Originally Posted by Kris Whiteleather

Respectfully...I do not agree at all.

I cannot think of a single ball detent system in which the ball is outside the detent. It is supposed to roll into the notch or divot fully. Otherwise why bother with a notch? Just have it press on a flat surface.

As others have noted, the barrel is actually visibly canted. If the barrel were centered and straight, the ball would be in the center of the notch. It would take considerable force against the ballbearing to compress the spring to allow the ball to slip out of the notch. This is how some of my breakbarrel airguns lock up, this is what makes my target aperture sights go 'click-click-click' instead of just 'cl-cl-cl'.


I think the torque adjustment on their barrel assembly machine is too high. My particular photo shows an over rotation of the barrel.