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"You do know that there's a torque sequence on those 4 mount screws, right?    Middle ones first."

Yes. I did 2nd screw, 4th screw, 1st screw, 3rd screw, repeat until tightened. I was clamped down, trust me. Without that stop pin being set down into the hole, i dont think it would ever not move back. 

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9 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

The thing about piston airguns that I still can't wrap my head around is how that piston moving forward to a semi-cushioned stop can be harder on a scope (and its mounts) than a bolt on a semi-auto powder rifle slamming back and forth?   

I think is has to do with the weight of the compression spring and the piston, also, semi-cushioned?, maybe not so much, think about hitting a car tire as hard as you can with a 2 lb hammer.

I think it has to do with the abrupt change of recoil direction too.

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I say "semi-cushioned" because the compression of the pellet in the barrel adds some back pressure.   The piston wouldn't slam hard against the stop like it would if say you dry fired it

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Right,but i think it still comes to a really abrupt  halt and rebounds like crazy.

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33 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I say "semi-cushioned" because the compression of the pellet in the barrel adds some back pressure.   The piston wouldn't slam hard against the stop like it would if say you dry fired it

Help me think this thru, Wrench. Do you get 3 recoil impulses on a springer? One with the spring and piston goes forward, another when the piston reaches the limit of forward travel, and one when the piston rebounds and compresses the spring a certain amount? Three would be tough on a scope mount with the sudden changes of direction. 

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35 minutes ago, lee G. said:

Help me think this thru, Wrench. Do you get 3 recoil impulses on a springer? One with the spring and piston goes forward, another when the piston reaches the limit of forward travel, and one when the piston rebounds and compresses the spring a certain amount? Three would be tough on a scope mount with the sudden changes of direction. 

I really don't know.  The only true "shock" IMO should just be when the piston hits the stop at the end of the cylinder.  And in all actuality I don't see why it would be any worse than a bolt slamming shut on a semi-auto powder gun..... but apparently it is.   I never had problems with scopes jumping around on center-fire rifles back when I used to shoot them almost daily.

I sure don't understand the mechanics of Gamo's RRR (recoil reducing rail).  Unless the rail MOVES (which it doesn't/can't) then how the hell does having a nylon  buffer attached to a stop do ANYTHING?   The dude that designed that must be stoned.  A carbon fiber gasket between the receiver and rail would lessen shock quite a bit.   

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Well as I posted earlier, it had gotten "uncomfortable" to shoot from a sitting or prone position because I had somehow gotten older and fatter than I realized, so I invented a stretching ritual to loosen myself up.  My wife watches me and is like "What In The Hell Are you Doing?"    Without even thinking I blurted out "I'm loosening up for a game of Naked Twister. You interested?" 

I'll spare you the play by play...but today I'm suffering from a wicked crick in my neck and my right arm is numb.   

The stretching excersize is helping alot though, I am once again able to get my elbows comfortably on my knees and shoot good from that position again.   I won't be able to practice Prone until my neck muscles loosen up again.  

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1 minute ago, fishinwrench said:

The stretching excersize is helping alot though, I am once again able to get my elbows comfortably on my knees and shoot good from that position again.   I won't be able to practice Prone until my neck muscles loosen up again.  

Wait is the stretching helping the naked twister or shootin part I'm confused? :P  LOL

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57 minutes ago, JestersHK said:

Wait is the stretching helping the naked twister or shootin part I'm confused? :P  LOL

Not sure whether the naked Twister or the stretching ritual helped the shooting part, but I'm quickly getting better at it.

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