Caboose
03-22-2007, 11:24 PM
The AGD bolt design is taken by a company.
First was the "Boost Forward" by Proto/Dye on the new Rail.
"When the PMR is fired the solenoid is actuated and the air inside the can is exhausted out. This
causes the Bolt to start moving forward with the force created by the air inside the supply chamber.
Once the bolt has moved about half way forward the input into the supply chamber is closed and a
patent pending Boost™ feature is activated on the back. This gives the bolt an extra push forward
and makes sure the valve of the PMR is opened fast and efficiently. The secondary benefit of this
Boost™ feature is that on the initial part of the bolt movement the bolt pushes very gently against the
paintball inside the breach reducing ball breakage."
Second was just released. The "Zick Kit" on the SL-74 (PL SL-66 type for the 07 Ego).
"Still using the unique body-integrated sleeve design of the Ego7, the SL utilizes an all-new rammer shaft and rammer cap, and is called the Zick, or “Zero-Kick” Kit. The design of the Zick Kit offer two very important improvements over the previous design of Rammer and has been in development and testing for the past few months. The key areas of improvement are, reduced kick, and a more gentle acceleration of paintball in the breech. The way the Zick Kit works is by providing a reduced driving force to the rammer and bolt over the first few millimetres of travel on the extension stroke, and then using the same mechanism as a pneumatic damping system on the return stroke. By doing this the bolts initial acceleration is lower, and hence the force on the paintball is lower, during the start of the travel, and then increases once the bolt has started to move. This means the bolt can be far more gentle on the paint as it pushes it through the breech into the barrel. On the return stroke the rear of the rammer uses the same parts to create an “air cushion” to retard the speed of the rammer in a controlled manner rather than just stopping it by smacking it into a bumper.
Overall result? The Zick Kit allows you to shoot even more fragile paint with even fewer problems, and in the process produces less kick to keep those ropes of paint even more on target."
First was the "Boost Forward" by Proto/Dye on the new Rail.
"When the PMR is fired the solenoid is actuated and the air inside the can is exhausted out. This
causes the Bolt to start moving forward with the force created by the air inside the supply chamber.
Once the bolt has moved about half way forward the input into the supply chamber is closed and a
patent pending Boost™ feature is activated on the back. This gives the bolt an extra push forward
and makes sure the valve of the PMR is opened fast and efficiently. The secondary benefit of this
Boost™ feature is that on the initial part of the bolt movement the bolt pushes very gently against the
paintball inside the breach reducing ball breakage."
Second was just released. The "Zick Kit" on the SL-74 (PL SL-66 type for the 07 Ego).
"Still using the unique body-integrated sleeve design of the Ego7, the SL utilizes an all-new rammer shaft and rammer cap, and is called the Zick, or “Zero-Kick” Kit. The design of the Zick Kit offer two very important improvements over the previous design of Rammer and has been in development and testing for the past few months. The key areas of improvement are, reduced kick, and a more gentle acceleration of paintball in the breech. The way the Zick Kit works is by providing a reduced driving force to the rammer and bolt over the first few millimetres of travel on the extension stroke, and then using the same mechanism as a pneumatic damping system on the return stroke. By doing this the bolts initial acceleration is lower, and hence the force on the paintball is lower, during the start of the travel, and then increases once the bolt has started to move. This means the bolt can be far more gentle on the paint as it pushes it through the breech into the barrel. On the return stroke the rear of the rammer uses the same parts to create an “air cushion” to retard the speed of the rammer in a controlled manner rather than just stopping it by smacking it into a bumper.
Overall result? The Zick Kit allows you to shoot even more fragile paint with even fewer problems, and in the process produces less kick to keep those ropes of paint even more on target."