SIG SAUER X-FIVE .177 Pellet - This might be of help?

This bit of advice may be worth thinking about and could save you one big headache, which is what I now have after spending over an hour trying to dislodge a jammed pellet stuck inside and between my X-Five pistol and its magazine … oh yes … and this was the first time of firing so there was the added stress of having spent out on a pistol that costs on average £200 that was most likely heading for the repair shop, so here goes:

Now the first thing I noticed when I got the magazines was how ‘dry’ they were and the ‘belts’ would not rotate without a great deal of trouble, so the first thing I did was to lubricate and work these with Pellgunoil, until they swung round with very little effort.

When I loaded my 12g CO2 cartridge using the cam loading system for the first time, it was very stiff and then suddenly gave way, pinching a tiny bit of flesh between my thumb and 1st finger as it did so … hmmmm! … the next time it closed more easily, but I wore gloves just in case.

Loading the magazine into the pistol was easy although a little gritty, the slide was a little grainy when manually applied up against and activating the hammer and the trigger too felt dry, stiff and clunky when pulled.

Then a few pellets in and that was it … all jammed up and not even half a magazine used.

What would I do differently to help prevent the pesky pellet jamming again … not a guarantee of course, but since I have now done so, my Silver Bobby-dazzler works a dream? So here goes, the first thing is to bear in mind this air pistol is NOT field strippable, so there is very little access to get inside, so what I used to loosen things up was Pellgunoil. Now I know all about only using this sparingly and never down the inside of the barrel etc. but how else was I going to get in there I asked myself? Therefore, I used plenty – inside the barrel, front/back/sides of the trigger, top and both sides of the magazine via the access port behind the trigger. Then comes a good deal of careful jiggling and wiggling and eventually the magazine worked free and came out. Then I used a pistol mop down the barrel to clean and remove excess oil and wipe down the outside of the gun. I left the X-Five on kitchen towel for the rest of the evening on its side and for the next 24 hours or so, stood up so any the excess oil could drip out from the trigger port, but none did.

The next evening, I put in a fresh CO2 which went in with the cam loading system working effortlessly, I made several dry fires before loading the magazine with pellets and these fired cleanly and smoothly with no gritty, grindy or crunchy feeling so far. Now all I have to do is to wait for some dry weather to set up my range to test out the X-Five properly.