That"s pretty good Tom, love the setup lol.Question, how do springers hold up being cocked for 3-4 hours compared to the gas piston break barrels; especially in the cold?
What sling do you use on your 125 sniper?
Nice shooting Tom, especially in those harsh conditions.And you can be proud that you still can manage to cock- and shoot these airguns at your age. That is indeed not for everyone.
I'm trying to figure out what sling will fit the fittings it comes with. Wish it had come with QD studs.
Question, how do springers hold up being cocked for 3-4 hours compared to the gas piston break barrels; especially in the cold?
Nice write up Tom. I’m a big fan of the 125s
Quote from: buddyb on March 20, 2023, 03:51:14 PMQuestion, how do springers hold up being cocked for 3-4 hours compared to the gas piston break barrels; especially in the cold?When out in the woods, my springers sometimes stay cocked up to four hours at a stretch, although I try to keep cocked times under that. To know what happens with a coilspringer with extended compression time, years back I chronoed my then-go-to & well-broken-in Gamo 440 .22 cal fresh, after 1 hour cocked, and after 2 hours cocked: The gun would lose about 3 m/s (10 fps) after two hours at full compression. However, Gamo mainsprings are low-quality parts, and the gun had seen much use. Since quality aftermarket springs last about 6 times longer than crappy factory springs, and take a set just a fraction of them in the break-in, they would lose much less velocity as well.Back in the late 90's Ken Pang did a much more rigorous, bigger and more extended test on this. Keeping a bunch of coilspring guns cocked for a week lowered muzzle velocities by only about 10 to 20 fps.So, I wouldn't worry about coilspring durability under any typical hunting situation.
Thanks Tom, I'm looking at the springers more and more.