Wow... Great write up. Guess I wasted that cash on the Starfire bolt .
Great work.

Well, if you need to get a new powertube, the bolt comes with it (at least with JCS). Also, theoretically, the bit of cradling on the end of the front bolt will prevent breaks.

I also noticed that the stock front bolt was very loose on powertube compared with the JCS Redhot powertube + Hexadecagon bolt. I only got it because my stock powertube broke, but I think its a good investment.

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I would like to see the same test, but with the Apex. Just to see if infact at 100 feet and a high rate of fire, is the Apex more accurate? Thanks and nice work!

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IF YOU CAN`T TAKE THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!!

I can tell you this. I have a Palmer brass barrel, HPA tank, and Dead-On front bolt/power tube. Man is my marker spot on! I can literally put paint on paint in long consistent strings with this thing from 30-40' out. It’s rather quite remarkable. And this is while using a RT on full auto sweet spot mode while standing up! No prone or putting the gun in a vice either.

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'07 Proto Matrix Rail (all composite changed to aluminum)
Dye Ultra-Lite frame
Dye Throttle 70/45 HPA tank
Deadlywind Carbon-Fiber barrel w/ SS Freak insert kit
Halo-B V35 board, Rip-Drive, & Bone boost battery pack

This is very interesting because I am looking for a new bolt. I was interested in the Wicked bolt but after your tests it seems that DOP is the way to go. Does this replace the cocking handle as well?

well, what this testing really does is raise the question: are new internals really worth the money for the little or no benefits they provide?

my answer is no. slight improvment if any usually isn't worth 30-50 dollars.

no, if you want stonger material parts like the metal powertubes from JCS, thats a little different. you are getting a stonger, longer lasting part. but still not really a preformance improvement.

no, the cocking handle is never a replacement part with any product i've seen.

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Air-Hog makes replacement/custom cocking levers.

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'07 Proto Matrix Rail (all composite changed to aluminum)
Dye Ultra-Lite frame
Dye Throttle 70/45 HPA tank
Deadlywind Carbon-Fiber barrel w/ SS Freak insert kit
Halo-B V35 board, Rip-Drive, & Bone boost battery pack

I'm sure you heard it many times before, but for all the work you did, THANKYOU... you just saved me $20 or more......

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Great Study, great information. Thanks. Keep up the good work.

I would like to see a slight revisit to this experiment so that the Orange Howitzer bolt can be added to the statistics.

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