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I recently purchased a dozen Daisy 853 .177 caliber air rifles for our Scout Camp from the CMP. The guns were "factory-refurbished." The first time they were used by a local JROTC group four of the guns ended up with pellets stuck in the bore. A couple of them ended up with two or three pellets stuck in them. No way would a cleaning rod drive these out. I ended up using a propane torch to melt them out. Afterward, they shot just fine. My first thought was they were not getting sufficient pressure to push the pellet to full velocity so I shot them over my Chrony: 475-490 fps--right on the money. I have now shot them each a couple of dozen times with no repeat of stuck pellets.
My question is: How did the pellets get stuck? In backwards? Half pumped? Bad pellets? If someone here has some experience with these guns and can advise me as to what to watch out for that would be helpful. Since I wasn't there when it happened I can't figure what they were doing wrong. I want to get these guns into service in our camp's shooting program without problems.
My question is: How did the pellets get stuck? In backwards? Half pumped? Bad pellets? If someone here has some experience with these guns and can advise me as to what to watch out for that would be helpful. Since I wasn't there when it happened I can't figure what they were doing wrong. I want to get these guns into service in our camp's shooting program without problems.