I own an early sample restored Indy and have a tech question for you guys:
When I shoot the middle shot to lock a ball (behind the drop targets), the ball sometimes gets rejected and seems to hit the metal curve and bounce right back out.
It doesn't happen all the time, but perhaps about a quarter of the shots.

I previously owned a regular production IJ in the past and the ball always entered in smoothly never bouncing out or getting rejects.

I have applied some felt in the curved metal guide to see if that will cushion the shot a bit, however, it hasn't made much of a difference.
Any chance this could be an infrequent issue which only happens on sample/prototype models?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Thanks for the feedback.
My drop targets appear flush with the pf and there doesn't appear to be anything deflecting the ball on entry. I also don't have a cliffy installed in that drop target area either.

It's really an odd type of problem as the shot seems to require much more precision than my previous IJ or others I have played.

Also, for anyone that owns a Sample or Prototype IJ, I'm curious if they're experiencing the same bounce outs?
Thanks!

I don't recall there being much if any wiggle room on the guide rail- it's pretty rigid/tight in that area with little space for adjustments with the current hardware.
The ball seems to literally hit the back of the guide rail and come straight out. Again, not on all shots just infrequently.
Thanks for the feedback.

Beelzeboob, my Indy is also an extremely high end restored game- I wonder if in the re-assembly of the parts that something didn't get positioned 100% properly for both of our pins.

Thanks for letting me know if you're able to adjust the angle on the guide rail- when I've closely eyeballed the area, there seems to be very little 'give' in that space. I'm going to take another look this weekend as well.

Djshakes and Vireland, are you guys referring to the mode hole scoop?
If so, this isn't my issue as my scoop works near perfect. However, that often does take some extra tweaking as well.

My problem and I believe Beezleboob's, is that we are getting bounce outs from the ball hitting the metal middle ball guide (in the area leading to locking the balls behind the drop targets). The angle of that piece I guess is somehow off.