Detent question

triggerhappy · 06-26-2007, 12:42 AM

This may sound like a stupid question, but i want to put a detent on one of my guns, i was thinking a cocker detent, but i dont get how they work. I was looking at one and did not understand how it kept the ball from rolling out because the bolt slid over the detent. Any help with this would be great

pecoto · 06-26-2007, 01:21 AM

Well....the simple answer is that the basic detents are not to prevent roll-out...they are to prevent double feeds. Some people have installed detents or detent-like items into barrels to prevent roll-outs, but the original purpose of detents was to prevent more than one ball from loading (more than one ball usually equals broken balls, inaccurate shots..etc etc.)

06-26-2007, 12:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
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06-26-2007, 01:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
pecoto Rec Poster Join Date: Apr 2006	Well....the simple answer is that the basic detents are not to prevent roll-out...they are to prevent double feeds. Some people have installed detents or detent-like items into barrels to prevent roll-outs, but the original purpose of detents was to prevent more than one ball from loading (more than one ball usually equals broken balls, inaccurate shots..etc etc.)