Annie 250 strip show horror!!!

[tinbum]

This will go on a bit. Just saying!

On Saturday I got a 250 match as a spares or repair kinda thing. The cocking lever was stuck open for reason/reasons unknown. Fortunately, I was at the Springer Bash and surrounded by more anoraks than Millets front window.

As soon as the bag was opened some 1970's airgun pheromones wafted gently downwind and attracted a Jon Budd who arrived horny and ready for some action! Afte a bit of prodding and poking, it was discovered that the anti bear trap release catch was operating at the wrong moment. We adjusted it and it worked for around a dozen shots, then the same thing happened again.
A quick strip later and we could see the problem, but not how to solve it? Eventually we just put tape over the bear trap so it could be used for the day.
Heres some pics, if anyone has any info I'd appreciate it.

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So, with that problem bodged it was time to shoot it. Nightmare! Couldn't get a group, then pellets stopped coming out altogether! It went back in the bag until this afternoon when I finally got a minute to strip it.
First thing I noticed was the lush, furry velvet effect on the hydraulic damper unit.

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A quick spin in the lathe polished that off though.

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I removed the drain screw to pour out any remaining ATF. Nothing! So I took the unit apart and it was packed full of grease! The seals are made of crumbly cheese and there was an e clip missing from the damper rod, so the whole unit had been totally inneffective.

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On stripping the piston (skirtless, so much for innovative, new ideas) I found the comp tube was full of rubber debris, which is all that remained of the piston buffer. The Breech seal looks just as bad, so I am getting a new set of seals before I start rebuilding. That gives me plenty of time to clean and polish everything.



If anyone has any ideas about the ABT I could do with the advice.