Originally Posted by Mime
Hello Gentilmen (and possible ladies)
So today I would like to question on how to make my level 10 more sensitive. I have been running my Tac one ( Xvalve + Level 10) for 2 years now. and yesterday something happened which has neven happened before.
I chopped paint.
I chopped Fresh tournament grade paint. on a mild weather day.
So right now im using the Gold spring ( 250 FPS and below) BUT I am using it at about 270 FPS ( field limit is 280 but I leave a little more room due to usually I can find a few renters so I dont want to hit them to hard)
So naturaly I first tried switching to the Red spring ( 265 to 280 FPS) but dispite increaseing the velocity I always got a bad case of the bolt stick ( the bolt would move forward but not reset) and the only way I got it to stop sticking was put it at about 290 FPS ( above field limit) and the silver spring is out of question.
Also yesterday something slightly strange happened, I would notice a leak down the power tube ( when trigger was released) would occur If I left the marker without shooting for a few minutes ( like a developing leak) but when I shot it the leak would dis-appear for a few minutes ( which was fine As I was shooting during the game)
Would I need to go up a carrier size to increase sensitivity on the Level ten, but at the same time shim it to death to try and stop the devleoping leak? Or would I need to change Orings?
Also, I forgot how the Carriers sizing goes, is it one dot being smallest and 2 dots being largest, going "1 Dot, 2 dash Dash, 3 Dot dash, 4 Dot, dot."
thank you for your time in advance, any questions I will try to answer.
Edit: Found the Carrier sizing chart, so there is 8 carriers and I only own 4 lol. guess I'll make due.
Also re-read the Valve tuning guides, they state that if it leaks down the barrel and I slighty push on it if the tone changes then I must move down a carrier size, and if it leaks afterwards then remove shims.
Any opinions from you guys?