Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-28036679-20160409042256/@comment-27306930-20160411214704

I removed the ARs a month or so ago and it made no difference. That's when I more or less gave up on it. But it turns out there were two issues really, the lube in the plunger tube was tacky, so the plunger action was slow. I don't know if that's a common problem with older blasters, but this Mav is probably 10 years old, and has sat idle for a long time.

The second problem was the spring. I'm willing to bet it was stored while primed for several years. The spring was mush. When I doubled it up, that old Mav really came back to life. I'm still not wild about the Mav's trigger action, but hey, it's working. Christmas in April :-)