Barrel O-rings too tight.

[painball]

I just got my first barrel, a SP Teardrop and the orings are impossible to puch into the breech. It takes a good 30seconds to get it in and out. I haven't shot my marker yet cuz I'm still buying stuff. Will shooting it loosen them for should I drop some PMI oil on those darned o-rings. The twist lock function seems kinda hard to use since my barrel has both HL and HR probably like most others.

By the way is there anything I need to do to the wire nubbin cause I thought it said something about that in the vid.

[mr_cool2588]

from my personsal experience paintball oil has caused my o-rings to swell up, I would say that will not fix your problem.

Despite the great idea, most quarter-turn barrels don't just pull right out. The o-rings have to be very tight or else the barrel will wiggle, therefore reducing accuracy.

I guess it is preference, but I would rather have accuracy than an easily removable barrel. This is (at least for the time) one of those things when you can't have both.

As far as I am concerned the quarter turn even thought it can be tight, is still faster than unscrewing and unscrewing another type of barrel.

[joeyjoe367]

Originally posted by mr_cool2588

Despite the great idea, most quarter-turn barrels don't just pull right out. The o-rings have to be very tight or else the barrel will wiggle, therefore reducing accuracy.

I guess it is preference, but I would rather have accuracy than an easily removable barrel. This is (at least for the time) one of those things when you can't have both.

Actually the wiggling doesn't matter at all. It happens after the ball's left the barrel. I'd be more worried about the recoil of the gun.

Anyway, it might not be your o-rings, it could be your twist-lock pin assembly. See if you can loosen that up a little bit and see if that solves the problem.

...wait.. reading your post again, if you're having problems getting the barrel *into* the body, then yeah, it's probably the o-rings.

Well, I would not put any oil on those o-rings unless it's KC's 100% synthetic oil. You *could* try to shave down the o-rings and make 'em fit better.

as far as the nubbins go, here's what you do: throw 'em away, and replace 'em with plastic ones. You'll save yourself a lot of hassle. trust me on this one.

[painball]

I already put some pmi oil on the orings and it seemed to help it slide in and out. But now when I try to pull the barrel out it wont even turn so I can pull it out. I think its that pin but how do I adjust it?

[cheetah256]

when you take off your grip frame, there should be an allen key set screw near the front of the rail..turn to the left to lower the tension, right to increase...

[mr_cool2588]

A loose barrel may not have an affect on your first shot, but it is going to be wiggling around everytime you put out a long stream.

[joeyjoe367]

slight movements aren't going to really change anything. There isn't going to be a force that'll change the direction of a paintball from a moving barrel than the random force of vortex shredding, aka force behind a paintball's innaccuracy.