I just got the barrel back, fixed. Put the gun together and went to mount the scope. However.... the high rings are not high enough to mount the 6.5-20x50 scope. The receiver is only a tiny bit higher than the barrel, so it is going to need extra high rings.
The high rings were just enough to mount my old Stoeger 3-9x40 scope. The medium rings I had before for the 3-9x40 only let the objective clear the barrel by maybe 1/32". Sometimes it would rub a bit.
Whatever rings you get, grumpy, get one level higher than you think you need for a given scope.
I'm getting between 5.5 and 9 FPE, depending on the pellets I use. The most powerful so far are CPH @ 9.2 FPE.
THE NUMBERS:
Pellet / Weight (gr.) / Velocity (fps) / Energy (ft-lbs.)
H&N Match / 7.6 / 601 / 6.1
H&N Field Target Trophy Power / 8.8 / 670 / 8.8
Crosman Premier Light / 7.9 / 687 / 8.3
Crosman Premier Heavy / 10.5 / 627 / 9.2
Skenco Pointed Poly Match / 4 / 804 / 5.7
Skenco Blue Arrow / 6.4 / 731 / 7.6
JSB Exact RS / 7.3 / 662 / 7.1
JSB Exact / 8.4 / 646 / 7.8
JSB Exact Heavy / 10.2 / 579 / 7.6
RWS Superdome / 8.3 / 657 / 8.0
RWS Basic / 7 / 688 / 7.4
RWS Meisterkugeln / 8.2 / 650 / 7.7
RWS Meisterkugeln Pistol / 7 / 677 / 7.1
RWS Supermag / 9.3 / 611 / 7.7
Beeman Kodiak / 10.65 / 593 / 8.3
PHOTOS:
(to be continued)