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    Thumbs up Double springs Anyone Tried them??

    I was on Trobb's site and i clicked on the tuning section and came across a set of springs each half the size of a normal spring you combine them to become one spring. The beauty of them is that they are coiled one left and one right so that there is no twisting friction which is supposed to make the gun smoother and more powerful. Has anyone tested these ??

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    BSA tested this type of spring in the early 1900's. They were fited to BSA's up to WW2

    Nothing new in airguning

    Anyway, welcome to the BBS.

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    2 springs

    2 springs wound in opposite directions have also been used to good effect by feinwerkbau in their match rifles 300S/SU
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    Wow fast reply and thanks for the welcome but do they offer any power gain??

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    Dident Relum do this in their Tornado???

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    I have 2 springs,one inside the other on my Relum Telly.

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    Would the springs need a very slippery joint between them to get any benefit??? Otherwise to my figuring, two opposing springs pressed against each other and released would generate a great amount of friction at the join and while not creating any clock/anticlockwise twist, would still cause some sort of jolt??

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    If they were such a good idea, all manufacturers would use them!

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    Well i was gonna breathe some new life into my webley vulcan i thought these would be a good idea but if theyre not what is the best spring over a standard one and why does everyone hate Ox springs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graham2 View Post
    If they were such a good idea, all manufacturers would use them!
    It could all be down to costs at the end of the day and not just performance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R. P. McMurphy View Post
    Dident Relum do this in their Tornado???
    Yup
    Double concentric springs, according to "Great Universal Catalogue" circa 1975...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil. View Post
    Yup
    Double concentric springs, according to "Great Universal Catalogue" circa 1975...
    Twin concentric springs for extra cocking effort with no discernible increase in muzzle velocity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.22 View Post
    Well i was gonna breathe some new life into my webley vulcan i thought these would be a good idea but if theyre not what is the best spring over a standard one and why does everyone hate Ox springs
    Go for a Titan XS. OX springs are harsh, nasty, vicious, gun breakers, that loosen your fillings. Unless you saw about a third off of them. Plus they're square sectioned wire, with razor sharp edges that can shave bits off the inside of yor gun. Titan however, are very good Swedish silicone steel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.22 View Post
    Wow fast reply and thanks for the welcome but do they offer any power gain??
    In short, no. I think the idea was to remove the twisting effect of a single spring as it extends. The modern thinking, feel free to correct me if I've got this wrong, is to fit a top hat on the piston end and a decent delrin spring guide at the other end.
    When the spring extends during the firing cycle the rearmost end breaks contact from the cylinder and so is free to "unwind" anyway, doing away with the need for double springs.

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    I used to have twin springs inside my HW97k silencer.

    They where no good there as well.
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