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Originally Posted by BlackBerry
umm..Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the dynamic cylinder on the new rod translate to increased rate of fire? If so, that would be awesome!
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yes, it's called short-stroking. it's being done on both WE and WA systems. they keep pushing for stronger recoil with heavier parts, and this causes the fire rate to decrease quite a bit while dramatically increasing gas consumption. the only way to get the fire rate back up is to short-stroke the carrier. for the AR platform this means that the bolt catch feature no longer works. the most ridiculous short-stroke i have seen was done on a WE M4 where the carrier only went back far enough to reset the hammer (maybe 1 1/2 inch travel). it got the rate of fire up around 20 bb/s. i personally think the trade off is not worth it. the parts wear down faster and are more prone to breaking, and the bottom line for me is that it is unrealistic. the whole point of GBBRs is to have realistic function, and for me that along with reliability comes well before recoil.
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Last edited by Dynamo; April 10th, 2012 at 00:17..
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