what exactly is short stroking

[jtcass]

what exactly is short stroking?

[barjohn]

when you fail to pull/release the trigger a full cycle. as an example with your mag pull trigger all the way back ( it will fire ) then relase all the way then pull again should shoot perfectly.


now pull trigger and release it about half way or until you can hear air entering valve then pull it again without releasing it all the way. the gun will give a half assed shot like you are shooting low on air. short strokinng happens alot when shooting fast on classic valves becuase the trigger pull is hard and big. only way to avoid it is get a X-valve and a ULT which will make it easier to pull trigger resulting in less short stroking. Or practice .

[athomas]

Yes, as explained above, short stroking is an incomplete trigger cycle. If you don't fully release the trigger before the next shot or if you pull the trigger before the chamber is fully recharged, then you will short stroke your marker. Essentially, short stroking is caused by inhibiting the recharge of the front chamber by not allowing the on-off to fully open, and thus limiting the recharge rate. This combined by quickly refiring the gun, means the chamber never fully recovers to full pressure. The retro valve doesn't suffer from this as much because the valve recharges so fast that even if you restrict the recharge, it can still recover to full pressure in much less time.