Weakening Spring
If I leave My Condor Cocked over night the next day if I shoot it it will barely kick the pellet out. Next shot isn’t much better. It takes a while before the spring strengthens up. Is there a remedy for this?
I Know I shouldn’t leave it cocked a long period of time but perhaps I should Beef it up some.
Thanks
ZITON
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MONEYSHOT…….lol. I bet.
Century Springs name brand who i used to use, had some springs that would loose compression strength pretty dog on easily. Especially if ya had super heavy hammers. A switch to McMaster Carr springs helped a million fold…lol. But even those, i don’t leave my guns cocked. My Condor also gets its power adjuster turned back down to zero after each shooting session too
good point, tof…
trust me, if youve ever stripped the trigger group in these guns and saw the material and construction of these parts, you may not want to cock it again! 😯
As said above, NEVER KEEP A SPRING COMPRESSED. Bad form all the way around. There are better materials for springs and there are springs that are made up of different materials. Spring steel, die springs, stainless steel springs, and cold rolled springs…etc..etc. are all different and have different properties.
Just do a google search on what materials springs are made of and what the different properties are or just visit MacMaster Carr’s website and look up springs.
Keeping your gun cocked for days at a time or even hours at a time puts unecessary stress on parts like your trigger and trigger sear. And lord, you don’t want to break your trigger sear or fatigue it also.
you know, spring fatigue is one of the last problems we have yet to circumvent. preload may take care of it temporarily, but will eventually make your problem worse. as a matter of principle, i never leave a spring compressed(cocked) any longer than is necessary.
one of my very first posts here was to propose a variable fill gas ram that has a hollow center section to accomodate the AF platform. to make a simple, user serviceable gas ram to replace the mainspring will not only solve spring fatigue, but will allow an infinite spectrum of striking force on the valve, allow the option to all but eliminate preload if desired, quicken lock time, and i believe will signifigantly smooth out operation. i for one would dedicate all of my time to perfecting such a unit if i had the adequate resources. my idea was apparently not well recieved, however, as nobody responded to the idea…oh well. i can dream… 🙄
You need to keep the hammer dropped, Now if you have her loaded, just use one hand to hold the breech open against the hammer and while doing that squeeze the trigger and then with the hand your holding the breech open, allow it to shut and let the hammer come down easy…
You can leave the pellet in the barrel ready, you just don’t really need to leave the rifle cocked and ready to fire…
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is it cold were u shoot if u go from outside to inside over night the tank pressure can rise causing some valve lock cause of the higher pressure