leaving airforce air gun bolt cocked in storage?
Is it bad for the spring to leave the bolt action cocked?
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Still curious as to why…….
why would you leave it cocked??????
I cant answer why – but this might explain something…
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Still curious as to why…….
why would you leave it cocked??????
i usually remove the bottle from my condor when keeping it stored. I was just concerned about the power of the spring from keeping it compressed. so far it seems to work fine after 3.5 years
Yeah, safety reasons mainly. I mean, you have your airforce gun cocked in a cabinent. Some drunk friend walks up and goes, “hey, this is cool looking” points it at something and shoots. I know on a condor unshrouded just the air coming out of the end could do some real damage to something nice at close range. So it’s best just not to leave it cocked.
Rob, I remember reading that, and it was pretty cool. I was always worried about my springers hunting, thinking I’d have them cocked for too long. But then I saw that and it took a long time for anything to happen, so I didn’t have to worry as much.
tests have been done on springers and have concluded that unless the extended amount of time is significant… weeks…. then the power loss is minimal…. Accidentally leaving one cocked a day or so should not show much, if any, degradation of the springs properties.
however
as YN pointed out, it’s never good practice to leave any gun cocked and ready to go.
Listen to him, guys, the man knows what he’s saying. I have a very nice 1954 TR2 with original springs. They’ve been holding the car up for over 50 yeas now, same as when they were new. Likewise, consider the valve springs in the family buggy. Very highly stressed a couple thouseand times a minute for hour after hour. Sometimes stopped under full compression for years.
Well designed and built springs don’t get killed doing their jobs. Springer springs are pushed to the wall and don’t really count. There’s no guarantee on the springs AF uses, of course, but I wouldn’t be too afraid of it. As others have posted, however, I recommend not leaving actions cocked for safety reasons.
Doug Owen
I’m not sure what kind of springs are used in the AirForce equipment, or in pellet guns in general, but a properly heat treated spring will not degrade because it is in tension in it’s normal range. The highest stress on the spring is when it is in action, i.e., going from compressed to uncompressed, or when it is being compressed.
A springs natural state is relaxed (uncompressed), if it is left compressed, the steel will begin to give under the stress and loose its ability to return to normal at the rate it once did, and or will develope stress points that will cause failure.
But from the best standpoint which is safety, never leave any spring in a state other than relaxed ( shelf state ) for an extended period of time.
Safety first M8.
Peace,
ASMALLVOICE
Do you mean ALL guns or just A.F. guns?
Simply from a safety standpoint its ALWAYS bad to leave a gun cocked.
If the gun was cocked for a long period of time then the main spring would lose a lot of its power, just like in spring airguns
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