Quote Originally Posted by where's it gone View Post
Just say, if you had a new spring rifle of reputable make, and fired 500 shots of the same make of pellet per week, how long would it be before it showed on a chronograph a power lost of 1ftlb ?
Just curious as to the time a spring becomes weakened as to loose power.
It can depend on the gun and batch of springs, I once acciedently left a TX cocked for months and it was fine, but the factory spring on my old type 80 collapsed in power a very short time of normal use.
TX springs seem very consistent quality, also the springs on long stroke guns seem to last longer, perhaps because they are under less stress.