quieter gun

[Predator2]

i hear everyone talking about sear and striker and other paintball lingo like that and if you pad them it can be quieter...What is the sear and striker and how can i make them quieter?

[TLplus84]

i only know what the sear and the striker are from the Spyder. The sear is teh metal silver part inside your trigger frame, next to your trigger. The striker is the hammer, that black metal piece that "connects" to your bolt. As for making them quieter, i'm not sure, but i know how to polish them.

[Predator2]

how do i polish them?

[TLplus84]

the simplest way to do it is to take a fine grit sandpaper and polish the top of your sear and the part where the seat comes in contact with the striker. That part is the "indented" part of the striker. Then, you take chrome polish and polish those two areas. that's the basics.

[TLplus84]

in a couple days i'll post up a thread with all the directions to the stuff i did to my trigger group, and striker.

[Predator2]

thanx but i would also like to know beyond the basics too.

[TLplus84]

give me a couple days. I'll post up ALL the stuff i did, including beveling the sear and striker, shortening the pull, shortening the return, etc. k?

[Predator2]

no prob. thanx...just so ya know i submitted my reply when u wrote that u would make a thread bout it.

[ptflyer]

all real semi-auto guns have a sear and a striker....thats where those part's names came from for those same parts on a paint ball marker

[Predator2]

oh ok very interesting info. Thanx :-)

[TLplus84]

i was talking about how they look like and whre they were located..i knew that theer was a hammer/striker and sear on every gun, be in a pump, electro, or semi.

[elTwitcho]

Not really. The matrix doesnt have a hammer, because it uses a spool valve. And no electropnuematic gun has a sear.

[TLplus84]

well in a way they do b/c the wiring "acts" like a sear and makes the hammer engage.