r/t trigger only works with low velocity.

  Hi, after fixing my gun yesterday and adjusting the r/t to have a light trigger pull to shoot..well..i didnt know the trigger could do automactic shooting..and when i turned the velocity all the way down it works great..and fires real fast if i keep pressure on the trigger..but when i turn my velocity up to normal it doesnt work..its semi auto then..it only works when the pressure is all the way down..any help? thanks



EDIT the little nubbing behind the trigger doesnt push out when i have my velocity up to normal..but it does when i have the pressure all the way down..i just noticed that.


Edited by mgs251 - 15 April 2006 at 10:39am

Well when i bought my gun i got a huge kit of spare and stock parts..there are alot of springs in it..some smaller and some longer..im just not sure which to use cause this is my first time useing tippman..theres one spring in the gun thats long..and i have 2 other ones..1 is shorter with no color tip..and one is long with a blue tip..which one should i use? thanks 

Edit..ok i put in the longest spring i had..the purple tipped one..it wassnt much longer then the one i had in it..but i can tell the bolts snapping back a little harder then before when i pull the trigger...i called the paintball shop and asked the guy if he had a rva for a 98c..he said he had a spring tension adjuster that fits onto the end piece of the gun like a rva..so ill try it.it should have the same affect right?...

can someone point out a spring i need or something..or the lentgh of it..im clueless here..and anything else i need


Edited by mgs251 - 15 April 2006 at 12:51pm

hmmm.... i would try removing the flow controll fitting on the side of the marker and drip a single drop of oil into the R/T cylinder then replace the flow controll. if the cylinder gets a bit dry it dosen't work properly. it should work well with high or low velocity.

1. try oiling the R/T cylinder like described above

2. do you have any idea what your velocity is now that you have a aftermarket spring in it? you may be hitting the valve so hard that it is staying open way too long and wasting a bunch of air that you don't need to.

3. your gun uncocking is also an indicator that the drive spring may be too heavy, it can't generate enough blowback to fight the spring....or your tank is nearing it's end.

4. to find info on tweaking your R/T search for "sweet spot" "R/T" or anything else that you can think of, there are many many post on this subject.

400 balls from an 8 oz is pretty decent.  Keep in mind also that when shooting fast with CO2 the efficiency drops bigtime.

HPA will fix that problem, and there are various other expansion aids to help fight the issue.

Rambino wrote: 400 balls from an 8 oz is pretty decent.  Keep in mind also that when shooting fast with CO2 the efficiency drops bigtime. HPA will fix that problem, and there are various other expansion aids to help fight the issue.

This is true.  400 from an 8 oz is nice for a stock a-5.