Hey all. So I have a new to me Notos bottle build. Only had it for about 2 months. It was purchased from a forum member who got it off another forum member if I remember correctly.
I'm having a big issue with the bolt probe or pellet probe, not sure which term is correct. It's not to the typical Notos magazine issue, I have a lot of different Notos mags from aftermarket companies and all have the same issue. It even messed up one of my Maple mags in the process, which was also partly my fault for forcing the cocking level because the pellet was so mangled I couldn't push it back through the barrel to remove the magazine. The probe is extremely loose and moves around until it engages the tapered thicker end, then it sits solid. It doesn't the same thing with a single shot tray when loading. Catches the pellet it a weird angle and lowers the head of the pellets and raises the skirt while going into the chamber. You still have to force the pellet and deform it using the single shot tray, also have more than one single shot tray and happens with both. If I load a single pellet without a tray, which takes forever with my fat fingers and scope setup, the gun shoots great.
My question is does anyone know of a fix for this? Can the probe be tightened back into alignment or does it need to be replaced? Is it a thing to replace? I've looked and haven't found anything for a replacement probe online. Did a search here and didn't see anything on the issue, although I may be searching the wrong terminology.
Hoping to get this figured out so I can have the motivation to track down the slow leak it's had since arriving. Don't really have much motivation to fix it when it takes 10 minutes, definitely exaggerating, to load a single pellet. I've attached some videos to better describe the issue. Any help of insight would be greatly appreciated.
I'm having a big issue with the bolt probe or pellet probe, not sure which term is correct. It's not to the typical Notos magazine issue, I have a lot of different Notos mags from aftermarket companies and all have the same issue. It even messed up one of my Maple mags in the process, which was also partly my fault for forcing the cocking level because the pellet was so mangled I couldn't push it back through the barrel to remove the magazine. The probe is extremely loose and moves around until it engages the tapered thicker end, then it sits solid. It doesn't the same thing with a single shot tray when loading. Catches the pellet it a weird angle and lowers the head of the pellets and raises the skirt while going into the chamber. You still have to force the pellet and deform it using the single shot tray, also have more than one single shot tray and happens with both. If I load a single pellet without a tray, which takes forever with my fat fingers and scope setup, the gun shoots great.
My question is does anyone know of a fix for this? Can the probe be tightened back into alignment or does it need to be replaced? Is it a thing to replace? I've looked and haven't found anything for a replacement probe online. Did a search here and didn't see anything on the issue, although I may be searching the wrong terminology.
Hoping to get this figured out so I can have the motivation to track down the slow leak it's had since arriving. Don't really have much motivation to fix it when it takes 10 minutes, definitely exaggerating, to load a single pellet. I've attached some videos to better describe the issue. Any help of insight would be greatly appreciated.
