So, why no ACT on A-5’s or X-7’s?
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Topic: So, why no ACT on A-5’s or X-7’s?
Posted By: motopsycho650
Subject: So, why no ACT on A-5’s or X-7’s?
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 9:46pm
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I have been eyeballing the new 98 platinum. I have a cyclone & r/t trigger I want to swap over to it. I've been looking at the ACT set-up, and if it actually works, I think it would be great with the cyclone. The one drawback to the cyclone, in my opinion, is that I chop balls with it when my tank/pressure gets low. If any paint gets into the cyclone gears, you're in for a bunch of spin-off shots. The only real solution is to disassemble the cyclone & clean it out. So anyways, if the ACT system works, why have they not added it to the A-5 or X-7 yet? ------------- Tunka.com - Working to keep paintball legal in Colorado's National Forests. Don't rainbow rocks/trees, be safe around non-paintball players, and please DON'T CHEAT Special Ops Brigade ID:161556 |
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 10:16pm
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Because it is not needed with the cyclone.
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Posted By: motopsycho650
Date Posted: 09 May 2008 at 6:27am
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I disagree. If you read my entire post, that is exactly why I was looking at it. To work with my cyclone. Maybe the X-7 & A-5's don't chop as many balls, but my 98 cyclone does. Any time the air gets low. Also, if there is a ball loaded in the breach, there is room for 1 other balls between the cyclone & the breach. I have noticed that if I only feed 1 ball into the breach, and leave the extra space empty, I am much more likely to break a ball. I have the Vortex kit, and their claim of "it will work at below 200 psi" is crap. it's always about 400-450psi that I experience a ball chop. ------------- Tunka.com - Working to keep paintball legal in Colorado's National Forests. Don't rainbow rocks/trees, be safe around non-paintball players, and please DON'T CHEAT Special Ops Brigade ID:161556 |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 10 May 2008 at 7:35am
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Even with a stock Cyclone Feed I have never chopped a paintball because of low pressure. My Cyclone Feeder just stops working. Now, when I notice my tank getting below 1000psi, I just refill it. Nothing worse than being in the middle of a game only to run out of gas. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 10 May 2008 at 1:11pm
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The balls are breaking in the cyclone, not in the breach, so I fail to see how a system that is designed to prevent breaking balls in the breach is going to help with a ball breaking in the feeder.
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