tonywarb 0 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Picked up a mk4 mercury today - my first springer! The barrel is full of smoke after the pellet has left! This cant be right ? How do I sort this? Cheers, T. Quote Link to post
hughesey1552 0 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 my ol springer used to do this, like a gun in a western film lol. I always thought it was just lead residue in the barrell. My rifle although a cheap plinker never had any negative affects from this. Hughesey Quote Link to post
mackem 23,934 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Dieseling or like this???? Quote Link to post
Grim Reaper 1 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Picked up a mk4 mercury today - my first springer! The barrel is full of smoke after the pellet has left! This cant be right ?How do I sort this? Cheers, T. My first thought is that it is due to oil/grease residue inside the piston/spring bore - see if you can clean the bore out at all mate? You could get someone who is confident to do a strip down, clean and re-assembly i guess, or if you are confident enough you could do it yourself? Failing all else, take it to a gun shop - i am not sure what the charge will be, mind you. Regards, Grim. Quote Link to post
mackem 23,934 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Its dieseling in the compression chamber,we used to pour oil in as kids in the mistaken belief that the resultant sonic-crack and belch of smoke meant our BSA meteors were performing at FAC levels Quote Link to post
tonywarb 0 Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Dieseling or like this???? lol! not that i know about that sort of thing Quote Link to post
tonywarb 0 Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Picked up a mk4 mercury today - my first springer! The barrel is full of smoke after the pellet has left! This cant be right ?How do I sort this? Cheers, T. My first thought is that it is due to oil/grease residue inside the piston/spring bore - see if you can clean the bore out at all mate? You could get someone who is confident to do a strip down, clean and re-assembly i guess, or if you are confident enough you could do it yourself? Failing all else, take it to a gun shop - i am not sure what the charge will be, mind you. Regards, Grim. Grim, The rifle has stood for 15 years and only had a few plinks before that. I'll bang some through and see what happens. May strip and see what's inside if it gets no better. I'll see if there is a how to on the net! T. Quote Link to post
mackem 23,934 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Dieseling or like this???? lol! not that i know about that sort of thing What?Fighting Charlie in the Nam? Quote Link to post
tonywarb 0 Posted August 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Dieseling or like this???? lol! not that i know about that sort of thing What?Fighting Charlie in the Nam? yep - the viet bong! Quote Link to post
mackem 23,934 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Good retort Quote Link to post
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