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- DDeadeye Dick reacted to Motorhead's post in the thread Motorhead tuned Diana 48 or new TX200 carbine with
Like. ( TX ) Which .... Sadly comes with an ILL fitted loose steel spring guide ... and if you want SMOOTH still needs to be dealt with /... - DDeadeye Dick replied to the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation?.If it's cocked it's loaded. I always discharge it in a safe direction before putting it away.
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to EMrider's post in the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? with Like. Hours has virtually no effect. Days maybe, but there are anecdotes about guns being left cocked for weeks with trivial power loss. R
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to MJS's post in the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? with Like. During a hunting session no problem. Leaving it cocked overnight or longer I'd be nervous about dry firing by mistake.
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to 6gun's post in the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? with Like. 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...
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to Frank in Fairfield's post in the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? with Like. 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...
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to Lewis's post in the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? with Like. 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...
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to Hateful McNasty's post in the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? with Like. 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...
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to beerthief's post in the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? with Like. 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...
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to Struckat's post in the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? with Like. 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...
- DDeadeye Dick reacted to grackleblast's post in the thread Crossman 760, so disappointing. with Like. Here's how they made them 57 years ago...........(1968)............in the good ole USA !
- DDeadeye Dick posted the thread Diana How long can a springer be left cocked before spring degradation? in Traditional Airguns.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...
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