Showing my ignorance another Rapid question

[angrybear]

Are there different shapes or lengths of hammer in the MK2 rapid ?

one sold on the bay tonight but it looked different to the hammer in mine,
on mine the thinnest section at the valve end is only as long as it is wide, the one on the bay the thin section was 3x as long ?

Or what's the overall length of a mk2 hammer?

[12/200]

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[jon_h]

This is by no means definitive but the little pip at the end that strikes the valve unscrews and can be replaced. It has some impact on power. My FAC anschutz mk2 has a 7mm pip. They are normally somewhat longer in non FAC.

Then you get some with effectively a bolt and locking nut in the end which allows the pip length to be "tuned" by the user depending on spring set up etc. Not sure if the actual hammers change shape but I'm sure you'll find a handful of variants depending on model and age.

[12/200]

This is by no means definitive but the little pip at the end that strikes the valve unscrews and can be replaced. It has some impact on power. My FAC anschutz mk2 has a 7mm pip. They are normally somewhat longer in non FAC.

Then you get some with effectively a bolt and locking nut in the end which allows the pip length to be "tuned" by the user depending on spring set up etc. Not sure if the actual hammers change shape but I'm sure you'll find a handful of variants depending on model and age.

I think the std sub 12 is 14mm pip

[flyfisher]

I think you will find std. 12ftlb pip is 17mm.

[barrel]

I think you will find std. 12ftlb pip is 17mm.

That's what I have always been told as well.

Kindest regards

Barrel

[angrybear]

See this is my issue, all the strip diagrams show one type of shape, my strip video shows a different type/shape, the one on the bay was a 3rd type/shape and mine is slightly different from all of them.

My "pip" is 7mm dia by 7mm long, which is why I asked the overall length in case the main body is longer.

[12/200]

See this is my issue, all the strip diagrams show one type of shape, my strip video shows a different type/shape, the one on the bay was a 3rd type/shape and mine is slightly different from all of them.

My "pip" is 7mm dia by 7mm long, which is why I asked the overall length in case the main body is longer.

My 12/200 has an adjustable machine screw, thread locked to length, sorted by kevg a year ago, its first strip down in 17 yrs. i did have the bolt out for a polish up & measured the pip, shorter pip would need less hammer spring tension

[angrybear]

My 12/200 has an adjustable machine screw, thread locked to length, sorted by kevg a year ago, its first strip down in 17 yrs. i did have the bolt out for a polish up & measured the pip, shorter pip would need less hammer spring tension

Now you've lost me, I'd have expected the longer pip to push the valve open harder/further/faster, so by default would expect a shorter pip to need more spring to achieve the same thing ?

[12/200]

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Now you've lost me, I'd have expected the longer pip to push the valve open harder/further/faster, so by default would expect a shorter pip to need more spring to achieve the same thing ?

shorted pip = longer travel so hit harder ( i think )

[flyfisher]

^^^this

[angrybear]

Fair do's, I bow to your superior knowledge

[angrybear]

Right lets see if this works, should be a link to a pic of my hammer,

https://ibb.co/gp4N4v

[Shed tuner]

Right lets see if this works, should be a link to a pic of my hammer,

https://ibb.co/gp4N4v

that's a very short pip

[angrybear]

that's a very short pip

Hence the above questions on pip length,
It looks like my "MFR" is actually a "bitza" but when it works it's pin point accurate.