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Mark5043 · Silver Status Member

Wow!..That is a work of art right there Al...Great job!.. Cool

ZipSnipe · Veteran Member

Gorgeous gun Al, can't believe I just discovered it until now.

Whats the the lil led screen on the left side of the gun for?

Alstone · Moderator & Site Supporter

Hi Zip, the screen on the side is a shot counter. I find that with using Co2 the number of shots per capsule stays the same, provided the temperature doesn’t change to much, and it lets you know when the gas is about to run out. Another thing I find about it is that if you only take a few shots and put the gun away for a few days, when you take it out again you know how many shots you have left.

It operates from a micro switch in the trigger unit, each pull of the trigger increases the count by one, the silver button is for zeroing the count.

Al

rsterne · Moderator

Beautiful work Al.... you are a real craftsman.... I do have a question on the power adjuster.... It appears that the spring guide / adjusting screw are not fastened to the cocking block, it slides over them.... Does that mean that the point where the cocking block engages the shoulder on the adjuster, and hence starts the cocking process, changes depending on the position of the adjuster?.... However, it allows the bolt to fully retract without being affected by the preload?.... or, at high preloads, does the bolt stiill have a tendency to be only partially open, reducing the room for loading the pellet?....

Bob

Alstone · Moderator & Site Supporter

Hi Bob, the “Power adjusting shaft” is threaded all the way up to the spring support collar, and the “Cocking block” is also threaded. So by turning the power adjusting shaft you add or take tension off the spring, without altering the distance between the cocking block and the hammer, these work just the same as before

The drawing does not show the threaded power adjusting shaft and cocking block connection very well, but for all intents and purposes altering the power makes no difference to the way the QB bolt system works.

The whole idea was to adjust the spring through the cocking block, so the hammer is cocked upon opening the bolt, and the hammer spring is tensioned upon closing, the same as a normal QB. This gets away from the cock on open power adjuster which leaves you with a sloppy bolt.

Al

rsterne · Moderator

Got it, thanks....

Bob