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Revolt

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If you have a bad bore match, will this make a huge difference in air efficiency? Also anything else i can do with a stock ion to increase shots from same amount of air ? :> (will get a qev in the future when my bank balance isnt £6 :( )
 

MrPink

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Not really - I used a 0.691 all last season, and was able to get 4pods and a Halo from my 0.7l tank (full, cool 4500psi fill).

As for tuning - you can drop the dwell down a few points, but unless you use decent, fresh batteries and quality paint this can cause some velocity fluctuations.
 

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See i know everyone says 'fresh batteries every event', but HOW does it make a difference? Its not like the output from the battery changes as it goes down. Obviously if the battery is almost dead you'll start getting problems, but i used the same battery at 4 events, never took it out of the marker (as that can save power) and it still works now.

Then again i might change it now as its been a while, but for those events i had 0 problems. Smegs were due to having ****e paint, that we knew was going to be crap when we got a hold of it.
 

Skeet

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I have an Ion in my team, that I built that runs 1100 shots from a 1.1 4500...so yes, you can make them more eficient.

A bad barrel to paint match will mildly affect efficiency, as will lots of porting and a long barrel.

The main concern with paint to barrel is accuracy can be hindered...still, there is a train of thought that sasy, at least with a large bore barrel, you know your paint will come out!
 

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yay, that leaves me 100p to get food for the next month ;/ and get to my gf's and back (other side of the city) 3 weekends in a row :D if anyone sees me walking alongside the motorway dont hesistate to gime a lift ;/