North Charlotte NC USA. At the end of this year, I sold two fwb 600 series that I didn’t need for $1,200 each. One went to MO, the other to CO.A buyer from Colorado wanted to buy another one for 1200.
Last edited:
Upvote 0
N/A Reduced cocking effort on RWS 54 ?
- Thread starter 1969Nova
- Start date
Yes sir. Last year at the show in Hickory, I saw the Haenel MLG 550 for the first time in my life, I have been dreaming about it for a long time. One gentleman showed the Haenel collection,but he didn’t want to sell anything.
Last edited:
Upvote 0
OH the place for that kind of buy's was Toys that Shoot Show but it is no more . i see a few guns like that at the Midwest show in Columbus
Upvote 0
I still don’t understand why this gentleman brought a collection of rifles to the show and didn’t want to sell any of them.
Upvote 0
watch people drool ? OR more likely conversation with other like minded people . Where i live south central KY "you mean you shoot kids BB guns " is the only reply i get.
Upvote 0
Upvote 0
What happens if you change the spring only in a factory-made "F" version 7.5J rifle to a spring from a 26J version rifle?
Upvote 0
I have plenty of .177 rifles. An Anschutz 2002 & a 2001 ten meter guns. A FWB 300S U too. Nothing is remotely close to a starling rifle. The photo is of a 2002 SuperAir with an 8X Unertl.
Upvote 0
Then you might ve OK as these rifles have already have the short stroke piston from the factory. When you originally mentioned 54, we were assuming a regular RWS 54 with the king stroke piston designed for magnum power...
Upvote 0
As Motorhead mentioned, the limitation on reducing cocking effort on the D54 is the 105mm stroke which by design is geared for magnum power levels. Yes you can go slightly lower in spring rate and drop cocking effort a bit, but it doesn't take much to go too far and introduce a bounce in the shot cycle. I just tested a slightly lower power spring and while it did result in lower fpe, it didn't reduce the cocking effort by much. It also limited suitable pellets to 16gr or lower. Jump to 18gr and I could feel the bounce in the shot cycle.
Your best bet would be to go with a short stroke kit from Hector Medina, along with his modified cocking handle. He changes the fulcrum in the cocking handle and it makes a HUGE difference, but this is only available with the short stroke kit. I tested one a couple years ago and it was impressive. Hope this helps!
Steve
Upvote 0
OK Let's forget about version "F" 7.5J 425 fps. You can order from Umarex USA a 16J 590 fps OEM mainspring from Euro version. I hope everyone now agrees that this will work?
Last edited:
Upvote 0
I installed a lower power spring I had into my .177 D54 Pro (custom Vortek spring). I knew it would be under 12ftlbs, but wasn't exactly sure what power the spring would produce (no real preload to speak of). My gun loves wadcutters at lower power. The gun shoots like a CO2 rifle or low power pcp. Cocking effort dropped, not a huge amount. Before it made 18ftlbs or so, now 8.5ftlbs. For my needs this is fine. No major issues, accuracy remains excellent. If there's piston bounce it doesn't effect my shooting. No rattling of internals either. Some spacing would up the power, but it shoots the said wadcutters so well I'm not messing with it. Are there better ways to reduce power/cocking effort? I'm sure there are. I'm simple, just change the spring and have a few spacers on hand just incase.
Upvote 0
I am and old man and my preferred ag is Mr. Mike Melick XS12 .177 with his magic . At 25 yards is very good .
Upvote 0