Bad news for me.....................
I put the gun back together, everything polished and as perfect as I can make it.
The sear catch was polished like a mirror the cocking lever was also polished and smoothed.
I was careful to align everything as good as I could and check for binds.
ALL FOR NOT!
After about 60 BB's It's back to not cocking?
I know what it's doing, I can see what it's doing ! But I dont know what to do to fix it?
I'm seriously thinking about putting a roller on the cocking lever tip ?
My thoughts are that it may allow the lever to role instead of drag/gouge on the sear catch as it pushes it to the rear ?
If it works it would be great, if not ...............I would be looking for or making a cocking lever ?
How about some pictures, everybody likes pictures ?
First is the normal uncocked position the second is showing it pulled back and jammed on the bottom of the inner tube in the receiver witch results in it not being able to go back far enough to cock and also spreads open and bends the tube open at the bottom. When this happens it allows it to drop even further down the next time it's cocked.
The third picture is inside the top of the receiver tube where the sear catch is gouging it.
So the cocking lever is pushing it up at the beginning of the stroke and pulling it down at the end of the stroke?
As always any advise or suggestions are "very welcome".
Terry