the dimensions of Gamo. The only way I can find out is taking apart one of my CFX's.
I am thinking about putting a .20 barrel on my .22 CFX because I can find no use for .22 in a springer, it has a pellet trajectory like a kicked football. 22 is OK in PCP and cO2 other than a 1250.
The .20 barrels are 16 mm diameter but that is no problem because there is more than enough room for the larger barrel on a CFX, and would have to make a Muzzle Brake for the 16 mm barrel.
Price I would have to think about even doing a CFX.