Hello there everyone,
First of all, I'd like to know, whether the Spanish company Cometa also makes guns for the brand AirForce, and just puts on a different label, or have they actually sold the patents/blueprints to AirForce and they make their own guns of the same model or type? Is there anyone out there, who knows what's up with all of this?
...And now straight to the topic of this thread...
The finish on the newer Cometa 400 models and potentially other models of their springers, such as the 220, 300, and all of their carbine length variants as well, i.e. mod. 400 Fenix Premier USC; Or even their PCPs: Lynx, Orion... et cetera, is BAD. It's almost, as if there is no finish at all on the gun, just a thin layer of paint as a coating on the metal parts. A friend of mine bought one of these new, 2022/2023 made Cometa models, a couple of months ago and has only fired some 350-400 pellets through it so far, when he noticed rust; Yes, I wrote RUST, on the gun last week. I know the guy well enough to know, that he would never leave a gun outside during the night (when it gets colder) and that he'd keep his stuff, as he has kept this one, in a dry place, where there's about a room temperature's worth of moisture in the air. He's kept this particular, problematic Cometa in a wardrobe, along with most of his other airguns, when he wasn't using it. He's bought a Cometa 400 Galaxy to be exact, which would be the Airforce mod. 94, with a plastic stock in the US (that's why I want to know whether AirForce makes their own models, or they just get them from Cometa, branded as AF or otherwise as the mod. 94); Same principle applies to the German company "Tell", they keep the same designations though, just like Cometa; in example: Tell Modell - 400.
The "Tell" variant of the Cometa's model 400:
www.kotte-zeller.de
I should also point out, that this friend of mine has other, older production Cometa springers as well. The models that he's got are the following: 200 with a wooden stock (discontinued), 220 Galaxy, 400 Fenix (standard model), and this new 400 Galaxy. No other, either Cometa airgun of his or mine, or that of other brands, has rust on it!
This is basically the only gun that he kept inside, when not using of course, that caught rust. When me or him stop shooting, we lubriacte the outer surfaces of our guns, but it just so happened that he intended to keep on using the gun for a few more days, and he'd then lube the thing and put it away, yet it caught rust early, for some reason. Also note, that he wouldn't touch the gun with wet hands, otherwise his other guns would be rusting already, however are NOT, yet this one is, and it's practially brand new! I find it very hard to believe, that perhaps a few specs of sweat would be the cause for corrosion on a brand new gun, in very dry weather (at the time he's last been shooting the gun, there was 30' Celsius).
Here's the proof, but I'd like to apologize in advance, for the bad image quality, my dude's got a bad phone camera;
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Note, that those aren't flakes of dust, but in fact corrosion, or just plain RUST. The numbers ....-22 21-C1 indicate that the gun was made in either 2021/2022.
I'm sorry for ranting about all of this here, but I just wanted to get the message out there and tell you guys, that the "coatings" or finishes, or whatever you want to call them, on these newer Cometa airguns SUCK!
...And just in case you're shooting an AF 94, or a TELL springer, you should heed this warning and lubriacte your guns after each and every shooting session.
One more thing, another friend of mine keeps an old Kandar LB-600 in his garage, he's had it there for years on end, and the thing just barely started rusting last year. The gun cost 50 euros and the guy bought it second hand, which means that it was used already. Seemingly a ~50 euro springer has a better finish on it, than a ~250 euro gun, although these kinds of Cometa airguns cost around 300 euros here in Slovenia... Just imagine and keep that in mind, let it sink in.
First of all, I'd like to know, whether the Spanish company Cometa also makes guns for the brand AirForce, and just puts on a different label, or have they actually sold the patents/blueprints to AirForce and they make their own guns of the same model or type? Is there anyone out there, who knows what's up with all of this?
...And now straight to the topic of this thread...
The finish on the newer Cometa 400 models and potentially other models of their springers, such as the 220, 300, and all of their carbine length variants as well, i.e. mod. 400 Fenix Premier USC; Or even their PCPs: Lynx, Orion... et cetera, is BAD. It's almost, as if there is no finish at all on the gun, just a thin layer of paint as a coating on the metal parts. A friend of mine bought one of these new, 2022/2023 made Cometa models, a couple of months ago and has only fired some 350-400 pellets through it so far, when he noticed rust; Yes, I wrote RUST, on the gun last week. I know the guy well enough to know, that he would never leave a gun outside during the night (when it gets colder) and that he'd keep his stuff, as he has kept this one, in a dry place, where there's about a room temperature's worth of moisture in the air. He's kept this particular, problematic Cometa in a wardrobe, along with most of his other airguns, when he wasn't using it. He's bought a Cometa 400 Galaxy to be exact, which would be the Airforce mod. 94, with a plastic stock in the US (that's why I want to know whether AirForce makes their own models, or they just get them from Cometa, branded as AF or otherwise as the mod. 94); Same principle applies to the German company "Tell", they keep the same designations though, just like Cometa; in example: Tell Modell - 400.
The "Tell" variant of the Cometa's model 400:
Tell Modell 400 Luftgewehr schwarz Kal. 4,5mm Diabolo
Tell Modell 400 Luftgewehr schwarz Kal. 4,5mm Diabolo jetzt bestellen im Luftgewehre Shop.
www.kotte-zeller.de I should also point out, that this friend of mine has other, older production Cometa springers as well. The models that he's got are the following: 200 with a wooden stock (discontinued), 220 Galaxy, 400 Fenix (standard model), and this new 400 Galaxy. No other, either Cometa airgun of his or mine, or that of other brands, has rust on it!
This is basically the only gun that he kept inside, when not using of course, that caught rust. When me or him stop shooting, we lubriacte the outer surfaces of our guns, but it just so happened that he intended to keep on using the gun for a few more days, and he'd then lube the thing and put it away, yet it caught rust early, for some reason. Also note, that he wouldn't touch the gun with wet hands, otherwise his other guns would be rusting already, however are NOT, yet this one is, and it's practially brand new! I find it very hard to believe, that perhaps a few specs of sweat would be the cause for corrosion on a brand new gun, in very dry weather (at the time he's last been shooting the gun, there was 30' Celsius).
Here's the proof, but I'd like to apologize in advance, for the bad image quality, my dude's got a bad phone camera;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note, that those aren't flakes of dust, but in fact corrosion, or just plain RUST. The numbers ....-22 21-C1 indicate that the gun was made in either 2021/2022.
I'm sorry for ranting about all of this here, but I just wanted to get the message out there and tell you guys, that the "coatings" or finishes, or whatever you want to call them, on these newer Cometa airguns SUCK!
...And just in case you're shooting an AF 94, or a TELL springer, you should heed this warning and lubriacte your guns after each and every shooting session.One more thing, another friend of mine keeps an old Kandar LB-600 in his garage, he's had it there for years on end, and the thing just barely started rusting last year. The gun cost 50 euros and the guy bought it second hand, which means that it was used already. Seemingly a ~50 euro springer has a better finish on it, than a ~250 euro gun, although these kinds of Cometa airguns cost around 300 euros here in Slovenia... Just imagine and keep that in mind, let it sink in.
