Fidragon BBs

[broken-RS-]

Has anyone else had issues when using Fidragon BBs? I haven't seen much posted on FDs, so I'm curious if I've just got a bad batch, if my mags are finicky, or what.


I picked up a bag of Fidragon .25s and ran them through my hicap no problem. When I've tried them in my midcaps, they jam every time. I've compared them to some other BBs I have and they are CONSIDERABLY smaller than the others I've used. They're just small enough that 2 of them can squeeze side by side inside the mag and jam. Once the first 2 jam, the rest seem to follow suit.

In case you're wondering, I'm running KA aug midcaps. These mags feed perfectly fine with other BBs I've tried, and jam constantly with the FDs.

[kustom]

I Hate Fidragon's. I never used them, except at one op, they were all they had for sale, and they jammed every gun I used them in. Save them for an M203 shell or something they can't fuck up, like throwing them at people.

Get you some Excel/TSD/STealth BB's. Basically, whatever Young's in GR carries, I've never had a jam with that. \

BTW, gas gun them or throw them out. Don't fuck up a good gun by using crappy ammo. Seriously.

[Casper]

I'm having the same problem as you. I regret that I bought 2 bags of it and in the midcaps and shotgun shell I have it is just jammed pack. I'm so pissed with it that I just run it in the M249's boxmag and fire away. I noticed these bbs only works with highcaps and anything spring loaded mag it'll just jammed. Compared to my other bbs the Fidragon is not as slick as the Madbull or Tsd bb.

I was promised that the Fidragon BBs were better than the Madbull 0.25g that I've been running and I rather use the 20 dollar bill to wipe my ass than buying these Fidragon bbs again.


Using the M249 the hopup was set nicely with the Madbull 0.25g and the shot is consistent. When shoot it with the Fidragon consistency range and shot when out the windows. Lost some range and accuracy is shitty. Doesn't matter how precise I turn the hopup knob I can't get it to shoot how i want it while he Madbull bb took less than 50 shot to get it set perfectly and consistent. Should of save some to measure their diameter to see if they are within at least +/- 0.01mm or not.

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Casper:
I'm guessing they're quite a bit more than .01mm-- given the fact that if you put a FD in your hand and another brand, you can see that the FDs are smaller.

I just did a little measuring experiment. I know it's not going to be terribly accurate, but here it is: I laid out 20 FDs along a tailor's tape using a straight edge to keep them as in-line as possible. The first set read 11.9 cm, so they'd be 5.95mm. The second time, using a different set of 20, gave me 11.85cm, for a 5.92mm BB diameter. Using 30 gave me 17.85cm, for 5.95mm. Now, I'm not saying this is by any means perfect, but the best I could do with stuff I had.

kustom:
Thanks for the advice. I won't bother with them then. I'll just give them to my little brother to use in his Meijer specials he uses around the house.

[koulaid]

Me and my friends use fidragon .25 bb's. They feed fine in our hi-caps and mid-caps. You just have to lube your mid-cap before use so they don't jam. I use them in my echo1 midcaps and they feed flawless. I have used around 10,000 bb's and only a couple jams.

[BoredKender]

A couple jams within 10k rounds is inexcusable. I have ran 200K rounds or so of TSD and never had a jam.

[koulaid]

A couple jams in the mag doesn't really bother me since i can just hit it with my hand and it'll unjam. Never had a jam inside the gun/hopup though.

So like 2-3 jams for 10,000 bb's is not bad at all for what it's worth.

[Dirtdiver-RS-]

I put the FiDragons in a Madbull tight bore and they rattle like crazy! Put some BB Kings in there and they didn't rattle. I don't think it was the one in a million FiDragon goof up either. The Madbull wasn't that "tight", but that's for another thread.