redfireant3 wrote:THE BARREL MUST BE CARBON FIBER!!!!!!!!!
Cf barrels are the ssshhhhhhiiiiiii, but BUT really, does the best $250 fiber barrel really shoot any better than a $60 Dye UL, in the same size? I doubt it... but just plain coolness? Yeah, all day.
Now on the the anoying ASA/Regulator on the invert mini. They skimped a bit on this, pbobably to get the the gun on the market quickly. The issue with this asa is, having no on/off/bleed & threads that are a bit tight. This puts a lot of wear on the tank threads & asa threads when you put on the tank & take the tank off. This, because the tank is under pressure all the way off (pushing thread against thread), till air escapes around the o-ring as it enters the more open part of the asa. Also you ruin tank o-rings at a high rate.
The damage this causes can be seen inside the Mini's asa (clean inside well with oily cloth & inspect the treads to see this) as well as to the threads of the tank. If the tank has chromed over brass threads, the wear may be transfered 99% to the asa only, since the chrome is significantly harder than the aluminum inside the asa. Aluminum threaded tanks get jacked up pretty quick.
The best fix is the new asa/reg preplacement from invert/empire. It is specifically made for the mini, as only an asa/reg made for it, can work.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Empi...amp;hash=item45f811485c These may be found cheaper elsewhere, I didnt price check. This is a bolt on, simple & perfect fix.
But there are two cheaper ways around this... though one is only a partial fix.
One is an on/off/bleed that goes between the tank and the asa-
http://cgi.ebay.com/Thre...amp;hash=item19c2837d9d This basically acts as the new ASA would, but is a seperate piece... The down side is, it adds about 2 or 3 inches to the length of the gun/tank... Not so good for smaller players ( Sorry AJ, this fix is not for you )
Last is my personal invention, the trim of the pin depressor in the asa. I remove the brass plate that has the little pokey thing on it (after figuring out how much I can trim) and grind down the pin as much as I can. What this does is- lets the tank screw almost all the way in, before it opens the tank & pressurizes the asa (causing the thread wear) what this does is let most of the treads get a good footing, before the pressure hits them. This more/less eliminates thread wear on the way IN. But removing the tank (though this seems to be a little better than putting it in), still grinds metal... So for removal, you safety the gun, then SHOOT it as you unscrew, this lets the pressure off as you unscrew.
In combo, the mod & the shooting as you unscrew, probably removes about 80% of the thread wear, as compared to just screwing & unscrewing the tank as normal.
The down side of this is, having to shoot the gun to remove the tank is a pain & can be hard in a safe zone (btw, start doing this now, sans any other fixes). The other downside is- the grind on the pin depressor MAY be tank-specific, as in... The pin on the tank MAY be of an unusual depth, and grinding the depressor to just hit that specific tank, may cause other tanks to not fully open (or open at all) in the asa. On the good side, I can usually tell if this is the case & can recomend NOT doing the grind, in those cases.
Damn that was a lot... just to address the friggin asa :P
Oh yeah, I will do the grind mod for anyone who wants it, because "It's fun, it's easy, and you gonna learn all about it." -Tin Tin, The Crow.
