ok, new bucking rubber and hop up ball installed.
teflon "MOD" done.
airsoft surgeon floating valve removed, stock one back in with AS spring.
gun still fires ~ 4 shots and is out of gas. still misfiring every other shot.
and now a new issue, the blowback doesnt always fully cycle. like, it goes back, and will come forward, but stop ~ 1/4" from where it needs to be. this doesnt happen all the time, just intermittently.
i am beginning to think the "high flow valve" in the mag is bad. upon closer inspection, it looks to be a stock valve that has a "rib" or slat cut out of it. i am ordering a new one today.
at least that will eliminate the mag as the issue.
from there i will install the new hammer spring etc (currently in the air over the pond)
also, when filling the mag (with gas) while in the gun, it will just spray out the muzzle (as before) BUT then it will catch, and BAM, fill up the magazine. this also points me to a sticking HFV. i hope this is the case, because it is really annoying refilling every 4 shots, especially when two of them are duds.
