Even better looking than a HW35
Hi all,
Well I left the bash with yet another BSA thanks to the lovely Chris, now he said the Lightning had been tuned by the previous owner, now it shoots nicely with no twang but you can feel the spring grabbing at the metal guide when cocking, when I took the stock off and looked through the cocking slot, you can see the guide is dry as I would think the spring is so tight its just scrapping any grease off, to me that seems too tight.
Your thoughts please gents.
Pete
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the spring should loosen on the guide as you cock it.. are you sure that;s what you are feeling ? Or the cocking shoe running over spring coils ?Originally Posted by look no hands
I go with a guide that is a firm push fit, maybe even needing a bit of a twist to get it in. Then then under preload, it'll be a good bit looser and when cocked completely free.
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Even better looking than a HW35
That's what it feels like Jon but I'm sure the piston has a black plastic grease tube that the spring sits in, so the cocking shoe shouldn't touch the spring in theory.
Pete
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Sounds like the piston sleeve is too tight.
Even better looking than a HW35
Might be that as well.
Pete
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If you're guides are good, no need for a sleeve .
Even better looking than a HW35
BSA put the grease tube in as standard Nick.
Pete
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Need for tightness to kill all vibration varies.
Setups with a lot of preload, like you ususally find in the Supersport/Lightning often need tighter guides than other guns,
as the preload opens the spring ID when the gun is assembled.
As you say, tight guides often gets most of the lubricant scraped off.
If there is no visible heavy wear marks on your spring/guide, I'd leave it alone, or perhaps smear some high content moly grease between the coils.
Too many airguns!
Even better looking than a HW35
It actually shoots quite nice and I know it sounds daft but cocking the gun really spoils the shooting experience.
Pete
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Zebedee
Agreed.
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And what other little gold nuggets have they come up with in the past?
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Stupid question: how is the end chamfer on the guide?
Too many airguns!
Even better looking than a HW35
Not really seen it yet, got a few more projects to do before this one gets anymore attention.
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yeah, good call, that could create notchiness if it's burred or not profiled.
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
Even better looking than a HW35
I'll see if I can see it through the cocking slot, if not then it will have to be a strip down in the future.
Pete
Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
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