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Date Posted: 08:06:43 05/08/03 Thu
Author: Halo510
Author Host/IP: 64.12.96.168
Subject: Re: ball break question
In reply to: griffin-owner 's message, "ball break question" on 17:43:15 05/07/03 Wed

Yes, cheap paint is usually the primary cause of breaks, paint is also affected by age, temp, and humidity. Search your yellow pages for a paintball shop near you. When buying paint from them the first time remember to ask how often they get new shipments of paint. If they stock up and only get shipments rarely, odds are the paint is already old. ( Dont buy paint at walmart, its been on the shelf since you were teething. )Paint is good for a few months *if* properly stored. Properly stored paint should be kept where humidity is low, @ room temperature, and the box should be rotated periodically if kept to the upper limits of shelf life. Paint also comes in a variety of bore sizes. An easy way to check if you have a good size to bore match is by taking off your barrel placing a fresh paintball into the barrel and blowing it out. A good size to bore match will (A)not allow the paint to roll out the barrel, and (B)Not take a real effort to expell by blowing. Ruling paint quality, and size out, If you still have problems then it can be caused by a number of problems. Ok, need to ask a few questions first, which you can respond to, which will help isolate the problem. First of all,when you break a ball, before you clean the barrel, field strip the gun, closely inspect all internals that the ball passes from when it enters the power feed to when it exits the barrel. You should be looking at the bolt to see if there is paint on it. If so you are chopping balls, as opposed to a barrel break. I assume that you have properly cleaned your gun prior to shooting it so any paint you see should be from this particular break. Where does the paint begin? A common problem that I have run into is the "dreaded ridge" I have bought 4 aci zero grav barrels and 2 of them had a ridge clearly visible where the chrome meets the anodizing. (*note) Something to look for is: as you look down the barrel is there a crescent ridge ( a raised semi-circle that appears on only one side of the barrel as you rotate it.) If so send the barrel back and have it replaced, barrel was improperly machined. It is however normal to see a slight ridge at this spot, as long as it is uniform all the way around. Ok, moving right along, many people belive that the ball detention in the griffin sucks. If your paint is not on the bolt but there is paint trapped on and behind the ball detention spring, then you may want to try a detent-spring mod. Remove housing plate with an allen wrench, measure the spring, clip of a *FEW coils, stretch back to original size, replace back into housing. Now if you mess up you will notice misfeeds, two balls being fed @ same time, (which means more ball breakage,) or you will have paintballs rolling out of the barrel if you tilt the gun down and shake it. If this is the case buy a new spring, or experiment with different amounts saran wrap,(because it will not expand due to moisture,)to place between the spring and detention plate. Repeat testing until sweet spot is found. Now after you have adjusted the spring correctly, test fire gun. Any difference in the number of breaks? The spring lightening should probably be left for last since it can damage performance of the gun so before resorting to this ask yourself a few more questions. How fast is my rate of fire compared to my hopper. If you out shoot your hopper then you get a chop which will leave paint on the bolt and inside the power feed. If so, what is the most acceptable solution, fire @ a slower rate, buy a motorized hopper. A motorized hopper may help due to the fact that a constant number of paintballs will be above the next paintball to be fed, thus making it chamber a bit more quickly. If you want to go the hopper route, buy a nine volt revolution, (nicknamed revvy,) on e-bay where you can probably buy one at half price. You probably dont need the 12v unless you have the sonic conversion kit, or possibly if you have a double trigger. Wow this is really long but hey, nothing is more disapointing than a gun that you think was a mistake to buy. So I hope i have been of some assistance to you, let me know the specifics of the ball breakage, because it could stll be caused by something I haven't thought of.

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