Thread: When to shim??
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Old January 2nd, 2015, 08:33   #1
MaritimeManiac
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: PEI, CANADA
When to shim??

I've been looking into cracking the GB on my cm16 R8-l for the first time to see how everything looks on the inside but before I did I was hoping to get some answers.
This would be my first time shimming an airsoft GB, although I've rebuilt 4 stroke engines and such, so as long as I take my time I should be able to handle it.
Just curious when shimming should be done? How well shimmed do they come from the factory? From what I read the R8-L is the gun to buy as far as reliability and performance go for the combat machine line of guns and price range, so I shouldn't have to worry about doing too much to the innards too soon, but I've probably put almost 5000 bb's down it and I'd prefer to get preventative care done sooner then later so I'm not dropping everything on it at once when something breaks.
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Originally Posted by Kokanee View Post
That's excellent logic you're spinning there;

By the same reasoning, my car's gastank is "rated" for 40L, so I should be able to magically force 10% more gas in for 44L.
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