Splash of paint

[fleshas]

Hey, have problem with my Tippmann 98, it has cyclon hooper, custom barrel. I don't know why but my gun splashes paint when shooting, its about 1 of 3 or 4 balls gets splashed through barrel... Sometimes it works perfect. Do you guys have any suggestions what could cause this mess? Thanks

 

[tombut716]

what paint are you using?

 

[fleshas]

last time i was using Tomahawk Zero. Is it possible that my gun power is a bit too big for spashing, or i balls gets crashed in cyclone hooper?

 

[Bolter]

When you say splashing and spashing, I assume you mean the gun is breaking paint and its coming out the barrel? Its called "chopping" or "breaking" paint.

There are many reasons paint can break in the gun. The biggest is probably poor/cheap/poorly stored paint.

Yes also the gun may be shooting hot (shooting over the legal limit of around 300fps) and you should not really be using it till you are at a chrono and can set it properly.

It could be you are using a summer paint, in the cold winter.

Or poorly stored winter paint or paint stored in pods in the garage for 3 months.

The list goes on.

 

[fleshas]

But the point is my friend uses the same paint and he doesnt have chopping problem... I don't know, in game i have more time to clean instead of playing..

 

[Bolter]

But the point is my friend uses the same paint and he doesnt have chopping problem... I don't know, in game i have more time to clean instead of playing..

I didnt know that.

Then its possibly something else. Im just guessing, I dont have your gun in front of me.

It could be a super small bore barrel and rather large paint.

There could be a metal bur somewhere that the paint catches on? It could be a plastic bur in the cyclone feed that screws a few balls in the hopper up.

It could be a ball detent is missing, or both are missing.

 

[Tom]

Where precisely is the paint breaking?

Is it only down the barrel when it's fired (barrel break)
Is it chopped by the bolt on entry, eg only part way into the chamber as the bolt goes forward? (Chop)

 

[fleshas]

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Before cleaning gun, i saw that cyclone feeder had paint inside, but the hooper top seems to be clean, but the spinners were painty, saw few sharp edges and tried to round those corners. Inside barrel there isnt any scratches... Its perfect. Ball goes smoothly through barrel

 

[H]

Is that a rifled barrel? If so that's one good reason why you might be breaking paint, unless you're shooting mag-fed first strike rounds they are bad news

 

[Bolter]

could try troubleshooting if you have access to another. Try different barrel on yours, swap out the cyclone (I assume it can be removed?) try to narrow it down a bit