My pistol struggles to fire

[Ellen]

I have a CYMA CM.132S Pistol MOSFET Edition and it recently began to struggle to fire. I charged it up the night before I went to my game day and thought it may have been the cold weather on the day of the game but I just tried it now at home where I charged it up again in a warm room and it did it again.

 

The pistol sounds like it wants to shoot but there isnt enough power. Is it worth buying a new battery for it or would it be something to do with the connections between the battery and the pistol itself?  

[Rogerborg]

Ahoy and welcome.  If it's been a gradual process, then I'd suspect the battery.  But I'd diagnose rather than assuming.  A basic £5 multimeter takes all the guesswork out of it.

 

What are you charging it with?  They come with the dumbest of non-balance USB chargers, and if you're going to stick with airsoft then I'd suggest getting something half decent like a SkyRC S65.

 

I'm not 100% sure on the connector on that battery. It looks like Deans, but may be some weird variant.  Do you have anything that you can use to test the voltage, both across the whole battery, and per cell via the balance cable?