Reply With QuoteThis gun was made by gypsies, the ABT is just old bits of peg arranged in such a way as to prevent you being able to decock the gun.
Remove it and buy some lucky heather instead
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I got my rifle out today as havnt shot it in a while. Ok the first few shots then the trigger locked up. Safety on or off, cant decock the rifle. When I removed it from the stock the ABT wire fell out. I have located where it goes on the cocking arm but does anyone have a photo of where it goes on the trigger please. Got this gun here in and unsafe cocked mode so a little urgent if you see what I mean.
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I have now found where the trigger end goes. What a shitty way of doing it. Can I do away with the ABT. Even if I connected it back up it looks like it is just waiting to happen again
Last edited by schony; 21-04-2025 at 05:40 PM.
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This gun was made by gypsies, the ABT is just old bits of peg arranged in such a way as to prevent you being able to decock the gun.
Remove it and buy some lucky heather instead
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Personally I discard the ABT all together. If there's no pellet in it's not quite as dire a situation as you might think. If there is a pellet in however, proceed with caution!Originally Posted by schony
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I agree. Heather purchased. How did you do away with it please?
TIA
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There is a pellet in it, dodgy . How did you do away with the silly ABT
Thanks
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I have managed to fire it operating the ABT manually. Now to work out how to remove it completely
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Glad you've got it safe. I can't remember exactly how it comes off but I think it was quite simple. If you can do pics we can probably have a look and advise. The wire thing is the main part of it.
Plinkerer and Tinkerer
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On the side of the trigger mech is a plastic plate the connects to the ABT wire. When the action is closed the plastic plate is pulled forwards and the trigger is unlocked. I dont know how this plate connects to the trigget inside but surely cant be that difficult ???
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Done. It doesnt connect inside at all. The plastic plate just blocks the trigger. I have now removed the plastic plate and all is good. I have kept the parts so I can reinstall should I decide to sell the gun.. It was so easy to do, dont know why I panicked so lol.
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Well done, glad you've got it sorted
Plinkerer and Tinkerer
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Thanks. Yes it was an experience. I learnt something so it was worth it in the end
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I'd always prefer to remove the ABT on springers, giving you the option of being able to de-cock the gun. I haven't removed it on my TX as yet, as it can be held in to reduce noise on cocking and allow de-cocking.
One or two of my hardly used HW97s still have their ABTs fitted and will be removed at first strip.
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sounds like the gamo mechanism, with a grey plastic sliding plate. Glad you sorted it safely.. those situations are quite worrying...
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They are very fragile, the last time i had one that jammed up a lug that holds the cover plate broke off soon after, they are rubbish plastic that is not suitible for a gun.i bought the whole trigger assembly to fix it, back then it was £20, i see that they are £35 now, thats an indicator of the build quality of the things, i got shot of mine straight after. I may not have if it was a springer but a gun that jammed up with a cocked ram in it was not something i wanted to own,
Good luck with it,
Last edited by Sir rocco; 23-04-2025 at 02:56 PM.
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