sokoban
07-23-2005, 05:19 PM
I played paintball a lot in the mid 90's when AGD and WGP were really it as far as "high-end" markers were concerned. I had always been a cocker guy myself, but I recently picked the game again and bought a new (to me) ULE Mag. Honestly, if the mag had been like this in the 90's they would have cleaned up the tournament circuit. I recently noticed though that nobody really makes mag parts any more. I wanted to see if there would be any interest in some of these parts if I were to get some made up for myself.
Hardlines. Venom used to make them, and so did Doc Nickel. I am going to look into making custom hardlines for mags with a built in Slidecheck and quick disconnect for degassing and field stripping the marker. I would probably want to have markers sent to me for fitting because though hardlines are sexy, they always were a bit of a chore to get working right.
Warp feed tubes. My new mag came with a warp and I love it, except for the plasic piece that slides on the marker''s feed tube. It doesn't fit correctly. I would like to make a clamping end for the warp feed's plastic tube so it won't slip off the marker's feed tube. IMO, the warp should have come from the factory with something like that.
A warp/egg combo body. The warp is really nice. That and the "egg" loader sure are a step up from the VL2000's we had in my day. All together, that's 3 9 volt batteries that can go dead just to feed the gun. What I want to do is make a mold for a combined warp/egg feeder. It sounds like a real PITA, but if I could replace the 3 9v batteries with a bank of rechargables that are regulated down to drive the warp and the egg, and run them both off an Intellifeed, that would be worth it to me. only 1 set of batteries, 1 on/off switch, 1 intellifeed, and 1 power-on LED.
New sear. Luke's sear mod seems like an interesting idea. With the level 10 and ULT, it seems like the sear will wear down a lot slower. People used to mod their sears, but there was so much sear wear then that it often caused problems. I was thinking something along the lines of a beveled face, TiN coated sear with a mod similar to what luke is doing built in. Ravi used to have a mag with a TiN sear, but I don't think they make such a thing any more.
So, is there any interest in any of these parts?
Hardlines. Venom used to make them, and so did Doc Nickel. I am going to look into making custom hardlines for mags with a built in Slidecheck and quick disconnect for degassing and field stripping the marker. I would probably want to have markers sent to me for fitting because though hardlines are sexy, they always were a bit of a chore to get working right.
Warp feed tubes. My new mag came with a warp and I love it, except for the plasic piece that slides on the marker''s feed tube. It doesn't fit correctly. I would like to make a clamping end for the warp feed's plastic tube so it won't slip off the marker's feed tube. IMO, the warp should have come from the factory with something like that.
A warp/egg combo body. The warp is really nice. That and the "egg" loader sure are a step up from the VL2000's we had in my day. All together, that's 3 9 volt batteries that can go dead just to feed the gun. What I want to do is make a mold for a combined warp/egg feeder. It sounds like a real PITA, but if I could replace the 3 9v batteries with a bank of rechargables that are regulated down to drive the warp and the egg, and run them both off an Intellifeed, that would be worth it to me. only 1 set of batteries, 1 on/off switch, 1 intellifeed, and 1 power-on LED.
New sear. Luke's sear mod seems like an interesting idea. With the level 10 and ULT, it seems like the sear will wear down a lot slower. People used to mod their sears, but there was so much sear wear then that it often caused problems. I was thinking something along the lines of a beveled face, TiN coated sear with a mod similar to what luke is doing built in. Ravi used to have a mag with a TiN sear, but I don't think they make such a thing any more.
So, is there any interest in any of these parts?