First Attempt As Tx200 Mods

[gamerooster 1,179]

As title stated, this will be my first attempt at tinkering with any air rifle, to start off with it just want to polish the internals to see if that reduces recoil and twang, and to see if the gun shoots smoother, and then afterwards fit a tuning kit.... my question is what's the best thing to clean the rifle with? As in the actual rag itself, and any substances I need to apply, and secondly I'm tempted with a tinbum kit, any feedback on these?

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Good for you, you won't regret doing it

 

I degreased mine with WD40, then gave all the insides a good wipe over with kitchen roll.

 

I used a nylon cylindrical brush thingy in a drill to give the inside of the main cylinder a good clean and polish.

 

I can recommend Tinbums MaxPro kit. It comes with the short stroke extension, guide, tophat, slip washer, preload washers and, his own Bumslide - some kind of dry moly grease.

 

I really like the faster shot time from a short stroked TX. I found that the delrin parts did reduce recoil minimally.

 

All in all, it's a good kit that does give an improvement and, Nick is a good bloke to deal with.

[gamerooster 1,179]

Cheers for that mate, answered everything I asked

[tomburras 2,730]

Soundz a good job there Jonjon79 intresting cheers.

[gamerooster 1,179]

Soundz a good job there Jonjon79 intresting cheers.

You did a good old job off giving your springer a new lease of life, any tips?

[tomburras 2,730]

 

Soundz a good job there Jonjon79 intresting cheers.

You did a good old job off giving your springer a new lease of life, any tips?

No not yet! Still learning myself and sharing the progress. Any tips/pointers and critisism welcome! I'll share the outcome good or bad. I have not finished and tested it yet so could never share any tips yet without any experience or id be talking out my arse. Nice to see threads like this!

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Soundz a good job there Jonjon79 intresting cheers.

Cheers Tom.

 

To be fair though mate, the TX is a piece of piss to work on

 

I've only got to know mine so well because I had it apart so many times while trying to get it how I wanted it.

I'm chuffed to bits with it now though.

 

It's the first one I've ever done and, it's been fun to learn on.

[bigmac 97kt 13,812]

THE PART YOU NEED TO REMEMBER WHEN DOING ANY TUNE OR FULL REFURBISH IS

 

TAKE YOUR TIME

 

FOR FECK SAKE DO NOT RUSH IT

 

Polish the spring ends to both of them this helps reduce recoil

 

iv all ways been a v,mach man my self and most of my springers have had the v,mach kits fitted

 

BUT THERE A HELL OF A LOT MORE WORK TO FIT

 

with a v,mach kit its how many times you have to take the rifle apart to get the power down lol

 

and sitting at what your happy with .

 

As with most kits the power may go up but with a v,mach its way up my last one was sitting at 13 and a half fb

 

Or just go down the v,mach piston seal root as rez did i sent him a v,mach piston seal for his pro sport and apart from the polish that was all he had in her and by all accounts it was as sweet as,, all original apart from the seal .

 

Me if its made of steel it gets polished lol and that means every thing

 

the affects are immediate

 

smooth cocking ,,,no noise

 

all you should here is the click at the end of the cocking cycle

 

faster firing cycle

 

and most of all next to no recoil

 

just remember

 

DO NOT RUSH IT TAKE YOUR TIME

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[philpot 5,035]

I have just ordered the Tinbum Pro Kit as mentioned by Jonjon, for £50, it sounds like everything is there I need.

 

Phil

[Jonjon79 13,358]

I have just ordered the Tinbum Pro Kit as mentioned by Jonjon, for £50, it sounds like everything is there I need.

 

Phil

They're really easy to fit Phil

 

Have a look at Nicks YouTube video.

 

If you get stuck, Give me a shout and I'll pm you my number.

[philpot 5,035]

Thank you Jon but I am going over to Charlie Caller to fit it at his place, I hope to learn a bit as he has done a number of them.

 

Phil

[tomburras 2,730]

My tbt pro kit has landed and they are really nicely made parts well chuffed.

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Thank you Jon but I am going over to Charlie Caller to fit it at his place, I hope to learn a bit as he has done a number of them.

 

Phil

No worries mate - you'll be amazed at how easy it is when you see him do it

[Jonjon79 13,358]

My tbt pro kit has landed and they are really nicely made parts well chuffed.

Nice

 

Let us know what you think of it when it's installed mate

[tomburras 2,730]

Yep will do! I probably won't get round to it for a week or 2 tho.

 

Did you short stroke yours too then?