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Originally Posted by turok_t
Grrrr.. guess what guys, after upgrading to a Airsoft Surgeon 140% Recoil spring and Airsoft Surgeon shock buffers x2, my Airsoft Surgeon hard air nozzle has been broken TWICE in 1 week. It has cost me soo much money to replace, but here is a pic below showing how the loading tip has broken off. Anyone know how to fix this (I know there is probably no way, and the best way is to buy a new one, but i dont want to risk breaking a third nozzle)? I thought the air nozzle is supposed to be hard. Any other way I can fix this, or is there a better alternative I can use that can withstand my spring and shock buffers?
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It sounds like you have a slight alignment error between your blowback unit and your hop up unit, causing the nozzle to strike a hard area. The alignment may have always been bad, but upgrading to a harder spring just causes it to smash against the obstruction harder... which causes it to break.
Changing over to a Shooters Design POM nozzle is a bandaid solution, but doesn't actually fix the problem. It's a brute force solution. You will experience increased wear on the SD POM nozzle this way, although it should last longer due to the tougher and more flexible nature of the nylon fibre used to make the nozzle (POM/Delrin.)
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Originally Posted by turok_t
oh wow, i never knew it was that good. I thought the AS hard nozzle was the best one... btw, if i get the SD POM nozzle, would it work with the light weight BBU with the built in piston head? Its the one that ILLusion sells. The reason why im asking is because i want the air seal to be good, like what noobelord said.
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"Best" is subjective. I personally use the Airsoft Surgeon nozzle in most skirmish type setups, mainly because it's black, and haven't seen any breakages yet (no customers have come back to me about broken nozzles in the builds I did for them.)
However, in my own race guns, I do prefer the Shooters Design POM nozzles because of two characteristics of POM/Delrin:
1) A smoother, self-lubricating surface
2) As mentioned, a flexible physical trait that allows it to take sudden deformation and impact
I've used the SD nozzle with no problems with the ILLusion Kinetics super light weight blowback unit. Lately, I've actually started to use Nine Ball featherweight blowback units, which allow me to change up the piston head as required for optimal air seal.
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Originally Posted by turok_t
Anyone know how to make the slide cycle smoother on the frame? When i mean "smooth", i mean air hockey smooth. I know you can do sanding, but are there any other alternatives?
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You can hone the rails, followed up by a low viscosity grease. I use a dry grease, so technically, there's zero viscosity.