My Superbolt broke!?!?!?!?!

[AGD]

Bones,

You got hit with a Superbolt from long range and it drew blood? Please give me the specifics on this. I need a lot of detail.

AGD

[BONESisAgod]

im not sure the exact name of everything but ill do my best. It was probably about a 35 yard shot. We were shooting in the vacinity of 300fps. The thing inside the bolt (the thing that hits the ball and the little metal stick) flew out. He had just filled his tank and was at about 4400psi. The sleeve on his bolt wasnt cracked but a small piece was missing. His field strip screw was loose and he was double shooting. He had a freak barrel on an RT Pro vert feed. A 68/45 Max-Flo tank. It was about 28 degrees outside. I dont know what else to say, what else do you wanna know?

[Minimag4me]

crap the little metal stick flew out too, thats very bad, it holds air now and would shoot like a rocket if that happens

btw-i assume the superbolt lowers the operating pressure because the air chamber is bigger because the little metal bolt stick fills with air too?

edit:and thats 2 freak barrel superbolt breaks(maybe more), coincidence? everyone who has a broken superbolt what kind of barrel are u using?

[aNtHrAx323]

Hrm... DJTmRave3, you mentioned that your Superbolt "was a new one (trimmed down)". Do you mean the corrected ones that are not .015 in too long? I have one of the very first ones that is too long, and have shot about 500 shots through it with no problems (yet, and hopefully none will ever arise). This is somewhat scary... hopefully there were just a handful with slight flaws, as opposed to a complete design error (after all, this is AGD, so design error is almost completely out of the question). Would it be wise to discontinue use of the Superbolt and go back to my longnose bolt?

Oh yeah, and I'm using a 14" Boomstick and an 8.5" TASO Eliminator... no Freak for me

[AGD]

Thread is closed. Superbolts are being recalled immediately. See recall thread in main forum.

AGD