I'm talking Diana 48 specifically, and all springers generically? Reason I ask is I don't like to leave it cocked, but sometimes my targets don't show up for 20 minutes. The gun is a pain to cock when target presents itself.
Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation?
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I left my HW 95 cocked overnight in hope of toning it down. I lost 5-10 fps. That was with the factory spring.
When hunting I see 20 minutes as a non issue.
When hunting I see 20 minutes as a non issue.
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TX200 left more than 18 hours a few times . no problems .
A Remington 1000 ws left in a garage corner they said 3 years @ a garage sale , I went in their yard to load and shoot , found it was cocked and loaded , shot into the woods , what a surprise . just my personal experience . But i would not leave over an hour or so . I leave my HW97 cocked while awaiting game to show up .
A Remington 1000 ws left in a garage corner they said 3 years @ a garage sale , I went in their yard to load and shoot , found it was cocked and loaded , shot into the woods , what a surprise . just my personal experience . But i would not leave over an hour or so . I leave my HW97 cocked while awaiting game to show up .
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Ya, i cleaned 1or 2 and plumb forgot to decock them . Did not hurt anything i could tell . Maybe as struckat said loose a few fps but seemed to come back after its was able to relax back to where it was after shooting some and regained that fps back .
Now this mostly was a day to a few days worth of being cocked not weeks or months ..
On a new spring one can "set" the spring by leaving it cocked over night
I scrag mine before i install .. 4- 12 hrs depending on how im procrastinating..
Now this mostly was a day to a few days worth of being cocked not weeks or months ..
On a new spring one can "set" the spring by leaving it cocked over night
I scrag mine before i install .. 4- 12 hrs depending on how im procrastinating..
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Hours has virtually no effect. Days maybe, but there are anecdotes about guns being left cocked for weeks with trivial power loss.
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During a hunting session no problem. Leaving it cocked overnight or longer I'd be nervous about dry firing by mistake.
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I havent found much of the spring dogma to be true. Yes it degrades performance ever so slightly, but it seems to be what the gun would lose with age and use as well. At least in my experiences. Unless it's a nitro piston and then they just leak out.
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Tom Gaylord did a test a few years ago when he was writing the Book about the Beeman R1 Magnum
The book is available on line and you can research the answer there.
The book is available on line and you can research the answer there.
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Over hyped, non-issue. If a spring ever does lose a bit, it's not hard to replace it.
FT shooters across the pond have been known to leave them cocked for weeks between matches stating that it smoothes them out. Also seems unlikely. Using springs causes fatigue far more than static compression.
FT shooters across the pond have been known to leave them cocked for weeks between matches stating that it smoothes them out. Also seems unlikely. Using springs causes fatigue far more than static compression.
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If it's cocked it's loaded. I always discharge it in a safe direction before putting it away.
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Some guns cant be easily uncocked. So your stuck keeping it cocked and loaded till uouf fine and just safely fire it to to discharge it . I guess that mostly bear trap guns . Or like a hw 95 that can be easy decockrd without firing it .. my hatsans have to be fired to discharge .. its a pain vs the hw. Lol
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You have coil springs in your car, right? Do they eventually collapse by constantly being under load? If your airgun spring loses power, it was trash from the beginning and should be replaced with one from a reliable source. Gun manufacturers probably buy tons of springs from the lowest bidder. I doubt these are heat treated and shotpeened.
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I have a Diana 45 that I bought new in the mid 80s. My ex wife had it for a couple of years. When I managed to get it back it was cocked and I suspect it was like that the whole time she had it. As far as I can tell it never lost any power and shoots great like it always has
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..lol. its true no lie. This one ?
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I forget whose Weihrauchcollection was on display over the winter. I noticed that the break barrels were stored open. I wasn’t sure why, but I’ve taken to doing that. I just have a HW50s and a r9, but I can see at a glance that they’re empty and safe. On reflection, I was wondering if they were stored open for that reason or to take the pressure off the breech seal?
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Probably for the breech seal. On my 97K I use a thin piece of delrin in front of the compression tube to keep the pressure off the breach seal when it's not in use.
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I have an RWS 34 in 0.177 caliber that was inadvertently left cocked for several months. It didn't lose any velocity at all. In fact, it actually gained a few fps!
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