Troubleshooting an autococker

[Thalion]

I've got an interesting situation now that I got the microline needed to reconnect the pneumatics.

My autococker cannot recock itself. I can manually pull the cocking rod back, and it will stay in the locked back position. However, when the recock cycle is activated, the cocking rod does not lock back.

The back block moves the same distance manually as it does on the recock cycle, but the movement just doesn't lock the cocking rod.

Any ideas?

[Edgar]

You need to set the hammer sear screw.pull the bolt,put your allen wrench in the little hole in the top of you marker,rear side of the feedneck,all the way past your removed bolt into the sear screw,turn it clockwise just barely,to much will screw up the timming.
if you need more help,i'll be at Splattag for the end of month game.Just find the Wildbunch guy's ask for Edgar,i'll be glad to help,or PM me

[Foster]

There are three pieces to the cycle.

Sear Catch: This is what Edgar described, it is adjusting the length of the lug on the striker that catches on the sear. Too long and there is major friction that results in hard cocking:p. Too short and the lug never catches the sear.
Somewhere in there you will find a short crisp trigger pull, I do this step without air at first.

4-Way: With a short pull for sear release, use the rest of the trigger pull length for pulling the 4-Way. By adjusting the length of the 4-Way rod shorter or longer you attempt to make the recock start as close behind the sear release as possible.

You may need to touch up the sear catch adjustment as you do the 4-
Way.

Also if you have adjustments for trigger pull length & such, this is the time to set them up to be long enough to pull the 4-Way without wasted travel. Carefull going too short as back yard performance is not always the same as in game performance.

Back Block: Spinning the back block in or out adjusts the space between it and the body. It also affects the back blocks pull on the cocking rod, as a rule of thumb you want a tiny bit of space between them.

The ultimate result is "suction timed"
This is when the recocking action follows the sear release so fast,That as air is still blowing down the barrel...The next ball is being sucked into the breech.
Test it with cotton balls or a tissue over the feedneck.