Carbine bolt question

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   I'm not a Tippmann guy so I don't know if what I'm asking is common knowledge or not so here goes. 

I'm working on my friend's carbine, I've done some performance upgrades that have gotten moderately good results but I'm looking to squeeze a bit more out of it. He has the starfire bolt on it and the thing that I noticed is that when the bolt is fully forward there is a gap between the front end if the power tube and the rear of the bolt. This allows the gas to bleed off up through the ball feed and causes loss of ball velocity. Is this standard for the carbines? We're going to hunt through his garage to try to find the original bolt and see if it fits better but if that fails I was wondering if anyone knows of a difference in the stock bolt and starfire that causes this. Basically wondering if we should get a replacement stock bolt?

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Smegger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 25 November 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smegger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Carbine bolt question Posted: 25 November 2004 at 4:55pm
	I'm not a Tippmann guy so I don't know if what I'm asking is common knowledge or not so here goes. I'm working on my friend's carbine, I've done some performance upgrades that have gotten moderately good results but I'm looking to squeeze a bit more out of it. He has the starfire bolt on it and the thing that I noticed is that when the bolt is fully forward there is a gap between the front end if the power tube and the rear of the bolt. This allows the gas to bleed off up through the ball feed and causes loss of ball velocity. Is this standard for the carbines? We're going to hunt through his garage to try to find the original bolt and see if it fits better but if that fails I was wondering if anyone knows of a difference in the stock bolt and starfire that causes this. Basically wondering if we should get a replacement stock bolt?

Enos Shenk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum Member ~-o@ Joined: 10 June 2002 Location: A comfy chair Status: Offline Points: 14109	Post Options Post Reply Quote Enos Shenk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 November 2004 at 5:35pm
	Thats standard for trash upgrades like the starfire bolt. Just get a stock bolt, itll work better.