best spring for metor

[jimmy]

Hi all,
        Got my hands on a metor yesterday and it is well under powered, i was told to get a new bucket and spring as the original one's are knackered.
can anyone recomend a spring to put in it.       

                                                            Cheers Jimmy   

[manimal]

A new bucket? not sure what that is. Maybe just me.

As for the spring i would recommend a standard BSA spring. Call them and ask for spares or alternatively, Give chambers a shout. Here is the meteor spares section

http://www.gunspares.co.uk/shopdisplaycategories.asp?id=24305&cat=Meteor

Mark.

[CHALLENGER 635]

Perhaps there's a hole in the bucket 
Think it's the piston Mark 
Edd  ;)

[tony.r]

Perhaps there's a hole in the bucket 
Think it's the piston Mark 
Edd  ;)
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well fix it dear Henry!!   

[LeeH]

the way to go is a standard spring and new seals all round (including breech seal - an old one can lose you a fair bit of power and is worth changing anyway), new buffer washer, full strip and internal lube. Avoid the square section springs like Ox  . My Mk5 is set up from scratch as standard and is consistantly putting out 8.7 - 8.9 ft/lbs with Bisley LRGs. Flattened it's first squizzer yesterday at about 25 yards, no messing about. Average power for a meteor is about 8 ft/lbs I think.

If by a bucket, you mean a piston, good luck in finding one. Assuming the one you've got isn't completly shafted, look to the piston head seals, etc.

Have fun sorting yours out, I did with mine.    

[kayle stephens]

yea, dont put an ox in, ruins them, no accuracy loud, loads of recoil destroys the breach seal as well as the piston head, for what, an extra 2ftlb.... its not worth it

[meetier]

A bit late but better late than never...

Not sure what you mean by "well underpowered". Do you mean as a standard air rifle (which it is by comparison to others) or because it has simply got weak over time, from weakened or worn spring and/or other parts?

You'd be well advised to replace anything that has to be replaced, with standard BSA parts,, or,, if you have to get non BSA parts, then get only those made for your particular rifle. In my humble opinion, the innards of the BSA Meteor are designed and made fairly weakly. The piston was made from folded sheetmetal and washers were used to cap things off and act as stressed members. Obviously it was enough to hang in there over the course of decades in most instances, but their innards are not the strongest made and I've had one in a condition where virtually all the innards had self-destructed. The piston head had separated and mangled itself against the piston proper, which in turn was buckled and started to fold in on itself. Other components just followed suit and either cracked, separated or collpased entirely.

While this all was NOT the result of a powerful spring, it shows that the guts of the Meteor is constructed very lightly,, enough to do the required job, but little more. Therefore, DON'T over stress things by adding a spring not suited to it, or things will most likely get pushed beyond their light construction capabilities. The Meteor is a moderate type of air rifle with a moderate to medium amount of power, as per its original design. It's a lovely little rifle in standard condition...