breaking to much
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Topic: breaking to much
Posted By: stlunatic1657
Subject: breaking to much
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 5:37pm
I have had a A-5 for 2 years now its got a 14'whisper barrel 32dergree expansion chamber e-triger and a car stock ive only had 1 problem with it since i had it (o-rings) BUt now its just breaking so much paint. Im useing PMI and 32 degrees paint and i have used really crappy paint in the past but every 10 shots i have to clean my barrel cuz of breaks. I just started in october and i thought it was the paint so i used etter and iits stilll doing it is there something wrong wiht my gun because my velocity isnt even high??? please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 5:42pm
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Do you have an electric hopper or a cyclone?
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Posted By: stlunatic1657
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 5:43pm
| cyclone |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 5:45pm
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Take 10 paintballs from your case, and drop them on the hard floor from a distance of 5 feet. No more than 2-3 should break. If more than 3 break, you need to get paint with a harder shell.
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Posted By: stlunatic1657
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 5:52pm
| i did it and only 1 broke |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 6:03pm
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Is it breakingin the cyclone, the chamber or the barrel?
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Posted By: DsXz
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 6:04pm
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u prolly chopped/broke 1 and got paint int eh cyclone and now the cyclones mashing up the rest ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: stlunatic1657
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 6:11pm
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its breaking in the barrel and no bec i clean the cyclone and theres never paint in tehre
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 6:15pm
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Whats most likely happening is you have a poor paint to bore match. Place a paintball in the breech end of the barrel, if you cannot see a little bit of light down the sides of the ball your paint is to large.
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 9:48pm
| that and its probably cold where you live, do the 10 ball drop test, after letting the paint sit outside for a good hour. whenever paint gets in cold,dry air, the moisture is pulled out of the shell and into the air making the paint very brittle and break-prone. i would bet money that when it warms up, you will have better luck. |
Posted By: hungrymonkey
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 1:03pm
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check to see if the cyclone ratchet is worn.
Do this by putting your finger in the cyclone and use the manual push rod to cycle it. Do this a few times to see if it slips. I believe the theory is that a ball could partially load into the chamber and get chopped.
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Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 5:42pm
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I was thinking ratchet as well, but if there is no paint in the Cyclone at all it probably is just a paint/barrel issue. I would look into the ratchet anyway, though - if you haven't replaced it yet, it is bound to become a problem eventually. |
Posted By: hungrymonkey
Date Posted: 10 March 2006 at 12:40pm
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its a pita to take the bottem cover off. The screws are a fine phillips, but they are so tight that it is impossible to get off with a small screw driver. So you might want to order some new screws when you order the ratchet.
Mine looked fine when I took it off. it was the newer brown plastic one. I figured I would order a spring, screws, and ratchets. Just do It all when I had it opened.
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 11 March 2006 at 10:18pm
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check the barrel for burrs, and your paint to barrel match. If there is no paint in the cyclone, then it's not the bolt or the cyclone. If your bolt breaks a ball, it'll end up in ur entire gun... which sucks. I'm definitely guessing this is ur barrels problem.
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