Were they really made from the same steel as formular 1 car valve springs? if so would they ever break or wear out, or are all of the quality springs made of the same type of steel.
Are some Airgun springs almost indestructible?
Were they really made from the same steel as formular 1 car valve springs? if so would they ever break or wear out, or are all of the quality springs made of the same type of steel.
Are some Airgun springs almost indestructible?
Produce around April 2001 and developed with another company which specailized in springs for formula 1 engines hence the F1 name. If you own a Webley Venom Custom rifle then this spring would be in the rifle at the time. Never heard of one breaking. Steve once had a Vmach spring break but the owner was an FT guy who shot 15000 pellets in 4 months. Steve replaced the spring free of charge. He too had never heard of one failing. Mach 1.5
If the power lock/F1 springs are anything to go by, I think Venom/Vmach hit the mark square on with their springs.
One of the Venom springs I have still produces the same power and has lasted 28 years so far.
Lets hope the secret of where the V team obtained their springs is not lost ?
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Not so long ago a British company, who can't be named for legal reasons contacted the spring firm with an order for 4000 springs to VMach spec. The company phoned Steve to inform him. The Company didn't get their springs as the spring firm informed them that spec was for VMach only. Mach 1.5
My original Venom Lazaglide 77 spring lasted 36 years before giving up the ghost.
As far as I'm aware, Steve used the same spec springs for V-Mach.
But I've just bought one of Steve's last stock of springs from Lyn Lewington and instantly noticed the springs are now wound the opposite way to what a Venom / V-Mach spring normally is. In every other respect, they seem the same spec.
When I asked Lyn about why the springs were not wound the way they normally were, Lyn said Steve had recently changed the spec.
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