FX Crown Owners: Cocking Smoothness

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It is hard to subjectively say what is easy or hard, but my FX Crown required more, and a less linear, cocking force than my AA S510 for example. I applied a little PTFE thickened silicone grease and it has smoothed out nicely with that and a little time, however it still seems to require more force to cock than some other lever-actuated airguns. This may be due in part to it just having a short lever. 



What you should be looking for is contact. Is the probe-breech interaction stiff because the o-ring is nice and snug on the probe (good) or because the probe is misaligned with the breech (not so good)? Is the resistance you're feeling coming from the breech at all, or resistance from the toggle locking spring? Is there something in the action that could benefit from a little lubrication? 

Keep in mind an overwhelming majority of manufacturers, across industries, use sub-optimal lubricants. Many use oil in an application which demands grease, and often they use lubricants incapable of effectively preventing wear between two materials at that level of load. *shrug* For airguns in most locations, a PTFE thickened silicone grease seems to be the best compromise of safe for O-rings and protects metal-on-metal and metal-on-plastic even at elevated loads. My 2c. 
 
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Mine cocks pretty good, I have lubed the bolt though with a moly grease, lightly. As far as the probe drag going in or coming out I feel nothing there. Actually I can't really even feel a pellet being chambered either. No issues with any blowback either. In comparison, my Royale 500 is smoother, like butter on butter and on it I can feel a pellet being chamber as it passes through the breech O-ring. Both are very nice.

Jimmy
 
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Mine is nice and smooth with no issues at the breech like you're describing. As said by STO above its definitely not one of the lightest actuating sidelevers out there. It's significantly heavier than say, my old HW100 was for the same power output. Not quite as smooth at that gun either if I'm completely honest. But that said the weihrauch might have the best mechanical sidelever out there. The crown still has a very nice positive feel to the whole procedure though. 

My first crown's action was machined off whack and that had some pretty ratchety spots on cocking. Accuracy was nonexistent too though, so unless yours is a blunderbuss I doubt it's the same issue...


 
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It is hard to subjectively say what is easy or hard, but my FX Crown required more, and a less linear, cocking force than my AA S510 for example. I applied a little PTFE thickened silicone grease and it has smoothed out nicely with that and a little time, however it still seems to require more force to cock than some other lever-actuated airguns. This may be due in part to it just having a short lever. 



What you should be looking for is contact. Is the probe-breech interaction stiff because the o-ring is nice and snug on the probe (good) or because the probe is misaligned with the breech (not so good)? Is the resistance you're feeling coming from the breech at all, or resistance from the toggle locking spring? Is there something in the action that could benefit from a little lubrication? 

Keep in mind an overwhelming majority of manufacturers, across industries, use sub-optimal lubricants. Many use oil in an application which demands grease, and often they use lubricants incapable of effectively preventing wear between two materials at that level of load. *shrug* For airguns in most locations, a PTFE thickened silicone grease seems to be the best compromise of safe for O-rings and protects metal-on-metal and metal-on-plastic even at elevated loads. My 2c.
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Thanks for the detailed reply. The probe contact with the barrel seems a bit worn on the top side. Probe screw wasn't tighted at all. Could be one reason for the wear. 



I will keep checking the other stuff you mentioned. 
 
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Mine cocks pretty good, I have lubed the bolt though with a moly grease, lightly. As far as the probe drag going in or coming out I feel nothing there. Actually I can't really even feel a pellet being chambered either. No issues with any blowback either. In comparison, my Royale 500 is smoother, like butter on butter and on it I can feel a pellet being chamber as it passes through the breech O-ring. Both are very nice.

Jimmy
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Then I definitely have a problem. Pellet actually goes in ok, the probegoing in or out is an issue. 
 
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Mine is nice and smooth with no issues at the breech like you're describing. As said by STO above its definitely not one of the lightest actuating sidelevers out there. It's significantly heavier than say, my old HW100 was for the same power output. Not quite as smooth at that gun either if I'm completely honest. But that said the weihrauch might have the best mechanical sidelever out there. The crown still has a very nice positive feel to the whole procedure though. 

My first crown's action was machined off whack and that had some pretty ratchety spots on cocking. Accuracy was nonexistent too though, so unless yours is a blunderbuss I doubt it's the same issue...

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Accuracy is ok. Just the cocking. When I got it, the whole action was loose, the probe is loose and the reg was at 150!



I will keep digging l. 
 
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