Posted by: Dale "Head_Hunters" DuPont on October 26, 2003 at 09:41:52

You'v got a guage so LOOK at it before it does it and than after it starts to do it... I will wager your operating pressure is dropping to the point that it does NOT have sufficient pressure to recock the marker properly. That would show up FIRST when dry firing because you don't have the back pressure build up that you have when you have a ball in the chamber. The back pressure of a ball in the chamber gives it just enough omph to cock it properly. Borrow a Nitro bottle and see if that problem goes away. If it does, that is the nature of CO2. The cure is go to nitro. If is IS NOT due to a significant pressure drop on your guage, then you could have a bad or marginal O ring on your hammer. GET THE FACTORY O ring kit. Using a CO2 Bottle O ring is just a field repair patch. It is NOT the right size o ring. If it shoots OK during play, do you have a problem? Maybe Not but it could be an early sign of impending hammer O ring failure. Me, I carry a complete O ring and spring kit. One, I never get caught on the field without parts to fix my marker. Two, you can sell ONE part to someone else for the price you spent for the whole kit so HE can fix his marker play the rest of the day.. Then you go buy another complete kit and you have spares for yourself and others...

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