I feel as bad as if I'd done an idiot scratch

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Autopsies
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I feel as bad as if I'd done an idiot scratch

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Greetings all. Second post- old guy. I have an LP10E ....too long a bbl. a short was what i wanted but was coerced into the full length . Now the story. I had a chronograph on the nozzle and was merrily pipping pellets into a box of cloth a foot away when I was lightly struck in the right shoulder. Inner right shoulder. Strange feeling that. ...A pellet in reverse? No such luck. I was adjusting the velocity and if you have not seen it, STEYR produces a great group of instruction videos ,....for those that need the guidance....in this case it was me! I was struck by a bolt that adjusts the velocity . It clearly states that you should open the set screw a quarter turn! Got that? A quarter turn! ...Well obviously I had not. I looked down and low and behold ...there was the bolt at my feet. RELIEF!! no problems mate. I gotcha , simply reinstall, add a brain implant to the wish list and proceed. I reinstalled the bolt. NOTHING!! It seems that in my moving around I neglected to see that spring #52 was still in place. NO such luck. In no time as I reckon it, the spring vapourises. At least thats what I plan to try on Steyr et al. I cleaned that !@#$ loading with everything AND a magnet -no spring. Cibles targets Canada that sold me the gun.(I wanted a short) they said none around, is on holidays 'till the sixth of Jan. This is the 7th. Still tyhe same phone message about have a nice holiday, but we are on holiday until the sixth of January.... I did say that this was the seventh and the same msg.......I'm screwed...I have a match on the coming Sunday and all I can do is dry fire. I am a returning shooter, hot in the mid 80's and need a lotta reworking. I cannot afford the timeoff from training for holidays.I don't do this as many say to me "for fun". Certainly it is enjoyable. Otherwise I would have been divorced many many years ago. I have an understanding wife. She tolerated much. Trips in the province.., other provinces, Eventually the team and Swiss Shooting Week....The Benito Juarez Games, three hours every day minimum. No exageration. I'd arrive home , and we would study the targets for a few minutes....every night...I was a science teacher...I shot across the lab between 8 P.M> and 11+...When my son was 4 he asked me to come and rest with him before I left. I had to go but I laid down beside him. I said How old are you? He said " I am four." OK I said I will stay for four minutes and then I have to go....Dad when I am five will you stay with me for five minutes? I was so centered that I agreed. Quite the parent eh? Well I need the spring and my son is 34 an shoots a .45 ACP rather well. Any ideas on the spring? I already know about the priorities issue...Sorry for the rant, but some of you have possibly experienced the same problem! I mean where the hell is the spring? lol
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Post by Spencer »

the Bejazus Spring Manufacturing company (company motto: bejazus, where did that go?) specialises in making these vanishing springs as a sideline to producing props and other tricky things for stage magicians!
They are truly international; supplying sight springs to Walther and Hammerli, slide stop springs to High Standard, trigger bar springs to Margolin, sear springs to almost every gun manufacturer, etc.
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rmca
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Re: I feel as bad as if I'd done an idiot scratch

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Autopsies wrote: I mean where the hell is the spring?
From the Steyr website this is the official retailer for Canada

H&R Lavigne Ent.
Box 664
Birch Hills SK S0J 0G0
phone 306-749-2421
www.airgunsplus.ca

They should be able to get you a new spring.

And when it arrives I'll bet that you will find the lost one. Almost guaranteed!
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Post by john bickar »

Spencer wrote:the Bejazus Spring Manufacturing company (company motto: bejazus, where did that go?) specialises in making these vanishing springs as a sideline to producing props and other tricky things for stage magicians!
They are truly international; supplying sight springs to Walther and Hammerli, slide stop springs to High Standard, trigger bar springs to Margolin, sear springs to almost every gun manufacturer, etc.
Do they make recoil spring plugs for 1911s, and primer slide springs for Star presses?!

If so, you'd better go long on their stock, because I'm about to make it go up up up!
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Post by David M »

Answer is simple,
get a second spring,
let it fly out,
and with luck it will land in the same area as the first one.
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Look in your clothes.
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Post by Guest »

floor gremlins, if you can find their hiding place, your spring might be there,,,,I hate those things
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House hippos that make nests out of lost socks and dryer lint and live on the crumbs in coach cushions.
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Post by brucefav »

A recent email from a customer....

"Hi All
You would have to be bloody stupid to loose a spring from a pistol this
size (see Pic), but Bruce (Potters Firearms) had one and my Walther is
now shooting better than ever."

Image

Another one from the Bejazus Spring Company....
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