WonTon
08-17-2002, 02:58 AM
I'm sure someone has thought of this before, but it occured to me when I was thinking of ways to bring down my pnuematic pressure on my STO...
Everyone wants to have a cocker that won't bust balls if the bolt was to close on a paintball, ie, "pinch". Most people have been able to achieve this through use of lighter hammer springs (which in return often comes lighter valve springs), heavier hammers, and of course an adjustable LPR. While they may be able to turn the pressure way down, they lose speed...
Obvously, you need to have enough cocking pressure pushing out the back block to cock the gun and have the bolt clear the breech so a paintball can feed. But then, you want as soft a pressure coming foreward as possible...
So, people want it strong in the beginning and light at the end, but since it's all from the same LPR you have to make do with one pressure, the minimum it takes for the back block to cock and the bolt to clear the breach.
What I was to take the 3 way, and make it a 2 way... (or, for the techies, take a "4 way" and make it a REAL 3 way)
Then, have the hose from the LPR go into the first barb, and a hose going from the last barb in the 2 way to the front barb of the ram. Then, put a spring of some sort (disposable mechanical pencil spring?) into the ram to push it into the return position.
When I'd pull the trigger, the gun would shoot, and then I could have my rock jacked all the way in for all I care, just enough to combat the force of the ram spring, hammer spring, and have the bolt clear the breach.
Then, when I let go, the air would clear out of the ram through the hose, and the spring (light) would return the back block/ram/bolt to its/their original positions...
I think it would work, if anyone has a stock cocker or something they could donate I'd try it.
Anyone else have input? Has this already been tried? Has this idea already been proven negative?
LMK, if I get enough positive and little enough negative I might just have to try it...
Peace
Alan VanToai
Pev's Paintball Rockville
14-year-old Paintball Addict
Everyone wants to have a cocker that won't bust balls if the bolt was to close on a paintball, ie, "pinch". Most people have been able to achieve this through use of lighter hammer springs (which in return often comes lighter valve springs), heavier hammers, and of course an adjustable LPR. While they may be able to turn the pressure way down, they lose speed...
Obvously, you need to have enough cocking pressure pushing out the back block to cock the gun and have the bolt clear the breech so a paintball can feed. But then, you want as soft a pressure coming foreward as possible...
So, people want it strong in the beginning and light at the end, but since it's all from the same LPR you have to make do with one pressure, the minimum it takes for the back block to cock and the bolt to clear the breach.
What I was to take the 3 way, and make it a 2 way... (or, for the techies, take a "4 way" and make it a REAL 3 way)
Then, have the hose from the LPR go into the first barb, and a hose going from the last barb in the 2 way to the front barb of the ram. Then, put a spring of some sort (disposable mechanical pencil spring?) into the ram to push it into the return position.
When I'd pull the trigger, the gun would shoot, and then I could have my rock jacked all the way in for all I care, just enough to combat the force of the ram spring, hammer spring, and have the bolt clear the breach.
Then, when I let go, the air would clear out of the ram through the hose, and the spring (light) would return the back block/ram/bolt to its/their original positions...
I think it would work, if anyone has a stock cocker or something they could donate I'd try it.
Anyone else have input? Has this already been tried? Has this idea already been proven negative?
LMK, if I get enough positive and little enough negative I might just have to try it...
Peace
Alan VanToai
Pev's Paintball Rockville
14-year-old Paintball Addict