I recently acquired a new-to-me Umarex Walther Lever Action Long rifle along with a few other CO2 guns. (Yes, I’ve been having a bit of withdrawal syndrome with my HW30S out in repair).
The Walther rifle is the first version with dual 12 gram CO2 cartridges. It didn’t come with magazines so I purchased a set of clips on Amazon (Umarex .177 Caliber Pellet Air Gun Rotary Magazine (Pack of 3), 8-Shot Capacity https://a.co/8QsVCdG).
Cartridge punctured and held fine, and pellets loaded into the magazine fine. Problem is, I can only get a shot or so and the gun fails to fire the next shot. It seems the first shot jars the other pellets out of the magazine. Sometimes the pellets drop out when I pop open the compartment for the clip.
This is despite me firmly seating each pellet in the clips. I find I have to check and reseat pellets between every shot, which is extremely inconvenient and is not even always successful. Other times, the pellet gets stuck and I have to shear it to open the compartment.
Anyone having these issues? Any ideas what is going on?
(Another issue: I also occasionally get suddenly weak shots. Taking the CO2 dual cart out and putting it back sometimes helps.)
The Walther rifle is the first version with dual 12 gram CO2 cartridges. It didn’t come with magazines so I purchased a set of clips on Amazon (Umarex .177 Caliber Pellet Air Gun Rotary Magazine (Pack of 3), 8-Shot Capacity https://a.co/8QsVCdG).
Cartridge punctured and held fine, and pellets loaded into the magazine fine. Problem is, I can only get a shot or so and the gun fails to fire the next shot. It seems the first shot jars the other pellets out of the magazine. Sometimes the pellets drop out when I pop open the compartment for the clip.
This is despite me firmly seating each pellet in the clips. I find I have to check and reseat pellets between every shot, which is extremely inconvenient and is not even always successful. Other times, the pellet gets stuck and I have to shear it to open the compartment.
Anyone having these issues? Any ideas what is going on?
(Another issue: I also occasionally get suddenly weak shots. Taking the CO2 dual cart out and putting it back sometimes helps.)