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jawpaul
03-01-2002, 12:30 PM
How often does your raptor break connecting pins?
Mine does about once every 200 balls. So i'm gonna fix that. I got a peice of solid stainless steel I'm gonna cut and modify so I can us it as a connecting pin in my raptor then maybe I can sell the gun. I'm hoping it will work well since it is a rod of solid stainless and is the same size as the pin.
Murph1
03-01-2002, 01:47 PM
What I did to stop my raptor from breaking connecting pins was: First, I bought a lighter bolt from paintballsnipersupplies.com, Second, I bought a lower tension main spring. Third, I lowered the dwell time to lower the amount of gas used to recock the gun, fourth, I made an enlengthened bolt plug bumper to stop it from going all the way back and double feeding.
Silent Knight
03-01-2002, 10:39 PM
the connecting pin is really irritating huh?

if you want a better one, get the stainless stell connecting pin, much stronger, and lasts longer. I know they sell some at www.dropzonepaintball.com it's like $5 a pc. though
jawpaul
03-04-2002, 01:30 PM
I fixed it. I modded the striker & hacksawed the peice of stainless for a connecting pin. It's working good now that I fixed the trigger and the pin. It is a realy nice gun now. If only it doesn't break any thing else.
Murph1
03-04-2002, 04:43 PM
Brass eagle only cheaped out on one part too many on the raptor, and it was the connection pin. I do a few repairs on cheap guns for friends, a couple have raptors. I've never seen a raptor break any parts besides the connection pin, and I've only seen one rounded sear. The rounded sear was easy to replace, and I had an excuse to do a trigger job too :)
jawpaul
03-04-2002, 05:07 PM
Well the trigger broke on this one. And the valve broke too I think that was my fault on the valve though. I just used some "future glue" on the trigger and fixed it I had to glue a part so it wouldn't move. What happened was you could pull the trigger and it wouldn't trip the sear just nothing happened. But, I fixed that. I swear if this thing breaks this connecting pin then I will be realy suprised cus this ain't no dinkey aluminum it is solid stainless and quite tough. I'm pretty sure the bolt will break before this thing breaks.