New gun

[paddy.t 8]

Got myself a new xs78 on saturday, find it a brilliant gun, just need to zero scopes no recoil what so ever.

 

 

 

Just thought i would pop it up, cost me £120 with 12 Co2 cartridges and pellets

 

 

 

Cheers ATB paddy

Edited July 6, 2008 by paddy.t

[Guest buster321c]

Nobody will tell you how to tune up an air gun online mate , and if you talk about it too much the thread will get pulled

[paddy.t 8]

Nobody will tell you how to tune up an air gun online mate , and if you talk about it too much the thread will get pulled

 

 

ok mate, ill take it down local gun-smith. cheers for warning

[Guest buster321c]

Is it a QB78 Deluxe?

[paddy.t 8]

Is it a QB78 Deluxe?

 

 

yeah sorry it is

[Malt 379]

My mate across the road has got one of those, it's dead quiet.

[Coney 3]

Like the finishing touches such as the brass trigger/cocking bolt........nice, keep us posted on how you get on with it.

[paddy.t 8]

yeah better than the mat black bolt and trigger. it will look much better with moderator and higher scope mounts, maybe even a 7shot mag

[Biffo1262 0]

All the tuning information IS in the public domain my friend, try the (Site Reference Pulled - CJ) site. Just be careful what you do and make sure you use a chrono. Do NOT tune it to more than 11.3 ft lbs in WARM weather as if gets hotter you will find your gun over the legal limit. If you don't feel confident doing it yourself and bear in mind the FULL tune is designed to take the gun over UK FAC levels there are companies that do the service for you. Ian Lamb of QB Tune is this countrys recognised expert tuner and the last time I used him it was £50 really well spent. He is also a mine of useful information as regards tuning and is perfectly willing to share his expertise and knowledge, in fact, try stopping him once he's in full flow. The minor tune is basically a debur and polish of all internal components, ( I do mean POLISH) including the inside of the hammer and bolt tubes, widening the hole in (.22)or extending (.177) the pellet probe to increase and improve gas flow, drilling the transfer port to shape the underside into a cone (very careful here), a re-seal and trigger tune. This should be enough to take your gun from it's usual "out-of-the-box" 8/9 ft lbs to 11+ ft lbs. Perfectly adequate for hunting. Get yourself a 1/2" unf adapter and a decent silencer (don't even think about the SMK model as it's like hanging a beer keg on the end of your barrel and the active baffles inside it get distorted very quickly affecting accuracy greatly - it's junk mate). Blackpool Air rifles are doing the Logun CCFC silencer for £29.95 which is a £28 saving on a carbon fibre silencer. Padded out with a few layers of J cloth its pretty good. My gun loves Accupels, Air Arms Diabolos or even the cheaper Wasps. Pointed pellets don't go so well in this barrel it seems even at short ranges.

 

I reiterate - if you do not feel confident enough to do this yourself - THEN DON'T DO IT - you could end up junking your gun or worse still, having your collar felt by plod.

 

This post is in NO WAY intended to be a definitive tuning guide. In fact there are NO details in the post on how to tune it. Anyone who wants to find one will find it easily enough. As a responsible gun owner I merely point out that they can be tuned and the general way of doing it. Anyone who tries to do a tune off my post WILL wreck their gun as there are no details to work with. I still advise anyone wanting to tune one of these guns to go to a professional such as QB Tune.

Edited July 22, 2008 by ChrisJones

[hughesey1552 0]

thats a very nice looking gun indeed and all the posts from my fellow mancunian biffo are maybe making the SMK guns a little more attractive to me due to their cheap price but im still very tempted to save a little longer and get a lightening tactical or an s200 :S but yeah, nice gun mate and happy hunting.

[ChrisJones 7,975]

I reiterate - if you do not feel confident enough to do this yourself - THEN DON'T DO IT - you could end up junking your gun or worse still, having your collar felt by plod.

 

This post is in NO WAY intended to be a definitive tuning guide. In fact there are NO details in the post on how to tune it. Anyone who wants to find one will find it easily enough. As a responsible gun owner I merely point out that they can be tuned and the general way of doing it. Anyone who tries to do a tune off my post WILL wreck their gun as there are no details to work with. I still advise anyone wanting to tune one of these guns to go to a professional such as QB Tune.

I think Buster was getting at our forum policy. Basically we don't allow rifle tunes, on here, and any information to tuning will be pulled.

 

Nothing wrong with talking about it but this forum has been used as a sourcing ground, for various legal and journalistic purposes and we can't allow a free for all on tuning info.

 

Yes it's available. Yes it's easy to find. But I won't allow this forum's airgun section to be quoted by our opponents and used as a stick to beat the shooting community with.

 

If paddy wants to tune his gun up, that's entirely up to him. What he does off the forum is his business. If he wants to post details of how to do it, I'll delete them, anything on here is my business.

 

YIS...

 

Chris.

[Biffo1262 0]

thats a very nice looking gun indeed and all the posts from my fellow mancunian biffo are maybe making the SMK guns a little more attractive to me due to their cheap price but im still very tempted to save a little longer and get a lightening tactical or an s200 :S but yeah, nice gun mate and happy hunting.

 

 

I would say that is the best way to go about it. Quite honestly I did it the wrong way round. I got the XS78 before the S400 and spent a lot more on it than I intended to. The best way is as you have intimated. Get the gun you REALLY want first and then when you have the time and a little cash pick up an XS or QB78 and then tune and customise it at your leisure. That way you are still shooting and also have a project on the go. These gun also make superb full 6ft/lb pistols and that's something I'm seriously thinking of having a go at. BTW if you want to have a shoot with the gun PM me and I'll arrange a trip to our range one Sunday for you. The other members will be only too willing to let you try any of their equipment as choosing your first gun can either be a joy or a total anti-climax.

Edited July 23, 2008 by Biffo1262