Burning smell coming from my rifle? :S

[Coski]

Hi everyone.

I was firing one of my guns today and when I did a 5 second burst on full auto a burning smell started coming from the gun? Its a Classic Army SA58 which has a v3 gearbox.

The gun worked fine afterwards, but I do get that burning smell whenever I use it with prolonged bursts on full auto.

My guess is the motor? Could anyone confirm? Does my motor need replacing?

[Panoptes]

Re: Burning smell coming from my rifle? :S

Could be the motor. Could also be the heat being generated is 'smoking-off' solder flux or grease in general. Likely nothing to worry about.

[ElZer0]

Re: Burning smell coming from my rifle? :S

yeah a bit of a smell isnt anything to worry about.... is the grip getting warm???

as in the gear box is not correctly shimmed and casusing he motor to work much harder?

[Coski]

Re: Burning smell coming from my rifle? :S

Nope grip is not heating up, just the smell.

So cheers guys. Didnt expect such a fast response! So by what you guys have said the smell should go after a while?

[Panoptes]

Re: Burning smell coming from my rifle? :S

It should subside, yep.

[Coski]

Re: Burning smell coming from my rifle? :S

Cheers bud .