I know that many people may want to say that this belongs exclusivly in the tech forum, but since it is a Level 10 problem that I have not heard of yet, I am posting the story and pictures here as well.
First off, I have found that murphy's law hit me and everyone else on the team up somthing feirce this past weekend. The only guns on the team that DID NOT go down at least once were the mags, with the exception of mine.
That being said, here's what happened. Sunday morning we are getting ready to play our final games, and i gas my gun up to check and make sure that everything is fine. I played 6 games the day before, with no problems at all. Chrono readings were right where I wanted them- - 295ish.
after checking velocity with the handheld, i turned my powerfeed plug off, and pulled the trigger to fire the last ball out of the chamber. The gun fired, and then there was a 'click' noise followed by a kinda slow venting sound. Trigger had tension, but NO firing. With 15 minutes to go before game time, I set it in my gear bag and grabed a backup.
10 minutes ago I took the valve out for the first time since it went down. The middle spring I was using had broken about a coil up from the bottom. the broken peice was still on the bolt, kind of tangeled up with the rest of the spring. Obviously, this was causing the gun not to fire.
The thing that just boggles me over the whole incident is WHY?? I shoot more paint in a day of practice than I did in the whole tournamnent!! The marker was cleaned and maintained beautifully! Oh well, as I mentioned before, Murphy's law had kicked almost everyone else in the teeth, so it was my turn, I guess.
At any rate, I have taken pictures of this whole thing, and am getting them developed tomorrow. Will have them scanned and posted by tomorrow afternoon sometime. Will also be calling AGD on this one.
Anyone else had or heard of a bolt spring simply snapping?
Carl
First off, I have found that murphy's law hit me and everyone else on the team up somthing feirce this past weekend. The only guns on the team that DID NOT go down at least once were the mags, with the exception of mine.
That being said, here's what happened. Sunday morning we are getting ready to play our final games, and i gas my gun up to check and make sure that everything is fine. I played 6 games the day before, with no problems at all. Chrono readings were right where I wanted them- - 295ish.
after checking velocity with the handheld, i turned my powerfeed plug off, and pulled the trigger to fire the last ball out of the chamber. The gun fired, and then there was a 'click' noise followed by a kinda slow venting sound. Trigger had tension, but NO firing. With 15 minutes to go before game time, I set it in my gear bag and grabed a backup.
10 minutes ago I took the valve out for the first time since it went down. The middle spring I was using had broken about a coil up from the bottom. the broken peice was still on the bolt, kind of tangeled up with the rest of the spring. Obviously, this was causing the gun not to fire.
The thing that just boggles me over the whole incident is WHY?? I shoot more paint in a day of practice than I did in the whole tournamnent!! The marker was cleaned and maintained beautifully! Oh well, as I mentioned before, Murphy's law had kicked almost everyone else in the teeth, so it was my turn, I guess.
At any rate, I have taken pictures of this whole thing, and am getting them developed tomorrow. Will have them scanned and posted by tomorrow afternoon sometime. Will also be calling AGD on this one.
Anyone else had or heard of a bolt spring simply snapping?
Carl
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