Chopping - Drill Hole into Feedneck?

[Skullpop]

Hi. I've got a small problem (which i know happens to almost every gun without eyes), when i'm low on paint and the hopper's (egg 2) only got enough paint to get halfway up the feedneck, I fire, and the paint's thrown up, the paint's chopped when i next fire the gun. Duh.

Now, i've heard that i can somehow stop this blowback by drilling a hole into the twister feedneck, how can i do this? It's an
Angel LCD 2001.

I want to stop the paint flying upwards, has anyone got any photos of this completed process?

Any help would be appreciated,
Skullpop.

 

[HERMITT]

I think the gated feedneck will fit the LCD. That will stop the problem.

 

[John C]

Yeah gated feedneck will fit the LCD and it will stop the symptoms of your problem.

But the LCD shouldnt blow air (and therefore paint) up the feedneck like that.



Make sure your ram stroke and LPR pressure is set correctly (as per the manual).
Make sure the dwell is set at 14.



Are you sure it is a 'blowback' problem? And not just a case of you out shooting the hopper when it is low on paint (and therefore feeding alot slower).


To test 'blowback' put 2 balls in the feedneck with no hopper. Then fire once and watch how high the ball on top jumps. It shouldnt jump more than an inch or two...

 

[dr.strangelove]

Originally posted by John C
Yeah gated feedneck will fit the LCD and it will stop the symptoms of your problem.

But the LCD shouldnt blow air (and therefore paint) up the feedneck like that.



Make sure your ram stroke and LPR pressure is set correctly (as per the manual).
Make sure the dwell is set at 14.

Was just about to post the same.

 

[Skullpop]

Originally posted by John C
Yeah gated feedneck will fit the LCD and it will stop the symptoms of your problem.

But the LCD shouldnt blow air (and therefore paint) up the feedneck like that.



Make sure your ram stroke and LPR pressure is set correctly (as per the manual).
Make sure the dwell is set at 14.



Are you sure it is a 'blowback' problem? And not just a case of you out shooting the hopper when it is low on paint (and therefore feeding alot slower).


To test 'blowback' put 2 balls in the feedneck with no hopper. Then fire once and watch how high the ball on top jumps. It shouldnt jump more than an inch or two...

About the LPR.. It's an Angel LCD, which is a high pressure gun.. I'm not talking bollocks, am I?

I'll just have to shoot speeds that the gravity fed egg can keep up with, when there's no paint in the body, and only in the neck.
Ooo! Would sanding the Egg's feedneck fix this problem Because this would hold the balls until there's only 1 or maybe 2 balls left in everything..

Update
Ok. Found out that keeping paintballs in the fridge is not a good idea, and they do infact expand in a cold, moist atmosphere.

Whoops! The problem must be that keeping the paintballs in the fridge makes them expand, and therefore are too big for the barrel.
I can't blow a few down the barrel, but others can. This seems to explain the random choppage problem.

 

[Ryan(pb alexandria)]

Originally posted by Skullpop


Update
Ok. Found out that keeping paintballs in the fridge is not a good idea, and they do infact expand in a cold, moist atmosphere.

Whoops! The problem must be that keeping the paintballs in the fridge makes them expand, and therefore are too big for the barrel.
I can't blow a few down the barrel, but others can. This seems to explain the random choppage problem.

did u seriously keep ur paint in the fridge.

Keep ur paint dry, sealed from moisture and warm for them to be happy.

Be good to your paint and it will be good too you.

Dont fridge them

 

[Skullpop]

Yah.

Whoops! Ich bin eine nub.
My mistake, won't happen again, p8nt police.

 

[dan0011]

hahaha thats a good one

Skullpop- about 15 *C is a good storing temp

 

[Beaker]

"Never keep paint where you wouldn't keep a baby"

Different analogy - but true.

 

[John C]

Originally posted by Skullpop
About the LPR.. It's an Angel LCD, which is a high pressure gun.. I'm not talking bollocks, am I?

The LCD has 2 regulators, the LPR drives the ram and therefore the bolt, the minireg (or HPR) controls the pressure that propells the ball down the barrel.
Balls being blown up the feedneck would usually be down to the bolt not coming forward properly as it fires, which can mean a problem with your LPR or the ram (the bits that control the bolt)
Or down to the dwell (the time the ram is forward for)

Its always good to have your LPR and ram set nicely (as per the manual).

Originally posted by Skullpop

I'll just have to shoot speeds that the gravity fed egg can keep up with, when there's no paint in the body, and only in the neck.

Yeah, or just refill your hopper before it gets that low

Originally posted by Skullpop

Update
Ok. Found out that keeping paintballs in the fridge is not a good idea, and they do infact expand in a cold, moist atmosphere.

How did we get from 'blowback', to balls being stored in the fridge???