Cocking lever bent?
Have you tried it with the main spring out? (10 min job).
HTH
Ian
It was fine yesterday, then today won't cock and I'm running out of ideas.
Tried adjusting trigger , no joy.
Tried without safety fitted no joy.
Piston seems fine.
Trigger operates.
Really can't see why it's not working, any ideas anyone ?.
Cocking lever bent?
Have you tried it with the main spring out? (10 min job).
HTH
Ian
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Broken spring or guide maybe ?
Rust never sleeps !
Spring and guide are good.
Rifle will set trigger and safety with mainspring out.
The voices in my head would say to put it together with the spring back in and see what happens.
Other than that, I'm stumped.
Rust never sleeps !
Yeah I'm stumped too, no reason why it shouldn't work.
I going to try another spring as the one in it looks almost coil bound. Shouldn't be really as it's been fine for years and it's only ever run with about 10mm preload.
I was just about to ask how long the spring has been in there and whether, if it was a recent addition, it was getting coil bound? But maybe not. Is the trigger mechanism gunked up? Have any foreign bodies got in there, say between the bearing surface of the guide and spring and also at the piston end of the spring?
P.S....You haven't recently switched stocks have you?
Last edited by TonyL; 21-11-2017 at 08:43 PM. Reason: P.S...stock?
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The cocking slot at the sear end of the piston hasn't become elongated has it? Or excess wear in the cocking linkage / pins?
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How is the latch end of the Piston rod? Could it be worn where it engages with the trigger? Could it be bent upwards reducing engagement with the trigger? Could it have rotated a little And no longer be engaging properly??
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