Just dry fired my new LGU :-(

[TonyL]

Have a read of this. Don't take it as gospel but really there is no need for you to be overly worried about your dry firing accident.

https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2006...amage-airguns/

Nice link, Mike.

I had heard about dry firing guns with PTFE seals before to size the seal to the bore.

And the Gamo 10,000 dry fires is a nice, responsible test.

And those Whiscombes sound scary of dry fired....most cringeworthy!

[bill57]

In Ye Olde Days, lubrication was quite often 3-In-1 or light machine oil

Now it's Castrol R, just gotta love the smell.

[Hsing-ee]

Now it's Castrol R, just gotta love the smell.

It's true, all you need is to get the most recent copy of Airgun World and a bottle of Castrol-R, go in the back garden and sprinkle the magazine with some of the oil. Then set light to the magazine and run anticlockwise around the burning mass singing this chant

'Cardew, Cardew, Jim Jim Jim, Tyler Tyler, Sin Sin Sin, I fired dry and I won't do again, Cardew Cardew Jim Jim Jim' until the flames go out or you are arrested or sectioned.

This will reverse the effects of the occasional dry-fire in almost any springer.

Keep a fire-extinguisher handy and dispose of the ashes in a metal container. Perform your Springer rituals responsibly.

[Shootfish]

Another place where you'll often see springers dry fired, is at gun auctions at the preview. I'm afraid ignorance is often rife there, as they dry fire the springers to see if they 'work'. I'm talking about the punters here, not the staff who seem to be educated in this area.

[Rickenbacker]

Adjusting the trigger while the gun's cocked?

[TonyL]

Adjusting the trigger while the gun's cocked?

Mmm....yes, hadn't picked up on that.

Very naughty boy.

[gtfreight]

Hi,

Just dry fired my new LGU :-(

I was just adjusting the trigger first stage spring tension on my 100 shot old LGU when the gun went off :-(

Please tell me it's not buggered now !!!

If yes, what will be buggered so I can buy the new bits.

It still shoots as I tested it. I was thinking of getting a NickG tuned piston when he replies to my PM. Will his kit replace what I may have buggered?

It is definitely buggered and now worthless. If you bring it to the Bash I'll do you a favour and give you £20 for it.
Only joking.

[MrChipShoulder]

The gun needs to be cocked so the sear spring is under the correct tension.
The tension is not the same when the gun is not cocked.
What I should have done, but will do from now on, is to cock and load the gun, and adjust it with the barrel pointing at my 25kg sand bag.

You live and learn

[h j o'rydon]

Like you, I had always understood that dry-firing a springer was absolutely verboten.

I was astonished, therefore, to read the following in my Webley Longbow handbook:-

"Do not fire the rifle without a pellet in the barrel. The only time you have to do this is when adjusting the trigger pull"

So, as previously stated, it seems very unlikely that any damage has been done by this solitary incident.

HTH h j

[MrChipShoulder]

I'm quite happy now that no damage has been done

I'm now looking to have the gun tuned to reduce the recoil.
I have totally sorted the trigger now with my little mod, just need to look at the recoil.

[Jimbob 2705]

The gun needs to be cocked so the sear spring is under the correct tension.
The tension is not the same when the gun is not cocked.
What I should have done, but will do from now on, is to cock and load the gun, and adjust it with the barrel pointing at my 25kg sand bag.

You live and learn

Adjust the trigger with the gun uncocked, then cock the gun to try it.

Takes a little bit longer, but is far safer.