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Old November 17th, 2006, 07:34   #11
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What will probably break, in no particular order; the gear teeth, the piston teeth, the piston head, the mechbox frame will separate or snap, the motor may burn out, the wiring may overheat, fuses will blow. Really any moving part will probably suffer. The surfaces where the piston impacts will probably go first.

Yes, they sell insane powered springs. Some folks, for legal reasons in their country, cannot have access to firearms or even accurate pellet guns. I think that is the case for much of Asia and Japan, but you would know better than me.

So... they offer aftermarket parts that people hope will do the trick. Simple ballistics will tell you there is only so much you can do with a smoothbore gun shooting a round plastic ball with a backspin system. Yet people still believe in miracles and dreams.

I'd rather have a perfectly balanced AEG that shoots at 350fps flatly and consistently for a good 50 yards than a monster gun that shoots above 500fps but must be fixed or tweaked all the time. 350 can be done simply with a spring and metal bushings, so there is a huge economy there.
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