226 - Excessive gas usage

[T_A_N_K]

I currently have this setup on my TM P226.

Creation metal slide and Outer barrel
PDI 6.01 Inner Barrel
PDI Piston head
Guarder Loading Nozzle
Guarder 150% recoil spring

My one mag is stock so no high flow valves. I get about 25 good shots + 2/3 weak shots out of one mag. Im not sure if anyone else has experience but I find the blue taller propane canisters are a bit higher in pressure than the green coleman ones.

We can try a FPS and mileage comparison with the high flows and stock mags at ATQ3 Tys.

[m102404]

Ok...so a little progress. I swapped out most of what I could to return the pistol to "stock" format. It's still in the guarder kit and it's still has the enhanced recoil spring/bearing guide rod.

- filed down the two screws that pin the rear sight/chamber block and slide together. They were a little long and bottomed out in the sight. The result was a bit of looseness (?) with the block/sight. Now it's tight and nothing moves that shouldn't.
- kept the nine-ball red alum piston head...but swapped in a smaller o-ring. The nozzle now moves freely back and forth...maybe a bit too loose...I'll work on that later.
- swapped out the metal (firefly? it's gold) power bulb and enhanced spring with the stock plastic bulb and spring.
- swapped out the hiflow valves and rebuilt the mags with stock valves.
- swapped out the enhanced hammer spring for the stock one.

Result:
- I now get 20-21 shots per mag...with a couple of weak dry fires still left. Nice.
- The rear sight/chamber block doesn't loosen up after a mag or two...nice.
- Trigger pull is a lot lighter in comparison to the enhanced mainspring...nice, but I kind of liked the heavy DA pull
- one of the fill valves of one of the mags is a little funky...the mag is not full when gas starts to "burp" when filling. I'll pull the valve and test it later. I only get 15 or so shots out of that mag/partial fill.

So, now that it's working a bit better...I'll chrony and then change out one part at a time and see what the practical effect is.

Pistols are neat...frustrating, but a hell of a lot of fun.

[m102404]

Quick update.

With the config as is (previous post). The pistol is shooting quite nicely. Accuracy is at "combat level", acceptable for skirmishing/CQB. I bought a 4th mag (NIB TM) and I'm glad to say that all the used mags perform just as well as the new one.

I fitted a real Hogue one-piece grip. It took a bit of work but it's working out nicely.

Added a real Blackhawk Serpa and MOLLE S.T.R.I.K.E platform and it's quite nice.

I put it all through it's paces at the ATQ3 and it performed really well (my aim and pistol skills leave something to be desired...but the pistol worked well!)