Air Arms Running my TX200 without one of the spring guides

[dan_house]

In my run up to the Worlds have had issues keeping the gun below the 12 ftlb limit.....

ordered a 12 ft lb spring, arrived and ,,,,,,, its bigger diamter than either of the guides/sleeves I have that the spring travels INSIDE of. The guides the spring goes over/inside the spring fit fine.

Any reason(s) to worry about running it with only the one guide? Its twangy and buzzy but wayyy more consistent than the kit Ive been working with (cant remember who made it or where purchased).

 

[Frank in Fairfield]

Dan?
Are you talking about the front spring guide (top hat)?
I don’t think that would be a problem, in fact I was thinking of leaving the front guide out of one of my 13.5 models to reduce it to 12fpe and below.
I am sure a tuner will jump in soon.

BTW…all of my TXs are twangy. I like it like that.

 

[Jim-in-UK]

In my run up to the Worlds have had issues keeping the gun below the 12 ftlb limit.....

ordered a 12 ft lb spring, arrived and ,,,,,,, its bigger diamter than either of the guides/sleeves I have that the spring travels INSIDE of. The guides the spring goes over/inside the spring fit fine.

Any reason(s) to worry about running it with only the one guide? Its twangy and buzzy but wayyy more consistent than the kit Ive been working with (cant remember who made it or where purchased).

The guides/sleeves are not factory, but aftermarket. The TX should run fine with correctly fitting conventional front/rear guides (that fit inside the spring)

 

[dan_house]

Frank- No not the top hat. Ive got a washer sandwich in the piston. Might try one of the top hat's I have.....

Jim- Thanx for confirming.

Learned more about the TX in the last few weeks than I have in the years Ive owned it.... Its really driven home why this gun is so good and so popular

If I remember, I'll snap a pic

 

[Frank in Fairfield]

Oh

 

[Jim-in-UK]

My two .177" Mk.3 TX200s have extended piston rods that give 85mm of stroke, and that's the best first step toward a 12 ft.lb. rifle, Dan. Free recoil with 500g scopes is circa 4.5mm, and the UK spring gives gentle acceleration into recoil, the 41mm of preload softens piston bounce/forward recoil surge.

 

[dan_house]

Jim

I have 2 of those rods. Life got in the way before I could install them.

 

[Jim-in-UK]

Here's the recoil of one of my TX200s against an HW97 (both without scopes), Dan. Pellet exit is between 10ms and 11ms.

 

[dan_house]

err just remembered I didnt take pics....

did put in a small nylon top hat. added ~3mm of net preload.... added 9 ish fps to the average, but still legal, Need to shoot it in some more