[StealthLogics]

i used evil for the first and last time this weekend i bought 2 cases and there were consisantley breaking in the pods and hoppers i couldnt beleive how much trouble i was having with the luxe ego and etek it was a nitemare

[pbkidminion]

Okay?

And if you were playing in really cold weather, it didn't help. Make sure you fill your pods correctly, they should not have any noise when you shake a pod. Don't underbore too much. Turn the tension settings on your hopper down. Evil is designed to break really easy, but you have to take measure to ensure its breaking on your opponent.

[Necrogen98]

What kind of loader are you using? If it has tension settings then you need to turn these down when using Evil and other super-brittle paint. Also if it is cooler than about 75F it gets even more fragile.

If the guns are breaking the paint as well then you may need to bring the dwell up a bit.

[Tabris17]

Originally Posted by pbkidminion

Okay?

And if you were playing in really cold weather, it didn't help. Make sure you fill your pods correctly, they should not have any noise when you shake a pod. Don't underbore too much. Turn the tension settings on your hopper down. Evil is designed to break really easy, but you have to take measure to ensure its breaking on your opponent.

That right there. Evil is extremely brittle/thin shelled paint. Cold weather makes it even more brittle on top of what it normally is. If the temperature starts dipping low don't use evil, it will give you problems like you are having.

[StealthLogics]

I have a rotor can, you turn the tension down

[StealthLogics]

And it was 50 degrees when I played

[pbkidminion]

Yes you can turn the tension down on a rotor, I can't remember how, but it's a screw that you need to turn in or out.

[EvilPimp_]

Originally Posted by StealthLogics

And it was 50 degrees when I played

That's your problem right there. Try to keep your paint warm, and use a thicker shelled paint. Try winter paint if you can. you can test how brittle paint is by dropping a few balls from chest height onto the sidewalk or parking lot. if it breaks, then it's pretty brittle.

[pbkidminion]

Originally Posted by sammy0405

ok so i picked up some ultra evil from world cup and took it out today to shoot a little and had about 5-10 breaks out of 500 balls. my dm11 is at all stock settings with a stock bolt. the only upgrade is a virtue board. i use a v3 rotor and a 68/4500 ninja tank normal reg. i was using .688 bore UL. any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

Originally Posted by bigd11287

Are you in florida? If so I know a lot of guys were saying that the evil was .692-.694 bore or something like that. Underboring that much is probably the cause.

Originally Posted by grss429

Brittle paint is awesome, I've shot paint where you drop it from your knees and it breaks.. now that is some brittle ****.., Just tune your DM, up the dwell, lower LPR.

As far as bore sizes Yes most of the time you can but with brittle paint you more or less have to over bore it

Originally Posted by grss429

That should work great..

Try a 692 bore. (although a 688 should work.. if it isn't too tight)

Originally Posted by JAKELEVY

Stock board settings? I have virtue in all of my DM's and I increase the ball in place setting from 5 to 7. It does not slow your gun down but it helps make sure the ball is all the way down before the bolt cycles. Is your rotor putting to much pressure on the ball stack? you can reduce the tension on that as well.

Originally Posted by bunkerking_13

Have you double checked your detents as well? There is an allen key screw on your Rotors battery pack.

Originally Posted by ColtonP

If the silver allen screw on the right side of your battery pack of your Rotor is not flush, your rotor tension may be too high. Also it is good to check that your detents depress when you press on them, making sure there isn't debris or anything not letting them move.

Originally Posted by grss429

Firstly did you try the new settings? and yes, there is a few reason it could chop..

A; your detends have a SPUR on them or they're really hard to depress.

B; rotor tension is too high forcing the balls "stack" and then double feed.

C; your eye pipe is cracked or has a bur on it causing it to break the ball

This is how you adjust your rotor tension

I would just make it flush then... turn the screw 1 1/2 turns OUT

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThYZgjNoaqw

Here's some posts from a thread in the dm forum, they may help you find the problem.

[EvilPimp_]

Originally Posted by StealthLogics

consisantley breaking in the pods and hoppers

Don't think it was the gun, and I don't think he was using a DM. Looks like he couldn't even get the paint into the breech in one piece.

[Mr Idiot Box]

With tournament grade paint you have to be careful with how you pack your pods. You could have been packing them two tight and or to loose. Especially if its cold. Thats why they make winter fill/shelled paint. Also some times you can get a bad batch however Evil is usually pretty consistent, but you never know. Sometimes you need to adjust your playing style in the cold. Load slower don't let your hopper go completely empty, no hard dives and overbore. Or buy winter fill and have at it.

[StealthLogics]

I was shooting a luxe 2.0

[Harribo]

It is a bad idea to use tournament paint in the cold. 50 is not that bad but tornament paint can get very brittle in that temp. Deff not the gun causing troubles.

Rather shoot some medium or hard shelled paint as everyone is saying. I have shot dxs gold in that temp and it worked out great. Broke on everything but not in the pods or in the marker/barrel.

Every batch will be different and even if had luck with dxs gold, others may not. Its a risk.

[r90t]

Was this evil or ultra evil?? Evil has a tougher shell, more like marbs or premium. Ultra evil is a thin eggshell which will definitely be affected with really cold weather.

I used evil in Washington in the winter without issues.

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[Japy]

paint shells start to ''freeze'' around 55F.. you definitely will have a very difficult time shooting evil under 60. However it is possible.

Just this weekend i shot 3/4 of a case of Ultra Evil and it was 30F outside.. i was only able to do that because all night before hand i had the paint by my fireplace. the paint was slightly squishy when i removed it from the house (very warm) and placed it into a cooler with a freshly filled hot water bottle. If i took too many pods and faced with my back to the wind the paint would chill too much and become wayyy too brittle.

we played a tourney a few months back and tried to shoot ultra in the morning and it wouldnt survive the acceleration to 300fps until we put it in a car, on the dash with the heater going.

keep in mind that tourney paint shells are designed to be brittle in 90F temps and high humidity.. Winter blends like Polar Ice (premium designed for cold) are what you should be using sub 55F.

[mister2driver]

So the people that sold you the paint didn't advise you on how brittle the shells will be in too cold weather.



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