UTG m3 misfeeding?

[a1 (Babez)]

Hey, everyone, I'm writing this for a freind who has this problem.

My freind and I both own UTG m3's. Overall, nice gun. Only problem, is his shotty will shoot inconsistantly.

His shotty will shoot only 1 round.... 2 rounds.... 1-2 rounds again.... then 3 rounds, per pump. I told him to get some silicone oil, or lithium grease and lube-up his "shells", and the loading chamber so the right amount of BB's would feed consistantly. After firinig it some more, still the same problem. Now I don't know how much grease/lubricant he put in his shells, but when I had a similiar problem, it worked just fine for me.

We are planning to go to Farmington CQB tommorrow with these replicas, so any quick tips/pro-fixes would be nice. We are planning to check it out at the game sight or before we leave with the help of others. I personally think it could be that the nozzles arnet lubed enough, and arent letting the bb's in, or the mags just suck.

For all of you who don't regocnize who I'm talking about, he's the kid with the 2X scope and bi-pod on his mP5 RIS at No Limits last summer.

[TheEnd]

I have one and it does the same thing. Mine is old as hell and I bought it used. When I press up on the shell when I pump it (missing the door) it will load fine. If I don't, it only feeds 1 or 2. I took it apart, re lubed it and put it back together and no luck. The internals were fine.

If I had to guess I would say there is a problem with the shell and the loading nozzle. Maybe a seam or mold line that isn't letting it open the shells stopper. The tri-nozzles won't cause a feeding problem unless they are broken. The loading arm is known to chip and let in more than 3 bbs, which would cause damage to the nozzles. As long as it has never been double pumped I would say it's safe to assume it is a shell/loading nozzle problem.

FWIW I also have a TSD 1014. I used brand new out of the box UTG shells in both it and the M3. The 1014 feeds fine and the M3 does not, even using the same shell. That makes me think the problem is in the M3 loading nozzle. I haven't gotten around to checking the M3 nozzle yet, so I can only assume.