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Airguns by Make and Model => Weihrauch Airguns => Topic started by: wjjones on December 16, 2014, 02:52:31 PM
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I once saw a post saying that the R7 spring would last X,000 shots, I forgot the number. Is there really some estimate of service life, assuming the gun is not mistreated, e.g. shooting too heavy/too light pellets, leaving it cocked, etc.?
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Quality springs (i.e., Vortek or JM) last a very long time.
In both of my R7s, that means at least 10,000 shots and I've had some go well above 20,000. Only had one break, the others I just replaced and they probably could have gone a lot longer.
Always shooting JSB 7.3 or 8.4s.
Good luck.
R
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Quality springs (i.e., Vortek or JM) last a very long time.
In both of my R7s, that means at least 10,000 shots and I've had some go well above 20,000. Only had one break, the others I just replaced and they probably could have gone a lot longer.
Always shooting JSB 7.3 or 8.4s.
Good luck.
R
Did you replace those springs because performance was down?
I'm shooting mainly JSB 8.4 and H&N 7.1 wadcutters. My gun has the original spring.
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Springs are considered a CONSUMABLE ... ideally should last 10-20 thousand shots.
But then again some have failed much sooner for no aspirant reason, such are springs.
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Quality springs (i.e., Vortek or JM) last a very long time.
In both of my R7s, that means at least 10,000 shots and I've had some go well above 20,000. Only had one break, the others I just replaced and they probably could have gone a lot longer.
Always shooting JSB 7.3 or 8.4s.
Good luck.
R
Did you replace those springs because performance was down?
I'm shooting mainly JSB 8.4 and H&N 7.1 wadcutters. My gun has the original spring.
Only in the one situation where it actually broke. And that was after well above 20k shots.
I like to tinker with my springers and in all other cases I just opened up the R7 and swapped springs to try something else.
R
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Thanks. It looks like I have some time before I have to learn to replace a spring, then. I know it's supposed to be fairly easy on this gun, but I don't want to tear into it unless I really have to.
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Thanks. It looks like I have some time before I have to learn to replace a spring, then. I know it's supposed to be fairly easy on this gun, but I don't want to tear into it unless I really have to.
You doing the right pellet weights, that is a BIG part of it.