Kg1 said:

Thanks. My Maverick has been easy to tune. My best accuracy so far is in 30 caliber with the 44.8 FX pellets at 890 fps.

I might end up buying a second Maverick instead of a M4. Lots of reasons to stick with what I have. The only things that bugs me a bit sometimes about the Maverick/Wildcat is the loud hammer noise at high power tunes. I don’t know if the Impact has the same noise with its different internal setup.

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JaceSpace1369 said:

That's awesome! All those checked boxes sounds just VK lol. I'll definitely get some, rhe 17gr weight is very appealing, that should allow me to get at least 50 shots around 850fps from the GK1

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weevil said:

I must admit that I didn’t get the sense that you valued technical inputs. Rather the opposite, as evidenced by the “measurebator” comments and associated rants. You might want to tone that down..

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Gerry52 said:

Are you really serious? DANGEROUS suggestion!

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JimD said:

I do not believe I've seen a report like this before. As was suggested, the age and manufacturer of the tank would be useful information. Also if there was any visible damage prior to the event (there appears to be none). Did it seem to be leaking when you shut it down? I'm not suggesting it is usable, just curious if the liner failed first and air was gushing out.

Carbon fiber tanks are really thin aluminum tanks that are covered with carbon fiber. The limited test data I have seen shows large mechanical margins in the carbon fiber. My guess is this tank was built with a weak spot in the carbon fiber where the failure occurred. Perhaps too much resin and not enough fiber. Especially if the liner did not fail first. If the liner failed first, that could damage the carbon fiber. You would presumably know the liner failed because air would be rushing out - the carbon fiber is not expected to be able to stop a leak.

The good thing is this reinforces the possibility that when tanks like this fail it is not a big "explosion" but a more controlled leak event where injury is much less likely. I worry more about aluminum air chambers where there is no overwrap to contain fragments if they fail.

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Ricklin said:

I'm darned certain that the posters tongue was firmly in their cheek with that suggestion of Flex seal. While I am careful handling my old expired SCBA bottle if these bottles failed violently, we would be hearing about the failures. I'm new here and this is the first structural bottle failure I've heard of. I used the arm section of an old survival suit for my bottle, it's snug as a bug in a rug. The thick Neoprene stretches a bit and provides excellent protection for bumps and bruises.
China can and does provide very high quality products, they also produce stuff slightly better than garbage and often from the same factory. My DJI drone is among the highest quality products I have encountered, one important point? It was NOT CHEAP. We see the worst on Ebay Amazon Etc. all about the price.

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DonEnzone said:

Welp, it seems my T9 is no good. Im not sure what the problem is, but both the factory mags and my own mags have been jamming like crazy. I was hoping my mags would be able to fix the issue, since it's linear movement instead of rotary. But it seems that no matter what, the mags just can't keep up with the speed of the bolt. It keeps hitting the pellets on the side of the skirt as opposed to dead center. I've seen this complaint quite a lot, but not everyone seems to have this problem.

Either my bolt spring is too weak or too strong, or something else is amiss. But it's been a consistent issue. Fill pressure doesn't make a difference. It jams at both high and lower pressures. And it happens at least once per mag. Until I can get a fix for this I won't be able to work on my mags for a while. I need a T9 that operates properly in order to perfrom tests.

What a letdown... Bin really needs to get his poop together.

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coastal drifter said:

trust me I understand, that's why I said its difficult. Rebrand is the name of the game. Compressors too!

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