ATN COCKING LEVER, INSTALLATION, AND ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED!
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YES! It’s all metal. It’s quality construction!
The kit contains loose parts that YOU will need to install. Most of the kit is pre-assembled, so don’t panic when you look at the picture and don’t see corresponding parts in the bags.
First….the parts list… but some are already assembled in the kit, note my arrows as I tried to determine if everything arrived:
Now, this is how all the parts ended up as “assembled” or “loose”….note there are only six parts you actually need to ‘install’.
Here are the parts you need to attach…two short screws in the front, two long screws in the rear that attach the cocking block to the side of the gun, and finally one screw to attach to the gun’s internal cocking bolt. That’s five (5) moving parts to attach…the cover plate does have a right and wrong side! Look for the side with the angled hole entries, that side faces out.
Now…a word of warning, take note, at the far right of the below image, the block the lever is hinged to (201) and it’s two screws (210)…are ADJUSTABLE parts, and must be leveled before tightened in place. Fail to do this correctly and the gun won’t cock smoothly, if at all. Bold print at bottom of post explains all….
I’m going with a left handed installation.
CRITICAL INSTALLATION CORRECTION…MUST READ!!!
THE LEVER (PART 204) ATTACHED TO PART 205 MUST BE LINED UP CORRECTLY BEFORE TIGHTENING THE TWO LONG SCREWS THAT HOLD PART 201 IN PLACE AGAINST THE SIDE PLATE! PART 201 IS ADJUSTABLE IN POSITION TO PERMIT THE COCKING LEVER TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY, IT IS THEN LOCKED IN PLACE BY THE TWO LONG SCREWS (PARTS 210).
I suggest the following sequence…
1) SNUG-TIGHTEN THE FRONT TWO SCREWS, THEN START THE TWO LONG SCREWS THAT HOLD PART 201 TO THE SIDE PLATE, LEAVE THEM LOOSE.
2) NOW ATTACH PART 205 WITH THE THICK SCREW 208 TO THE SLIDING CYLINDER INSIDE THE GUN…YOU MAY TIGHTEN IT FIRMLY AT THIS TIME.
3) THIS IS IMPORTANT…YOU MUST “ADJUST” THE ANGLE OF PART 201, THE HINGE BLOCK, SO THE COCKING LEVER IS LEVEL AND SLIDES BACK AND FORTH SMOOTHLY! PART 201 DOES NOT SCREW AUTOMATICALLY INTO IT’S CORRECT POSITION.
4) YOU MUST GENTLY ADJUST PART 201 UP/DOWN UNTIL THE ATTACHED COCKING LEVER TRAVELS LEVEL AND EVEN INSIDE THE SIDE PLATE. FAILURE TO DO THIS CAUSES PART 205 TO “GRIND” AGAINST THE COVER PLATE, AND THE COCKING LEVER BECOMES EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE.
5) ONCE THE COCKING LEVER MOVES BACK AND FORTH, BUTTERY SMOOTH, AND HOLDING PART 201 IN PLACE, CAREFULLY FINAL TIGHTEN THE TWO LONG SCREWS (PARTS 210) THAT HOLD PART 201, TO THE SIDE PLATE. WHILE TIGHTENING THESE TWO LONG SCREWS, MOVE THE COCKING LEVER BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES TO ENSURE THE COCKING LEVER IS STILL LINED UP STRAIGHT, BEFORE FINAL SNUGGING THE TWO SCREWS DOWN.
CAREFUL INSTALLATION OF PARTS 201 AND 210 ARE THE KEY TO PROPER ALIGNMENT OF THE COCKING LEVER, AND IT’S SMOOTH OPERATION.
(Phew!!! I’m tired. It took three hours to pinpoint the real cause of the problem.)
kind regards,
Exhausted Uncle Hoot:
UPDATED INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 1/7/2017
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Where’s your fricking magnet???
Hoot:
I have not installed one yet uncle. I have to see first if I absolutely need it
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Please forgive my lack of parts terminology, but why would you want the short spring (on what I believe is the pellet probe) exposed? Why wouldn’t the side plate be cut so that it covers up as much as possible? Is it that the spring’s diameter is larger than the space allowed; thus the relief cut is necessary?
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Where’s your fricking magnet???
Hoot:
Ooooh does it ever work good
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on my gun when i point the muzzle up and pull back the lever/ cock the gun, the lever stayes back and the magazine can be fitted.
are you all old men and shoot the gun from a benchtop/sitting down?
i squat down, and cock it, stick the mag in
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I’m going to get my order in soon.
I’m confused to as where the magnet is being mounted to hold the lever back? Can you put an arrow on your photo pointing to the spot?
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Done as you requested! Picture is on every page of this thread noted as updated install instructions.
Nice picture and helpful instructions.
Hoot:
Gracklesmacker, I have annotated your picture to more explicitly show the hinge block and slotted plate orientation.
Hoot, could you put this into your first post, so we can reduce the incidence of upside down installs?
I think the magnet could also be glue to the inside, bottom of the slotted plate. That would be easier than under the rail for most people.
Hoot will have to do that experiment.
I REALLY like having the magnet mod. It is so easy to change magazines. Just pull the lever back and it simply stays open while I change magazines. Cycling the lever is easy as without the magnet. The convenience is when changing magazines. That’s often five swaps in one session here. Holding back the lever for changes is SO yesterday.
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Dear Mike…
You are from France? How is it you speak English??? Further, why would a Frenchman buy an air gun named after a popular British sport???
Very strange…very strange indeed! Have French operatives “hacked” our web site, and are engaging in efforts to keep our members from buying the Vulcan?
Intrigue!…we live in strange times, and walk among strange individuals.
Mike…did you honestly believe we wouldn’t notice that you type with a French Accent???? Huh? Huh???
We know you actually live in Montreal, and own a small black dog named “Satan”. Our operatives further have observed you drinking a popular French alcoholic beverage of distilled vinegar made from fermented grapes!
Come clean Mike…cleanse your soul…come out of the closet, or wherever it is the French go when they drink distilled vinegar!
Post a Youtube video of you drinking beer, eating peanuts, with a Hooter’s waitress sitting on your lap…that’s the only proof we can trust that you are not a Canadian operative trying to infiltrate our tight-knit group of purists!!!
Cautiously…..
Kindly ‘Ol Uncle Hoot:
PS: Don’t toy with us…we know where Satan goes each morning to pee!!! It’s time for my medications, but I’ll be back…oh yes…I’ll be back 
“Where’s my drugs!!! Things are getting strange…”
Those that want the longer barrel for more power and longer airtube for more shots. Vulcan has 450mm barrel vs cricket 600mm
Couldn’t these have a barrel swap for a longer one? Wonder what Evgeny would charge?
Those that want the longer barrel for more power and longer airtube for more shots. Vulcan has 450mm barrel vs cricket 600mm
Well the early buyers who bought these side levers and raved about them created a market.
Who would want a cranky Cricket pellet feed now?
Best gun on the market
Safe shooting
I am awaiting arrival of a side plate. It was missing from my kit.
Good catch! I didn’t notice that part. I did put my plate on upside down first, but everything leveled out nicely when I flipped it. I shoot lefty and decided to keep the lever on the left because when I hunt with my Vulcan, it’s mostly spot and stalk. To me, it’s easier to operate the lever (or the old bolt) conventionally when shooting off-handed. This sucker is so smooth!!! It’s so fun to cock, I’m blowing through pellets even faster now!
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Where’s your fricking magnet???
Hoot:
I have not installed one yet uncle. I have to see first if I absolutely need it
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