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[skiermon]

What I did:

I read that if you put a the inner tube of a bike tire around the air bladder of a pc/wildfire/rf20, or if you wrap it in rubber bands, you'll get a better ROF and slightly increased range. I wrapped the bladder of my wildfire in rubber bands.

What it's doing:

I have a tremendously increased ROF...kinda. The bolt is flying back and forth, but it seems to shoot one or two darts for every twenty times the bolt shoots foreward, and the range is just as poohpy as if it were stock. On top of that, the turret rotates just as often as it shoots. Also, after I prime then shoot, prime shoot, the third or fourth time i prime it then hold the trigger, the air just hisses out of the thing; the bolt doesn't move at all.

WTF is going on and how do I fix it. Thanks for any feedback.

[Jabs]

Just a suggestion, but did you try taking the rubber bands OFF? This doesn't seem like a highly credible way to mod a gun as it seems like you're just sacrificing power and reliability for ROF. -Jabs

[skiermon]

Of course I could always take the rubber bands "OFF". But if I did, I'd be left with a stock wildfire, a name synonymous with POS. I know people have successfully done this mod and gotten the results I want; increased ROF with increased range. I'm not really sure where you're getting that this mod decreases power....It forces the air out faster, with more power behind it. If somebody who knows what they're doing could help me, that'd be great.

Three posts 5 hours, and a hundred bajillion reassembalies later, I feel like an idiot. Tip to newbs(like me): Make sure all the internals are correctly in place before you close your gun up. The entire piston assembly was just flying loose around the inside of my gun because i failed to put it exactly back in place. I got it working, and yes, it DID increase ROF and range (though only by a couple of feet. It's good if you can reload fast, or have a clip mod for this gun...(I'm gonna try that next. Don't worry, if I screw up, I'll keep it to myself.)

Edited by skiermon, 25 March 2006 - 10:10 PM.