Its nothing to worry about. The pinging is air bouncing in the cylinder. You can buy anti pingers that are cones that fit into the cylinder its self

I have one of his proofed ones thats not even been used

Welcome to the AAOC.
Its great to see new blood coming into the sport.

BBF

Try cocking the rifle before filling.

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There are so many different pads available. Rowan and Bisley are good.
You can grind them for a lovely fit. Have a look on YouTube as there are good tutorials on there.

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Try ringing him as he is catching up with things

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Happy birthday old timer. Have a good one.

Ray

Is the transfer o’ring still in place.

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I would use silicon grease on the threads

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He looks well chilled in his hospital bed. Of course he will milk it.
Give it a month and he will be doing silly thing again

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