Tweaked The Tx A Little

[mattwhite 1,993]

Now I don't want this to be contravertial but....

The tx is generally very sweet out of the box, I know this because my previous tx was in .177 flavour and it managed the pellet on scope turret without any trouble at all and felt very smooth.

The .22 I have now was bought 2nd hand and had around a tin of pellets through it and I have put around another 2000 through it and yet it still kicks like a mule.

 

I had polished the piston, degreased the copious amounts of factory grease and regreased properly and yet it still threw a pellet balanced on the turret half way across the kitchen and shooting from a padded rest was the only way to get a decent group....so......against a friends advice on here, and I usually take all advice I decided to try to tame the beast.

I ordered a welsh willie spring kit that arrived today and I can tell you the difference was immediate.

The boing has gone and the recoil must have reduced as the pellet now stays on the turret when fired.

Shots from anything other than a padded rest were getting frustrating but after 200 bedding in shots I managed this group from the primos at a lazed 40 yards.

It's running at 11 ft lb and Will advised me that it will climb a little to 11.4 ish but will smooth out some more so all in all I'm very happy with it.

It's funny how my last one was smooth as silk out of the box new but this one was just too aggressive in the action.

ATB

Matt.

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Needs to come left a bit!

[si brown 8,486]

money well spent matt

atb si

[David.evans 5,323]

That's shit Matt , you've missed the bull and the 5p , lol

Get some more practice in !

No , really good grouping there 40 yards spot on

Atb

[bigmac 97kt 13,807]

SFS say you cant make them better

 

but we know different

 

Nice one Matt

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[Underdog 2,337]

Exactly what I would of done mate :-)

[mark williams 7,561]

Don't know who to listen to at times.

I spoke, via email, to a lovely, patient chap, at 9-30pm onwards one night recently,- Tony Wall, the owner of Sandwell Field Sports and asked him if he would tune my T Rex for me. Basically Tony said that I would be wasting my money as the TX comes as good as "ready tuned" out of the box and because of that, he cannot really improve on them.

Matt you are getting lovely tight groups there mate, although, as said, you need a few clicks left on your scope .

Yes I have heard since that the TX can be improved upon but I`m open on this now again ? I joined The TX​ 200 appreciation club yesterday and they have some very knowledgeable lads on the TX

 

 

"Shooting Matt"

 

atb

[mattwhite 1,993]

Don't know who to listen to at times.

I spoke, via email, to a lovely, patient chap, at 9-30pm onwards one night recently,- Tony Wall, the owner of Sandwell Field Sports and asked him if he would tune my T Rex for me. Basically Tony said that I would be wasting my money as the TX comes as good as "ready tuned" out of the box and because of that, he cannot really improve on them.

Matt you are getting lovely tight groups there mate, although, as said, you need a few clicks left on your scope .

Yes I have heard since that the TX can be improved upon but I`m open on this now again ? I joined The TX​ 200 appreciation club yesterday and they have some very knowledgeable lads on the TX

 

 

"Shooting Matt"

 

atb

well I was dubious about posting about the kit as we had spoken about how smooth they are already, plus the fact my last one was so quiet and smooth anyway but something just didn't feel right with the amount of bounce she was giving me.

I should have posted my groups with the factory spring from the primos.....my god it was bad...I mean really bad, you would have thought I had squeezed the trigger with the tip of my nose while stood on my head.

It's way less hold sensitive too now, you can shoulder it more than just floating the stock.

Are you contemplating a kit Mark?

[mattwhite 1,993]

SFS say you cant make them better

 

but we know different

 

Nice one Matt

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

Thanks Jimmy.

I'm well pleased with it and Will reckons after a good full tin it will smooth out even more hopefully???

[bigmac 97kt 13,807]

The best lad i know for sorting a tx out is my bro Vizlauk he is just magic with them

 

and the pro sport to

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[David.evans 5,323]

No better man than Sean , at this stuff !

Still a twat tho

Atb to the northern gang

Dave

[philpot 5,020]

You can be a judge on mine then Jimmy when we meet to see if Sean can make it better although I'm not saying it is bad but I don't have anything to compare it with.

I know there is a guy on another forum who does some wonderful things with TX and Prosport according to some feedback I had but it is difficult to know if my TX is as good as it gets.

We will see Jimmy.

Phil

Edited June 5, 2016 by philpot

[mattwhite 1,993]

You can be a judge on mine then Jimmy when we meet to see if Sean can make it better although I'm not saying it isbad but I don'thave anything to compare it with.

I know there is a guy on another forum who does some wonderful things with TX and Prosport according to some feedback I had but it is difficult to know if my TX is as good as it gets.

We will see Jimmy.

Phil

A good test to see if she can be smoothed out is the pellet/turret test.

It won't stay in one spot as it's not a pcp but get it on soft rests, level, shoulder it gently and squeeze and if your pellet isn't still on top, she CAN be made smoother pal.?

[Nicepix 5,650]

Matt, when you say that you polished the piston I take it you meant the inside of the cylinder as the piston runs on buttons? There is no metal to metal contact.

 

Just polishing the inside of the cylinder will sometimes make a difference to a new gun, but sometimes it is the piston seal that is literally the sticking point. If the piston is hard to push down the cylinder then it is probably the seal that is ever so slightly too large or too stiff if it is an older gun. You can get new seals cheaply enough or you can boil an older one to reinvigorate it. What I do, and I'm not saying that this is right or wrong, just what I do is to put the piston in a cordless drill chuck and spin the piston so that the seal is rubbing against fine emery paper. around 10 seconds is enough then use a cloth with Autosol on it to polish the seal. Clean the seal and then check how hard it is to push the piston down. It might take four or five cycles to get to the point where the piston only needs light pressure to push it down. Don't take off too much or you'll have to start again with a new seal. That allows the piston to accelerate more smoothly.

 

<Edit> I meant rings, not buttons. The piston is seated on two delrin (or whatever) rings and the seal that make 3 points of contact. The cylinder is on buttons. The metal of the piston body should not come into contact with the side of the cylinder.

 

I also forgot to mention that the central spike inside the piston also needs polishing at the end where the trigger mechanism holds it. Doesn't make the cycle smoother, but the trigger pull is marginally better.

Edited June 5, 2016 by Nicepix

[mattwhite 1,993]

Inside the piston, inside the cylinder, anywhere I could not see smooth material whether necessary or not just so I knew there were no abrasions of any sort.