Posted by: D-ROCK on June 14, 2003 at 03:45:58

Ok, first off, distance is a matter of velocity. Faster it goes the farther it goes. The ONLY way you'll get it to go farther is the flatline. It just makes my head hurt when I hear guys talk about how good of a range their gun has when they all have to be set to 260-280fps. As for your problem: Have you opened this thing up to take a look inside? There might be a piece of something stuck in there blocking part of the front bolt opening and creating turbulance. Also, make sure the o-ring on the front bolt asembly is in good condition. In fact make sure all the orings are. If air is leaking funny around that it'll put a weird spin on the ball. There are a few other things to check. If you have access to a crono, crono it for several shots in a row. It could be that the velocity adjustment thiny is screwed up and you're getting varying speeds. It could also be something weird with the barrel (some rough patch from the milling or something.) Try putting the stock barrel back on there and seeing if they fly off the same way as they did b4. Yes the stock barrel should be less acurate than the freak, but what you're looking for here is to see if the odd curving is the barrel or the gun itself. I really don't think the solution to your problem is getting a closed bolt gun. Trust me when I say this, a closed bolt system will not make that big of a difference. My m98 with the stock barrel (just to add humiliation to my enemey's defeat) can hold it's own against my friends autococker with a freak kit and I don't have to mess around with a damn 3 way valve. A m98 should be a fairly acurate gun, so if yours isn't, it's most likely a failure in the front bolt assembly or the barrel. Lastly, don't use Brass Eagle paint. It'll break in anything and everything. An Angel would break BE paint. Yesterday I shot 1000+ rounds of PMI outside with dirt everywhere and didn't break a single ball. Last month I shot 100 BE rounds in doors in clean conditions and I broke 5 balls. I am in no way blaming this on my gun. With BE you get what you pay for.

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