Cyclone chopping problems

Let me give you my gun stats...
Tippmann A-5 with Response Trigger
Lapco Snapshot .687
Polished Internals
Special Ops A5A2 Stock
Pure Energy 68cu/4500psi HPA tank
Palmer Stabilizer Kit for A-5
Kingman Java Remote Coil

Not Important:
Redz Flechtech 4 + 1 Pod Pack
VForce Profiler

Paint for all of this: Origin Signature Series Paintballs
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I had just polished the internals and the first time I played, it was excellent, everything working well, accurate, consistent and I had tons of fun. I ordered the stock, remote, pod pack and Stabilizer kit over the week and everything arrived on Friday, I set it up and played with it on Saturday. On Saturday, the ratchet for my Cyclone feed broke (the small tip of it snapped) which I hear is a common problem so I went and got 2 spare ratchets, installed one of them  with a lot of oil and was ready to test it all out on Sunday.

Sunday was very chilly, I think it was around 35 degrees in the morning (I live in New Jersey). Got ready, chronoed, played first game. One of my teammates chopped in his Flatline, which I didn't think was significant, but as soon as I took a few shots at the target range, I chopped. Then I chopped again, right after cleaning it out of the barrel. Many others around me chopped, and many blamed the cold. After a couple hours of chopping, playing, innaccurate shots, I got annoyed and tried to clean out as much as possible. I cleaned out the top of the Cyclone (where the star wheels are) pretty well but there was still a bit of paint in it, cleaned out the ball detent area and the barrel. This fixed it for a little while but pretty soon I started chopping again.

After the day, I got home and found paint on my front bolt, a bit on the power tube, ball detent area,  barrel adapter, barrel, Cyclone housing, and a bit in the bottom part of Cyclone (where the ratchet is).
Questions:
Would the cold have made the balls chop?
Would the paint left from previous chops contribute to more chops?
Would overlubing the Cyclone make the gun chop?

Any other ideas on why I was chopping?

If I clean out the gun and play on a non-cold day, will I have the same problems with chopping?

Thanks,

Argelmcgee

Everything but the oiling could have contributed to your chopping , also the Paint itself could be partly to blame , Dimpled/deformed , thinshelled , oversized ?

How many drops of oil did you put on the ratchet?? you only need about 1-2 drops of oil..That could of been the problem that you over oiled it and it got inside the cyclone. Another thing, could have been the paint you were using. How old were they? Cheap paint also chops. dimpled and deformed balls will chop on you for sure.. Just make sure you clean the cyclone and barrel really well and make sure it's dry. and See if you still have the problem..

Umm... I was chopping, not getting barrel breaks...

I dont know much about how cyclones work on the overall, but im willing to say that it wasnt the cyclone feeding to slow.  This leaves the front bolt's impact upon the ball, and the barrel to be where your ball broke.  If the ball is thin shelled, this could mean that it is being broken when it is struck by the front bolt.  Upon you saying that you had some paint in the barrel, on the bolt, and on the powertube, it really dosent narrow anything down as to a chop or barrel break.  A ball could break, as i said before, right where the gun "ends" and the barrel starts.  And you said many people around you chopped; this makes it more probable that it was in fact paint that was mis-shaped and mis-sized bacause i would highly doubt that everyone else would be "chopping", which is a very specific event where the ball dosent make it completely seated behind the ball detent and the bolt strikes it, causeing it to break from the force of the bolt pushing it against where it is coming into the gun from.  This is why i dont think you were chopping, it is highly unlikely that everyone would be having this problem.  So, i still think it was just really bad paint that was wayyy bigger than its supposed to be.

okay, but what does cold do to the gun/paintballs?  I know it just makes things not work as good, but thats what weve been trying to pinpoint.

okay... thats what i figured... more or less reinforces my point.