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Posted: 2/9/2008 4:43:42 AM EDT
| Does anyone have instructions on replacing the cocking handle on my PTR-91? |
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Look at the cocking handle and you will notice that one side has a hollow section where the spring will sit into. Sit the handle on the table in front of you with this hollow side up and then put the spring into the cutout section. Inspect the cocking handle support (the piece that slides in the cocking tube) and you will notice there is a slot for the cocking handle and a slot for the spring cut into its side. Slide the cocking handle support into the receiver to the point where this slot is visible through the large opening in the cocking tube where the cocking handle is able to be rotated up and into the locked position. Pick up the cocking handle with your finger over the spring so as to be able to hold it tight in the handle. The protruding end of the spring is laid into the end of the slot that is furthest from the muzzle of the gun. As you push the handle down and into the cocking handle support, the cocking handle support will slide back a little in the receiver. This is the trickey part of the assembly and you will notice the cocking handle support will want to spin around in the cocking tube under spring tension. I usually rotate the cocking handle and spring group counter clockwise to the receiver a little when I initially place the spring down and then when the sping is in the correct spot, rotate my hand clockwise and down in the same motion while the cocking handle support is moving backwards. When the cocking handle is in far enough, you will be able to slide the whole assembly forward slightly and this will make the assembly line up to the hole in the receiver where you slide in the cocking handle retaining pin. If you wobble the assembly around a little at this point, the retaining pin will work its way almost completely in place. Then, use a punch to set it into the final position. If the retainer pin is not punched far enough or if it is punched in too far, the assembly will not slide in the cocking tube. The cocking handle assembly should slide without tension back and forth in the cocking tube. If it binds heavily, this is probably a sign the spring slipped during assembly and is no longer in it's correct position. Clear as mud?....... |
Actually, the instructions are great - thanks for your efforts. Ever think about putting together a video for this? 
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