Hi guys
Today I took my brand new Demon to the site to put 3500 balls through her to help break her in. I was using a 68/4500 bottle with a Ninja reg with all shims removed, so operating at 450psi and I put the .689 barrel on the marker.
I went to the chrono and shot some balls which were chronoing at 150psi - balls were pretty much running out the barrel some times. Weird as it felt 'snappy' when dry firing it.
So I increased the hpr and it was shooting 280 give of take +/- 4fps.
I shot 5 pots through her and had 1500psi left so I thought i'd under bore (putting the .685 barrel on) this baby a bit and see how she does. I put the barrel on and it was shooting 150psi again. Weird. So I took the barrel off and put the .689 back on. Same. So I increased the pressure and suddenly air was pissing out the HPR adjustor AND the grip frame.
Turning it down made no difference. I turned the air off and went back to the safe area and took apart the HPR. Low and behold, one 007 o-ring had been shredded so I replaced all 3 007 to be safe.
Aired up and now the HPR was fine, but the air was still pissing out the grip/trigger area. Air off again.
Now I am starting to think - solenoid. Did I some how blow it? I tried winding the HPR all the way in (like on the Creed / Clone VX) thinking it would shut the air off and no pressure would go to the bolt - nope, air pissing out both HPR and grip again.
Air off.
Tried again but opening up the HPR to see if it seals due to lack of pressure - nope - when cycling, the air is VERY hard on the hand - never getting week. It is making a puff sound, then BANG, then puff puff BANG etc
Now, I don't have any spares yet - they are on the way as they were missed out accidently - and my large spares kit hasn't come yet either. I DO have some o-rings but not ALL needed for the Demon. I also have a spare solenoid from a Creed here, and some gaskets.
Any suggestions here? I don't want to overpressure anything so please can someone talk me through completely zeroing out the HPR so it is weak, but not leaking. I have no reg tester either.
I tried calling VG but it is Saturday - also cheekily I tried calling Martin's mobile but no answer (dont blame him, it is the weekend).
Today I took my brand new Demon to the site to put 3500 balls through her to help break her in. I was using a 68/4500 bottle with a Ninja reg with all shims removed, so operating at 450psi and I put the .689 barrel on the marker.
I went to the chrono and shot some balls which were chronoing at 150psi - balls were pretty much running out the barrel some times. Weird as it felt 'snappy' when dry firing it.
So I increased the hpr and it was shooting 280 give of take +/- 4fps.
I shot 5 pots through her and had 1500psi left so I thought i'd under bore (putting the .685 barrel on) this baby a bit and see how she does. I put the barrel on and it was shooting 150psi again. Weird. So I took the barrel off and put the .689 back on. Same. So I increased the pressure and suddenly air was pissing out the HPR adjustor AND the grip frame.
Turning it down made no difference. I turned the air off and went back to the safe area and took apart the HPR. Low and behold, one 007 o-ring had been shredded so I replaced all 3 007 to be safe.
Aired up and now the HPR was fine, but the air was still pissing out the grip/trigger area. Air off again.
Now I am starting to think - solenoid. Did I some how blow it? I tried winding the HPR all the way in (like on the Creed / Clone VX) thinking it would shut the air off and no pressure would go to the bolt - nope, air pissing out both HPR and grip again.
Air off.
Tried again but opening up the HPR to see if it seals due to lack of pressure - nope - when cycling, the air is VERY hard on the hand - never getting week. It is making a puff sound, then BANG, then puff puff BANG etc
Now, I don't have any spares yet - they are on the way as they were missed out accidently - and my large spares kit hasn't come yet either. I DO have some o-rings but not ALL needed for the Demon. I also have a spare solenoid from a Creed here, and some gaskets.
Any suggestions here? I don't want to overpressure anything so please can someone talk me through completely zeroing out the HPR so it is weak, but not leaking. I have no reg tester either.
I tried calling VG but it is Saturday - also cheekily I tried calling Martin's mobile but no answer (dont blame him, it is the weekend).
