No such thing as an ignorant question regarding this at all.
Due to the different size breech diameters, you will need a .177 cal. "bolt" as well.
The .22 is too large to go into the smaller bore far enough to make an air-tight seal.
If you are interested in tight shooting, the crosman store may have some choked Lothar Walther
bbls left in stock. They will require even further modification.
Personally, the standard 13-77 bbl's are plenty accurate enough.
I am fairly certain the choked L/W bbl's were designed around the R-10 match pellet, and unless you are going to be shooting at a high competition level, are not an extreme necessity.
For all the playing around and time involved, I decided that the 13-XX series is cheep enough to have one of each caliber, but that's just me. I have done both conversions though.
If you are on the SBK steel breech, this change has a bit more accuracy potential over the plastic factory variant.
Regards,
Doc Sharptail
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