What are your thoughts on PCP rifle Maintenance and upkeep long term?

[PewPewTac]

As a newbie to PCP air rifles, it appears that PCP air guns are a bit more complicated to maintain in the long run due to finding the correct O-rings, etc., to replace old parts, especially if the model is no longer in production. Also, I'm sure to replace such parts on the PCP air guns; we would at least have to know what we are doing so as not to damage or break anything. To keep or to sell... ???

 

[Hoffman9517]

Thoughts like this make me regret selling my talon p but another plus about those is there were so many made..

 

[2L8]

Lee,
Not as complicated as you might think.

Research and patience will yield the results you are looking for. Hang in there.

Patrick

 

[MikeVV]

Replacement o-rings are not a problem at all .
These guys have full kits for MANY different guns ready to go. I just received a few kits for...just in case !
Yes the shipping is a little more than shipping across the street in the US, but the time and effort saved in hunting the "correct" o-rings, and knowing that you'll get what you need, is worth the additional shipping and duty costs.

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Mike

 

[Peskådot671]

If you buy your o-rings from The O-Ring Store, one piece of advice I can give is to make sure you write the sizes down on a piece of tape or the label itself. The ink on the thermal printed labels fade in a short period of time. I actually started a thread on this a while back lol.

Faded O-Ring Labels. Don't Wait Until It's Too Late!

Just thought I'd share such a simple thing one can do to make life easier and save money. A few days ago, I was looking for some o-rings that I purchased a while back. I was looking at the labels for a specific size and noticed that the ink on the labels had faded so bad that I couldn't really...

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[Joekrooz]

Thoughts like this make me regret selling my talon p but another plus about those is there were so many made..

I regretted selling mine too, so much that I bought another one recently. Possibly some of the easiest guns to work on.