There appears to be three air vessels, a standard air tube, the wrap-around the barrel tube and the plenum under the buttstock.
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Snowpeak Preordered my MAX1
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I have contacted Snowpeak directly via email to inquire for some information:
1)Is the hammer spring adjustable?
2)What is the regulator adjustable range? (2000 to 3000psi?)
3)What is the barrel twist rate for the .25 and .22?
And here's the response I received today
I think some of my questions got lost in translation in regards to the twist rate of the barrel. It looks like the reg can be set from 100 bar to 300 bar, that doesn't sound right at all, it's probably the fill range? The "regulator air capacity" I would bet that's the Plenum, 150cc of plenum capacity, which makes sense for the high power rating.
35.5gr slug with 81ft-lb energy, that would mean velocity at around 1015fps. But man, 980fps requires 250 bar at the reg and could only get 10 shots per refill? that doesn't sound right, especially from 550cc, 10 shots max per refill at 81ft-lb doesn't sound efficient.
non adjustable hammer? I wonder if this thing has the assisted/balance valve? if it has the traditional valve and hammer spring, that would explain how inefficient it is, be smashing the living crap out of the valve no matter where you set the reg at, lots of wasted air.
1)Is the hammer spring adjustable?
2)What is the regulator adjustable range? (2000 to 3000psi?)
3)What is the barrel twist rate for the .25 and .22?
And here's the response I received today
I think some of my questions got lost in translation in regards to the twist rate of the barrel. It looks like the reg can be set from 100 bar to 300 bar, that doesn't sound right at all, it's probably the fill range? The "regulator air capacity" I would bet that's the Plenum, 150cc of plenum capacity, which makes sense for the high power rating.
35.5gr slug with 81ft-lb energy, that would mean velocity at around 1015fps. But man, 980fps requires 250 bar at the reg and could only get 10 shots per refill? that doesn't sound right, especially from 550cc, 10 shots max per refill at 81ft-lb doesn't sound efficient.
non adjustable hammer? I wonder if this thing has the assisted/balance valve? if it has the traditional valve and hammer spring, that would explain how inefficient it is, be smashing the living crap out of the valve no matter where you set the reg at, lots of wasted air.
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Good catch, it could be 1:19, if that's the case then i think the Max 1 probably could also shoot heavy pellet reasonably well. The non-adjustable hammer is kinda weird, the M60/M60b have adjustable hammer.
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Depends on how hard it is to get in and out, I have a whole box of various springs from Aliexpress. So theoretically I could adjust the hammer.
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I know the 60b in 30 cal struggles to hit 70 fpe @ 170-180 bar. Dunno why, but that's where mine ended up. 28 shots on the 350cc bottle.
So 550cc and 80 fpe for only 10 shots does sound low.
So 550cc and 80 fpe for only 10 shots does sound low.
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I’m excited to see this. But I’m sure we will be delayed well into spring as all things seem to be these days.
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