New CA 249 MKII Issues
 

One of my friends just receive is CA 249 today. It was a little late to shoot it outside (around 10 pm) so we decided to shoot some BB inside to see what this beast was able to do. We put around 400 BB in the CA minimi box mag. First I do a 2 sec burst, "WOW! amazing ROF". Lets see another 2 sec burst, "Man this thing rock!". Afther this two short burst, my friend ask me to do a longer burts (around 5 sec.) to see if the box mag was feeding properly when suddenly...BOOM! Nothing was coming out of the gun. The motor was turning and we can hear the gear too but nothing else... I oppened the mechbox to discover that the four last tooth of the piston was no more... :banghead: . I think we will have to test it outside another day :cry: .

By the way, sorry for my bad english.

i guess that's what PGC meant when CA stole/copied their V2 design and that it had a major flaw in it. supposed to be fixed in a PGC V3 and i bet CA will steal the design again

OUCH. Piston shreddies.

Is it similar to a standard AEG piston?

Mine did the same thing when I first got it, just replace it with a stock piston and you won't have a problem with it.

Yes Madmax, it's similar to a standard piston.

well, at least that's an easy part to replace. It'd suck if you needed a CA M249 piston.

what battery do you use? do not use 9.6V or you'll easily shred piston or gears.

People have been having mixed success. Some are working great and some need the internals replaced or tuned up. Sounds like standard CA problems. Nothing to really worry about.

Other then the fact your dropping 1600 for a gun that should last a while. But hell its way better then a TOP m249

hate to jack threads, but which retailer did you go went through to get your CA249? or your friends for that matter?

Unfortunately other then say TM most manufacturers seem to use the clients as the testers.

Demand is so high for new guns they rush them out the door with very little testing.

The good thing is they copied TOP and PGC so most the R&D is there. Its just they use shitty internals or slap em together badly.

guess i'm not the only one with the exact same problem
9.6V large batt put in, less than 5 min into a game, all
i was getting, the sound of motor turning..talking about CA quality:confused:
at least overall quality is more than satisfactory

:-D pics please!

from what i read, the majority of the CAM249s have the piston problem. pull them and toss in a stock marui piston. works fine.

CA internals have always been known to be "iffy". Some people have been successful with stock CA internals, while most others don't. My CA MP5 stock internals lasted me 2 years. While my CA M4 died right out of the box. :p

Good thing about this M249 is the fact the internal parts are easily found and replaceable.

Good to know I have a TM piston just sitting here waiting to go in it! :-)