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  • greenkill
    Registered User
    • Apr 2003
    • 98

    #1

    stop firing

    Is it normal for a mag to stop firing when my HPA tank (4500psi) hits 1000psi left?
  • Mav D MagMan
    1Lt
    • Dec 2001
    • 669

    #2
    Only if you're using the longest Level 10 spring and a really tight carrier.

    What exactly is your set up/Velocity?

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    • athomas
      Of course it works-its AGD
      • Jan 2002
      • 8039

      #3
      I sometimes question the readings on those tank gauges at the lower pressure readings. Mine has done the same thing (stopping at around 1000psi) in the past. Lately though, I have noticed it shoots until my pressure is down around 650psi. I don't know why. I think the more you exercise your mag the better the mag regulator works and the less pressure differential you need to recharge your mag valve. I did notice that the mag coughed more at the lower pressure due to a significant lag in the recharge times.
      Except for the Automag in front, its usually the man behind the equipment that counts.

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      • greenkill
        Registered User
        • Apr 2003
        • 98

        #4
        Well i just built this mag... It has an xvalve, and I didn't start tinkering with the carrier or the spring yet. I was happy when it started firing.

        I'm thinking maybe the xvalve hasn't been broken in yet?

        I don't know, this if my first mag.

        Another question I have, is how do you tell what operating pressure an mag valve is running at?

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        • Dayspring
          aka- The Day Wang

          • May 2001
          • 9664

          #5
          The mag reg takes whatever incoming pressure you put into it and takes it down to around 400psi. Actual on-ball pressure is 70-80psi if I remember correctly.

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          • Kevmaster
            Owners Group Div: Director
            • Oct 2001
            • 5475

            #6
            1000 seems a little high. however, thoes gauges they put on those bottles are notoriously bad

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            • JAM
              Back from the Dead
              • Jan 2003
              • 953

              #7
              yeah, the bottle gauges are usually off and if it's a preset, set to 850, it may stop around what it shows as 1000. ...?
              sigs are overrated.

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