Sweet tip! I'm thinking about doing this.

So, does one polish the internal components as well? Also, I notice a little (for lack of a better word) "corrosion" inside the rear bolt. Is it recommended to polish this, or will that hurt anything?

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You mean like polishing the Rear Bolt, NO! You are just polishing the receiver halves.

As for the "corrosion" on the rear bolt; if it ain't broken, don't fix it. I wouldn't worry about it to much, unless it's been there for a while, then give Tippmann a call and they should send you out a new Rear Bolt.

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This procedure made me more comfortable taking apart my marker

Muchas gracias sr. Monitor! I just did this for the first time. The hardest part was putting it all back together, but I know... this was only how to polish the internals. Felt like a total tweaker. This whole board is just fantastic! Thanks again!

At the end of 29 pages I was amped and ready to complete my first mod on my A-5 I have been using for about 1 year.. I went to the shop where I purchased my marker just to get a second (248th?) opinion and the owner stated this mod is waste of time, will ruin the gun, won't make a difference, the markers are designed to work fine with the overspray and I should just switch to HPA. Needless to say I need some encouragement about performing this mod and want to know if anyone has had any major problems? From what I have read there are mostly positives and the negatives were just assumptions. I like the idea of a quieter, more efficient marker. I do not play enough to spend the $ on HPA, and I think the tanks are too bulky. Sorry for the novel for my first post and thanks for this thread. I just need some feedback on a possible $60 gamble ( as the owner put it) to buy new halves for my A-5. Thanks

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The shop owner has apparently never done this before, or he's one of the EXTREMELY few who have had non-standard results of this mod. Millions of players have done this, and maybe 30-45 of them have had results so bad that they had to replace the receiver halves.

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Exactly!

It seems as if the shop owner that you spoke to does not have much experience with this mod. I have done it to about 5 markers using the brillo method and it has made all 5 more efficient with no problems at all. If you use the brillo pad method I would say your chances of ruining your marker are nearly impossible.

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lol, I just saw this on the main forum page, and I finally got reminded of what I was gonna do. But I guess i can't do it at 2:30 in the morning

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