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Originally Posted by highny
Here is a question(a bit off topic):
How long are the parts usually good for?
For AEG, I heard that after a few ten thousand rounds, it's a good time to change the hop up rubber and bucking. After 2-3 hop up replacement, it's good to change the inner barrel... Between the first and 2nd hop up change, check the internal like piston and combustion portion of the internal...
So what about bolt actions? How long/often do you check for/replace parts? Also maintenance would be after every game(clean inner barrel) instead of every other game or so?
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Honestly, I just replace anything as it's breaking...
But obviously you don't have to change out parts as fast as an aeg, but it really depends what kind of parts you've upgraded from.
I'm running all laylax internals for my cylinder/trigger and I will definitely not be replacing any of that for a couple of years...
Using a sorbo pad/cylinder head dampeners really does a great job of reducing the wear and tear on your piston.
As for the hopup, I've went through 2 already, I usually replace my hopup... guesstimating every 12000 rounds or so.
And my stock barrel lasted me about 18 months... it sucked from the start, but kept bending and getting filled with crap, because for a while I was using madbull bb's.
I've been running my PDI 6.01 554mm tightbore for a couple of months, with bioval bb's and haven't noticed any wear on the barrel, the only thing that comes out when I clean it is a tiny bit of lube that found it's way in from my cylinder head, that's why I take more care now in cleaning my cylinder head regularly, and not over lubing the cylinder.
Bolt Actions are fairly simple when it comes to maintenance.
Every few games I strip the gun and clean the barrel, clean the hopup bucking, check cylinder compression, clean off excess grease from cylinder head. I take careful heed that no lube from the outside of the cylinder makes it's way into my hopup. I'll also use an air compressor and blow all the dirt out of my mags, usually there's crap dirt in there.