Another PH Dragon thread

[tinbum]

Git to shoot my new to me Dragon today. It shot a lovely little group at 25 yards. Three feet to the right of the POA!

A closer look shows the barrel is canted to the right, possibly by the front block on which the barrel leans heavily on the left hand side. These holes are original to the guns manufacture, but with the front block removed it is clear that the barrel wants to be well to the left of the centre.

I can probably fix by enlarging the blocks fixing holes so it can be fitted where I want the "top" to be, but I am concerned that in 24 years the problem hasn't been apparent to its original owner.

Opinions?

[T 20]

Hi Nick

Try putting a straight edge along the left hand side of the pump tube opposite the pump arm --- the pump tubes can bend.



All the best Mick

[tinbum]

Hi Nick

Try putting a straight edge along the left hand side of the pump tube opposite the pump arm --- the pump tubes can bend.



All the best Mick

Well F%# me! You're only right!

What the bleedin flip can I do about that?

[T 20]

Well F%# me! You're only right!

What the bleedin flip can I do about that?

Completely strip the gun then find two lengths of bright round bar that are an exact fit in the pump tube.

Mount one bar in a vice and slide the tube on until it reaches the cocking arm slot, then slide the other bar into the other end of the tube and pull like buggery in the appropriate direction.




All the best Mick

[tinbum]

Completely strip the gun then find two lengths of bright round bar that are an exact fit in the pump tube.

Mount one bar in a vice and slide the tube on until it reaches the cocking arm slot, then slide the other bar into the other end of the tube and pull like buggery in the appropriate direction.




All the best Mick

Bugger! I've stripped it down pretty far, but not right to empty yet. I'll get the bar and then strip and do the fix with a camera crew present.

[Jimny4x4]

From somewhere I read that the front block uses an O ring or rings to sort of free float the barrel and centre it .

[T 20]

Bugger! I've stripped it down pretty far, but not right to empty yet. I'll get the bar and then strip and do the fix with a camera crew present.

If you know someone with some Delrin, Nick ?

You could put three machined Delrin slugs in the tube and then press adjacent to the middle one to straighten the tube.



All the best Mick

[Rickenbacker]

I have a similar problem I discovered with a Daystate PCP.

Damaged by being stood on, or kneeled on, in a box or guncase perhaps?

[...] I am concerned that in 24 years the problem hasn't been apparent to its original owner.

Opinions?

Could it have gotten bent in the post Nick?

[tinbum]

I have a similar problem I discovered with a Daystate PCP.

Damaged by being stood on, or kneeled on, in a box or guncase perhaps?

Could it have gotten bent in the post Nick?

No, packaging was perfect. Many years of onanism can build up the arm muscles to almost superhuman strength, but to bend a PCP by the cocking bolt? You must have a right arm like Popeye!