Chopping Paint

when you fire off that dozen shots, is it all in a string?

What it sounds like is that you havn't cleaned or lubed the cyclone properly. Causing the cyclone to slow down and not keep up with the gun.

Oil the cyclone ram next time you take it apart. Also if it is available to you. try some grease like shocker lube or something and put that on the internals of the cyclone.

..um.. ^^ like they said.. and maybe the velocity... Check it, put it about 285ish or so, that is a cool amount for the a-5 w/flatline/blaze paint.. If thats not it, I would suggest puttin like 2 drops of oil in ur asa, remove barrel and hopper first of course.. and fire about 10 shots or so, wipe excess oil, and that should oil up cyclone, valve, etc..

It thats not it, disasemble the gun, and check ur ball stopper, maybe it has a shell on it or something, that little shell, can cause a big mess..

Hmm, look at your cyclone Very closely if you can , you could have a part wearing out , I played a few games with Cadet-Sergeant , and he had a similar problem , it was this small insignificant looking part that had caused all his problems in his cyclone , the pro-shop guy spotted it and had it going in about 30 seconds flat .

cyclone sprocket. Take off the bottom plate of the cyclone, and look at the "gears" one piece grabs teh sprocket (should be clear, this wears out), sprocket itself, spring (reletively strait jobber) or possibly one of the piston o-rings. Those wear as well. When you put the bottom plate back on the cyclone(check to see if there is an A on the bottom for new version), be sure not to over torque the screws, or they will poke through the plate of the cylone and balls could chop on the points. What also helps: take some 600 grit sand paper and smooth the edges on the right reciever half where the balls make contact. i.e. the finger and hole edges. Should take care of your problems.

brutl

i would just take a look at the cyclone and make sure the paint isnt soft