Its a springer aint it? There will always be a bit of twang. You could try some Maccari tar on the spring.
Gus
Folks,
My HW77 has the stage 1 Venom kit fitted (by me) and until very recently all seemed perfectly wonderful etc...just as you might expect.
However, I have now fitted an adaptor and Parker-Hale MM2 silencer and I can now hear a slight twang on shooting.
The question is - Was this always there and I can just hear it now because there is a definate sound deadening effect from the silencer ?...Or has something else happened ?
Can anyone offer a suggestion before I strip the rifle and have a look ?
Many thanks + ATB
Philip.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?
Its a springer aint it? There will always be a bit of twang. You could try some Maccari tar on the spring.
Gus
The ox is slow, but the earth is patient.
you are probably right and I am just being overly critical / sensitive.
I really didn't think that the silencer would make too much difference, but have been proven wrong. While zeroing last night I noticed that several Collared Doves on the bird table barely flinched despite my zero target being very close by...and these fellows are usually very twitchy !
I might just strip it, clean and re-lube anyway.
Cheers + ATB
Philip.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?
On springs, I use Motorcycle Chain Wax, it's more readily available, in an aerosol. It's heavy, "sticks like the proverbial," and lasts a long time. Regards ... Geek
p.s. This very hot and humid weather is 'bad news' for 'springers.'
PauL H. - Shotgoon
Brownings: 1999 Ultra XS; 2004 B525 Field; 2010 Maxus Hunter: Air Arms 1998 Mk.2 Pro-Target, 2001 Mk.2 Pro-Sport & 2003 S400C
Mr Geek,
How are you Sir ?
Long time...etc...
Your suggestion that the hot weather is bad for spring powered guns... is that because the heat can cause the grease to melt or maybe thin a little and so become less effective ??
I guess you are constantly adjusting your PCPs as well then ?
ATB
Philip.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?
Until you have removed the new additions and fired the rifle.
Perhaps the adaptor/silencer has just shifted the vibration into an audible frequency - all spring guns vibrate.
If it's shooting, well leave it alone.
When you tell a lie , tell a big lie - Joseph Goebbels
I would go for the Maccari Tar as well.Originally Posted by Gwylan
Easy to get via his website
Pay by Paypal or credit card, usually turns up within a week.
ATB
Ray.
Scopes and silencers can twang. I have a Venom 97 and the Tasco Varmint on there rings/resonates. At first I thought it was the rifle 'til i shot without scope.
Agree with POK!
In 1997 I put a Simmons 6.5-20x44 on my lazaglide 77 and it rang like a bell
There's a big coil spring behind the objective lens and on that scope it resonated like a tuning fork, in fact I think it was a middle 'C'.
I got a replacement which was much better.
“We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.” - Marcus Aurelius
If you gathered a few twangers together Adam you could start an instrumental group and call it The Twangers. or The Spring-fields.Originally Posted by Adam77K
No far better: the Objective Bell-EndsOriginally Posted by luddite
“We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.” - Marcus Aurelius
I have a funny feeling its the anti-bear trap that is making the little twang on mine.
Might take it off one day to see.
Master Debater
Yeah right, I've got a Simmons 'scope that makes a really unnerving noise, when mounted on a springer, scared the c**p out of me, at first. Regards ... GeekOriginally Posted by POK!
PauL H. - Shotgoon
Brownings: 1999 Ultra XS; 2004 B525 Field; 2010 Maxus Hunter: Air Arms 1998 Mk.2 Pro-Target, 2001 Mk.2 Pro-Sport & 2003 S400C
I've got a Simmons 44 Mag on my 0.20" cal. HW77, it makes not a sound. It was an '8 Point' 'scope which vibrated and sounded like a galvanised dustbin full of marbles being hit with a lump hammer. Regards ... GeekOriginally Posted by Adam77K
PauL H. - Shotgoon
Brownings: 1999 Ultra XS; 2004 B525 Field; 2010 Maxus Hunter: Air Arms 1998 Mk.2 Pro-Target, 2001 Mk.2 Pro-Sport & 2003 S400C
Try shimming the inside of the piston with a sleeve of either beer can metal or milk bottle plastic, depending on the clearance between spring and piston. Guinness original and low fat [Green top] are my top choices.