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How to Increase the Power of a Beeman Pellet Gun

Pellet guns shoot projectiles with enough force to make them accurate weapons to use for target practice. You can increase the power of a Beeman pellet gun by oiling the spring assembly to decrease the friction when you fire your gun. You will need a few supplies from a drugstore or hobby store to lubricate, or ̶0;diesel,̶1; your pellet gun. This is a safe project, and the modification you make will not affect any warranty.

Things You'll Need

Newspaper
Phillips screwdriver
25-gauge surgical needle syringe
540 light machine oil

Instructions

- 1
  Put a newspaper down on your work service, and pull the magazine out of your Beeman pellet gun.
- 2
  Put the magazine on the newspaper, then put your Beeman pellet gun on its side on the newspaper as well.
- 3
  Remove the screws from around the top of your pellet gun with a Phillips screwdriver. The screws are on either side and at the back end, by the hammer.
- 4
  Wiggle the slide off the top of your pellet gun with your fingers. Put the slide on the newspaper.
- 5
  Wiggle the spring assembly off the top of your pellet gun with your fingers, and pull out the spring from the spring assembly. Put the spring and the spring assembly on the newspaper.
- 6
  Insert the end of a surgical needle syringe into an uncapped light machine oil can. Pull back on the plunger to fill the syringe with light machine oil.
- 7
  Place the needle of the syringe against the inside front end of the spring assembly. Push the plunger to inject the light machine oil into the spring assembly of your Beeman gun.
- 8
  Replace the spring into the spring assembly; the spring assembly into the top of your Beeman pellet gun; and the slide to the top of your gun.
- 9
  Replace all the screws, and tighten them with a Phillips screwdriver.

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