Tired old mag worth keeping?

[Creative Mayhem]

You also need to make sure that the HPA you were using was a high output reg, anything lower than 700psi input and it WILL starve the valve and you will get drop off.

How close to Wasaga are you? You may want to consider making a trip to the Niagara Falls area for the first AO Canada meet.

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[DiscoD]

That looks like a good idea Mayhem... Im in Barrie... 15 mins from Wasaga.... Niagra is quite a trip but Ill see what I can do.... Thanks for the help again everyone... Im leaning more and more into keeping the mag

[Ken]

if hpa is very availiable to you, buy a 47/3k PMI tank for 40 bucks and play with that until you come into some money. Don't buy a spyder, your mag is much much better in all aspects.

[Dryden]

I think you'll be surprised to find that the Mags internals are incredibly durable. If you've taken even moderate care of it you can continue using those old o-rings. The internal piece that has the most effect on velocity and consistency will be a tiny disk called the regulator seat. This is the part that will have taken the most abuse, but is also the cheapest to replace. It's a $1.50 part.

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The reg seat can be accessed by removing the valve and unscrewing the two valve halves. You should replace the reg seat anytime you disassemble the valve halves, because the reg seat will rarely align between the two pieces in precisely the same way again when reassembled. (In other words, if you've never taken the valve halves apart, don't do it now just to look at your reg seat unless you've got another on hand to replace)

Either go to AGD's on-line store and order a handful to keep in the parts box, or contact one of the AO dealers around here. I'll also second the suggestion that you might simply need to open up the airflow or tinker with the screw-in system for your air-source. I had a fanny-pack remote years ago that was very tempermental and exhibited huge shootdown if the valve was opened full. It operated best when opened to about 3/4s of its output.

[Maggot6]

My opinion would be to stay as far away from a espyder as possible. They just well, give you troubles. Between the circuit board pieces falling off, chopping like a mad man, and the recoil of a shotgun. As well, not to mention they are as Loud as a shotgun ( of course I am exagerating ) my opinion, is get a co2 ready marker, that is not a spyder, or spyder clone.