Scandalon
09-21-2004, 12:24 PM
(I've searched and waded through 70 posts, to no avail. Feel free to point me to the info if I missed it)
Used xmag, lvl 10, stock afaik. It was sent into AGD a long time ago and the star punched.
I finally got the mag tuned and up and running, shooting right near 280fps, etc. Took to field, streamed 50 or so balls, and was happy. Started snap-shooting practice, gun stopped firing. No air noise, could hear solenoid click, tried manual selection. Grumbled, took hopper off and let ball in chamber out, seemed to work. Tried again, soon stopped firing again. Couldn't remove valve/body, had to unscrew front frame screw. Discovered that the on/off pin (I think that's it's name, the pin the sear actually pushes against to redirect the air...) was sticking out. I believe I remember this was one of the problems that made me ignore the mag for so long in the first place...
Later when troubleshooting, had a couple times where the pin would stick again. Pushing it in would have no effect, no shooting, no air leaking, nothing. The pin would just pop back out. To remove the valve I had to disconnect the air, (pin still out, no shooty) then hold the pin in while slowly backing out the valve assembly, which would then vent the remaining air.
Since then, with it assembled again, it appears to work fine, but haven't been able to test w/ paint yet, and I'm afraid it'll do it again when I do. Anyone have any ideas?
(And of course, I've got a tourney this weekend. Looks like I may be using my CCM pump. :ninja:
Used xmag, lvl 10, stock afaik. It was sent into AGD a long time ago and the star punched.
I finally got the mag tuned and up and running, shooting right near 280fps, etc. Took to field, streamed 50 or so balls, and was happy. Started snap-shooting practice, gun stopped firing. No air noise, could hear solenoid click, tried manual selection. Grumbled, took hopper off and let ball in chamber out, seemed to work. Tried again, soon stopped firing again. Couldn't remove valve/body, had to unscrew front frame screw. Discovered that the on/off pin (I think that's it's name, the pin the sear actually pushes against to redirect the air...) was sticking out. I believe I remember this was one of the problems that made me ignore the mag for so long in the first place...
Later when troubleshooting, had a couple times where the pin would stick again. Pushing it in would have no effect, no shooting, no air leaking, nothing. The pin would just pop back out. To remove the valve I had to disconnect the air, (pin still out, no shooty) then hold the pin in while slowly backing out the valve assembly, which would then vent the remaining air.
Since then, with it assembled again, it appears to work fine, but haven't been able to test w/ paint yet, and I'm afraid it'll do it again when I do. Anyone have any ideas?
(And of course, I've got a tourney this weekend. Looks like I may be using my CCM pump. :ninja: