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I need to learn about the best way to leave a rifle for next use. With a PCP do you leave it standing up , at max pressure , or laying on the side at 1,000 psi. What's the normal drill for a Springer stand up , or lay down
I would like to hear some different opinions on how air gunners store there rifles for next use for the next day. OldVet wants to know.
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At my age if i lay down i may not get back up . Kneeling down i grunt to get up these days .. i becoming a good candidate for first aleart 😜

I guess i leave mine any old way. Lying on somthing , propped up in a corner, on gun rack , ect... Im not particular . It lies where it falls . All seem to shoot fine when i grab one up to shoot it ..
 
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OldVet said:
I need to learn about the best way to leave a rifle for next use. With a PCP do you leave it standing up , at max pressure , or laying on the side at 1,000 psi. What's the normal drill for a Springer stand up , or lay down
I would like to hear some different opinions on how air gunners store there rifles for next use for the next day. OldVet wants to know.
OV.
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I store my guns full of air usually standing up.
 
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Revoman said:
At first I thought that we were talking about peeing....

Standing in a safe, butt-down, with full or partial air for PCP.
I only have one pumper, and it stands up, butt-down with a single pump left in it.
No gots any Springers, so no help there at all.

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Never heard of laying down to pee. Unless you are on a gurney. Lol
Long_Gun_Dallas said:
Put it in its case. With air in it always. For springer, uncocked, obviously. And leave the breach open on break barrels.
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Never heard of leaving breech open why?
 
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OldVet said:
Never heard of laying down to pee. Unless you are on a gurney. Lol

Never heard of leaving breech open why?
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Keep the pressure off the breech seal maybe? I think they can go flat over time. I only have a few break barrels and dont use them very much at all so I might be wrong on that.
 
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Laying down for sure mate ;)
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MongooseV8 said:
Keep the pressure off the breech seal maybe? I think they can go flat over time. I only have a few break barrels and dont use them very much at all so I might be wrong on that.
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Bingo. My rear sights are on my receiver, not the barrel. If they were on the barrel, i dont think it'd matter much. Leave this one sitting with breech closed for a while and zero will move.
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Long_Gun_Dallas said:
Bingo. My rear sights are on my receiver, not the barrel. If they were on the barrel, i dont think it'd matter much. Leave this one sitting with breech closed for a while and zero will move.View attachment 591198
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Good lord!! I’d keep that in a climate controlled glass case.
 
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Hateful McNasty said:
At my age if i lay down i may not get back up . Kneeling down i grunt to get up these days .. i becoming a good candidate for first aleart 😜

I guess i leave mine any old way. Lying on somthing , propped up in a corner, on gun rack , ect... Im not particular . It lies where it falls . All seem to shoot fine when i grab one up to shoot it ..
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Looking at the header, shooting position came to mind. Standing up my back hurts. Laying down I need help to get back up. I shoot sitting down on a bench. This getting old isn't all its cracked up to me. Guns, standing up, butt down in the safe. If its a wooden stock, might think of having the barrel down so any oil doesn't get into the wood and rotting it. But that's really for the powder guns. I don't think airgunners use that much lube? I'm really new to pcp world BTW so my opinion might not be worth much (G)....
 
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katonahjohn said:
Looking at the header, shooting position came to mind. Standing up my back hurts. Laying down I need help to get back up. I shoot sitting down on a bench. This getting old isn't all its cracked up to me. Guns, standing up, butt down in the safe. If its a wooden stock, might think of having the barrel down so any oil doesn't get into the wood and rotting it. But that's really for the powder guns. I don't think airgunners use that much lube? I'm really new to pcp world BTW so my opinion might not be worth much (G)....
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Will oil actually rot wood? Ive never thought about that. I always figured it would protect it. Unless the oil is trapping pre existing moisture? I have no idea, to be honest. But I've never worried about getting oil on my wood. Ugh, that doesnt sound right 😅
 
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I don't think it matters weather you lean it in your safe or hang it on your wall, I never leave either cocked and generally put my PCPs away filled just over the regulator setting. I don't know if having it filled to max pressure has any effect, but my theory is its less stressful on the reg if it's just at the reg setting.
 
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