I'm so proud of myself...

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yenniedn

yenniedn

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Hello AGN - it's been awhile since I've done anything with my PCP's or any of the forums so it's good to be back. Wanted to share my joy with you guys today b/c I'm super proud of my recent accomplishments.

Like many of you, I've gone through a number of rifles in my time. Up until this year I honestly can't remember owning an air rifle that's leaked - this is probably because I typically never hung on to any rifle long enough or shot them enough to develop leaks. I haven't been going through nearly as many rifles in recent years so my collection has stabilized to five core rifles. A few months ago, my Edgun R3M .25 (old reliable herself) and the much more quirky Colibri .22 both developed leaks. The Edgun bled very quickly to near empty while the Colibri has very slowly gone from 200bar down to about 40bar over the course of several months.

I'm typically not one to tinker with my toys and would've sent these out to my favorite tuners to get fixed - but have been preoccupied and just ignored them both. Finally had some free time these last two weekends and, with great hesitation and paranoia (and a smattering of emails to Ernest plus a couple of YouTube videos), I managed to fix both leaks! Turned out to be a pretty simple job and the satisfaction you get from doing it yourself is phenomenal! No need to pack up the rifle, send it out and wait to get it back! Quick replacement of a couple of o-rings and you're back in business!

Yay me! I may start making my own custom stocks and/or LDC's now! ;)
 
Thanks, guys. The fear was always about potentially screwing up the rifle or, worse yet, putting an eye out - but with some time and proper precautions, it really is pretty straightforward once you understand the basic concept.

The local critters aren't too pleased that these rifles have been fixed. Five juvenile ground squirrels and one flying rat paid the price for getting in front of my Edgun today. Now I remember why I banished that thing to the safe to begin with: it never misses and is almost boring to shoot!
 
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"Dirte"Awesome! I think in time more will take the jump like you did. With the forums and others offering helpful information, guys can jump into a repair that may be as simple as a 30 minute job. Just understanding how they work is 75% of the repair. Thanks for the post...... It gives others a bit of encouragement.
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Thanks, Dirte . . . my original post was meant a little tongue in cheek because I know changing a couple of o-rings isn't exactly earth shattering stuff for many people on here. Just that I was never inclined to do it until now and then realized how relatively easy it is. Luckily I never really had the need to do it before but it's good to know that it's simple to do should I need to in the future.
 
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Good deal! Most, are very simple. Once upon a time the daystate huntsman had something like 26 parts, that's counting every screw, oring, other. Now some are more difficult but the same theory on most all. 
Now that you've been in a couple other things like perhaps lapping a barrel ( if needed ) or opening a port are just one extra tool away from your ability - slow & easy eh ? - .


Slightly OT,

I am not sure whats up with orings these days.
Do people just fill as fast as they can and heat em up? ( my best guesses )
Poor machining in the gooves?
Other?

I know of many airguns with 17+ year old original orings but SO many new rigs seem to go through them fast?



John
 
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The only gun I've had leak on me was my Marauder, and that was because of a faulty pressure gauge. Other than that my AA, even the chuntsman have held air without issue. I think you may be right John in that most people aren't aware that a slow fill will not only keep your orings in good shape, but your valve/regulator as well.
 
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