dahoeb
11-13-2010, 12:53 PM
The other day I participated in a big game and about half way through the day, I began encountering a problem in which my bolt wouldn't completely cycle back to it's starting position. It would fire the round, it just wouldn't reset. It was pretty random in it's occurrence, but it seemed to happen between every 5-15 shots, during both rapid and slow fire. Luckily, I was able to remedy this on the field by venting the gas from the ASA and then re-airing up the marker. When I did that, the bolt was brought back into it's resting position.
In the first half of the day, before I had these problems, I was shooting inconsistently (crappy paint, bad paint/barrel match, and fluctuating weather) between 250-265 using the smallest spring. During the 2nd half of the day, my consistency tightened up as conditions improved and I turned my velocity up so I was shooting between 260-270. An hour or two after these adjustments is where I started having the bolt issues.
I figured that the gun just needed a little lube (though I always keep it well lubed anyways) and maybe an extra shim, so I took it back to the staging area, broke it down, lubed it, threw in another shim and it didn't have any effect on the situation. After that failed to work, I returned the LVL 10 back to it's original 2 shims.
I'm guessing now that it's the bolt spring. I've had it for about 5 years, though actually it's only seen 2 1/2 seasons worth of actual use. However, I've never really heard the exact symptoms of "bolt spring wear", so I'm not certain. Can anyone offer some advice and experience? Thanks
In the first half of the day, before I had these problems, I was shooting inconsistently (crappy paint, bad paint/barrel match, and fluctuating weather) between 250-265 using the smallest spring. During the 2nd half of the day, my consistency tightened up as conditions improved and I turned my velocity up so I was shooting between 260-270. An hour or two after these adjustments is where I started having the bolt issues.
I figured that the gun just needed a little lube (though I always keep it well lubed anyways) and maybe an extra shim, so I took it back to the staging area, broke it down, lubed it, threw in another shim and it didn't have any effect on the situation. After that failed to work, I returned the LVL 10 back to it's original 2 shims.
I'm guessing now that it's the bolt spring. I've had it for about 5 years, though actually it's only seen 2 1/2 seasons worth of actual use. However, I've never really heard the exact symptoms of "bolt spring wear", so I'm not certain. Can anyone offer some advice and experience? Thanks