De-Cocking a NX100

[sathya.sniper]

Hello
I have a small doubt in the NX100 rifle series.
When i was talking with a Air rifle shop owner he advised me that. The NX100 rifles once loaded/cocked it must be shot, the Shot must not be Released/De-Cocked
it will spoil the nitro piston.
And also even a nitro piston must not be kept cocked for so mush of a time. (I found this one to be a reasonable thought)

I don't have nay idea in nitro piston air rifles,
Experts please share your answers for this.
Awaiting your replies eagerly.

Regards
-Sathya

[striker]

When i was talking with a Air rifle shop owner he advised me that. The NX100 rifles once loaded/cocked it must be shot, the Shot must not be Released/De-Cocked
it will spoil the nitro piston.

NO it will not spoil the gasspring or gas strut or nitro piston( nitro piston is commercial name for gas spring )http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_spring
And also even a nitro piston must not be kept cocked for so mush of a time. (I found this one to be a reasonable thought)

Gas spring can hold compression for more time when compared to ordinary springs. can be cocked and left for hours without any loss in efficiency .

[striker]

http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/11/ ... am-airgun/

[bennedose]

Dry firing a Nitro piston should do as much damage as dry firing a springer. The spring/gas ram releases a lot of energy when it is shot - and that energy is transferred to the pellet which we talk about in Joules or fpe. When so much energy is given off to moving the pellet, not much enegry is left in the piston/ram and it hits the end of the receiver with much less force. In fact it has been shown that springer pistions actually stop moving completely, a fraction of a second before hitting the end of the receiver.

When the weapon is shot without a pellet - the piston/gas ram has nothing to slow it down. It just comes and slams the end of the receiver with great force and this is likely to do a lot of damage akin to banging the receiver with a hammer. One or two shots of accidental dry firing cannot be avoided. But regular dry firing is not good.

When I lok at information about Gas Rams on the net, the information is mixed. it is mostly good, but there are definitely some reports of loss of power with time. That apart, everyone points out that the struts used to support your car's boot lid are gas rams. Anyone who has a car that is 8-10 years old will realise that those gas ram struts have gradually lost their lifting/supporting power over the years. So it would be inacurate to claim that Gas Rams do not lose power at all.

There are also reports of Gas Rams damaging scopes.

People who want to sell things will always make extraordinary claims. When CFL bulbs were being promoted it was claimed that they would last 8000 hours. I was an early adopter and I dondt think any one of the scores of CFLs I bought actually lasted 8000 hours. At 4 hours a day they should have lasted 6 years. None of thm did. Now LEDs are being pushed by saying that they will last 15 years. You buy one today, and after 2 years there will be no one to complain if your new, expensive bulb fails.

So yes, gas Rams are great but whether they will replace springers is moot.

[brihacharan]

At the outset IMHO Gas Rams have an edge over Springers...
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