A blowback question...anybody???
Okay, I have a blowback marker and I have a question. I'm going to provide a little backstory:
Okay, I have like 10 guns and was looking to sell one. I posted a poll on here to see which one of 4 I should sell. The overwhelming winner was my Rebel LE. It's a cheap Spyder clone...I used it one season...primarily it was a back-up to my Spyder awhile back. I kinda liked it the year I used it...it shot about 2bps faster than my Spyder and had a really comfortable grip.
Anyways, I am a very honest guy when it comes to selling stuff. I always test out my markers before listing them on Ebay...I would never put something on there that I wasn't 100% sure was working well. So, I bring the Rebel to the local field and start playing with it. Every game...it chops like mad to the point where it jams.
So, I get home, e-mail 32 degrees...long story short...they ask me to send it in. I get it back like 3 weeks later with a note that they replaced the spring with a lighter spring. Now that sort of bugged me because I had replaced the spring with a stiffer spring because it was shooting low (fps). I e-mailed them back and asked if they chronoed it when they fixed it and I asked if there was anything else I could do to get it shooting normal fps without chopping. The tech pretty much told me, "You shouldn't put too much money into this marker, you should save up and buy something better." What!?! This guy works for the company that makes the marker and he's telling me it's crap? That's comforting.
Anyways, I've continued on my quest to get this marker working well...not so I can win tournaments with it...but so I can get it to the point where I can sell it to someone and not feel like I ripped them off.
The technical problem is that if I add a stiffer spring, it chops. I tried using better paint, same result. I bought a Bob Long cyclone bolt, but the slot for the ball detent was on the wrong side. When I decrease the spring stiffness...the marker struggles to shoot 275 fpswith a hot CO2 tank.
Anyways, I polished some of the internals and the inside of the marker to try and remove any burs. I changed out all of the o-rings. I'm hoping they are the right size, the 32 degrees tech department couldn't even steer me towards a replacement o-ring kit...??? Anyways, I also added a 32 degrees turbo valve...but...and here's my real question...I can't figure out if I put it in the right way.
If anyone has installed a 32 degrees turbo valve on a blowback...I'd really appreciate knowing whether the opened section faces up (towards the bolt) or doewn (towards the air inlet).
Sorry for the long story, but I was also thinking that if I explained the whole thing maybe someone would have additional suggestions.
Thanks.
Okay, I have like 10 guns and was looking to sell one. I posted a poll on here to see which one of 4 I should sell. The overwhelming winner was my Rebel LE. It's a cheap Spyder clone...I used it one season...primarily it was a back-up to my Spyder awhile back. I kinda liked it the year I used it...it shot about 2bps faster than my Spyder and had a really comfortable grip.
Anyways, I am a very honest guy when it comes to selling stuff. I always test out my markers before listing them on Ebay...I would never put something on there that I wasn't 100% sure was working well. So, I bring the Rebel to the local field and start playing with it. Every game...it chops like mad to the point where it jams.
So, I get home, e-mail 32 degrees...long story short...they ask me to send it in. I get it back like 3 weeks later with a note that they replaced the spring with a lighter spring. Now that sort of bugged me because I had replaced the spring with a stiffer spring because it was shooting low (fps). I e-mailed them back and asked if they chronoed it when they fixed it and I asked if there was anything else I could do to get it shooting normal fps without chopping. The tech pretty much told me, "You shouldn't put too much money into this marker, you should save up and buy something better." What!?! This guy works for the company that makes the marker and he's telling me it's crap? That's comforting.
Anyways, I've continued on my quest to get this marker working well...not so I can win tournaments with it...but so I can get it to the point where I can sell it to someone and not feel like I ripped them off.
The technical problem is that if I add a stiffer spring, it chops. I tried using better paint, same result. I bought a Bob Long cyclone bolt, but the slot for the ball detent was on the wrong side. When I decrease the spring stiffness...the marker struggles to shoot 275 fpswith a hot CO2 tank.
Anyways, I polished some of the internals and the inside of the marker to try and remove any burs. I changed out all of the o-rings. I'm hoping they are the right size, the 32 degrees tech department couldn't even steer me towards a replacement o-ring kit...??? Anyways, I also added a 32 degrees turbo valve...but...and here's my real question...I can't figure out if I put it in the right way.
If anyone has installed a 32 degrees turbo valve on a blowback...I'd really appreciate knowing whether the opened section faces up (towards the bolt) or doewn (towards the air inlet).
Sorry for the long story, but I was also thinking that if I explained the whole thing maybe someone would have additional suggestions.
Thanks.
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