Plinkin,

I didn't take my bolt apart when I applied the grease. I just dabbed some on where the bolt was rubbing against the internal "stuff" as I figured that's where the issue probably was anyway. I suppose if you pull the bolt apart and study it you could figure out where it needs some polishing and have it smoothed out faster.

As for trying Lil'Gun, no. I have not tried it. I went right to H-335 as that's what I used for loading my .17 Fireball with great accuracy success, and as for the bullet weight, again, I used the 25gr. Berger's because I had them, they proved very accurate in the Fireball, and again, proved accurate in the Hornet using H-335. I also loaded up the Berger 20gr. and they proved very accurate using H-335 as well. I like a hevier 25gr. bullet in the .17 caliber. BTW, for the 25gr. Berger I chronyed them at an average of 3032fps from the Hornet.