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Old November 26th, 2007, 18:24   #15
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Originally Posted by ILLusion View Post
This issue only happened with the first generation of Hi-Capa 5.1s. Since then, Marui has corrected the design with a cupped design rather than an o-ring, and as a result, the chance of an o-ring blowout is pretty much nil... because there isn't an o-ring anymore. :P

The same design is used on all 4.3s and P226s.
Oh well, it gives everyone that buys a used one a heads up that this issue does happen, and that it's fixable, and not the "end of the world" (aka. $100s in parts) if the gun stops working due to the issue.
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