Originally Posted by
nak81783
If both the valve pin assembly orings were bad, the unregulated air could go right into the volume chamber, through the reg pin valve assembly, and into the reg piston area. It would leak whether trigger was pulled or not.
If one or both of these orings was bad, the air would leak out the side vent hole. The back one would cause a full time leak as long as there was air. The front one would cause a leak only when air was present in the front chamber.
All your other observations and explainations were well though out and spot on.
Except for the Automag in front, its usually the man behind the equipment that counts.