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Re: my 98 custom is being real weird HELP!!!!

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Posted by waynek on June 30, 2002 at 07:50:50:

In Reply to: Re: my 98 custom is being real weird HELP!!!! posted by cory on June 10, 2002 at 22:20:30:

: : ok, when i first got the gun i got the tank filled took it out in the back yard and shot about a hundred shots......so the next day i went to the local paintball feild to try it out. At the beginning of the the first game it fired about 2 shots fine then one when about twenty feet and the bolt didnt recock itself. so i pulled it back and the gun did the same think....i really need help cuz i just bought it!

: Sounds like your tank is emty. It may not have been filled full. Or the tank might have been filled to full causing the burst disk to rupture. Try a friends tank. try your tank on a friends gun.

Had similar / same problem on one of our 98C's. We've three and are very pleased with this marker.

The "fix" for us was replacement of the rear bolt o-ring. Based on this "fix" we'd have to surmise that the o-ring somehow got "hurt" or "worn" allowing blow back to escape around it thereby reducing the "push" necessary to recock the marker. As we ponder the how and why's of how this occurred, and exactly what was "going on" inside the marker, we come up with a number of "ain't sure why's". Net / net though is we are fixed and firin'

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: : : ok, when i first got the gun i got the tank filled took it out in the back yard and shot about a hundred shots......so the next day i went to the local paintball feild to try it out. At the beginning of the the first game it fired about 2 shots fine then one when about twenty feet and the bolt didnt recock itself. so i pulled it back and the gun did the same think....i really need help cuz i just bought it! : : Sounds like your tank is emty. It may not have been filled full. Or the tank might have been filled to full causing the burst disk to rupture. Try a friends tank. try your tank on a friends gun. : Had similar / same problem on one of our 98C's. We've three and are very pleased with this marker. : The "fix" for us was replacement of the rear bolt o-ring. Based on this "fix" we'd have to surmise that the o-ring somehow got "hurt" or "worn" allowing blow back to escape around it thereby reducing the "push" necessary to recock the marker. As we ponder the how and why's of how this occurred, and exactly what was "going on" inside the marker, we come up with a number of "ain't sure why's". Net / net though is we are fixed and firin' : w

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