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theJesus1
12-11-2007, 05:55 PM
I posted this on the dp owners group, but that place is empty so i'll repost it here.

the other day I was tinkering with my v2 fusion, and I made an interesting find. I tried dry firing it without the return spring, and it still managed to recock every time. Even firing it as fast as i could on semi, it still seemed to fully recock everytime. Unfortunately I was out of paint, so I couldn't test to see if it maintain's it's consistency without the spring (I doubt it does, the hammer tend's to bounce forward a bit when it recock's). So I basically came to the conclusion that the stock spring has way more tension than what's necessary. I replaced it with a much lighter spring so I can run it at a lower pressure. I was just wondering if anyone has had any sucess with this, or if there is any reason why I shouldn't do it? I'm sure i'm not the only one who has tried this mod.

Slinky17
12-12-2007, 07:39 AM
No reason you shouldn't. You can buy lightened return springs from Alamo City paintball. The reason it still recocks is it is not a true FASOR. It's more of a spring assisted air return. It's returned half by spring, half by air (that's not exactly right, but you get the point). I'm assuming running paint through it w/o the spring probably wouldn't work right. I need to get a lighter spring for mine so I can lower my pressure too.