Tuning Stranger Things When Cocking DAR25

[pecci]

I double-chambered, but before I realized it I damaged the 2nd pellets skirt a little when I tried cocking again. Finally, I had to press & gently tap a dowel down the muzzle-nd to get both pellets out. They were the "PB-Free" Diabolo Exact Kings ... This occurred the 1st time I tried them, too. Not ever again! --- Anyway, upon the pellet removal, the gun went thru a period of rough, gravelly, cocking movements, even hanging-up on occasion as the lever was pulled back. I thought I would repeat the range of motion several times, trigger-in, as you would in ''de-cocking'' the rifle. --- Finally, it all appeared to break free, however, now instead of the cocking resistance starting around 1/2 way into the ''pull-back'' it doesn't occur until the very end. The gun still cocks and fires, only with a lot of dead travel and a last short bit of resistance. I'm still shaking my head. This was 2 wks ago. I thought it would heal by itself if left alone.

If you have any idea what I did, and/or what I can do, let me know. It's odd that the whole cocking dynamics changed from before.

 

[Odoyle]

Sounds like the probe pushed back or bent from the force of banging the pellets out or forcing the side lever closed. 

I would check if the probe is ok and where it engages the hammer. 

 

[pecci]

Sounds like the probe pushed back or bent from the force of banging the pellets out or forcing the side lever closed. 

I would check if the probe is ok and where it engages the hammer.

Will do 1st thing in the AM. Thanks, again!

 

[pecci]

Sounds like the probe pushed back or bent from the force of banging the pellets out or forcing the side lever closed. 

I would check if the probe is ok and where it engages the hammer.

I think you may be right. I didn't see a bend, but it's very hard to tell. What I did do was add a small amount of pressure from the top of the probe, and it cycled properly for about 15-20 reps before going back to the problem. Now, during repeated cocking/de-cocking, it's on-again, off-again.

If being pressed in by the dowel is the problem, I would assume the probe needs to be pulled out.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

 

[pecci]

Anybody???

I've been cocking & uncocking all week, trying to figure out what I can do w/o hurting anything. I did try gently using thin pliers w/soft tissue paper between the pliers & the base of the probe. Using only light pressure to grasp and pull it forward offered no fix. Don't know if I could use more pull pressure w/o hurting something.

Odoyle, the probe appears straight, centered & true. When you write about the probe engages the hammer, do you mean the point, along the length of travel, when the gun becomes "cocked?"