extremely fast shooting?

Bruce A. Frank wrote: mod98commando wrote: Take it easy Bruce, maybe we're misunderstanding his problem. I agree that people really need to read the manual before asking for help from us but he might actually have a problem even though it sounds like he just doesn't understand the firing mode. Maybe we are misunderstanding his problem. Which may present an indication of another problem, an inability to articulate exactly what is the problem or at least succinctly state the symptoms. I am not being hard on the guy, I just want him to take responsibility for knowing how his marker functions. I my case, I make the decision to buy a certain marker or upgrade by thoroughly reading the literature. I find it amazing that posters to the Tippmann Forum can make statements like, "My Flatline arrived bent! What do I do?" That may be a bit of an exaggeration but I have seen very similar posts. Some info in the supplied instructions may not be clear to those who have no mechanical aptitude. Posts requesting clarification are good. But, it is a bit exasperating when someone asks a question that is very clearly outlined in the manuals and in the exploded views available in the box or online at Tippmann's site. My apparent antagonism is intended to be no more than a coach might tell a player, who is hunkered down behind a bunker, to get his rear in gear and move.

Lighten up, dude. Just a simple question.

Bruce A. Frank wrote: Maybe we are misunderstanding his problem. Which may present an indication of another problem, an inability to articulate exactly what is the problem or at least succinctly state the symptoms. I am not being hard on the guy, I just want him to take responsibility for knowing how his marker functions. I my case, I make the decision to buy a certain marker or upgrade by thoroughly reading the literature. I find it amazing that posters to the Tippmann Forum can make statements like, "My Flatline arrived bent! What do I do?" That may be a bit of an exaggeration but I have seen very similar posts. Some info in the supplied instructions may not be clear to those who have no mechanical aptitude. Posts requesting clarification are good. But, it is a bit exasperating when someone asks a question that is very clearly outlined in the manuals and in the exploded views available in the box or online at Tippmann's site. My apparent antagonism is intended to be no more than a coach might tell a player, who is hunkered down behind a bunker, to get his rear in gear and move.

I agree with you entirely but it's sometimes hard to determine which comments are meant to "coach" a person and which are meant to insult them. I had a feeling you didn't mean any harm by it and I wouldn't have been bothered if it had been directed at me but some people may see things differently. Luckily he didn't take offense to it either. I've seen some bad conversations on the forum result from misunderstandings and I've been in similar situations on other forums. Just try to be careful how you say things on a forum because there are no sarcasm detectors telling people that you're joking and nobody can hear the words the way you did in your head when you were writing them so your tone is determined by the reader. Anyway, he found his problem and fixed it so all is good. See you around.

customproE wrote: bruce i read the whole manual as soon as i opened the box. i figured out the problem too i turned the rof all the way up so with turbo it shoots for every pull and release of the trigger it was much to high for my hopper. i just missed that part in the manual i guess.

It is good that you read the manual. A significantly high number of people don't, even when the marker malfunctions.

I just finished installing the E-Bolt on my marker (my son installed one in his several weeks ago). The installation was fairly straight forward, but little details in the instructions had to be read and re-read a couple of times so that it became clear as to what was supposed to happen. Many bits of information in instruction manuals just do not sink in until you begin to look specifically for a solution to a problem. I have found, over the years, and not just with paintball equipment, that re-reading the manual once in a while answers questions to minor operation problems. Problems that I'd just gotten used to working around rather than fixing.

See you on the speedball course some day!