Paintball

[aqua_scummm]

So last night I went to the local speedball field, I used my maverick part of the night. One problem troubled me throughout the night though. If I autotriggered, it worked fine, but if I simply pumped back then forward, and pulled the trigger, it wouldn't always shoot. Sometimes it would shoot fine, others I had to hold the trigger for about 1/2 second before it would fire, and other times it would not fire at all. Sometimes, if it didn't fire, and I let go of the pump, it would fire (I had a lot of time to expirament)

I won't be able to crack it open for another few hours, but what can I look for first? My initial guess is that the sear and hammer weren't lubed enough, so the sear was sticking? The trigger felt fine though.

[aqua_scummm]

seems fine now, tomorrow I should be able to air it up and fire some paint through it.

I couldn't see what I was doing last night, and, well, it's lubed up enough, thats for sure

[PJ]

Sounds like the trigger wasn't catching the sear on the hammer consistently. Is the hammer sear a lot thinner than the slot in the frame it sits in?

[aqua_scummm]

Define a lot... it's about 2/3mm on either side, it looks like. Hard to tell

[PJ]

Enough such that if the hammer sear slipped to one side, then the trigger could be pulled but not move the sear, i.e., goes right beside it?

[aqua_scummm]

No, the sear has no play either within the hammer or within the body, and the trigger is fairly strong.

I'll double check for something like that though

[PJ]

Is the main spring too strong? It could be exerting a lot of force on the hammer and bolt, causing the sear to be very difficult to trip.