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Re: Drop Targets not Dropping
« on: August 07, 2011, 11:50:38 PM »

Repro drop targets are made of a different plastic composition. Originals were more rigid. Repro have more flex and absorb contact.

There's a few things you can try ;

As Daniel advises - Move the assembly a little more forward - this will improve the frequency of the target dropping.

What I do is really simple - Stretch the rubber behind the targets, or go to a lower size - so it stretches more and the target won't bounce off the rubber. My Paragon had this exact problem. I fixed it by stretching the rubber (which makes the rubber thinner) behind the targets and leaving the slack on the other side of the posts. There's a school of thought that rubbers produced today are slightly thicker than factory. I don't beleive this completely, but I have seen some rubbers that are definitely thicker.
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