Electronic Hopper Prob

Electronic Hopper Prob im having problems with my hopper

#1 Bert

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Posted 06 October 2007 - 08:33 PM

I went to Bastion Paintball a couple weeks ago to go get an electronic hopper for my gun. I got it tested it out and it worked fine, or so we thought. About 5 days later I went to TNT and brought it. About halfway into the day we had some problems. The hopper started cutting my paintballs . It turned out that instead of a constant whiring the the hopper made when turned on, instead, it made individual whiring noises that werent right. I looked inside and saw that it jams on a paintball and keeps hacking at it till it breaks. So I took all the paintballs out and still it seemed to jam, anyone know what to do?

#2 5MinuteMajor

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Posted 06 October 2007 - 09:24 PM

I'm sure if you pop back into Bastion they could figure it out for you.

What type of hopper?
Is it actually breaking paint inside the hopper or is the paint breaking in the gun?

#3 timberlake

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Posted 06 October 2007 - 09:38 PM

ya im gunna have to agree with "5MinuteMajor" on this one...just of the top of my head it sounds like its either your gun or depending on the style of hopper it could be some eye issues. but i would have to see it in order to give any quotable advice so bring it on down to bastion with your recipt of sale and we would be happy to take a look.

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 12:51 PM

ok thanks for the help, by the way it was breaking in the hopper not the gun.

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 09:36 PM

It would help if you told us what hopper it was.

#6 Tekk

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Posted 07 October 2007 - 11:13 PM

By the noises you're describing, I'm assuming it might be a new VL Eye Force? If the paint is brittle, this may be a *big* part of the problem? Bring it in on Wednesday or Friday and I'll check it out for you.

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Posted 13 October 2007 - 11:36 AM

QUOTE(Tekk @ Oct 8 2007, 12:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I returned it a couple day ago and got some store credit for it, I was told to wait a bit because there getting some other electronic hoppers that are cheeper but are more reliable, I'll check em out when they come in. Thanks for the help anyway