Manual

BelowisabriefoverviewofwhathappenswhenyoufireyourGSL.

Thelocationofpartsdiscussedinthetextbelowcanbefoundon

pages68-69.

AssumingtheGSLisgassedupandturnedon

FIGURE27A

showsthe

markerinitsidleposition.Thefiringchamberisfullofcompressed

air,thepropshaftispushedbackintothebackcapbythis

compressedair.Theboltisheldbackbytheairintheboltcan.Both

thefiringchamberandtheboltcanaresuppliedwithairviathe

solenoidvalve.

Providingaballisinthebreachwhenthetriggerispulled,asignal

issenttothesolenoidvalvewhichshutsoffthesupplyofairtothe

firingchamberandallowstheairintheboltcantobeexhausted.

Thisremovestheforceholdingtheboltinitsrearpositionandthe

boltispropelledforwards

(FIGURE27B)

.

Astheboltpassesthefrontpropshafto-ringthefiringchamberseal

isbrokenandtheairinthefiringchamberventsdownthebolt,in

turnpropellingaball

(FIGURE27C)

Asairisventedfromthefiringchambertheforcepushingtheprop

shaftbackisovercomebythespringtensioninthebackcap.The

spring,alongwithasmallvolumeofairusedtopropelthepaintball

portedtotherearofthepropshaft,pushesthepropshaftforward.

Thefront14x2o-ringonthepropshaftsealsoffthefiringchamber

againsttheinsideofthebolt

(FIGURE27D)

.

Thelengthoftimetheboltremainsinthisforwardpositionis

dependantondwell.Whenthesolenoidhascompleteditsdwell

time,airisroutedbackintotheboltcanandpushestheboltback

towardsitsrearposition.Simultaneouslythefiringchamberisre-

filledthroughthesolenoidvalvetotheoperatingpressuresetbythe

userviatheinlineregulator,andthepropshaftispushedintoitsrear

positionbytheairpressureinsidethevalvechamber

(FIGURE27E)

.

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FIG27A

FIG27B

FIG27C

FIG27D

FIG27E

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