Originally Posted by
oliver13
It might be worth trying a weaker spring in it if you've got one to hand or there is some way of lowering the preload. It's counterintuitive but there appears to be a limit on spring power & sticking more spring in gives less power - & more recoil.
I'm not sure why, it will be something technical I'm sure, but has anyone somehow got a monster Ox spring into something like an Airsporter? I did, well before the days of Chrony's but it was a lot less powerful after than before, & Ive since noticed it in other more recent guns.
No guarantees but I thought I'd mention it.
As noted, a sticky oversize piston seal is a good way to sap power too.
Good advice. The factory mainsprings fitted to some Supertargets were too powerful IMHO and I have had to cut a couple of coils off in the past to calm them down a bit.
John
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.
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