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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Air Gun Gate => Topic started by: DarrellS on September 22, 2018, 08:52:15 PM
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I recently purchased my first side lever diana 52 in the 22 cal .
I have been struggling to carry pellets and load a pellet .
I have arthritis and numbness is my hands and fingers .
I have two pella pens but the pellets will not load very well without hanging up on the edges of the taper in the barrel .
Do you guys some how smooth the sharp edges on the barrel or polish the machine marks ? I don't want to screw up my gun because of my lack of experience .
Is this just the wrong application for a pella pen ?
I have seen the different methods posted using everything from coin purses to foam attached to the gun with holes for the pellets . There are some great ideas you guys have shared .
Thank you .
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Darrell,
There was a member on here that had made a pellet loader from gallon jug plastic the started the pellet 90 degrees from how the pellet pen inserts the pellets.
When I find the thread I will link it. It was a simple and ingenious solution.
Taso
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Found it!
https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=141890.msg1434149#msg1434149 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=141890.msg1434149#msg1434149)
It was made from a plastic cutting mat. I remembered wrong.
Taso
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The chamber on my TX 200 was too sharp to easily load a pellet. I took a conical Dremel stone - number 952 I think - and turned it two or three turns by hand to chamfer the edge slightly. It made all the difference in the world!! I know i purchased it at Home Depot.
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Thank you for the thread link and the idea of the dremel stone . I have considered the stone and slight polish idea since the purchase of the rifle but I like the gun so much I was worried about creating another problem while trying to solve the current problem . The way the breach seal works on this gun it looked pretty safe to deburr the inside of the barrel where the pellet is inserted as long as I don't touch the end of the barrel where the breach seal makes contact .