Airgun Technologies Vulcan 3 newbie

[JessyJ72]

Morning all,

Newbie to the world of PCP’s here. After a few years of shooting springers I’ve treated myself to a Vulcan 3/500mm/0.177 UK sub 12 ft/lb’er.

Unfortunately I was feeling the cocking action and stupidly double loaded and subsequently blew the breach seal out.

Is it a case of stripping the top of the rifle off and installing the new seal with a dental hook and bit it fiddling, or do I need to de gas the rifle and remove the barrel to access it please?

I appreciate this is super simple stuff to you guys, however I’m wanting to learn the right way and believe you should always ask before jumping straight in.

Many thanks.

 

[Peashooter]

I got 2 videos on the Vulcan 3 i no longer have.

To get the barrel off, you just remove the plastic cover at the back that you rest your cheek on while shooting ( 6 screws as i recall )
And then the barrel are fixed with a few screws in the back, but also 4 more under the scope rail that you also need to remove.

You should not need to take the pressure of the rifle for removing the barrel.

 

[Peashooter]

You can also take off the entire bottle + plenum pipe assembly while it is pressurized, it is all sealed by the shot valve that is in the end of the plenum pipe.
Just this is sort of a load supporting part of the rifle so with that removed + the barrel, what is left are a bit " floppy "
So i have generally just removed 1 of the two things at a time to have some rigidity in the stuff i am working on.

 

[Peashooter]

Cleaning your barrel, take off the entire shroud and with it the build in moderator, that make the barrel easy to reach and you do not need a straw to feed cleaning rod thru it.
It just unscrew and pull right off tool less as i recall.

 

[Trucker3573]

Great vids…yeah the Vulcan is a pretty easy gun to get into and service

 

[Buckshutr]

I have a wooden dowel from my local hardware. Get one near the size of the bore and run it down the barrel from the muzzle. Then you can push the oring in very carefully with a dental pick. The dowel helps keep the oring from jumping past where it seats. Should be able to do it without removing the barrel.

 

[JessyJ72]

I decided to whip the barrel out for better access and it ended up being a quick ten minute job. All back together and the power is back up to a reasonable level, I’ll have a play with hammer tension tomorrow when I’ve more time.

Thank you all for your help.