Keeping A Springer Cocked

[jonnie bravo 572]

Ey up folks just a did a wee test on the prosport tonight.

 

Put the chrono on it, and banged a jsb RS pellet through it, 801 fps.

 

I did a 10 shot string the day before that had a 10 fps variance from 790 to 800 fps.

 

So I cocked the gun again. But this time I left it for an hour. This time it went 795.

 

Always had it in my head that the gun would have lost a lot of power, so happy with that!

[VWman 232]

When I am waiting for the next batch of pigeons to land on the grain dryer it can take a while and some times I walk to the other end of the barn that I use as a hide and fire it into the back field as I don't like to keep it cocked for a long time.

It may well be fine but I don't like to leave the spring compressed.

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Just hold onto the biscuit for longer!

[j j m 6,625]

i try not to leave my spring guns cocked for long periods

[Coypu Hunter 486]

Don't sweat it. Mainsprings are built to last. I've accidentally left my 97K cocked for a couple of weeks with no drop-off in power from the V-Mach spring on board. See here: http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2006/05/how-long-does-a-mainspring-last-part-2/

[random 659]

Leaving them cocked for periods of time has no effect on a spring,if it can't take a couple hours of it surely it wouldn't last much more than a few times of pellets anyway,I myself try to cock the gun as late as possible but that's an old habit born from being told it would harm the spring,I can't speak of real old rifles cus I have no real experience of them,in a magazine or online didn't someone chrono a rifle,cock it and stick it in a cupboard for a year or so before testing it again and it read the same? I'll have a quick Google for it...

[Coypu Hunter 486]

Leaving them cocked for periods of time has no effect on a spring,in a magazine or online didn't someone chrono a rifle,cock it and stick it in a cupboard for a year or so before testing it again and it read the same? I'll have a quick Google for it...

 

See the link I posted above.

[ratbuster 808]

Totally depends on the quality of the spring. Nowadays a spring made from the right steel and rightly tempered , will last and last. In the old days, there was a risk in loosing in power because of the poorer quality of the steel used, although those old BSA springs (used in the BSA Standard etc) were really good quality and kept their power forever, says something about the steel used.....

[Rez 4,961]

I read a copy of Airgunner from a year of two back and they left a springer cocked for months, only to find it exactly the same over the crono when shot...