airgunsmith/tuners in south island ?

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   I've got a Prosport .177 made in 2011
It's been a tack driver forever, still is but... I installed a new mainspring myself purchased from Youngs, just watched a vid on youtube it was easy as, moly here, greese there etc. i didnt put a new seal in as didnt know how without damaging it and i shot fine so didnt want to fix what wasnt broken.

Still shoots awesome considering the bluing is long gone from the barrel shroud but it twangs.

Wondering if anyone in south island knows how to sort that out or make a guide or something, whatever it needs to quieten it up again and how much it might cost.

I put a new scope on it a fixed 10* which i love but it's still slightly canted, been trying to get it right, doing my head in so I have a look again tomorrow maybe.

Not sure yet if i want to keep it as a back up or sell it and keep using my new tx but I want it with a nice quiet shot cycle again.

Does anyone here know who does this kind of tuning?

I've long lost the new seal

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vault Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 Apr 2026 Location: Dunedin Status: Offline Posts: 22	Post Options Post Reply Quote vault Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: airgunsmith/tuners in south island ? Posted: 20 hours 31 minutes ago at 4:29pm
	I've got a Prosport .177 made in 2011 It's been a tack driver forever, still is but... I installed a new mainspring myself purchased from Youngs, just watched a vid on youtube it was easy as, moly here, greese there etc. i didnt put a new seal in as didnt know how without damaging it and i shot fine so didnt want to fix what wasnt broken. Still shoots awesome considering the bluing is long gone from the barrel shroud but it twangs. Wondering if anyone in south island knows how to sort that out or make a guide or something, whatever it needs to quieten it up again and how much it might cost. I put a new scope on it a fixed 10* which i love but it's still slightly canted, been trying to get it right, doing my head in so I have a look again tomorrow maybe. Not sure yet if i want to keep it as a back up or sell it and keep using my new tx but I want it with a nice quiet shot cycle again. Does anyone here know who does this kind of tuning? I've long lost the new seal
	Air-arms Prosport .177 FAC Optisan 1032 Air-arms Tx200 Mk3 .177 FAC Hawke SW 8-3256

-Ec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2025 Location: Matamau Status: Offline Posts: 178	Post Options Post Reply Quote -Ec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 hours 23 minutes ago at 5:37pm
	Not sure about tuners in the mainland - but you can get a TbT kit for your gun which includes new spring with matching guides, dry moly paste and molly grease for approx 200 bucks - basically 60 pounds sterling + delivery. Check out https://www.airrifletuning.com - there is even a step-by-step video of the process to strip, clean fit the kit and put it back together again. I think there is also a video on fitting new piston seals Edited by -Ec - 19 hours 22 minutes ago at 5:38pm
	Regards -Ec

vault Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 Apr 2026 Location: Dunedin Status: Offline Posts: 22	Post Options Post Reply Quote vault Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 hours 33 minutes ago at 9:27pm
	Thanks for the link EC, if i get a tbt kit, I'll keep the prosport for sure.
	Air-arms Prosport .177 FAC Optisan 1032 Air-arms Tx200 Mk3 .177 FAC Hawke SW 8-3256

KiwiTR6 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Nov 2022 Location: North Island Status: Offline Posts: 432	Post Options Post Reply Quote KiwiTR6 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1 hour 41 minutes ago at 11:19am
	I've had two TBT kits, neither of them were simple drop-in items. HW30 and HW98. In both cases the guides were too long preventing the guns from cocking and had to be trimmed. This can take quite a bit of time and multiple pull downs to get right which can be a bit annoying. That said, they are effective. I now make my own although they are somewhat different to the TBT design. Edited by KiwiTR6 - 1 hour 41 minutes ago at 11:19am
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