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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2010, 06:39:07 AM »
Ok thanks....   I know he does great work but $800 is just a tad out of my reach....  

If I went with GD I would just want the stock Crosman rifle (barrel)  and have him tune that....  

Thanks for the info.....

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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2010, 07:09:04 AM »
Well he'll do that,  the reason mine was so much from him was I also bought the rifle off of him to do the work on, he is an autherized Croamsn dealer as well. if you just want the factory BBL he'll make sure you get a good  BBl on a tuned rifle from him!

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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2010, 07:14:46 AM »
The reason the Lothar Wather BBL are so desired on these guns is because they'll shoot just about any pellet you want out of them accurately as where the Crosman BBL's can be very pellet fussy

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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2010, 08:18:58 AM »
Thanks for the info  :)

Maybe by the time the .25's come out I'll have the extra $ for the L/W barrel, it would be nice to have more pellet flexibility....

Jeff
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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #19 on: February 14, 2010, 11:34:22 AM »
I still think i would just have him throw in an extra Crosman barrel.  I am really wanting a 25 marauder, but think that one of the "not good enough" .22 or .177 crosman barrels in the same box with a magazine or two would be "good enough" for me.

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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2010, 02:19:15 AM »
I took my .25 caliber B28 out for a quick chrony test today. It was only a bit over 20 degrees out in southwestern Indiana this morning so I only ran (1) 5 shot string with each pellet listed. The muzzle of the B28 was approximately 6 feet from the muzzle. It is far too cold to set up and do any accuracy testing.

JSB Exact King 25.4 grain pellet - 612 fps/ 21.1 fpe

Beeman Silver Arrow 24.3 grain pellet - 609 fps/ 20 fpe

Beeman Silver Bear 26.42 grain pellet - 608 fps/ 21.69 fpe

Chinese 25.6 grain pellet - 599 fps/ 20.4 fpe

I was really hoping to get up around 25 fpe with the .25 caliber B28. Perhaps because it was so cold and that the gun has less than 30-40 pellets through it may account for the low numbers. Or maybe I am just expecting a bit more than the B28 is capable of with the .25 caliber pellets. I think I remember Mike Mileck stating he estimated these .25 caliber B28's to achieve about 21-22 fpe in a thread a few months back. If my gun is the norm then he was right on the money. I'll get the B28 broken in when warmer weather gets here in a month of so and after 500-1000 pellets I'll chrony her again and see if velocity improves and which pellets prove to be the most accurate. I've also got a custom spring compressor ordered and I'm looking forward learning how to take these springers apart and learning how to tune one for smoother shooting...this B28 is the harshest springer I have shot besides a Gamo Hunter Extreme. There is a significant difference between the B28 and my .22 RWS 350 which it is copied after but I have around 1500+ pellets shot through 350 so far. Still, I do not remember the RWS 350 being quite as violent throughout it's shot cycle.

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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2010, 04:51:14 AM »
Enjoyed your post.... I've been considering getting a .25 cal B-28  but was waiting for some "real world" fps numbers to come out......

Jeff
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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2010, 02:18:50 PM »
At that FPS wouldn't the trajectory of those heavy pellets look like a basketball?  I mean .25 is intriguing but isn't it pushing the gun a little far?  I'm just not sure of a springer for hunting that would have limited range (that is just a guesstimate, I try and keep all my shots at short range except for the little critters).
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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2010, 02:33:26 PM »
I was hoping the .25 B28 would give better numbers than that but it is just about what MM said the numbers would be.  I think I'd rather wait and see what kind of numbers the new Trail XL 1100 puts out in .25

Early reports have the XL pushing 14.3 gr .22 cal pellets around 925 fps which is very impressive indeed.... will be interesting to see the numbers in .25 cal....

Jeff
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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #24 on: February 27, 2010, 03:02:41 PM »
That is pretty good!  I may have to save my $$$ for one :)  

(Though I really want a Cometa of some sort)
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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #25 on: February 27, 2010, 03:06:44 PM »
I would agree atchman2. None of the .25 caliber springers have the trajectory of the more powerful .177, .20, or 22 caliber spring guns. Even the most powerful of the .25 springers are lucky to break the 700 fps mark with the 25-27 grain pellets and some will not do that unless someone has altered them to such an extent they are no longer an actual example of the factory gun. At least this is what reputable professional writers/reviewers have reported. But I also know some examples do exceed the norm...but my B28 does not. There is only so much a springer can do unless it is made so large the dimensions start to border on the absurd. While I am sure many are quite good shots at 75+ yards with their large powerful .25 calibers I would think the rainbow trajectory would make extended range hits difficult. A PCP would be the way to go in my mind for hurling the big .25 caliber projectiles at ranges longer than 40 or 50 yards as they are much more powerful. The B28 I have seems to be running about 50-60 fps slower than the more powerful stock springers. Hopefully it will settle in close to the 650 fps range. I may have to have it tuned. Still I think it should prove good out to 30 yards or so and the reason I bought the .25 caliber isn't because I needed it...it was because I wanted it.  I like to shoot and experiment with all types of guns. It's a hobby I take enjoyment out of. I'm not just all about "my gun is more powerful than yours so it must be better". I just purchased (2) QB-78s last week in both .22 and .177 caliber and they are great fun. When the wife is gone I shoot them in the house due to their low power. I will soon purchase a HW50s and someday I will stumble across a .25 Webley Patriot/Crow Magnum on a used gun rack and shall make it mine. My wife thinks I'm nuts...she may be right.

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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #26 on: February 27, 2010, 03:17:17 PM »
Just having them to shoot is cool.  I just know that when I put heavy pellets into my lighter guns they rainbow like crazy.
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Re: .25 Cal B-28
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2010, 04:33:05 AM »
I read somewhere that the BSA Lightning xl got better numbers than that with FTS. I wanted one of the b's in .25 cal but I think I'll wait to see what the mrod does. The weight to power ratio just isn't there for me to spend the money
Jason
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