Governor Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 I've owned my F226 for two years or so now, this is the second time the loading nozzle has broken. Is this normal for the same part to fail twice within two years? I know it's only £8 or so to replace it's just a slight annoyance. Picture of said loading nozzle. (The little plastic tab to the lower left of the image is the bit that has broken off both times) Cheers
Guest PT247 Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 GBB guns break, they have moving mechanical parts and the movement is quite violent so yes, wear and tear is normal if they are used. Some folks pistols will last a decade with no malfunction but that is probably due to it staying in their holster 99% of the time on a skirmish, if you use it more, it'll wear more.
Guest PT247 Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 I am currently upgrading parts on my KC-02 GBBR, I have only skirmished it for less than an hour but I am making changes to strengthen it, some pistols have upgrade options, I know nothing about yours but may be worth looking into higher quality parts and replace them before they break as I am doing with my rifle.
TheGrover Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 I busted my 228 loading nozzle (my pistols blowback mechanism is identical) by loading a full mag with the slide forward, since then, I've always inserted full mags with the slide locked back so the top BB never has to be pushed down the mag by the nozzle nub. How do you load/reload yours? I've not had an issue with mine since adjusting my technique, despite playing many times in temperatures approaching freezing when the plastic becomes brittle GunmanAirsoft, RogueWraith909, Baz JJ and 1 other 3 1
Governor Posted March 16, 2016 Author Posted March 16, 2016 I busted my 228 loading nozzle (my pistols blowback mechanism is identical) by loading a full mag with the slide forward, since then, I've always inserted full mags with the slide locked back so the top BB never has to be pushed down the mag by the nozzle nub. How do you load/reload yours? I've not had an issue with mine since adjusting my technique, despite playing many times in temperatures approaching freezing when the plastic becomes brittle I do indeed load a magazine whilst the slide is forward, the parts should arrive on Friday so I'll fix it and try loading it your way from now on. Cheers for the advice.
TheGrover Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 No worries mate, to be honest, the WE hasn't let me down since I broke my nub, and my brothers TM has been a finicky little bugger, and I use propane, which shouldn't do it any favours. People can say what they want about WE pistols, but mine was good value and very reliable, and I'd buy another. I do want another for winter though, but don't know any pistols that work well around the 0 degree Mark like my G5 Nick G and RogueWraith909 1 1
Guest PT247 Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 TM Mk23 SOCOM.... perfect all year round gun!
TheGrover Posted March 19, 2016 Posted March 19, 2016 TM Mk23 SOCOM.... perfect all year round gun! Not a bad shout, however: While these may be two contradictory values, I'm after a good winter pistol that's GBB, NBB has never done it for me
GunmanAirsoft Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 I busted my 228 loading nozzle (my pistols blowback mechanism is identical) by loading a full mag with the slide forward, since then, I've always inserted full mags with the slide locked back so the top BB never has to be pushed down the mag by the nozzle nub. How do you load/reload yours? I've not had an issue with mine since adjusting my technique, despite playing many times in temperatures approaching freezing when the plastic becomes brittle My 226 did the same thing recently. It was cold when it did it and I'd pretty much emptied a whole mag so the nozzle would have been freezing. Absolutely bang on regarding loading a full mag. If your slide is forward and you load a mag that is so full that you can't press the top BB down slightly then that part has no option but to snap off because it has nowhere else to go. Apart from loading with the slide back, try filling your mags so there is a little room for movement in the stack (avoid the temptation to squeeze that last BB in).
RogueWraith909 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 On 16/03/2016 at 14:49, TheGrover said: I busted my 228 loading nozzle (my pistols blowback mechanism is identical) by loading a full mag with the slide forward, since then, I've always inserted full mags with the slide locked back so the top BB never has to be pushed down the mag by the nozzle nub. How do you load/reload yours? I've not had an issue with mine since adjusting my technique, despite playing many times in temperatures approaching freezing when the plastic becomes brittle Followed this advice after my nozzle nub broke (repaired by a shop techie), has given me almost no issues since. Have had issue with it not loading a BB then loading two but I've found that was Mag related (a little silicon oil sprayed into the follower and spring seem to have sorted that out on two of the three mags but that third mag is being a bugger).
EDcase Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Quote TheGrover: ...I do want another for winter though, but don't know any pistols that work well around the 0 degree Mark like my G5 For Winter Co2 is the best way to go.
heroshark Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 On 18/03/2016 at 11:29, TheGrover said: but don't know any pistols that work well around the 0 degree Mark like my G5 Any of the 15mm bbu tms and black gas when it's really cold
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