AO: We are back from the dead... again! After an 18 day outage, we are finally alive and well. Who knew how complicated updating software/databases from 2008 would be. I still have alot of tweaks to make, but my main goal was getting everything patched and updated to 2026.
Vbulletin 6 has changed alot since 2008 so we will have a ton of new features to dig into.
No substitutes: Polyurethane just can't be replaced.
I have a buna example that is documented in two different threads. The problem appears to be shelf life, not so much lube or number of shots.
At the end of March 2009, I put my EP mag into service with a quad (buna) on/off top o-ring. In May of 2012, I had a failure of that o-ring, after more than 20k cycles. Fair enough. I had bought the set of four from the AGD store, so I installed a spare and went back to play. That one lasted less than 100 shots. I found the new one had wadded up in the on/off, and the other two (unused, stored clean, out of the sun and dry) had lost their elasticity also. I dug out some ancient, unknown teflon top o-ring and a longer on/off pin, problem solved.
I must have overlooked those threads. I did try to mention the shelf life issue as it is something I have noticed as well.
20k is a good number. I put about 300 more through mine today.
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