TX 200 -Floppy cocking lever usual?

[phoebeisis]

The links-problems uploading

[Nitrocrushr]

From that picture it looks like the pin isn’t the entire way though.  It looks like it is sticking out the one side.  That press pin should not be sticking out on either side.

Steve

[phoebeisis]

second pict-I hope

[Nitrocrushr]

Charles, See my reply above.  Unless I’m looking at it wrong, the cocking handle pivot pin is not the entire way through the base pivot bracket of the handle.  Take a close look to make sure.  If it’s out, remove your stock and using a proper sized punch and small hammer, carefully line handle up and tap that pin the whole way in.

Steve

[Nitrocrushr]

That pin will have a tight, press fit in the action.  It should not feel loose in any way.

[phoebeisis]

Wow

You are dead on

At first -my bad eyes-I saw shiny on both sides-but on closer inspection-

One shiny was about 7mm of shiny chromed pin sticking waaay out

The other shiny was not a pin at all-it   was the shiny curved out HOLE that was supposed to be FILLED by the shiny chromed pin

Steve Nitrocrusher-how in the world you could see that from those crummy pictures-I was looking at REAL thing and did not notice that the pin had not been pressed through

all I noticed was the lever did not "want to lock up correctly" it had to be steered in-arrived cockeyed in package that appeared to be not disturbed much-except for ebay pictures

and on looking more closely I saw the links seemed to be "wrong length" never noticed the pin which is about 7-8mm from fully inserted

Thanks you guys- great resource
 
Without this I would have just continued to shoot it-and be happy about it-soooo pretty     such a nice trigger-such nice wood- points free hand soooo well(relative to HW97)

Thanks again

I will attend to it after I finish some continuing education stuff-typical for me-due 12-31-2020 midnight-12 more hrs of work

Charlie

PS Looked on U-Tube before buying-really easy to work on-might de tune it to "recycle" my 5-6 cents each NOT LEAD pellets-these flat nosed .177 daisy zinc or aluminum pellets are destroyed much worse than the pointed zinc aluminum pointed pellets in more powerful RWS 460 .22- the flat ones penetrated deeper in paper and 9mm vs 14mm deeper-via probe-in pine-not sure 460

is actually more powerful-50% more frontal area-but pointed-and 50% deeper penetration-seems a wash in respect to crushed pine

Oh-my TX200 still gives off that burned fuel smell-dieseling-I have been very careful-no oil anywhere near chamber or barrel-slightly sharper report than I expect too-maybe it is igniting oil-boosting velocity

[phoebeisis]

It is PERFECT now-thanks to all you-great resource-I would have broken far fewer cars   pickups  motorcycles  firearms  fancy bicycles   plumbing "stuff'  -

If I had had a resource like this 69 -so no internet until about 1998 for me

I removed stock -4 allen screws- 5mm and maybe 3mm-

carefully wrapped action in blanket and towel-carefully used LOTS of blue painters tape

3 1/4 lb 10" long  maul-just 8"actually protruding- sturdy punch

Took several HARD HITS- gentle raps-no movement

Yes I shaved a tiny  1/10mm thin ring of metal-my bad-but not visible and plenty of metal there-yes I firmly supported that barrel extension-padded but supported so not likely to bend it


Guessing something was mis-aligned at factorybest bet the link hole drilled "off" center-slightly

In any case-works fine now-dead center cocking arm-locks up dead center too-ZERO WOBBLE in any position

Yes the pin is a TIGHT fit-I can "feel" the increased friction from it rolling in links

Thanks all-  STEVE       CHRIS       FRANK IN KY      THOMAS and others I missed- great resource-don't let my ham handed-ness offend you too much-I am impatient-always was-

PS best guess how why was this missed by factory QC ? Stunning machine-looks- function-power-  best undercover best springer  if I had paid full online dealer price-$820 with tax-it would

still be worth it-paid  $602 EBay-new in box MUCH MORE THAN ABOUT $360  delivered -Krale I paid for HW97K 3 years ago-or the $340 for Dianna 460 5 years ago-GRABAGUN-TX FIREARMS ONLNE DEALER

It is 2x as "good" as they are-based on looks and trigger and pointing-forearm feels right-HW97 it did not-too big klunky for normal free hand standing shooting

i don't use artillery hold-not how I would self defense hold-I kid myself that  I do this for self defense-FUN is real reason!

[Nitrocrushr]

That is GREAT news😁 Regarding the QC.....Well I’ve seen quite a number of QC issues coming from Air Arms in recent years so nothing surprises me.  I have quite a list of things found, some rather dangerous. 

They are still my favorite springer, but you really have to look them over closely when you get them.  The old saying “just put a couple tins through it before doing anything” could be risky😉 My recommendation is to check them over very closely before shooting.

Steve

[phoebeisis]

Steve

Thanks again

You are right you should look CLOSELY very closely at all  new air guns-and of course-FIREARMS

You would think it would arrive-PERFECT -such a good rifle-so beautiful-so much attention to detain

Now I had a BIG hint right away-the cocking rod was NOT locked in when it arrived-it was pushed to side-despite the muzzle being packed in another separate little triangle box

But I was anxious to shoot it-so just a quick eyeballing-figured it was just slightly mis-shimmed

Good thing I contacted you guys- and posted better than my average pictures- my eyes-I saw 'SHINY about equally-on both sides-

I shoot both hands-was born lacking one aspect of depth perception according to air force ROTC(they were right-despite my insisting they were wrong)

In any case until you pointed it out-it looked to me like the pin was protruding equally on both sides

Instead it should have been BARELY-maybe 1mm PROTRUDING both sides

Yep-you are right-even very good-gorgeous guns-need a through going over before shooting them-

Thanks again-one heck of a rifle-

Charlie