Spring guide tightness?

[baldinio]

a little update, I managed to prise the paint brush from my hand and decided to investigate inside the Lightning, well it turns out the guy who tuned the rifle before Chris owning it decided it would be a good thing to use a broken spring, after a rummage through the box of springs, I've come up with a very nice fitting Titan that fits the original metal guide lovely, there's a very slight resonance on firing but no twang and the addition of a top hat stolen from a spare kit finishes off the repair nicely, not sure what the power is as not chrono'd it yet, a job for the morning.

Pete

Sorry to hear the spring was broken mate, glad it was an easy fix though. Will buy you a pint at the next bash by way of compensation

[look no hands]

Sorry to hear the spring was broken mate, glad it was an easy fix though. Will buy you a pint at the next bash by way of compensation

Don't be daft, you weren't to know, and anyway where's the pub at the bash or do you mean your alcohol forcing area, ahem sorry, your tent

Pete

[baldinio]

Don't be daft, you weren't to know, and anyway where's the pub at the bash or do you mean your alcohol forcing area, ahem sorry, your tent

Pete

When I said buy you a pint what I really meant was ply you with homebrew

[look no hands]

When I said buy you a pint what I really meant was ply you with homebrew

I somehow thought that might be the case

Pete

[TonyL]

When I said buy you a pint what I really meant was ply you with homebrew

A tipple of the highest order.

[junglie]

Sorry to hear the spring was broken mate, glad it was an easy fix though. Will buy you a pint at the next bash by way of compensation

Very common in lightnings for the spring to snap, seen it in 2 mercuriys too, think bsa had a batch of overtempered springs at some point in the early 90's late 80's.

[TonyL]

Only the older brum built supersports & lightnings had it i think, not seen one in any later lightnings myself.

Very common in lightnings for the spring to snap, seen it in 2 mercuriys too, think bsa had a batch of overtempered springs at some point in the early 90's late 80's.

Not quite sure (as I'm far from expert regarding these) as to when they were fitting the sleeves. The .177 Supersport that I bought new in 1988 didn't have one. I'd guess they were introduced a fair bit later than then? Mind you, I seem to remember that those early ones should also have been supplied with different piston weights (steel washers?); mine came with none (neither fitted nor in the box).

The old Suoersport I have now's spring was broken upon arrival to me, hence Pete jumping in with his fine offer at the time of a free one. Cheers, Pete.