Dry Shooting?
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Topic: Dry Shooting?
Posted By: JDahmer
Subject: Dry Shooting?
Date Posted: 09 February 2005 at 8:07pm
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What is the big deal with dry shooting an A-5...A lot of people tell me not to do it??? Is there a reason? ------------- J.P.H. |
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Posted By: warriorsnake
Date Posted: 09 February 2005 at 8:51pm
| dont worry man, people that tell you that know nothing about paintball. it doesn't harm your marker in any way. The reason why is because whats so different from that and then having a paintball in it. it still functions the same(the bolt slides fowards after the valve shoots the air foward) wether or not theres a ball or not. the only thing that it does is that it waste more gas, and that;s it. THats because more gas is escaping per each shot because nothings blocking it's path, so it becoimes very unefficient. But overall don;t worry. |
Posted By: cooljon012288
Date Posted: 09 February 2005 at 10:53pm
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It messes up the bolt ,because there is nothing in the way for it to move out (the paintball).And it waste gas.Plus it will send air thru your gun (mostly out the front though) I do not think warriorsnake know this. ------------- Tippmann A-5 flatline barrel 20oz c02 E-Z sling O-D green weaver mount 30mm red dot sight all black swat suit G3 German .308 20 round mag R-5 hopper Co2 tank cover Co2 tank butt stock |
Posted By: E-98
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 1:57am
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... I see nothing wrong with dry firing your marker. So what if there is nothing in the way of the front bolt for it to push out? And gas goes through your marker anyways, and I don't think it wastes any more gas than a normal shot... -------------  http://www.angryflower.com/softwa.gif - http://www.angryflower.com/softwa.gif
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Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 3:08pm
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no, it has the same efficiancy as a gun shooting paint. the valves dwell (time it is open) is still the same. its safe to dry fire, except your internal o-rings may wear faster, just like when shooting balls. so i wouldnt reccomend emptying a 20oz every day. you should dry fire after oiling, and take off your barrel when doing so. ------------- 
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Posted By: eaglesin05
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 6:38pm
Exactly ------------- Camo'd 98C Remote Polished internals Dbl trigger 14" J&J Ceramic Barrel Rocket Cock 2 Trigger Slop Mod 12V Revvy 03' Dye stikies R/T Drop Forward |
triggerhappy1 wrote:Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 11:16pm
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what these guys tell you is not true for all paintball guns. I see too many of you guys generalizing, and it might get someones gun broken. SMG's will not cycle properly if dry fired. ATs markers will actually break if they are fired without their magazine too much. Please be more specific in your posts. |
Posted By: Tippmann Lover
Date Posted: 12 February 2005 at 12:01pm
There will be no damage from dry firing your marker. I do it all the time. ------------- KMH |
Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 12 February 2005 at 8:47pm
You're incorrect, you might have real guns mixed with paintball guns. The bolt is just fine, it cycles the same, back and fourth every single time the same way all the time, even if there's no paintball in front of it. Air also goes through your gun all the time when you pull the trigger it goes from your valve, out to the front. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: THE ARMY MAN
Date Posted: 14 February 2005 at 10:31am
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nothing is wrong about it.
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Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 15 February 2005 at 1:30pm
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Huh. For the A-5- 1. The bolt doesn't push anything. Ball or no ball, it just doesn't. It actually keeps balls from falling into the breech at the wrong time. 2. The A-5 could care less whether there's a ball in there or not. Everything is designed to fire without needing the ball to assist the firing process. The dry firing is a kind of confusing misconception- actual guns you can't, people think the same about a paintball gun. And of course, to throw in the monkey wrench, some paintball guns can't be dry fired like the SMG. Just make sure you know how your gun operates or you ask us if its ok before dry firing your heart out. ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
Posted By: Battleaxe3
Date Posted: 16 February 2005 at 4:51pm
| Some guns you cant really dry fire that well, like forsay impulses need the ball to help recock. The bolt wont recock some of the time but you can still dry fire it. Tippmanns have no problem with this and is pretty safe. |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 16 February 2005 at 5:24pm
doesnt matter if air goes thru ur gun and ur bolt can take a friggn load of smacksmacksmack if u kno what i mean. and it doesnt waste gas aye karumba its good to practice walking whenever u have a full tank of gas ------------- 
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Posted By: ltcmac
Date Posted: 06 March 2005 at 11:06pm
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dry firing without CO2 will damage ur bolt slitley (that is what happened to my friends gun) ------------- **O-Unit** |