My brother has had this Carter sniper for a few years and everytime he brings it out for the few times a year he plays it’s always performing horribly. Finally he let me take it home to look at it and what a mess.
off the bat it’s slightly midgited but not to the point that it needs custom length springs. The valve slightly over travels maybe an 1/16 past the proper position for the valve retaining screw position when the valve nut is tightened. Everything seals and the gun cocks and shoots.
now for the really bad. The body isn’t milled to standard half block specs. The back of the top tube is cut at a slight angle so it’s not completely flush with the sled,The slot it cut too short.The top tube is slightly too long in combination with the sled having too much material in front makes it so the bolt barely closes flush with the end of the feedneck. The ball doesn’t even load into the barrel it sits in the breech on a close bolt causes a ton of blow by around the bolt and also launching the ball right into the bore sizers which causes constant barrel breaks or hook shots. The bolt has no orings and possibly bored out too much to add them but maybe thinner orings will work , it also has a huge transfer port for no reason other than I think to not deal with actually lining up the holes properly. Of course it’s all match anodized a satin black which I’m sure wont be easy to match plus if anything in the body has to be cut it’s going to be raw.
If anyone can brainstorm and think of the least intrusive and least expensive way to fix this if possible. I would like to think a proper length sled would get the bolt to the proper position so I can use the Carter bolt and keep the aesthetic and most of the original parts. The only issue being that the original holes for the bolt pin might be too close to the edge of the new sled. So it would have to be redrilled for a vertical pin
im thinking worse case scenario, cut to standard half lock specs, new sled and bolt w/ orings and standard specs, and possibly and 11/16 bore, not that the lower tube is a priority at this point. I just want it to be usable
off the bat it’s slightly midgited but not to the point that it needs custom length springs. The valve slightly over travels maybe an 1/16 past the proper position for the valve retaining screw position when the valve nut is tightened. Everything seals and the gun cocks and shoots.
now for the really bad. The body isn’t milled to standard half block specs. The back of the top tube is cut at a slight angle so it’s not completely flush with the sled,The slot it cut too short.The top tube is slightly too long in combination with the sled having too much material in front makes it so the bolt barely closes flush with the end of the feedneck. The ball doesn’t even load into the barrel it sits in the breech on a close bolt causes a ton of blow by around the bolt and also launching the ball right into the bore sizers which causes constant barrel breaks or hook shots. The bolt has no orings and possibly bored out too much to add them but maybe thinner orings will work , it also has a huge transfer port for no reason other than I think to not deal with actually lining up the holes properly. Of course it’s all match anodized a satin black which I’m sure wont be easy to match plus if anything in the body has to be cut it’s going to be raw.
If anyone can brainstorm and think of the least intrusive and least expensive way to fix this if possible. I would like to think a proper length sled would get the bolt to the proper position so I can use the Carter bolt and keep the aesthetic and most of the original parts. The only issue being that the original holes for the bolt pin might be too close to the edge of the new sled. So it would have to be redrilled for a vertical pin
im thinking worse case scenario, cut to standard half lock specs, new sled and bolt w/ orings and standard specs, and possibly and 11/16 bore, not that the lower tube is a priority at this point. I just want it to be usable
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