Recent content by Etienne

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    Tuning FX dreamline

    So the FX tech took a look at my dreamline, ceasar, turns out you were right, thats exactly what happened, the grubscrew on the power adjustment knob came loose and the ports were misaligned causing the sudden drop in power, he says there is usually loctite on the grub, but this one didn't have...
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    Tuning FX dreamline

    Thanks Ceasar, I've spoken to a fx technician from the fx distributors here in sa, he told me to send the gun to him and he will do a full inspection on what has caused the sudden power failure, hopefully its something as easy to fix as a mis alignment of the transfer port, said i should know by...
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    Tuning FX dreamline

    I refilled the gun to 230bar and the velocity increased to 800fps on the max settings with 130bar on the regulator with the 18.13 jsb's, i adjusted the reg to 150bar and got about 10fps more, it was doing 965fps on the same setting before it just dropped power. Before i bought the gun i spoke...
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    Tuning FX dreamline

    I must say im currently very disappointed, where i live fx rifles dont come cheap, if i convert my currency to dollar i paid about 1750 for this rifle, a impact would cost me around 3100dollars , as far as i know these rifles come with a 3 year warranty? Guess im going to have to return it and...
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    Tuning FX dreamline

    Ok, i checked the wheel, I've shot it on high and get 740fps, with max hammer, and low 600s on medium power, checked the breach oring, looks good, its like the gun isnt getting the required air
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    Tuning FX dreamline

    Would i be able to hear a difference when firing? To me it the gun sounds like its shooting much softer, almost like its on the low power setting and low hammer setting
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    Tuning FX dreamline

    No i didn't turn the hammer wheel while cocked, and i haven't checked the breech oring because the gun is basically brand new, ive had it for 12 days
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    Tuning FX dreamline

    Hi guys, i need help I was busy tuning my dreamline lite bottle with factory plenum, i was shooting 18.13 jsb at around 940fps when the gun suddenly dropped power ,the hammer is maxed but i turn it back to the 'b' setting and the power wheel was on medium, i put the power wheel on high and the...
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    Fx dream plenum

    I was planning to do do exactly as you suggested, install the bigger one and compare the performance to the current settings and then stack the 2 plenums and compare again, if i can get the 25.39 jsb monsters up to 900fps plus with the standard barrel i would be very happy. I'm awaiting...
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    Fx dream plenum

    Ok,theres a few pics of the factory-installed plenum and the one i bought, the factory one measures around 28mm and the bottom one around 39mm ,plus minus 10-11mm difference which is about 25% . Currently the rifle is pushing 25.39 jsb monters 865fps on high power and almost maxed out hammer...
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    Fx dream

    I tuned the rifle with a small factory-installed plenum to 840fps with 25.4grain jsb monsters at around 125bar on the reg, i have a bigger plenum, will install it and see if theres improvement 
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    Fx dream plenum

    So i finally got hold of a fx dreamline lite bottle in .22, thing is, while i was shopping around trying to find a store that had this rifle in stock i found a store that had a dreamline plenum in stock so i bought the plenum before i had even ordered the rifle. So to my surprise when i finally...
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    Fx dream

    Hi guys What is the max velocity a fx dream-lite with a 400cc bottle in .22 will achieve with a 25.4 grain jsb out of the box? No upgrades just a standard rifle with a 500mm barrel. ET