Phantom Revolution

[Gunangel]

Comparing the black and gold pitson they appear identical. I am going to reach out to EV and let them know, as I'm now two gold pistons deep. I guess good if I eventually try to add 12 grams into my game play.

A little badish news. Played with the CCI one today, went well at the chrono, but during game play, you have to consciously reset the pump handle and hold. It runs so much pressure that even a little pump handle movement seems to kick a ton of back pressure back towards the feedneck. Two hoppers of blended paint later, switched to my Phantom to finish the day. Seems like it needs some stiffer reseting springs for it to not behave as badly, or I need to grease the bolt oring a lot more to help seal a little better.

[Gunangel]

Was able to finish assembly today. Aired up with the blue piston and it no longer leaks. Piston really matters!

Family photo with its much older sibling

The no longer available tool. Really is convenient, you can disassemble most of the marker with your hands and this tool plus one allen key.

Thinking of what else is similar, looked in my spare kit and found a trigger rod from an autococker. Happens to be the same thread and works great for removing the piston and the little bend is nice to help grip for extraction. For fine adjustments you can definitely just use a chop stick if you don’t want to use a dowel or a pick.

[Walker]

Mike said you could add orings to the piston to decrease air volume and velocity, remove orings to go the other way?

[Gunangel]

That is according to the one video and the manual and makes sense, if the marker is metering a certain amount of air in, the volume of the area should affect the pressure assuming that the amount of air is kept the same. I imagine with CO2 and being extra cold it is extra dense leading to requiring even less volume for the same amount of energy with all things conserved?