Thanks much Rog!

Don't worry about the gun dumping its air, all that happened was you let the air cylinder pressure get to low, and the hammer spring put pressure on the firing valve, cock the gun before you attempt refill, otherwise air will keep coming through the barrel until there's enough pressure to seal the ...

Probably under the "stupid question" category - but I'm struggling to find an Air Arms Gunsmith in the USA. Thought I'd reach out to this group to see if there is a resource you could point me to; or a smarter way to search Mr. Google in order to find a gunsmith for my Air Arms S510 FAC Xtra .22. An...

THANKS for the advice on reaching out to AA. Sure enough - they airmailed me not one, but two replacement top seers! Ironically, the replacement part from Pyramid arrived... SAME DAY. LOL. So -- I guess I've got plenty of backups. Took me a hot minute to figure out I needed to mount the seer vertica...

PS: On closer examination, the top seer appears to be made of cast steel, not machined. No wonder it breaks so easily!! Crummy chinese parts find their way into this fine English Firearm?

Roger that. Thank you Baron. In the meantime, I spotted a replacement part on Pyramid Air (which I went ahead & ordered)... and if it's a batch problem, someone suggested I email Air Arms to see if they might also send me a replacement.

My thanks for the speedy comments!

Ha! Right on. Who knew I'd bump into you both places. THANKS AGAIN!

Give me some grace over my air-gun "newbie" status. I'm a handgun/rifle veteran. Had a spring-loaded pellet gun which served me well for years, but only recently acquired my first "serious" air gun - AA S510 Xtra FAC. And LOVE the accuracy that I achieved with zero tinkering. Thi...

Gents - I appreciated finding this thread. Give me some grace over my air-gun "newbie" status. I'm a handgun/rifle veteran. Had a spring-loaded pellet gun which served me well for years, but only recently acquired my first "serious" air gun - AAS510. And LOVE the accuracy that I ...