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new spring?

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Topic: new spring?

Posted By: sn00py13
Subject: new spring?
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 8:40pm

I have an few year old a-5 and the past few weekends ive been playing and it seems like its shooting really weak even with velocity up. would the spring be the prob thats wut im thinking it is. any help is great and if u have a new spring plz tell me if it helped.

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Posted By: rossy11223
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 8:43pm

I weakened drive spring could be the problem. Make sure you don't have any valve leaks. You might want to look into the Maddman Spring Kit. It contains springs of varying tensions for different velocities.

Posted By: MoNkeY Hunter
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 9:59pm

Clean and Oil your gun and ASA. Then if you stil got problems you could try a new spring or replace your cup seal Oring for $.30 form your pro shop.

Posted By: K1DW1CKED
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 10:34am

Take out your old spring and take it to a shop and ask to see a new spring. Put them together and check the length, if yours is shorter then that is your problem. That was my problem and it was a nice $3.00 fix.

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Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 11:12am

sn00py13 wrote:

I have an few year old a-5 and the past few weekends ive been playing and it seems like its shooting really weak even with velocity up. would the spring be the prob thats wut im thinking it is. any help is great and if u have a new spring plz tell me if it helped.

"...seems like...?" It registers a low velocity on the chronograph? You didn't crack anyones goggles so the velocity "seems like its shooting really weak?" Don't want to cause any injury? Spend $70 for an X-Radar. It reads velocity, balls per second and ramping.

You do realize that with a little bit of inattention while changing springs and adjusting velocity that your marker can launch paint as fast as 500 fps? This is approaching the velocity of some subsonic rounds from a 45 automatic fire arm. Even if you don't punch an eye out (thus actually killing your opponent) high velocity hits on skin will leave scars. BUY A CHRONOGRAPH!

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Product Description

The best way to ensure that you're playing safe.

Features:

Handy size: 5 3/8" X 2 3/4" X 1 1/4"
Weighs under 7 ounces with battery installed
No tools necessary to change the battery
Low battery indicator
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Full 3-digit LCD display
Reads 4 to 30 bps (balls per second)
Reads 200 to 399 fps (feet per second)
Uses one 9 volt battery

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Posted By: the flanker
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 4:13pm

^^^ just out of curiosity how does that measure velocity??? Do you attach it to your gun or something?

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