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Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics » Realistic lifespan??    View previous topic :: View next topic  Realistic lifespan??   Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:29 am NZ Shooter Suspended Joined: 17 Dec 2011 Posts: 146 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand I would like to know how long my Turkish Webley Patriot spring should last? In terms of '000's of shots. It's well looked after, and treated like a newborn Cheers   Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:08 am radar Silver Status Member Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 1138 Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA 11,250 (Unless you are me...then it is broken when you get it brand new.)   Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:59 am SMP Silver Status Member Joined: 04 Feb 2011 Posts: 1183 Location: Just south of "Out There"- Land O Lakes Ontario Very hard to say. I have a phantom that received a very good tune and part of my basic tune is a light polish of the spring using "grey" 3m scotchbrite. I think that works out to "000" I do this polish inside and out with the spring spinning slowly in the drill press by means of a tapered dowel twisted into the spring as a mandrel. This light polish ensures that all the surface finish marks are parallel to the wire which is really the main factor in the lifespan of a spring in terms of sudden failure. At last count the phantom had 30,000 rds thru it. _________________ Sean   Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:22 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6930 Location: "Out There" There really is no good way to predict this sort of thing- it may last 2000 cycles, it might last 30,000 cycles- depends on all sorts of variables. But, as SMP indicated, if you do some work yourself to reduce the number of such "variables" you can quite possibly extend the life of it (the spring in particular) significantly. I would suggest that if the spring is of a reasonable quality, 10,000 shots should be no problem at all- 20-30,000 maybe, anything over that is likely only "borrowed" time. _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:10 pm NZ Shooter Suspended Joined: 17 Dec 2011 Posts: 146 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand Thanks guys. good advice... as I type this, we have just been hit with 2 big earthquakes within 5 min.   Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:24 pm SMP Silver Status Member Joined: 04 Feb 2011 Posts: 1183 Location: Just south of "Out There"- Land O Lakes Ontario I hope everything is well with you and no one is hurt _________________ Sean   Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:10 pm NZ Shooter Suspended Joined: 17 Dec 2011 Posts: 146 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand Thanks mate, we good here in Dunedin, the quakes were up in Christchurch, around 350km north-east of here.We felt it a ripper here, there are unconfirmed reports of injuries. In Feb this year almost 200 people were killed up there in a huge quake.Very sad. there was another massive one 6 months prior to that.Both of them closed much of the city.Still to this day,there is an extensive red-zone,and over 1000 buildings are in need of demolition due to the big two back in Feb 2011, and August 2010.Cheers again.Hard times for NZ at moment.   Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:28 am radar Silver Status Member Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 1138 Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA Wow Christchurch got hit again? That sucks. Good luck and blessings to y'all. Realistic lifespan??     Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." Your browser cookies have been reset or you need to register to access the topic in question. Use the 'Register' button near the top left of this page. Click Here for AirGunHome.com Main Page Powered by phpBB © 2001-2004 phpBB Group Partial Styling Supplied by Vjacheslav Trushkin Themes Database.