I got my first springer in early fall this year (HW95 Luxus). I shoot it weekly in the basement so it’s not like it sits for weeks or months at a time, but is it a good idea to store it like in the photo ? Just wondering if constant pressure on the breech seal is something to prevent.
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you will get a lot of answers . mine are stored closed . might be fun to get all the "scientific" answers .
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Its what ever you feel is best for you. Im a closed guy i guess. Age on that seal hurts it ( old dry shrink) it compresses weather you use it daily or not fresh. (Opinion)
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I consider breech seals to be a consumable and I use a performance-based criteria for their replacement. If I suspect that the seal needs replacement, I simply use the tissue test to see if there is any leakage, Seals are relatively inexpensive and easy to replace so I store my springers closed and never seem to have any issues with what I would consider a short life. As I get older, I am getting clumsier. I can just see myself pinching my finger or doing some other silly thing as I grab a springer that has been stored partially open. For the record, I'm just talking about me.
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I hear you on the clumsier part. Yesterday when I picked up my rifle the breech was open like in the photo. With it open as shown I decided to put a pellet in chamber. Then I cocked and closed in one smooth cycle. I’d never done it that way in the past. It seemed a little quicker than the typical, cock barrel, hold gun on hip and hand on barrel, load pellet, close. Seems like it might minimize the million to one possibility of the action closing, maybe getting away from you while loading. Just a thought.
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Strore mine Gas ram barrel down. Spring like a firearm. Barrels closed. In safes. The biggest problem is letting them sit idle. Shooting them keeps the internals lubricated. If you have a bunch of them rotate them in your shooting.
Have a trap in your shop or garage to shoot them a few times each month in crummy weather.
Have a trap in your shop or garage to shoot them a few times each month in crummy weather.
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I keep all my rifles with a closed breech inside a soft rifle case. I am very clumsy and pretty hard on stuff. This system minimizes my ability to screw something up.
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"minimizes my ability to screw something up.".
Ya, thats my goal around here as well , but i still fall short more often then not.
Ya, thats my goal around here as well , but i still fall short more often then not.
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Wow , this has never crossed my mind. I am relatively new to shooting springers (efficiently ). I think I’ll start loading them this way.
Thanks for sharing.
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The oldest one I have is a Diana model 26, bought it new in 1984 and have always stored it with the breech closed. In 38 years there has never been an issue.
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Closed. Doing it for years with no problems. May help keep a hapless spider or wasp from finding a new home in the breech or comp chamber.
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I store my break barrels (especially old leather seal guns) open and my side- and under-levers unlocked but from the above answers maybe it doesn't matter. Since someone brought up "clumsy" I'll share another way I store them; with cardboard between rows of guns in the safe. This only works if guns are in rows and not staggered like many safe interiors are designed to maximize capacity. This keeps me from clumsily bumping guns into one another when taking them out or putting them away.
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The cardboard idea is exactly what I have been doing for some time. Previously I was using some rust preventive gun socks on every other rifle, worked fine but not as convenient as cardboard. I love it when gun safes are advertised as holding a certain number of guns. They fail to mention they should not have scopes and are packed in the safe like guns in a gun runners trunk in a movie.
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Take what ever rating the maker says a safe will hold, cut it in half, and you might have it's true capacity.
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