Ok. I've had a few of these things and I've always thought they were a very intelligent design so, time to write up a review.
As this is an inline blowback I'll be comparing it to the trusty 98c for the most part
So, JT tac 5 recon, there are a few different versions, I've had one with a basically built in stock. It was specific to the body and couldn't be swapped onto say this one.
So let's get into it. First thing, remove the air line going into the marker. No tools needed as it's knurled for grabbing by hand. Also, intelligent design, that screw under it is the valve retaining screw, so if it gets loose you can't lose it as the air fitting prevents it from completely leaving the body.
Next remove the valve retaining screw and velocity screw and what do you know, they are the same screw
Next up, a simple push pin holds all the internals in and they slide out the back with it removed
The back cap, hammer and spring are all one assembly so no parts flying at your face as you remove them. Just like a 98c the linkage arm connects past the power tube to the bolt so everything in the valve comes out at the same time.
Pop the valve assembly out of the power tube and you'll notice something right away, jt knows how to make a valve serviceable! Yes that is indeed a slotted screwdriver front cap
pull that front cap out and the cap doubles as the front seal and valve spring guide
Pretty much everything else in the valve is pretty similar to the tippmann. So let's move on
How do you get the detent out? Here's the jt's party trick. If you have the original feedneck and parts that came with it, you can actually change this marker between center, left and right feed. Super cool.
There are 2 screws that screw in laterally, remove them and the whole breach comes off like this
The mount for the front grip is picatinny and the rail itself can be moved around so if you are running left or right feed you can still have the front grip pointing down.
Look back up to the photo with the breach off, that white piece is the detent. Slide it out and it looks like this
Looks fine, this marker has sat for who knows how long and this detent holds reball still. A little further forward than I would consider ideal but whatever.
These things were designed very intelligently and I wish they were more popular. Working on them is an absolute breeze. JT used more Buna rings than tippmann and I wonder if that's one of the reasons JT in general got a bad rap. Too many people using co2 and blowing out the rings.
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As this is an inline blowback I'll be comparing it to the trusty 98c for the most part
So, JT tac 5 recon, there are a few different versions, I've had one with a basically built in stock. It was specific to the body and couldn't be swapped onto say this one.
So let's get into it. First thing, remove the air line going into the marker. No tools needed as it's knurled for grabbing by hand. Also, intelligent design, that screw under it is the valve retaining screw, so if it gets loose you can't lose it as the air fitting prevents it from completely leaving the body.
Next remove the valve retaining screw and velocity screw and what do you know, they are the same screw
Next up, a simple push pin holds all the internals in and they slide out the back with it removed
The back cap, hammer and spring are all one assembly so no parts flying at your face as you remove them. Just like a 98c the linkage arm connects past the power tube to the bolt so everything in the valve comes out at the same time.
Pop the valve assembly out of the power tube and you'll notice something right away, jt knows how to make a valve serviceable! Yes that is indeed a slotted screwdriver front cap
pull that front cap out and the cap doubles as the front seal and valve spring guide
Pretty much everything else in the valve is pretty similar to the tippmann. So let's move on
How do you get the detent out? Here's the jt's party trick. If you have the original feedneck and parts that came with it, you can actually change this marker between center, left and right feed. Super cool.
There are 2 screws that screw in laterally, remove them and the whole breach comes off like this
The mount for the front grip is picatinny and the rail itself can be moved around so if you are running left or right feed you can still have the front grip pointing down.
Look back up to the photo with the breach off, that white piece is the detent. Slide it out and it looks like this
Looks fine, this marker has sat for who knows how long and this detent holds reball still. A little further forward than I would consider ideal but whatever.
These things were designed very intelligently and I wish they were more popular. Working on them is an absolute breeze. JT used more Buna rings than tippmann and I wonder if that's one of the reasons JT in general got a bad rap. Too many people using co2 and blowing out the rings.
Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk
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