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dawump
10-17-2001, 09:40 AM
A while back there was a thread about how to make a foregrip for the Mag, well I experimented and here it is.

The secret is the vertical bottle adapter. Get yourself one of these on ebay for $10 and you are in business. I like to carry one anyway just incase I have to switch to CO2 in an emergency.

The thread in this that receives the tank is standard 1/2 inch. There are SO many things that will screw straight into this that the options are limitless.

I took my Automag down to Ace Hardware last night. My favorite forward grip was a chrome shower head, but I think I might get some comments about that on the field ;-)

Options include:

- iron, copper and brass plumbing fixtures
- chrome bathroom fixtures ( including short threaded chrome pipes )
- PVC sprinkler pipes ( including a grey PVC that matches the Automag body well )

In the end I found a molded plastic tube which is round with 4 protruding ridges that they gave me for free. They think it was one section of many in a colapsable handle for a lawn fertilizer trolley that had been returned.

I still think that shower head kicked *** though.

Before cutting this thing to length I decided to fire some paint through it and found that THIS length is GREAT! It feels very natural to hold it nearer the bottom and lever the tank up into my body.. VERY SOLID.

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Keith

TheTramp
10-17-2001, 03:22 PM
It looks good but I don't think I could deal with a fore grip that long. My grip is only around 5 1/2" long. Only as long as my hand.

dawump
10-17-2001, 03:34 PM
I'm finding that I hold it at the bottom of the grip which is why I havn't cut it (yet). I'll see how it feels - but actually I find it more comfortable to hold it near the bottom rather than the top. It allows me to tuck my elbows in better.

alf
10-17-2001, 10:08 PM
showerhead!!! i love it!

was it one of those flexible-hose ones???