Noob cocker problem

[jahlad]

yeah i think billy got it right sounds to me like you were double feeding it, very easily done if oyu are not used to cockers

prob more to do with shorting the trigger than anything to do with the front reg by the way. in your first post you describe how somone showed you to set it...that is correct.

who ever said summut about the sledgehammer making the bolt hit balls to hard has it slightly wrong, the sledge hammer has nothing to do at all with how hard or fast the bolt moves, all it does is make sure that the ram has enough pressure to move far enough....unless you had it turned up WAY to far it wouldnt have any affect on the bolt speed etc....

as for freak sets not lining up....nightmare! get a boomstick!

 

[Billy No Mates]

or a powerlyte scepter!! (mmmmm.. self centering)

also to stop the marker playing tricks, make sure the the cocking rod (ie the rod that sticks out of the back of the marker) is screwed in tightly. They have a tendancy of working themselves loose.

Im gonna go back into my lil box now

 

[superbully]

No, no, don't go back to your little box yet !!

Can you tell me more about the powerlyte and also about the cocking rod.

My cocking rod has a hexagonal piece on the end with an allen bolt in the middle of it. Do you mean I should take a spanner to the hex bit and turn it or an allen key to check the bit in the middle?

Isn't something to do with velocity changed by doing some work on this piece of the marker?

 

[L J]

Originally posted by Billy No Mates
also to stop the marker playing tricks, make sure the the cocking rod (ie the rod that sticks out of the back of the marker) is screwed in tightly. They have a tendancy of working themselves loose.

billy, when i borrowed your cocker on 1st leg of M25, the cockign rod came loose and i didnt know !!!!! lost me a game

to adjust velocity u have to take the cockign rod out and shove an allen key down the hole (find one the right size1!!) and twist

 

[jahlad]

Originally posted by superbully
No, no, don't go back to your little box yet !!

Can you tell me more about the powerlyte and also about the cocking rod.

My cocking rod has a hexagonal piece on the end with an allen bolt in the middle of it. Do you mean I should take a spanner to the hex bit and turn it or an allen key to check the bit in the middle?

Isn't something to do with velocity changed by doing some work on this piece of the marker?

dont mess with the hex key in the end of the cocking rod that is used to set the length of the rod! he meens make sure that the rod itself is screwed into the hammer tight (finger tight)

 

[L J]

Originally posted by jahlad
(finger tight)

finger tight into what?

 

[dr.strangelove]

Dude, the 'cocker may not have been the smartest choice for your first marker. It is more than obvious that you know next to nothing about them. The cocking rod screws into to the hammer, when the back block comes back, it pulls the hammer back via the cocking rod, and it catches on the sear. When you pull the trigger, the hammer drops from the sear, hitting the valve, firing the marker. Shortly after that, in the "second half" of the trigger pull, you pull the actuating rod back, and that causes the ram to push the back block back and reset the whole operation. That's your basic 'cocker firing sequence. You really need to inform yourself if you're going to own a 'cocker, check out the manual (if it came with one) and check out this site: http://www.moodypaintball.com/vantrepes/pages/articles.htm

 

[superbully]

Dr - I explained my reasons for getting a cocker now.
Of course I don't know anything about them - I've only just got it. That's why I'm asking questions here - for help from those that want to help and to learn about them.
You also knew nothing about them before you learnt about em
Thanks for the description of how a cocker works but I know that already (one of the things I've learnt in the last few days) thanks to helpful links from others.
Sorry you don't agree with my choice, but I happen to think I have made a good one - I don't have to buy any other marker now as I already have one of the best....
OK - I've put myself in at the deep end regarding the setting up of them and so forth, but I happen to like it that way - I'll learn very fast. I'm a smartish guy and pick things up reasonably quickly.
Those that want to help me, please do.
Those that think I'm a complete imbecile for going for a cocker when I know nothing about them, don't bother posting that to tell me as it doesn't help me at all !!

 

[dr.strangelove]

I just explained the firing sequence of a 'cocker (which obviously needed further explanation since you didn't know where the cocking rod screwed in) and gave you one of the best web resources for 'cockers that there is, what more help do you want? I'm not trying to be a jerk, but before I owned a 'cocker, I went online and read every resource I could, so that when my 'cocker arrived at my door, I already had a pretty good understanding of it's operation. You should try and gain a better knowledge of your new marker, otherwise you may wind up at the field SOL when something goes wrong (something as simple as velocity adjustment), it was just a suggestion. I have a REALLY good animated diagram of exactly how a 'cocker operates if you'd like it. Gimme your email, I'll send it to ya.

 

[superbully]

Dr - I'm happy for you that you had the chance to inform yourself before you got your cocker.
I didn't have that chance. I don't spend as much time online as you obviously, and I had to make the choice of whether I should grab this deal or not when I saw it, otherwise someone else would have.
I AM trying to gain better knowledge of my marker - that's why I'm on this forum - see, I've already learnt where the cocking rod is, what it does and how to adjust velocity
What I don't need to hear though is that someone thinks I'm a dumbass for getting a cocker before I know how it works, just because they happened to be able to have the time to find out how they work before they got theirs.
Thanks for the helpful bits of your posts though.
I happen to like these animated diagrams:
http://www.cockerownersgroup.com/howitworks.html

are your ones different?