Hehe... You know its too fast when this happens...

[Butterfingers]

So Im working on my almost done RT... Just going through the final stages of testing...

When all of the sudden the L10 starts hissing...

Uh oh...

So I opened her up...

I found out that I had SHATTERED the midweight LX spring...

The thing fractured 2 coils from the tip of the bolt...

More to come...

[Kevmaster]

way to go butters....good work...

[Butterfingers]

Yeah You Bet... :)

I need a midweight LX spring now...

Or errr.. maybe a few....

[Mag Master 04]

yea depending onwhere yur from, rapid fire and cold dont mix:D

[Steelrat]

I was out with Z-man when his spring broke. The funny thing is that the gun would still fire, though only once out of every 5 pulls or so. Amazing.

[50 cal]

Wow, never heard of a bolt spring breaking before.

[Butterfingers]

Im in buffalo... its cold outside...

Unfortunately the spring that broke was being fired indoors in the comfort of my own home at 74 degrees... :)

[Load SM5]

Is it one of the new red springs or an old cut one? Either way they can and do occasionally break after a while. I've broken one during a practice and I never even knew it. The gun fired great all day. I try and keep a few extra on hand.

[Butterfingers]

the cut one...

[Load SM5]

They are a little weaker that the newer red ones. The newer ones have'nt broken on me...yet

[Bolter]

yeah i've broken a few now. I think it was three last year in total.

always carry spares!

[wobbles82]

Broken one at the first day of NPPL NJ, didnt even know. That night I was just oiling the gun for the next day and put my finger in the breech...and it hurt! Heh, good stuff, happens occasionally...well..almost never.

[BlackVCG]

The mid-size springs always break. That's what happens when you cut a spring...

[TraXeR]

I was expecting to open this and see pic of a mag with paint dripping everywhere from massive chopping from a non LX'd valve trying to feed 40+ bps or a video of a marker shooting so fast you see the gauge needle of a large tank go to 0 from full in a few seconds.

Either way, yeah, that's WAY to fast. How fast were you trying to get it?

[Z-man]

crazy thing was that mine was the small spring with the proper end rings not that cut one. I was very impressed that the gun kept running.. only sorta. Guess that is what happens when you have been recycling lvl 7 springs since 1998...

[PsychoBaller]

Ditto as some above, I most definately broke a couple of normal springs last year. I currently am using the long Red Spring. Works just fine. I have not touched my LvL 10 in like a couple o months, its perfecty setup.