Mattsse wrote:
I read this forum quite often but I don't post a heck of a lot but I notice something often. So many people are lubing so many air rifles. Sometimes I wonder about this. I see a lot of people fixating on FPS and FPE, disassembling, lubing, reassembling. Cleaning out lube, using different lubes etc. Retesting FPS, relubing and so on.
I'm really not sure about anyone else but I don't really understand this, yes lube is important but so are so many other things. If you want tons of fps and fpe why not just buy a magnum powered airgun, or just go to a powder burner?
I think a lot of times people damage seals also disassembling and reassembling, while I understand lube is important and it's fun to take things apart I think it can do more damage than good sometimes. My CZ630 I disassembled after 20 years and gave her some lube. My phantom I also put some lube in when it was new, my diana 34 I just basically left it the way it came from the factory. I've never measured the fps but I've taken so many rabbits with my 34, probably near to a hundred since I got it. My cz630 has taken more pest birds than I could count. I have an idea of the fps on both but I don't know for sure. While it would be interesting to chrony them it really doesn't matter to me. What's more important is how I shoot them. You can lube and tune and do whatever you like to your diana 34 but I can shoot mine well and I know it's limitations, it's very effective for what I do with it. So I guess my point is I think lube is important but becoming familiar with your gun and shooting it often, knowing it like an old fried is really what makes a gun a fine shooter. Anyone who has shot for many years knows that feeling of picking up an old friend, you know the feeling of that gun in your hands, you could clean it, load it, fire it with your eyes closed. All the lube tunes in the world can't make up for that kind of intimate knowledge.
I'm not trying to put anyone down really, I just hate to see people damage something they like because they're trying to squeeze out a few more fps. Heck, growing up I never knew if I had a heavy trigger pull, or if the gun was not "smooth" or twangy. I just shot it until I learned how, then I shot it another 50,000 times.
Just my opinion,
Matt
Agree 100 %