So the spade connectors on
the motor are in place – but
your gun remains dead
Unfortunately, at this point it is probably
something inside the gearbox and not a
quick fix.
Time to go to gun hospital.
The gun is working but no
BBs are coming out
Okay, so your AEG is turning
over nicely but not a single BB is
coming out of the barrel.
Before you start stripping the
gun down, check the magazine.
Firstly is there anything stuck in
the hole jamming the BBs?
If not, on top of almost every magazine,
low, mid or high-capacity, there is a small
spring clip that holds back the BBs that
should be under the pressure of the internal
magazine spring.
Pull this back. If you are suddenly
showered in BBs your magazine is fine, so
move onto the next possible problem.
If the BBs stay in the magazine though
you need to find out why. The most obvious
fault, if it is a high-capacity magazine, is that
you haven’t wound it up enough, or equally
you have overwound it.
If the magazine is overwound then
sometimes simply whacking it against your
leg will release the locked up internals. If
this does not seem to do the job it may
need to be opened up to release the jam.
Seek some advice before opening up any
magazine as they all dismantle in different
ways and have many internal parts.
So your magazine is feeding fine, but
no BBs are coming out of the barrel.
What now?
Time to see if you have a BB jammed in the
barrel.
Do not look down the barrel, even if you
are sure there is no magazine or battery in the
gun. This is good safety etiquette, as you never
know who may be watching you and could
copy your example with a loaded AEG.
A BB jam can generally be assessed by a
chug chug sound when you shoot your AEG,
this is the air trying to push the jam out of the
way.
A run through with your cleaning rod should
free the offending BB.
Preventing this fault is usually down to
keeping your barrel as clean as possible or
steering clear of inferior BB’s.
Hopefully, this quick guide will help to
resolve some of those frustrating shoot day
hazards and keep you on the field of battle. ■
048
January 2012