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[Greenmtnphantom]

Originally Posted by The Inflicted

GreenMt, did you by any chance pick up your Raiders from a guy on here named "Fig?"

...because I've got 4 Raiders from Fig that I'm working on restoring, all of which have had terrible corrosion problems that I'm dealing with. One is back in working order already, though.

Like your gun, they have Trracer-style short powertubes and aluminum Trracer field strip grip frame screws.

The worst rusting problems I'm dealing with are instances where the hammer's integral powertube has badly corroded to the point that it fuses with the the bolt's velocity adjuster, locking the bolt and hammer together. Other than the springs and triggers, the rest of the internals, as Ghostpilot pointed out, are made of higher-grade steel that hasn't rusted, making me wonder if the powertubes in the hammers were retrofitted by the previous owner and thus made of lower-grade steel.

And to clarify, Raiders and Phantom barrels are NOT compatible.

Yes I did.

Mine are modified the same as yours, the only corrosion issues I have are the springs, everything else just needs a little cleaning not a big deal.

I'm sorry I haven't gotten everyone more info on this I have been dealing with more pressing matters and can only steal away a minute her or there for paintball. Soon I promise.

[Greenmtnphantom]

Going to take longer than I thought. The sear is quite different than my other nelsons, I might just have to text gun vs gun instead of using the both internals in the same gun.

[The Inflicted]

Quick update: I was able to get all four back into working order, though I had some trouble with one of the trigger frames. No matter which gun it was mounted on it would refuse to allow the hammer and sear to engage. I was able to narrow it down to a trigger frame because even when different trigger plate was swapped into it that one frame still showed the same problems.