G&G Predator - clean barrel before first use?

[MisterG]

Tell them under the Consumer Rights Act (2015) it is not fit for purpose, as it was obviously defective. 

If you have had it less than 30 days you are able to get a full refund, after 30 days you can get a repair/replacement unless they offer more favourable terms (which seems unlikely ?)

And if it's a known issue, they can take it up with the Manufacturer, your contract is with them (the retailer).

Cheers

G

 

[koppel]

Dirty barrel story could happen; bb jams in barrel causing an 'air' restrictions which stops the piston coming forward either fully, or fast enough and the sector gear trys to engage the piston half way along (where the damage has occured) instead of at the end of the piston.

You however shouldn't have to clean the barrel of a brand new aeg.

 

[Adolf Hamster]

Dirty barrel story could happen; bb jams in barrel causing an 'air' restrictions which stops the piston coming forward either fully, or fast enough and the sector gear trys to engage the piston half way along (where the damage has occured) instead of at the end of the piston.

You however shouldn't have to clean the barrel of a brand new aeg.

Cant see how you'd get that much cack into the action of a new gun to make that happen in a single day.

Although granted it is possible, still reckon the aoe being off seems more reasonable.

 

[Polluxtroy69]

Although granted it is possible, still reckon the aoe being off seems more reasonable

Along with the fact that G&G pistons are known for their teeth stripping 

 

[StayOnTarget]

Your barrel like your penis should be kept nice and clean ready for any potential engagement  

 

[Iceni]

i have a 40k motor here that says you don't need 14.8's to eat gears alive

I have a 35K that I run on 7.4's and it double feeds the 40K would probably run on AA's!


I wouldn't worry too much about the gun been broken. Needing repairs out of the box is definitely a manufacturer issue. There are a number of things that could cause it, but all of them pretty much fall down to poor quality control in the factory.

The excuse of dirt causing the failure is false. The barrel would need to be jammed up solid, Stopping the piston from traveling forward fully. And even then it would eat the piston, not the gears.

The gears themselves could be the fault. They make them using a sintered steel technology (powdered metal casting). Chances are you got a gear that wasn't baked correctly or has a contaminant in the material. I wouldn't worry about it too much. There will be a batch of bad sector gears out there somewhere, the chances of it affecting all of the gears in the gearbox are very remote. Provided the gun tech cleans out the gearbox correctly, replaces anything that is damaged and sets it all back up to go, you should be golden. In fact, it should be better than out of the box, As the tech will shim the gears, put better grease in, and correct any bucking issues. So you have in effect got a free gearbox tune.

 

[Rogerborg]

Dirty barrel story could happen

What sort of dirt are you supposing has got into a brand new barrel that would cause a BB to jam tight and form a complete air seal?

If OP managed to drop it barrel first and plug it solidly with clay (deep enough to go past any flash hider), maybe.

Given that he asked about whether he should have cleaned it, rather than whether dropping it into 3" of clay could have caused a problem, I'm thinking not.

 

[koppel]

What sort of dirt are you supposing has got into a brand new barrel that would cause a BB to jam tight and form a complete air seal?

  

Shite from the factory, swarf, grease, etc. Hence my second sentence;

"You however shouldn't have to clean the barrel of a brand new aeg."

I know this failure mode is possible as it happened to a TM sig552 of mine, the gun however was 3 or 4 years old at the time.