I tried polishing over the damage but it just gets worse. Ill just have the shop replace it

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A5 basic, polished internals :: E-grip (W.A.S. board) :: M249 SAW stock :: 14" J&J ceramic barrel :: low-profile X7 hopper :: Pure Energy remote line w/ slide check :: Pure Energy 48CU / 3000psi tank :: Flurry Industries Ultraback Emissary vest olive :: OPSGEAR specops gloves :: V-Force Grill reverse olive

I have pretty much the same thing in the same area. I think during the casting there was void in that area. It looks like they filled it in and then bored it out. My 2 cents on that area is that since the part that moves in that area is plastic I wouldnt worry about it too much. It will eventually seat it self correctly after some wear.

You say your polishing made it worse. How are you polishing it ? are you following the curvature of the area evenly

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Speedball; choice of the Ritalin generation !

Ive used the Brillo methode from front to back, but it looks like the 'filled' part is a little frail and crumbles away, leaving the marks as you can see on the picture.

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A5 basic, polished internals :: E-grip (W.A.S. board) :: M249 SAW stock :: 14" J&J ceramic barrel :: low-profile X7 hopper :: Pure Energy remote line w/ slide check :: Pure Energy 48CU / 3000psi tank :: Flurry Industries Ultraback Emissary vest olive :: OPSGEAR specops gloves :: V-Force Grill reverse olive

well if it is crumbling away ! then you may as well call Tippmann up and have them replace it. Just that half. They may want you to ship it out to them first , dont know ..

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Speedball; choice of the Ritalin generation !

Im Dutch, so shipping it to them is not an option for me because its my main (and only ) marker, that would cost me about 3-4 weeks. Ill have the shop take a look at it and come up with a solution.

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A5 basic, polished internals :: E-grip (W.A.S. board) :: M249 SAW stock :: 14" J&J ceramic barrel :: low-profile X7 hopper :: Pure Energy remote line w/ slide check :: Pure Energy 48CU / 3000psi tank :: Flurry Industries Ultraback Emissary vest olive :: OPSGEAR specops gloves :: V-Force Grill reverse olive

Mine is also like that. I just just polished over it and everything is good as stated above.

i did this last night!! also the first time i stripped my marker! but everything went off perfectly!! awesome stuff!! thank you for the sweet walk-through!!

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I just did this mod and i'm seriously impressed with the smoothness of the dryfire cycling. But I have a question.

When I moving the gun around i heard a knocking sound. Coming from my marker. I checked alll the pushpins and screws and all were tight. I opened the back of my A-5 and I felt the rear bolt. I could move it from side to side with my finger. Not extreme movement but enough to be heard. Is this normal for home polished markers? I used the sandpaper method and I'm wondering if i took too much off!

Will this affect the performance of my marker?

See pix of before on the right and polished on the left:

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Tippmann A-5
16 in Tippmann Sniper barrel
pen spring hair trigger mod
polished internals

and still adding....

Cheers for that one, have tried similar techniques like this meself many a times before, but with rather limited success....

thanks for the useful info. I just finished up and am very excited about giving it a try

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A-5 With Remote, 20oz Tank, Harness, 32*16" Night Stick Barrel, Non Air-Thru Dogleg Stock,
Polished Internals, Ball Point Pen Trigger Spring Mod