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DIY devices to make it easier to cock your break-barrel and pump-up rifles

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19Sheridan57:
  I agree with David. I pump up my Sheridans with only 3-4 pumps, 90% of the time. The only time I pump more is for testing fps, hunting bigger game, or shooting longer distances. I have " killed a lot of cardboard" with 3 pumps.

HPP-Mechanic:
I bought a Dragonfly2 for this reason. 3 pumps, up to 15 pumps, easy peasy.

jpiperson2002:
I had a Dragonfly on preorder as soon as they went online but ended up cancelling the order before they began to ship. At least the Dragonfly didn't take as long to ship after its announcement as the '2021' Ravin R-18. I had money down on that one for a year before I cancelled and there's no telling when it will actually start to ship.

I agree with all of you about a few easy pumps being plenty for casual paper targets. I made that handle holder around the time my octogen brother was struggling with his unusually difficult to pump-up rifle. Finally put a chrony on it and the power level maxed at about 3 pumps. Turned out that the air cylinder just wasn't emptying out completely after every shot. Probably a result of his habit of usually pumping the thing up 8 to 10 to 'get the most power'. Now I bring my chrony along when I visit.

Once he recocked the rifle without pumping it up or adding a pellet and shot it empty like that a couple of times, it went back to normal and became relatively easy to pump up again. And such a small amount of power was gained by the few extra pumps over 8 that he's settled at 6 pumps as a good number for hunting 10-yard paper targets.

We never use the pump handle clamp gadget since his rifle was fixed and I never shoot pump ups any more. I just like the idea of simple DIY mechanical assist devices for requirements like cocking a crossbow or pumping an HPA hand pump. I made simple leg powered devices to help with that 15 years ago but they aren't needed any more. Might not have been needed back then either, those were mostly hobby projects to keep my mind off of work. HPA compressors are inexpensive now and many hunting crossbows come with silent crank winders, so there isn't much reason for cocking assist devices anymore. Except for Magnum break barrel rifles with the 50+ pull weight, there should be an easier way to do that. Just opinions of course, worth about what you paid for them.

JP
   

AppalachianAirgunner:
Necessity is the mother, as they say. I’ve seen pieces of pipe cut to fit over shrouds in order to provide more leverage when you crank it, but you’ve taken it to the next step.
If human ingenuity vis a vis the structure of the brain hasn’t changed much in thousands of years compared to the rate if our information exchange, I often wonder why more advanced crossbow spanners weren’t created to ease the use of 300+lb war machines.

LesTension:
Airguns and guitars... What could be better. I tinker with both as well. Still gigging (acoustic solo instrumentals) and shooting @ 72!

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