ball breakage
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Topic: ball breakage
Posted By: miniballer15
Subject: ball breakage
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 11:21pm
| my A-5 is brand new and i have a response trigger, j&j ceramic barrel and after about every third shot a ball breaks and i cant seem to fix it... i lowered my velocity to a minimum and still does it so i raised it and there was no difference and was using cryptic paintballs and thats what i normally use... any suggestions of what might be wrong? |
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 20 February 2009 at 8:01am
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bad paint. Is it old? some paint that has been sitting for a while will start to break down the shell, causing what you described. Try running some different paint. ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: Robby_of_PBH
Date Posted: 20 February 2009 at 12:49pm
| I'm having a similar problem running my super RT at high speeds. It's driving me CRAZY. In all honesty I don't think it's the paint (although it's a chance). I'd say try dropping the paint on a hard surface, if it's bouncing from a foot or more off the surface, I don't think the paint is the problem. How fast are you shooting the RT at when your having this problem? Really fast? Or just any speed at all? |
Posted By: miniballer15
Date Posted: 22 February 2009 at 6:08pm
| any speed at all and i used the paint the day before and no problems |
Posted By: Robby_of_PBH
Date Posted: 22 February 2009 at 7:48pm
| Man... Check out my recent post about "cyclone feed blender". If it's like mine I go to shoot a burst and about 5 or so paintballs into it I get a broken paintball. It's hapenning EVERYTIME I try, absolutely no matter WHAT I do. It's driving me insane. Wish I could help you man. |
Posted By: miniballer15
Date Posted: 23 February 2009 at 2:43pm
| well a buddy of mine was saying that my barrel could be screwed in too far so i tried it and then it seemed to work so far for the first 200 balls |
Posted By: Robby_of_PBH
Date Posted: 23 February 2009 at 2:49pm
| ?? That actually did it? No way, are you sure? |
Posted By: miniballer15
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 1:21am
| it was doing it almost every third shot and then i talked to a buddy of mine and he said it was screwed in too far and then i undid it by half a turn and not one has broke since. |
Posted By: Dave82689
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 2:11am
| Yeah if the barrel is screwed in to far the rivet of the barrel could catch the paintball a little bit, and bust the ball inside the barrel of the paintball marker, thats why it is always a good thing to not over-tighten your barrel. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 4:46am
What "rivet" are you talking about? I have three J&J barrels and can't find a rivet on any of them. Screwing the barrel in too far can cause breakage issues though. (I believe that it interferes with the bolt and leads to pinches.) A tank o-ring around the barrel can serve as a good spacer so the barrel still fits tightly without going in to far. (If the barrel fits loosely it can lead to accuracy/velocity problems.) Dave, having read the advice you have offered in various places I would recommend that you learn a little more about the sport before offering any more. ------------- 
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Dave82689 wrote:Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 8:50am
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Oh, saw the title and thought it was thread talking trash about my wife. |
Posted By: miniballer15
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 9:13pm
| so otherwards you are recomending to put a tank o-ring on the barrel |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 February 2009 at 12:16am
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It's worth a try. I had a similar breakage problem with a J&J on a 68 carbine I used to have. After some experimentation I found that the issue completely disappeared after adding the tank o-ring. (I'm guessing it acted as a "spacer" to properly position the barrel.)
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Posted By: miniballer15
Date Posted: 26 February 2009 at 4:54pm
| and also my buddy has a 98 with a flatline and his does the same thing and we dont know what the problem is it never used to some one plzz help |
Posted By: thefletch55
Date Posted: 04 March 2009 at 7:58am
About the cyclone blender... get squishy paddles of specialops or ebay they almost totally eliminate that problem  ------------- -thefletch55- |
Posted By: Robby_of_PBH
Date Posted: 04 March 2009 at 1:10pm
| I'm not sure if it will. I have cyclone squishy paddles, and by the sound of his problem, it's something more than that. |