First day of testing

Pif · 02-08-2009, 11:12 PM

My roomie and I played a little outlaw ball today, him with his new cocker and I with my mag classic. I'm fairly happy with it, though I was having a lot of broken paint, and due to the weather it was hard to clean. If my lvl 7 bolt end up covered in paint every 50 rounds or so, what could be the problem?

I have a classic valve with right hand feed body, 32* frame and I'm running HPA from the asa at the bottom of my frame.

I think thats all the info you guys need, right?

Bob T Guy · 02-08-2009, 11:25 PM

What sort of bolt do you have? If it's a foamie bolt and you're not using foamies that could be the problem. Are you using large bore paint with a small bore barrel?

Pif · 02-08-2009, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob T Guy

What sort of bolt do you have? If it's a foamie bolt and you're not using foamies that could be the problem. Are you using large bore paint with a small bore barrel?

It's a lvl 7 bolt, I'm not sure how to tell if it should use foamies. I'm using a boomstick with all kinds of different paint, Evil, Allstar, Blizzard and others. Most seem to roll out, the blizz fits nice though.

Bob T Guy · 02-08-2009, 11:33 PM

How cold is it in Nova Scotia? Are you using winter paint? Part of it could be the paint doesn't like the cold.

I believe a foamieless bolt the tip sticks out a bit, whereas with a foamie bolt it's more pushed in... if that makes any sense.

What velocity were you shooting at?

michbich · 02-09-2009, 12:24 AM

If you have a stock bolt, you don't need a foamie.

What kind of hopper do you have? If it's anything lower than a force feed, there's your problem.

If you can't load the paint fast enough, you get chops. The lower the chops, you need a forcefeed and/or level 10 bolt.

Looper · 02-09-2009, 06:30 AM

Also, check the black plug on the power feed tube. Is it a defective one?

Pif · 02-09-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob T Guy

How cold is it in Nova Scotia? Are you using winter paint? Part of it could be the paint doesn't like the cold.

I believe a foamieless bolt the tip sticks out a bit, whereas with a foamie bolt it's more pushed in... if that makes any sense.

What velocity were you shooting at?

Velocity was pretty unknown. With HPA I think I was shooting 250-280, put in C02 and I was around 320 for a couple shots.

Pif · 02-09-2009, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by michbich

If you have a stock bolt, you don't need a foamie.

What kind of hopper do you have? If it's anything lower than a force feed, there's your problem.

If you can't load the paint fast enough, you get chops. The lower the chops, you need a forcefeed and/or level 10 bolt.

I'm using a gravity fed hopper. low rate of fire though. I think I only chopped once, the rest seem to have broken on the bolt face.

Pif · 02-09-2009, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Looper

Also, check the black plug on the power feed tube. Is it a defective one?
http://www.automagsuk.com/otherimage...feed~plugs.JPG

No powerfeed, it's a right hand feed that the previous owner cut down to about the same length as a cocker neck.

minimag03 · 02-09-2009, 09:15 AM

The problem is you're using a hopper that relies on vibration to feed a marker that doesn't kick when fired. Plus it's not a powerfeed.

Also, if a ball is rolling out your barrel with the detent installed then it needs to be replaced.

Both of those things probably led to the broken paint.

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michbich Active Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario-QuÃ©bec	If you have a stock bolt, you don't need a foamie. What kind of hopper do you have? If it's anything lower than a force feed, there's your problem. If you can't load the paint fast enough, you get chops. The lower the chops, you need a forcefeed and/or level 10 bolt.