Potential HW97K damage?

[subfire91]

i have a serious question bothering me for sometime now. My father took my rifle recently for hunting twice (which is a Weihrauch HW97K with a Bushnell elite 3200).Now, he is an experienced hunter but with shotguns not airguns. What he did was loading and was keeping it cocked until prey appeared and then firing it. Now i know that keeping the airgun cocked is a bad thing to the springs which results to a damage & a decrease in the power of the gun but he only fired 50 or so bullets. Is there any chance that the gun is damaged?

[slipperyeel1]

Unless he has kept it cocked for a few days then I doubt it, even then it would be very minimal.

Jason.

[whiteleggHW77K]

If you wait until a target appears, then try to cock and load an HW97k in a hurry......you are likely to damage........your finger tips

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[FRENCHI]

i have a serious question bothering me for sometime now. My father took my rifle recently for hunting twice (which is a Weihrauch HW97K with a Bushnell elite 3200).Now, he is an experienced hunter but with shotguns not airguns. What he did was loading and was keeping it cocked until prey appeared and then firing it. Now i know that keeping the airgun cocked is a bad thing to the springs which results to a damage & a decrease in the power of the gun but he only fired 50 or so bullets. Is there any chance that the gun is damaged?

Using bullets in it won't help either the barrels on airguns are not rated enough...SORRY....

[rockdrill]

I personally think the theory of the rifle losing power after being cocked for extended periods is less likely to apply to the majority of modern airguns with decent quality springs fitted.

Perhaps at one time it might have been the case if the quality of the spring was suspect.

For instance I recently resprung my HW80, it was running a little quicker than I would like, so I cocked it and left it locked in the cabinet (with a note attached to remind me it was cocked) for a week - guess what no reduction in velocity, so it is due to have a coil lopped off, close and regrind the spring end to achieve what I am looking for.

I really don't think you have anything to worry about with your HW97K. In fact I would find it exceedingly difficult to hunt without carrying the rifle loaded and ready to use..

[tmstech]

I personally think the theory of the rifle losing power after being cocked for extended periods is less likely to apply to the majority of modern airguns with decent quality springs fitted.

Seconded. Even when cocked, a quality spring should still be in it's elastic state and will not damage it's performance.

[Hsing-ee]

A new spring is only £10 for a standard one, £20 for a posh one, so its not a big deal if the life of the spring is shortened a little.

[mikemorton]

It doesn't damage the spring permanently.

A spring kept under tension will lose power over time.

Three days IIRC, according to a recent article in Airgun World.

But as soon as it's re-cocked it's business as usual.