radio1ham Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 (edited) hello all well i got this airsporter mk1 few days ago all complete only thing is that its hard to cock and have to really work the lever to make it cock whilst moving the trigger it seems as if the rod in the piston isnt long enough maybe another 1/4 inch of length on the rod would help it cock ive stripped the gun down and all seems to be good now wear on the trigger or the sears and piston rod has little wear aswell was wondering if there is any adjustment for the rod in the piston i used it the other night along at my mates house who has a fair size free hold garden and was suprised by the little gun very accurate, power could do with being up a bit more maybe new mainspring once i sort the cocking action out when i got the little gun it was in a right state (the stock) what posessed someone to paint it with black gloss paint well it sanded now only thing is apart from the knocks and scatches in the wood i may end up loosing where it has been stamped with the letters BSA hopefully i wont loose this and also going to do the blueing aswell so hopefully should get it back to at least half decent to look at its clever that the breach opens automaticaly when the cocking lever is pulled aswell so if anyone has any idea about the cocking being short please let me know thanks again all just out of daftness how much do these sell for (not that i want to sell it ) im just curious it has got the rear sight aswell which i hear a lot of them seem to get lost its in tatty condition at moment may some one can let me know what prices they go for in all conditions from tatty to pristine condition cheer again everyone Edited June 14, 2009 by radio1ham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticwar Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 try here mate http://bsaog.co.uk/forum/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Whip the spring out and measure it-phone an airgun dealer and ask how long it should be-sounds to me like some **** has tried to put a bigger spring in it-there is no adjustment on the rod thet i know of-hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolmt Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hi Radio It may be that one or more of the pins that act as pivots on the cocking lever assembly is bent after years of use or that there is wear on the slot in the piston skirt thereby using up some of the travel needed to get the sear engaged, there is not a great deal of spare movement in the mecanism to allow for wear. There is also no way of adjusting the piston rod length as there is no need to do so if all else is ok. Hope this helps Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio1ham Posted June 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 hello chaps well stripped it again spring is ok as so is the pins in the trigger assembly took the trigger spring out and the gun cocks easier maybe needs new trigger spring just a pity i cant get all the marks out of the stock but its look a hell of a lot better than it did covered in balck gloss paint its now a nice dark wood no bloody black paint all needs done now is a peice that had in time been broken off the fore end of the stock which had been replaced with a bit of pine has to come off aswell got a peice of nice dark wood yesterday off wifes father so just a matter of shaping it to fit il get a couple of pics of it and post on here (wish had took pics of it before i strarted to tidy it up ) also the blueing is done aswell not all rust now but cant get rid of the pitting on the underside of the spring housing but that dont make any difference to it shooting shoots nicely aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy1946 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 It does sound like the spring is the wrong one, similar happened to me, changed what I thought was like for like but it worked out too many coils to the same length of spring, thus the spring was closing all the way, coils butting up to each other not allowing the sear to engage, order spring for yopur gun from T.W. Chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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