Got bored....

[rkjunior303]

getting popped in the face by a valve at 850+ psi would definitely wake your butt up!

[Chris_automag_07]

yeah....cause i tend to sleep while playing paintball....you know.

good ref....yes , all of them!

[Chris_automag_07]

do people really send you their mag just b/c they broke their field strip screws?

[ramennoodles]

Perhaps if two swallows with a bit...ah screw it I can't remember how it goes.

[Geoff Call]

I've seen the field strip screw sheer. In fact I do belive the valve is sitting on my bosses desk right now. Not a pretty sight and rather disheartening to see a valve completely disabled.

Secondly... "What is your favorite color?"

[ramennoodles]

do people really send you their mag just b/c they broke their field strip screws?

I wouldn't want to be responsible for messing up a perfectly good valve just because I couldn't get the top half of a screw out of it.

[Mind'sEye]

Hmmm, yeah, the back of the rail was there for a reason. But, besides the possability of the valve coming unscrewed when adjusting the velocity, I don't think anything bad will happen. The SFL doesn't have the Z groove. I don't think the X does either.

My Xmag does not have the Z groove. When the field strip screw is removed the valve slides straight out. Is this going to turn into another Pinto exploding gas tank kind of thing?

[RRfireblade]

do people really send you their mag just b/c they broke their field strip screws?

Alot of people don't know how to extract a screw broken off flush in a surface...or they're afraid to damage the valve trying to get it out...or there's just enough of the screw protruding making the valve 'seem' stuck even though the 'think' they removed the field strip screw...or...thats just a completely moot point in regards to the fact that the field strip screw is prone to breaking due to the fact that it is 'the' common stress point during the firing of the marker , it's only made out of stainless steel (weak screw metal) and IS the screw MOST likey to fatigue in the whpole marker over time.

< what ever that was for.

[BigEvil]

Alot of people don't know how to extract a screw broken off flush in a surface...or they're afraid to damage the valve trying to get it out...or there's just enough of the screw protruding making the valve 'seem' stuck even though the 'think' they removed the field strip screw...or...thats just a completely moot point in regards to the fact that the field strip screw is prone to breaking due to the fact that it is 'the' common stress point during the firing of the marker , it's only made out of stainless steel (weak screw metal) and IS the screw MOST likey to fatigue in the whpole marker over time.

< what ever that was for.

So I guess it is a good idea to periodically replace your field strip screw then?

[RRfireblade]

So I guess it is a good idea to periodically replace your field strip screw then?

It's not a bad idea depending on how often you remove and replace and/or whether you like to use an allen wrench to snug it up (some Mags function better that way) . I always have extras with me.

[Chris_automag_07]

oh ic

[SCpoloRicker]

oh ic

[ramennoodles]

OH GOD!

[pachytriton]

that's disturbing

[Chris_automag_07]

rare breed?