Adolf Hamster

hasn't got "fully upgraded" in its title, so it's not that bad.....

If you'd passed on green gas, then been booted off because the marshall at the spot check put black gas in your gun would you feel it was your fault?

absolutely this, if it was made crystal clear that the field-standard was on .3's and ammo was provided at morning chrono then i absolutely agree, and would have recommended the op's friend set their gun accordingly using the heavier of either the test weight or their intended play weight. wether or not that's a fair ruleset in general is a matter for debate but if that's the rules of the site then that's what you have to work to. like you, i applaud having a zero tolerance policy when it comes to chrono, however if you're going to enforce a rule then you'd better have it well founded in knowledge of how different systems operate and well communicated to the players.

this is the key thing. if it's not made clear that the standard of chrono that will kick you off site is different to the posted limit, then it's an unfair test. i have no doubt had the op's freind known that they would need to pass on 0.3's rather than the 0.25's they were using then it would have been trivial to set their system up accordingly. the argument could (and imo should) be made that whilst players might have no need of understanding how different pews work, the marshalling staff absolutely should know. it's not like the information is massively complicated either, you just need to be sure you're chrono'ing on the players weight when looking at gbb's, hpa's and basr's as using heavier they can creep up and if using lower they'll creep down. that's it written in one line....

yet i'm guessing scorpion evo users get no such denial......

Ahh, that would make a difference....

That sounds like at least 2, even 3mm too much.....

could be the original? used to do that until i gave up and just chucked em all in one box and adopted the "hmm, needs more, this one feels a bit meatier" approach to spring selection.

lemme guess- running out of bolt space? you can sortof get away with running a longer bolt. it's not perfect, but it would work if you aren't pushing for speed, but given the motor that's gonna be driving it along i'd be tempted to get it a bit further back (so the full face of the tooth is hitting the full face of the piston). listens to the distant reee-ing of negative airsoft usually i'd be against just blanket dropping sorbo into a gun as often it can end up over-correcting, but given the aoe seems to need a bit more than the usual spacing it may well be called for here.

he mentions a laylax spring in the ad, which i'm assuming would be a reasonable cause.

sentences i never thought i'd write: just embrace the convenience of pushing things through the sphincter when you need to dump, and make sure it closes up relatively tight so you don't go accidentally dropping anything..... as for the mag pouches it's always a balance, the speediboi stuff comes at risk of retention or in this case lack of specialization, more basic pouches aren't going to be as fast to access but on the flip side your mag is at least going to be there when you need it.

for short stroking removing the release teeth isn't really necessary, it's just something people like doing for neatness but outside a fractional weight saving it doesn't actually make a difference. for aoe it'll depend on how everything goes together, but as long as it's picking up smooth without clipping any teeth then it's good.

bit like dwarf bread, great survival ration seeing as it's amazing what you can find to eat when faced with the alternative of eating dwarf bread.....

You say that like there's any rational argument that could do so. But we both know the world is split into 2 kinds of people: people who dont like pineapple on pizza, and heretics.

inverted is the correct way. was just making sure we can eliminate underfilling as a cause for those symptoms. as @Speedbird_666 said it's refund time.....

12 seconds should definitely be long enough, is that with the bottle inverted? ie upside down above the mag. the "gas" in the mag is actually a liquid (think lighter "gas", same principle with the liquid portion sloshing around) so you want liquid from the bottle going into the mag.

worth asking- how are you filling the mags? bottle inverted and held for a few seconds? because that symptom might be due to an underfill. if it's not underfilled mags then as above that's an abysmal showing given the season and the rate of fire, you should at minimum expect it to empty a full load of bb's and lock back on a fresh tank of gas.

worth measuring the nozzle and having a look to see if there are ones for other guns in the same length? there's a few guns run a longer nozzle.

best way is just grab a bag and try running them for a game, see if they're still performing well enough for your playstyle.

tbf, compared to here where anything double digits is considered acceptable and anything over 20° is considered too damn hot

Generally tan, green if you wanna lift the heavies (ie up to 0.48) at low energy.

is it worse in the vertical spread than the horizontal? as a general rule horizontal spread is a function of the hop, and component alignment (eg barrel being wobbly, etc) vertical is a function of both the above and your fps consistency. i'm wondering if now what you're getting is the latter of those, specifically jack syndrome which i mentioned earlier. to quickly run through the way the jack works: 1.default state is reservoir under pressure, pulling the nozzle rearward 2.a shot signal sends air behind the nozzle, pushing it forwards picking up the bb etc 3.when the nozzle gets to about 1-2mm from the end of travel a set of ports is uncovered 4.the ports allow air from the reservoir through the centre of the nozzle and down the barrel to push the bb 5.when the shot signal is over the air behind the piston is vented, the pressure in the reservoir now pushes the nozzle back the issue is between 3 and 4- air is getting sent through the nozzle before the nozzle has gone full travel to seal against the hop lips, the randomness of escaping air is what's giving a variation in velocity and hence vertical spread. if your symptom is vertical and not horizontal dispersion (or at least, a lot worse in the vertical than the horizontal) then that would be a likely candidate. unfortunately there's not really a solid fix for this, it's an inherent design flaw of the jack and if you're building for long range accuracy the only option is to not use that engine. you want a closed bolt system, for polarstar's product line the 2 you want for accuracy work are the F2 and the fusion, with the f2 being somewhat more adaptable and easier to setup than the fusion. there's also the wolverine offerings although having never run them i can't comment as to their efficacy. if it's about even horizontal/vertical then could be a dwell issue, too much or too little air, hard to call without seeing it but the above only applies if you're getting pretty solid dispersion horizontally but the vertical is going off.

that would cause it to curve, hence my query to determine if that was the cause. missed it the first time but 5 meters is a very short distance, too close for the hop to kick in anyway, how big is your target? also are you running anything on the gun, i'm thinking specifically something like a suppressor or different flash hider?

does the bb go in a straight line to the left, or does it go straight for a bit then curve?

been a fair few years, last time was iron maiden which was as much theatre with musical accompaniment. ofc that was pre-covid.. not much of a gig go-er tbh, i do appreciate a good show but it's not something i go out of my way to do on even an irregular basis. think it's because i have to balance my love of the music with my distain for overcrowded situations.