Benjamin Akela barrel polish

Hi guys just got the result of the final barrel polish here really happy with how it came out, the rifles really grouping well now and the rifle is coming together nicely. Thanks for watching.

[@philbate5555]

Great video once again Jake, ever since you showed me how to polish up a barrel I've now done all 5 of my rifles and I definitely got tightened up group's on all the rifles so thank you for that . Look forward to the next one mate .

[@sub12airgunners]

Thanks Phil, A little polishing goes a long way. Thanks for watching.

[@WilliamHemmingsen]

I did this to my barrel and I went from 2" groups down to about 3/4" . Thanks for the info!

[@sub12airgunners]

glad it helped 😁

[@Hemnmahmmod]

Man you are truly genius, i never thought about this way to clean and polish the barrel.... 👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@sub12airgunners]

it really does work on some barrels 👍

[@Hemnmahmmod]

@@sub12airgunners ... I believe it is much easier than using mobs and cleaning rods

[@lisawood516]

Wow, results are brilliant!! very interesting. Thanks Jake!.

[@sub12airgunners]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.

[@jasonnewton3842]

Another great vid,well explained and great results.

[@sub12airgunners]

No problem thanks for watching.

[@marcfelstead2546]

Very informative video as usual.

[@sub12airgunners]

Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for watching.

[@Crazy_Dave]

Invaluable knowledge thank you for sharing.

[@sub12airgunners]

thank you for watching 👍

[@sniperNervousfinger45]

Perfect my friend

[@kandardkanju729]

Good job👍👍

[@riaandewinnaar5040]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge...

[@sub12airgunners]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@tonyrebelo3038]

Flippin 'eck Jake, what a result! Let me know when you're free and I'll gladly pass you mine for some of that fettling magic 😉👍

[@sub12airgunners]

Thanks Tony, it did turn out well, we weren't sure if we could get away without re barreling the rifle, but its surprised us. Thanks for watching.

[@jaytee8188]

Thanks Jeff, that’s amazing 50m accuracy, great tips there for many to follow. “Smarge”… great word which I will steal, thank you very much. 🤣

[@sub12airgunners]

Glad it was helpful! Smarge a little more than a tad, but a little less than a gob. Thanks for watching

[@jaytee8188]

@@sub12airgunners 😆

[@heithwatkins]

Excellent video 🎯 Liked and subscribed. 👍

[@sub12airgunners]

Thanks appreciate that. Thanks for watching.

[@danny007boy123]

nice ones ! i reckon 50yds is the proof of the pudding and thx for doing it ! im gonna do all my barrels too !

[@sub12airgunners]

50 yards is defiantly a good test for a rifle, good luck with the barrels, take it a little at a time and they will turn out fine. Thanks for watching.

[@maff2008]

Brilliant.

[@sub12airgunners]

thank you

[@papaoskie]

stx barrel choke is so tight i did polished mine. and the result is awesome. i used 7000 grit polishing paper then finish it with metal polish.

[@sub12airgunners]

They can be quite tight, its funny though I have had STX liners with super tight chokes that have worked really well, albeit at lower powers (

[@papaoskie]

@@sub12airgunners true! stx barrel choke are tight but works well on jsb pellets. mine now works on any good pellets... thanks again and more power on your channel..

[@user-uo6ho9ul8m]

very good

[@CaptGus]

Thanks. Getting my first pcp Delivered this Friday. I’m usually AR and AK guy but thought I’d give this Air rifle stuff a try and save some money on ammo and time. I’m getting the Walther Reign bullpup in .22 Found your video very informative, thank you. I wasn’t sure if I want to switch the charging handle to the left side but if I have to break this thing in half to do that . So polishing the barrel will make it worth my time doing both. Or if I don’t have to polish and I’m lucky at least I’ll know I don’t have a barrel problem. Who am I kidding ! All gun people like to tinker with their toys we can’t help it.

[@sub12airgunners]

Ifs its not broke fix it till it is, but tinkering and messing around with the rifles is most of the fun for us trying new things and getting results is much more fun then just shooting on its own, good luck with your future tinkerings. Thanks for watching.

[@FreeFarmPestControlUK]

Very very impressive 👏 UKs best Benjamin? I'd definitely say so 👌 If you actually stop and consider what this gun was out the box i.e a budget mass made Turkish rifle it really does just go to show what a bit of tune and fettle can really do especially when carried out by someone such as yourself 😁👍 Brilliant watch as ever 👌 keep em coming the more technical the better 🙂 atb

[@sub12airgunners]

Thanks mate, the Benjamin has really surprised us, we though there was no way we could get away without re-barreling the rifle and doing a bunch of re machining, but as of now we have done very little in terms of specialist work and its transformed the rifle, shoved a reg in and give the barrel a ruddy good polish and getting a sub 6mm c2c group at 50 yards, more work to come. Thanks for watching.

[@josephsharp8885]

My choke seems very tight groups at . 62 will doing this to help loosen choke. How many times back and forth with lapping compound. Have polished lightly 3 times but didn't concentrate on choke

[@sonan7216]

Hello, the question is not about Leshy but please, if you are so kind, have an idea of what pressure the regulator of the weihrauch s 100 5.5 needs so that between 45 and 50 joules with JSB yumbo heavy, thank you

[@daleweller5193]

How did you get the barrel out of the rifle?

[@Japs_Eye_Of_The_Tiger]

Thanks very much.

[@sub12airgunners]

Your welcome, Thanks for watching.

[@user-fz8fy4zl1c]

Could an old bore snake be used for polishing? Great video as usual 👌

[@daleweller5193]

I don’t shoot in the winter so I am going to clean and reseal and know smooth the barrel, thanks.

[@vincehogg8935]

Most other barrel polishing demos they are adamant you don’t go past the end so the crown doesn’t get rounded, but they are all using rods. Difficult if you are trying to sort out the choke. Do you think it’s so important to avoid going over the crown?

[@mkaz3997]

Really elegant solution mate! Love it. What would you suggest is best for cleaning out the autosol after polishing?

[@sub12airgunners]

i use wd40 to give it the first clean then i use my pull through, but you do need to give it a really good clean 😁

[@mkaz3997]

@@sub12airgunners Got a bit of that lying about...what about the napier stuff? Any good?

[@1RichardrahciR1]

Thanks, what do you use to push the pellet through with?

[@sub12airgunners]

we use a carbon rod 👍

[@MrRockstar1968]

I prefer the Patchworm barrel cleaner, it does a deeper and more thorough clean then other barrel cleaners. I also believe the choked barrels cause more problems than not, as they cause lead to build up in the barrel.

[@sub12airgunners]

Yes i have un choked barrels that are great, i have found that they are a bit more pellet fussy though 👍

[@MrRockstar1968]

@@sub12airgunners I tested 100 brands and weights of pellets on my BSA Lightning choked barrel and only 28 of them grouped within 25mm within a 10p pence piece. Only 9 grouped within 20mm, 4 grouped within 14mm and 2 grouped within 10mm. Though after multiple tests with the tighter grouping pellets they began to have the of flyer producing wider groups.

[@v6pulsar]

Hi Jake, great videos and superb engineering. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. What diameter is your carbon fibre push rod please?

[@sub12airgunners]

thank you, we have 2 for .177 3mm .22 4mm 👍

[@cbkipper]

Please excuse my ignorance as I am new to modern air rifle shooting and am waiting for my police approval before I can join my local club. I hoping to invest in a pcp rifle once I have learnt to shoot my old Weihrauch HW77. I am absolutely amazed at your skill in gun engineering and the fantastic results you have achieved with this rifle. My question, again please excuse my ignorance is WHY don't the manufacturers carry out this work in the first place to improve their product is it simply a question of cost ?. So impressed I have subscribed thanks so much.

[@sub12airgunners]

Its just cost, this rifle cost less than £600 new, and to check every rifle at a range and tune them to make them good would take too much time/ money, the thing is they work on volume some will be useless and some will be fantastic, we had one in the club that straight out the box was phenomenal, its just how lucky you are. Thanks for watching.

[@cubaniton74]

Thank you. You said in the video that "you can go too far when polishing barrels", and my question is, has that ever happened to you or anyone you know? And what was the result from too much polishing? Thank you ahead of time.

[@sub12airgunners]

yes what tends to happen is the crown or the lead gets uneven and you get flyers from the pellet loading badly or leaving the crown one side before the other

[@Leo-qj3wr]

Hi mate, as a hobby machinist an airgun enthusiast your videos are very interesting. I got a r5m .25 that the first 20 cm are very tight then loose a bit and tight again in the choke, never have consistent results with it. Looking inside the barrel look very good and shiny . I'm afraid to screw up if I polish , what do you think? Thanks

[@Leo-qj3wr]

And the pellet entrance is a little bit sharp to . Got very good results couple of years ago cutting the choke in a hw 100 barrel and polishing the crown

[@sub12airgunners]

if you go slow and steady you should be fine, if the lead is a little sharp start there, the pellet should feed in with a bit of resistance but no real force, chokes are funny things and pellet choice can make a huge difference, if it feels excessively tight you could benefit from taking some material out of it. Thanks for watching.

[@darrenmower3647]

Cracking vid as always jake 👍, I'd love you to work your magic on my fx maverick.

[@sub12airgunners]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@Lucas-ix8bg]

Hi can we use car paint scratch remover paste too to polish the barrel. I see traces of lead shining on my barrel port each i remove the barrel to clean.

[@sub12airgunners]

hi yes you can just to clean and polish the surface still be carful of the crown 👍

[@Lucas-ix8bg]

@@sub12airgunners hey thanks. Quite new to pcp. I found out my barrel was not seated properly and the two hex screws that holds the barrel to the breech were not in their slots. The pellets were probably being fired with skirts still on the port. I will slightly polish the breech.

[@sub12airgunners]

Anything you can do to make the pellet enter the barrel / rifling smoothly will all help 👍👍

[@raysimon1368]

Very good videos sir we have a lot in common I'm a retired machinist and avid air gunner just bought a fx impact would like to make my own barrel also have a small lathe and mill but my lathe does not have change gears for metric thread pitches looks like you all across the pond like your shafts polished real good too thank very much nice maching work too what brand is your mill and lathe love your quick change toolpost looks like a myford

[@sub12airgunners]

Hi glad you enjoyed, both are Warco machines, they are Chinese imports but they work well enough for my work. Thanks for watching.

[@saghirafridi4022]

Hi, If autosol cream applied to clean the barrel then the n is cream application harm the bore of barrel or not? Is any change occur in dia or not. 5.52 to 5.54

[@sub12airgunners]

no the cream just polishes out very small imperfections 👍

[@saghirafridi4022]

@@sub12airgunners thanks a reply

[@anthonyclark8766]

I polished my rm8 barrel and now it has lost half it power have I done something wrong. Anthony

[@sub12airgunners]

probably damaged a seal 😀

[@seyhmusaltunsoz3675]

👍

[@sub12airgunners]

👍 Thanks for watching.

[@nigelbase1196]

All I can say is that barrel steel must be soft to be able to remove metal with a piece of string and some metal polish!

[@sub12airgunners]

Its an abrasive action the auto- sol contains aluminium oxide which we impregnate into the string, aluminium oxide is just a little softer than diamond. The metal isn't soft the aluminum oxide is just much harder. Thanks for watching.

[@davekendrick7231]

Do you need to wash out the polish after you’ve done it

[@sub12airgunners]

Yep leave no trace of the metal polish in the barrel, I used the Napier pull through with some ballistol to get it nice and clean. Thanks for watching.

[@lenweber7142]

I've found the breach end with a good funnel shape polish take the pellet picky out!! No more nicks entering the back of the barrel or goin across the transfer port hole,,. And very light thin silicon oil the pellets give a tighter group too 😁,,.

[@wellsgb1957]

Thank you... Where can people, purchase your Airgun related merchandise?

[@sub12airgunners]

Thanks we list everything we sell on ebay. Thanks for watching. www.ebay.co.uk/sch/geoffeve-7/m.html?item=373781114992&hash=item5707173070%3Ag%3AJ5EAAOSwNwpgWKA7&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

[@benjaminbasterrechea3366]

Hi friend, I just got one and I need your help. I left it in a closet one day and my 8 years old son took apart the barrel protector were a spring and some plastic cups are wish I fund all over. Just I need to know the position of everything. I'll appreciate your help.

[@jeffhello1444]

👌😁👏

[@sub12airgunners]

👍 Thanks for watching

[@myadventureman2636]

🙂🙂

[@sub12airgunners]

thanks for watching

[@philpinkney9238]

Do you lead a barrel after a polish?

[@sub12airgunners]

Good question, I push a pellet through straight after polishing and cleaning the barrel, and get a feel for it, if its still rough I give it another polish, but when I am happy, I just put it back on the rifle and shoot it, usually after a polish the barrel takes half the amount of leading up, this barrel needs less than 50 pellets to re lead after a clean, and shooting it all Saturday I never felt the barrel could use a clean. Thanks for watching.

[@philpinkney9238]

@@sub12airgunners interesting, would you say the same would apply to a fx St barrel? Was that petes airgun farm you were at

[@davidmcarthur7029]

What do you use for polish?

[@sub12airgunners]

Auto sol metal polish, Thanks for watching

[@davidmcarthur7029]

@@sub12airgunners Thanks

[@markboulton7075]

How do remove anti tamper to remove barrel mine metal I can’t move it 😢

[@sub12airgunners]

have you removed the second grub screw they sometimes have 2 in the same hole

[@markboulton7075]

@@sub12airgunners it’s definitely anti tamper disc but pretty substantial metal

[@juanguzmanflores6975]

Por lo poco que conosco de rifles de aire comprmido son los que poseen un buen largo de cañon estrias bajas y ojala 16 estrias son los mas rapidos y presisos el motivo poco rose del pelet al transitar por el cañon el echo de que sean las estrias vajas deja escapar menos presion de aire entre el pelet y las estrias y sumando al cañon largo te vrindan un mallor alcanse y mallor presision

[@muhammadfarooqfaridi524]

1 PELLET WITH MOBL OIL ONE FIRE BEREL CLEEN NO PROBLIM

[@juanguzmanflores6975]

El como lo comprove simple use distintos rifles durante años asta qué optuve un norica de compañia española y manofactura americana y veia ke la presision era exstraordinaria para ser un rifle resortero tambien beia el alcanse para ser un rifle de solo 70 sentimetros de largo incluido culata y cañon a esto le sumava ke la potensia entregada me permitia asertar a vlancos a 50 metros aun con la condisionante ke su resorte ya estava vastante averiado me pregunte ke susede si pongo este cañon en un norica mas potente y la presision alcanse segia siendo aun mallor compare el cañon del modelo 170 de norica calibre 4,5 milimetros con el 5 ,5milimetros y vi las grandes diferensias estrian mui ondas en la malloria de los rifles y gran parte de eyos tenian 14 estrias mientras ke el 170 norica poseia 16 estrias bajas y un largo de cañon identico al de el promedio de los demas rifles ai me di cuenta ke son solo 3 cosas ke te dan presision estrias vajas ojala las 16 estrias y un largo de cañon apropiado a la potensia del rifle es tan simple como eso para optener vuenos tiros a distancia y en opjetivos pekeños

[@OriginalMarkyBoy]

It’s not rocket science 😝 No it’s more impressive than that 👍🏽😜✌🏼 Good lad 👍🏽

[@sub12airgunners]

Thanks Mark, amazing what a little string and some metal polish can do. Thanks for watching.

[@rolandomartinez9299]

Would you do that for me? 😂😂🤔

[@sub12airgunners]

Sorry we can't work on other peoples rifles, we don't have an RFD licence, you can do it your self though its not hard and if you take a little at a time and test between polishes you will be able to manage it. Thanks for watching.