New Trail NP making my arm hurt

[YoteMaster]

But is it good pain.

I love that old school kick! Bam! Great stuff. I might get a new trigger, but that is also part of its charm. I've been able to shoot very straight with its stock trigger.

[comfox324]

stahpppp getting more guns. You're making me jealous.

[gandalfretlaw]

I tried to break mine in the first day I got it. Shot 130 rounds through it and tweaked my arm. Couldn't cock anything for several months.

[wilsonj1018]

dear lord YM ur aquiring an arsenal of aiguns slow down. ur gonna wear out the wish gun factor lol
Josh

[AtTheCross]

Love mine!  Did you get the all weather or the wood stock?  I have the all weather

[YoteMaster]

Yep, gonna slow down now. I have the basics covered, so I am going to let these guns teach me.

I got the all weather; I like that look. I was at Academy Sport & Outdoors and just saw it and said, "What the hey!" I am glad I did, but I need to pace myself now. Gonna concentrate on ammo, technique, data gathering (PakP is my mentor) and just getting it together. It is a very zen sort of thing to quiet yourself alone with your trusty arms and find that inner center along with the bulls-eye.

[AtTheCross]

I have the all weather as well, shoots accurately past 110yrds with force.  If interested see my post in the hunting gate

[daveb50]

Cocking the Trail can wear on your arm some. The first 40 - 50 times I cocked mine it was quite an effort, then it eased up some. I had read that it would, and was glad when it finally did. After reading that the all weather Trail was almost a pound and a half heavier, I bought the hardwood stocked model, and it's plenty heavy for me.

[YoteMaster]

Thanks Dave. That is good to know.

It is also a new motion for me. I think there is always some "learning" for your body to go through to get the motion efficient (as well as just building up specific muscles). My 1377C was a pain (literally) at first, now it is much easier.

YM

[comfox324]

I started shooting and cocking my Hatsan 125 th today. I'm 5 ft 6in, 110 lbs, and I literally have to put the gun standing up on the recoil buttpad, grab the barrel, and push down using my whole body. When I finish cocking it, I'm in like a lunged position.

[Joe A.]

AH HAH now i know not to try and break mine in during one day without hurting myself. thanks for tip guys!
~Joseph

[swayze.22]

Hey guys when i first got my trails i was out varmint patrol and the benji seized completely couldnt break the barrel at all since then love hate relationship leaning more though to the east than the west my our poor hw97k has been taken sum r n r lately more like retirement village lol and if you think your arms sore with the benji with its strap .well when one of ma bejis was away back to the smiths i broke out ol frau hw97k  was my arm sore with cocking effort no my arms were broken carrying the darn thing no strap and long tasco scope rendered useless by the weirauchs dissdain at being left at home so much but my benjis are in rehab the now waiting patiently in my to do list these guns a great too shoot with plenty user input required wirh attention to hold being paramount it is an unforgiving gun if not cradled properly
David

[gandalfretlaw]

I end up doing a two arm cock with the trail and the hatsan. I pull it down with my right hand and then finish/switch to my left and put the pellet in with my right hand. The intent is to never release control of the barrel, but it ends up being a helping hand with these two.

[blueline]

Yea I shot a tin of pellets one day getting it broke in after tune and testing pellets. Wow as that ever painfull

[daveb50]

If I tried to shoot an entire tin (even a small one) in a day, I would never want to look at a break barrel gun again. 
I started cocking with my right hand/arm, but had to add my left in to finish cocking it. After the nitro piston broke in, I can cock it with one arm now. Definitely good to help build up your arm muscles.

[swayze.22]

Sadly the uk legal is 12ft/lb and my benji is no where neer that so cocking effort isnt so much of a chore then again they are work horses to us so suppose doin 500 miles in a week to go shooting over two visits yi kinda get used to it .

[YoteMaster]

It is such a sweet gun, totally worth it! Just need to use some moderation, I suppose. Nothing wrong with that. Part of the fun is "thinking" about your last shot and your next.

Hey, this looks great ...


I bought one but it hasn't arrived yet. Looks great! I plan on filling mine with buckshot.

YM

[Bullit]

Might check the price and availability of rice versus lead these days