Righto everyone,
Here's a Tek-4, minus turret and priming handle. With a coupler, sorry I wanted to see if it worked first before I tried writing it up.
Any of you who have ever opened one of these up will have noticed that the plunger travel is only a fraction of the actual plunger tube length. I noticed this also, and set about rectifying the situation.
Internals shot.
To achieve the longer plunger travel, I simply cut the dead area of the plunger, (the white part near the plunger head in the next pic) loosened the glue, and re-glued it with a longer plunger rod.
The handle no longer retracts into the shell when it is primed, and it makes an almighty bang when fired, but with a 1/2" id stainless steel barrel it hits hard.
Let me know what you think, or if any clarification is required.
Here's a Tek-4, minus turret and priming handle. With a coupler, sorry I wanted to see if it worked first before I tried writing it up.
Any of you who have ever opened one of these up will have noticed that the plunger travel is only a fraction of the actual plunger tube length. I noticed this also, and set about rectifying the situation.
Internals shot.
To achieve the longer plunger travel, I simply cut the dead area of the plunger, (the white part near the plunger head in the next pic) loosened the glue, and re-glued it with a longer plunger rod.
The handle no longer retracts into the shell when it is primed, and it makes an almighty bang when fired, but with a 1/2" id stainless steel barrel it hits hard.
Let me know what you think, or if any clarification is required.