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Monday, November 28th, 2005 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
6 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
vf-tactical stock bolt
shocktech cocker bolt |
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| Marker Setup: |
WGP VF-Tactical
5 peice kaner barrel system
CP asa on/off bottomline
Jam Anti-chop bolt
Cam Adjuster
dye sticky 3's |
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| Strengths: |
No breaks. Period.
Delrin construction
No breaks... ever.
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| Weaknesses: |
Weight
Speed
Price
Too stiff at first, need to break-in |
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| Review: |
I originally got this bolt because I play a lot of scenario games, and when switching between my cocker and Ego, I sometimes would short stroke when trying to shoot 9 or 10 bps. And in large scenario games, if you chop, it's going to ruin your entire day... especially with a cocker.
So I ordered one off of madcocker.com, and it got to my house in a timely manner with no problem. I’ve heard some people online complain about Jamm enterprises screwing them, or the bolts never being in stock, but I checked before hand, it was in stock, so there was no problem delivering for me.
When it got here, there were no instructions with it. I’ve heard from various sources online that you need to break these things in at first, since they’re really stiff right out of the package. And true, when I fired her up the first time, I stuck my finger down the feedneck and it hurt… that thing was stiff. Nowhere as hard as the stock bolt, but the spring was really really stiff… stiff enough to wear it still broke paint. So, I dry-fired my cocker a bunch of times with a stick-squeegee… still too stiff.
So I unscrewed the endcap of the bolt (you can disassemble the entire thing pretty much), and cut the main spring myself. Now, it’s really nice and doesn’t break paint. I actually tested it out with a paintball dangled half way down into my cocker’s chamber. No break, sweet!
That was in June and now it’s December, and I haven’t had one single chop in my cocker. And I play a lot… especially scenario games. I played all of skirmish d-day, went through a couple of cases, and it preformed great the entire time.
Some things that I have noticed, is that now that the spring is really light, the bolt is really loose when the marker is cocking back and forth. This means that it’s not as fast as super fast bolts on the market… no concern to me however since I only really need to go 8 or 9 bps at max on my mech cocker.
My main problem with my looser spring is that the bolt pull pin is much more loose in the bolt, and every once in a while when I’m shooting fast on my cocker, the pull pin flies out. This is not good. However, it’s only happened twice in the past 6 months and I’ve found it both times. I do however, carry an extra pull pin with me at all times.
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| Conclusion: |
Try as I may, I can’t make this thing break paint. I’ve seen it double and triple fire like in the online videos, this thing works great… exactly as they say it will. Not one chop in 6 months, that’s incredible.
However, it is a heavier bolt, and isn’t super, super fast. If you are playing more speedball with your mech cocker, and don’t really ever chop, then this is a waste for you. However, if you have any problems at all chopping, and speed isn’t your number one concern with a bolt, then this bolt wins hands down. I gawk about price, but I’d easily buy it again if given the choice again. |
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