Cocking Lever troubles
First off, I’ve been lurking here for a while now and have found this site to be a great source of information. Thanks to all here who make this forum what it is.
Ok, I recenetly ordered a chronograph and tried my hand at tophat adjustments. In the process of repeat cocking/shooting I noticed that every once in a while my cocking lever would not lock into place. I’d slide it back and it would just not catch. A little bit more speed on the push would result in a successful lock.
Now I’ve noticed that I have to do this almost everytime I cock the gun. What have I broken and is there an easy way to fix it? I know I could probably send it in for warranty repair. But I don’t really have that sort of patience.
By the way. In the tophat adjustment guide in Quick Referrence, I’m looking for that “jump in power” what kind of jump are we talking about? 50fps? 100? Thanks guys.
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If I slowly slide the knob back. Most times the gun wont cock. If I slide it back fairly quickly. The gun will cock. It’s not so much that the gun won’t function than it takes more effort to cock. It’s annoying.
back?????? on an Airforce you push the breech ‘forward’ to cock.
enjoy
That was part of the confusion. I got him squared away 😀
If I slowly slide the knob back. Most times the gun wont cock. If I slide it back fairly quickly. The gun will cock. It’s not so much that the gun won’t function than it takes more effort to cock. It’s annoying.
back?????? on an Airforce you push the breech ‘forward’ to cock.
enjoy
Yeah, that’s exactly what I did. First time I tried taking the gun apart to any degree. Was interesting and worked out perfectly.
Thanks a ton for the responses guys.
I was just going to post what WOK said!
It worked for me! Give it a try… but don’t stretch it too much…
If I slowly slide the knob back. Most times the gun wont cock. If I slide it back fairly quickly. The gun will cock. It’s not so much that the gun won’t function than it takes more effort to cock. It’s annoying.
If you know how to access your sear spring you can try what I did. I put a little stretch on the spring to give it a little more length. Then test it.
Dont loose any of the springs in there. And note there location.
Fig 7 #184
http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4
Some guys move this spring forward in position also for more positive engagement.
Let’s try it this way.
If I slowly slide the knob back. Most times the gun wont cock. If I slide it back fairly quickly. The gun will cock. It’s not so much that the gun won’t function than it takes more effort to cock. It’s annoying.
Are you saying that the hammer is locking back?
try a couple drops of o-ring oil at each end of the breech slide. Also, if your power wheel is on max try reducing the setting to 8 or 10.
I’m sorry. Probably wasn’t clear enough. I was referring to the action of sliding the knob forward. The point when the safety clicks on and the gun is cocked. That’s not happening. I have to almost jam it forward for this to happen. It wasnt like that when I first got the gun. Or even up till the heavy use of tophat adjustment.
When you close the breech you should feel some resistance then it will click over the oring and the face of the breech will sit flush with the brim of the top hat.
If the breech is closed completely you should be able to rotate the the knob to one side. If you can not do so either you are not pushing the breech fully closed or your top hat is adjusted to far out.
Take a look….and welcome
Two possibilities I know of for the sticky cocking lever.
1. If you are leaving the top hat set screws a little loose while adjusting, they will grab against the breach preventing proper closing. They must be tightened lightly (flush with the tophat) to avoid interference.
2. If not the above, try a drop of silicone oil on the breech oring.
Hope this helps
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0_o. Oh sorry for the confusion. Guess my brains thinks pushing forward and pulling backward. But yeah. WOKs advice worked.