LVL 10 + Barrel weirdness

[Blackice7]

Ok the problem with LVL 10 is that I can get it to work, but it seems very unstable and randomly leaks when I slightly pull the trigger. Also, there is a decent amount of bolt stick. I have tried bigger carriers, different o-rings and different springs, and played with the shims. Then when I put the barrel on it will stick a lot and it seems like it will be sticking b/c of the barrel. I have no idea what to do. BTW, LVL7 works flawlessly with the barrel.

[kevdupuis]

If you have a twist lock barrel it could be the barrel o-rings. I had a bolt stick problem with my old power feed body when I switched to lvl 10. It worked perfectly with lvl 7 but with lvl 10 it kept sticking, turned out the barrel o-rings were worn out.

[Blackice7]

It is twist and lock. I replaced the barrel o-rings when I received the gun, so they are brand new.

[RRfireblade]

Make sure the bolt fits in the barrel breach. The L10 bolt is larger at the tip than the older L7 bolt and is sometimes too tight a fit in the breach area of some barrels or if the barrel is not perfectly in line with the valve.

[Blackice7]

And if thats the case what can I do?

[RRfireblade]

Try another barrel or two first.


Or...

And AGD will probably not recommend it,but I usually file the end of the bolt so it's the same diameter across the whole length.If you look closely at it,it's only enlarged in diameter at the very end,like the last eighth inch or so.It's a pretty simple job and will have no ill effects in my experience so far.But in your case,it's much easier to try other barrels and be sure thats the problem in the first place.

Start by fitting the bolt in the barrel off the gun and be sure it fits with a little room to spare.Then put the bolt on the valve without the spring,install the valve and see if the bolt will fall into the barrel when the gun if pointed down.You may have to jiggle it around a bit since the spring helps line up the bolt with the barrel and see how that fits then go from there.

[Blackice7]

ok thx ill prob jsut get a new barrel

[the electrician]

I had the same problem. I was using a doc's machine barrel adapter so I could us my cocker barrels on the mag. but the tip of the bolt was very tight in the adapter, and in my mag boomstick.

I ended buffing it down a bit. just a little to give it a little more room.

they did this on the lvl 10, I guess in an attempt to deal with blow back, or to help with the efficiency reduction that occurs using the lvl 10?

[Blackice7]

Ok, more confusion. I took the barrel off the gun and slid the bolt in. Easy free fit without any resistance. Looked like a decent amount of space too. I put the barrel in the gun and tried to slid the bolt in, It took a lot of force and did not slid freely at all. I tried pressure on all sides of the barrel nothing helped. It took a decent amount of force to make it come out of the breach. So I take my barrel off and I try to slide the bolt into the breach. once out of every 3 times, basically, it would get caught and take a lot of force, I think this is b/c it was going in crooked. So I am so lost and I am very tired of trying to fix this. Any help or thoughts/comments would be great.

[OysterBoy]

If it hasnt already been suggested, tighten the main body and trgger frame screws really tight with the wrench, it sounds like the alignment is off. If that don't work, send it to AGD.

[RRfireblade]

Hard to say with out seeing it in person.It's apparently catching on something.Your going to have to find out what that is or send it to someone who can. PM me if you want to send it somewhere.

Jay.

[Blackice7]

Ok I think it has to do with the alignment of the barrel and the body. I am so confused!!

[Tunaman]

Does the body sit totally flush on the rail? Does it rock at all?

[Matches]

I had the same problem with mine.
It turned out to be two things.
the first one was the LX being slightly to large for the barrell. ( i Just polished it down)
& the second was that the main body screw & the valve screw had to be tightened with the same amount of force or the bolt would constantly stick.
If they were not in alignment the barrel would be off centre to the LX and stick like hell.
(I just brought a cheap-*** torque wrench to do this)
:)

[Blackice7]

Yeah the body sits flat on the rail and it doesnt rock. I guess I will have to polish my lvl 10 bolt, how should I go about doing this? What do you mean you bought a cheap-*** torque wrench? Did you just tighten both a lot?