Last edited by mallyally; 15-12-2008 at 10:07 PM. Reason: just had a crazy thought
It is a shame that they did not use the over-engineered system used by BSA. I guess it was their only break-barrel gun and thought that it would only be used for hunting i.e. only a couple thousands pellets a year, and not given the massive hammering that the FT brigades threw at it.
i must be lucky because none of mine have any wear at all
but because its a ball bearing that ( rolls ) over it i would expect it to last many thousands of shots with the correct lube
yes the BSA one is very clever as the round pin acts as a stop and catch for the detente if it wears stick a new pin in
As said above, keep the ball-bearing lubed and I suspect it will be a very long time before the latch wears. My 127 is 27 years old and has fired tens of thousands of pellets but shows no sign of wear.