Air Arms Owners Club

Looking to get a new spring for my .177 HC. Any views on this. Standard,Titan,V Mach etc or any others.Thanks in anticipation.

I would say standard AA as good as you will get imo.

doggo wrote:I would say standard AA as good as you will get imo.

+1

Titans give a snappier shot cycle and are easyier cocking but all the ones ive had shrink with use and arent as durable as stock AA spring but i like em

+1 for titan

Don't forget that whatever spring you use will need a guide and tophat to match it, so a change from standard means more money on extra bits.

Over the years I've used the Titan springs in various rifles and found them very good.
I have also found that you always have to shorten them.

I have also used the AA standard springs to good effect.

ATB
Ray.

I put a standard length titan in my 177 prosport with no power washers and it was awsome but a little warm until it set,its lost a couple of mm and is sat at 11.5 with jsb expresss and is still very nice to shoot,in my experience a shortened titan spring doesnt respond very well to preload washers they tend to make it harsh with little power gains,this is where the AA spring is better

Thanks everyone for your thoughts.

Just remember Newtons Law that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Manufacturers spend a lot of time developing the most efficient spring they can for their weapons. Most aftermarket springs are supposed to fit a range of makes and models, some will by accident be better than OEM parts, some by accident will be worse. Many have to be altered to make them fit or keep the power within limits If you are going to fit a aftermarket spring make sure that the spring is not coil bound after fitting, and always remember whatever force goes forward to push the pellet out, an equal force makes the gun jump in an opposite direction. With a bullet that is straight up and down the barrel, with a spring it is whatever direction the spring bias is pointing in. The best thing with any new spring is to put thin Teflon shims both ends of the spring to try to take the bias loading forces off, and to make the gun move in only one direction. Best of luck and from my experience they are all as good and as bad as one another