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Old September 19th, 2011, 21:39   #7
Huron
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I'm pretty sure it's to do with slide play, because as the slide moves it gets tilted up on one side which causes the blowback unit to separate from the magazine, leaking gas. The other consequence is that either the slide fails to push down the little nub (shooter's left side of the hammer assembly) to reset the valve knocker, or does not reach it at all due to gas leakage, thus venting all the gas.

Solution: What I did involved loctite and paper, gluing successive strips together to very gradually space the slide rails and underside of the slide until I got it to work [mine also had auto-firing "issues" (only an issue because of the propane stench, pretty cool otherwise)]. Or, if you value the time you have on this earth, pick up a TM and never look back.
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