e-mag crisis
today was the first day i played an actual game with my e-mag. first most i see extreme potential since even in its worst conditions it outperformed my model 98 substantially. however my e-mag had no consistency what so ever and even with the level 10 installed it was chopping like a blender (now i see why people nicknamed us mag owners accordingly). below i will explain for anybody willing or able to help.
most important to note before reading is that it was probably 20 degrees outside. so im not giving up all hope yet. initially the e-mag fired very well. i was able to hit targets (at a shooting range) repeatedly with delicious speed. more than satisfied i hit the fields. as soon as the whistle blew i shot once to reassure myself only to encounter a ball break. if you have read one of my previous posts you will know that i cannot take out my barrel. therefore this is a huge problem. i start shooting anyway hoping i could just blast out the debris but by now the balls were curving every which way. and to make things worse my valve started hissing and leaking rapidly. i turned off the air flow into the marker but it was still leaking. i shot until the e-mag wouldnt fire and it was still leaking. by the time i called myself out and ran to the air station i lost about a good 3000 psi of air. ok so for some reason the air stops leaking when it got down to around 1000 psi left in the tank. i went to rechronograph and i was shooting great. 285. 286. 284. targets once again getting nailed everytime. so i go back to play again. the going is good until i get another ball break (oh i forgot to tell you that i took apart the marker and ran a pull thru squeegee after i ran back to the air station so the barrel was clean). same problems but this time i just run a battle swab into the barrel. it shoots decently but after another quick succession of shots there goes another break. today i mustve chopped... around 30 times in 4 10 minute games. so i just dealt with it. tagging only two people the entire day but only because they were idiots and came within 30 feet of our side.
so right now im chopping like a mad man. mad man meaning about every 10 shots. my velocity also fluctuates dangerously. going down to 112 to even 540. my e-mag in hybrid and e-mode shoots responsively. i have no definite idea of what my output psi is set to since my gauge is off by about 200 though im guessing its outputting at about 900. when firing in manual the trigger pull must be 10 pounds and it is not reactive at all. i experience double ball loading. balls exploding in the muzzle break of the e-mag barrel frequently. my valve leaks often and can only be silenced by holding down the trigger. but other than that im still impressed since i am used to having markers that just dont work. i know it has potential for greatness since i have seen it work like a dream. but i can never get it to stay working. im hoping its the cold but if all mag owners experienced this it wouldnt seem to be worth while to play in the winter. should i be sending this to AGD or can anybody help me here. thanks in advance and there will be plenty of additional thanks if you can help.
most important to note before reading is that it was probably 20 degrees outside. so im not giving up all hope yet. initially the e-mag fired very well. i was able to hit targets (at a shooting range) repeatedly with delicious speed. more than satisfied i hit the fields. as soon as the whistle blew i shot once to reassure myself only to encounter a ball break. if you have read one of my previous posts you will know that i cannot take out my barrel. therefore this is a huge problem. i start shooting anyway hoping i could just blast out the debris but by now the balls were curving every which way. and to make things worse my valve started hissing and leaking rapidly. i turned off the air flow into the marker but it was still leaking. i shot until the e-mag wouldnt fire and it was still leaking. by the time i called myself out and ran to the air station i lost about a good 3000 psi of air. ok so for some reason the air stops leaking when it got down to around 1000 psi left in the tank. i went to rechronograph and i was shooting great. 285. 286. 284. targets once again getting nailed everytime. so i go back to play again. the going is good until i get another ball break (oh i forgot to tell you that i took apart the marker and ran a pull thru squeegee after i ran back to the air station so the barrel was clean). same problems but this time i just run a battle swab into the barrel. it shoots decently but after another quick succession of shots there goes another break. today i mustve chopped... around 30 times in 4 10 minute games. so i just dealt with it. tagging only two people the entire day but only because they were idiots and came within 30 feet of our side.
so right now im chopping like a mad man. mad man meaning about every 10 shots. my velocity also fluctuates dangerously. going down to 112 to even 540. my e-mag in hybrid and e-mode shoots responsively. i have no definite idea of what my output psi is set to since my gauge is off by about 200 though im guessing its outputting at about 900. when firing in manual the trigger pull must be 10 pounds and it is not reactive at all. i experience double ball loading. balls exploding in the muzzle break of the e-mag barrel frequently. my valve leaks often and can only be silenced by holding down the trigger. but other than that im still impressed since i am used to having markers that just dont work. i know it has potential for greatness since i have seen it work like a dream. but i can never get it to stay working. im hoping its the cold but if all mag owners experienced this it wouldnt seem to be worth while to play in the winter. should i be sending this to AGD or can anybody help me here. thanks in advance and there will be plenty of additional thanks if you can help.
well for the barrel i stupidly fitted the stock e-mag barrel with 4 o-rings since i was getting major barrel vibration (to the point where it the level 10 bolt would stop on the barrel because it was so unaligned). the good news is the barrel is straight as an arrow. the bad news of course is that to squeegee (the only way to clean 
) i need to remove the valve which of course sets me back in a game. at first i thought it wouldnt be a problem because of the level 10. but the harsh reality of barrel breaks came to me frequently during play. as i stated before it was really cold outside and im pretty sure it was responsible for many of following problems i experienced. 
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