reloader b breaking paint, help me solve this problem....

[muggy]

ok, i have a "gat" and i cannot use my reloader b now because im breaking paint. now this cant be too hard to fix seeing how the empire works fine on almost every other gun known to man. settings at dwell-9, loader-fast force, rof 30, tr 1, lpr-stock...at 290 fps

so what is it about the empire that is causing paint to break? lets isolate the problem.

1. am i just plain chopping?
answer: no, not enough paint in the breech to be chops, just a small amount on bolt, most in barrel.

2. is the empire crushing paint?
answer: doubtful, the same hopper, with the same paint, worked fine on a proto and a shocker today, all at same temperature.

3. am i using too small of a barrel bore?
answer: no, balls roll through fine, and it worked fine with an egg

4. is the force of the bolt breaking paint?
answer: no, works fine with an egg, thus isolating the problem with the empire

5. is the temperature cauing paint to break?
answer: possibly contributing, but no, cause it was fine with an egg.

6. is the empire pushing paint past the detents, causing double feeding, and thats causing breaks?
answer: this is the only thing i can think of, but the angel detents seem to be high quality, and the empire doesnt push past shocker, proto, or ion detents... i am thinking this has to be the problem.

what if i put stiffer springs in place of the stock detent springs? or any other thoughts of why empires do this? i know alot of you are having this problem and it cant be too hard to fix.

[XLPaintball]

lower your loader setting. you will not notice that much of a difference. lower the rof until the breakage stops, then slowly raise it. I know with my tadao, one day a eye delay of 3 is fine, sometimes I have to raise it as high as 6 depending on the condition of the paint. Do you have any loader mods, i.e., shocktech gear or Boost batteries? does your bolt show a lot of wear?

[muggy]

i got the gun a week ago brand new, the bolt shows a little wear but nothing major. im using an empire reloader b, with a bone battery pack, and its on setting 1.

i dont see where the eye delay would help. cause im not chopping, its barrel breaks mostly. ill try it though, im up for anything

[JustTooGood]

I would set the Reloader to setting 2, thats what I use and I rarely have any breakage/choppage issues. This and a hopper delay alteration should get you good to go.

[XLPaintball]

i got the gun a week ago brand new, the bolt shows a little wear but nothing major. im using an empire reloader b, with a bone battery pack, and its on setting 1.

i dont see where the eye delay would help. cause im not chopping, its barrel breaks mostly. ill try it though, im up for anything

is the wear on the bottom of the bolt?

[muggy]

there isnt really any noticable wear, just a little rub all over

[tgallo]

Did you have to post this question in 4 forums?

[muggy]

actually its only 3 (4 if u count pbn). and yes i did have to, cause if you read them, you will see that i got different answers and ideas in every thread.

did u really have to ask if i needed to put it in 4 places?

[M4RSH4LL]

you need to put the hopper speed on 3 LEDs- force feed instead of 4 LEDS on force feed fast- that is the time that the ball has to settle in the breech- if the ball doesnt have enough time to fully settle in the breech- then it will get clipped and possibley chop- so the slower (more time) it has in the breech actually the better- try its on 3 LEDs lit and if it still chop put it on 2 LEDs lit- i know you said that its not all chopping its more of barrel breaks but its that little clipping parts that could make that happen and if not make your dwell 1-2 milliseconds higher