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My tippmann 98 Custom wont stay cocked

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Topic: My tippmann 98 Custom wont stay cocked

Posted By: Kendiggity
Subject: My tippmann 98 Custom wont stay cocked
Date Posted: 05 September 2012 at 2:05pm

Hello,

I Have a tippman 98 custom, It has a A.P.E. rampage board in it and for some reason when i fire some times itll decock itself, but the hammer doesnt go all the way foward. it only moves abour 2cm foward and it looks like its cocked but i have to pull it back to recock it so i can fire again. I replaced the front bolt so far. i dont know what else to do. can anyone help me?

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Posted By: TippmannEmployee1
Date Posted: 05 September 2012 at 4:11pm

I'm going to assume this only happens when shooting paintballs. What happens is that your 98 is shooting faster than your loader can feed. A paintball is getting caught between the front bolt & receiver. Then when you pull back on the cocking handle the ball drops into the breach & is ready to fire. You either need to slow the rate of fire or get a faster loader.