Guys how important it is to store my pcp decocked???
Does it hurt the mechanism if I don’t??
thanks.
Does it hurt the mechanism if I don’t??
thanks.
That's debatable, but even the speculation of which makes me want to not leave them cocked.... I think what primarily causes fatigue is repeated compression and expansion. It is likely in some scenarios that storing compressed would cause some minute amount of fatigue. Any of which is undesirable for a consistently performing rifle. In something like a firing pin or hammer spring used to fire a primer on a cartridge this would matter little. Or something like a magazine spring. But something directly impinging on the power production mechanisms if not an integral part of this.... I would avoid.Any spring left in compression will lose an amount of force, so I always decock any of my guns.
Agree but there is always a “ ready “ gun.Safety demands NEVER leaving ANY gun cocked! Just asking for trouble.
Safety first! Just dry fire it in a safe direction.leaving a spring compressed will not weaken the spring.
As Long_Gun_Dallas said, repeated cycling of the spring is what will eventually wear it out, but even that will take a very long time.
It depends on the quality of the spring material. I know the spring in my liberty weakened and I didn't leave it cocked either.leaving a spring compressed will not weaken the spring.
As Long_Gun_Dallas said, repeated cycling of the spring is what will eventually wear it out, but even that will take a very long time.
There's absolutely no reason to store a PCP cocked and loaded when you can cock it in a second.
If your "ready" gun is a PCP, that in itself if a real problem.Agree but there is always a “ ready “ gun.
In regard to hammer spring I once kept my HP Carbine cocked for 4 months …
Testing it afterward was shocking as there was no fps loss …. I already had another hammer spring ready to go for it.
…. or I could just be use to condition one, cocked and locked.If your "ready" gun is a PCP, that in itself if a real problem.
Even during the great rat wars I have been plagued with, I have been able to even load a 1377, pump it, and get a kill shot off.
There's absolutely no reason to store airguns cocked outside of pure laziness and complacency of their user.
Even unloaded, a blast of pressure coming out the barrel to someone who for that split second forgets it's cocked should be reason enough.
It most likely weakend from cycling, especially since you do not leave it cocked. But you are correct, it probalby was a poor quality spring to start with.It depends on the quality of the spring material. I know the spring in my liberty weakened and I didn't leave it cocked either.