MOTM Oldskoolers Cooler Vote.

[RRfireblade]

:)

Amazing turnout too , crazy hard to widdle that field down.

Little note to the 'new' guys. Please check the rules , one entry (2 pics max). You have to make the choice. Also , can't be for sale or testing waters etc.



So . . .

1) ttink :

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1376/dscf1068pp2.jpg

2) Duzzy :

http://photos-888.ak.facebook.com/ip006/v23/186/57/90500775/n90500775_30045888_7494.jpg

3) Gord Designs :

http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/5944/mini28qy.jpg

4) Couger20th :

<a href="http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/40000/purplepumpmag.JPG"><img src="http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/40000/purplepumpmag.JPG" width="600" height="450"></img></a>

5) PumpMag :

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/PumpMag/pumpmag_sidestockC.jpg

6) Jakal :

http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/40000/My_guns_003_rs.jpg


Man . . . that was tough. :wow:

[turbo chicken]

##edit## nvr mind i flippin put the minimag in my Misc. Stuff for Sale post on 04/25 i was sure i had left it out. dang... then i posted it in the markers forum on the first thinking i was ok...

I have to admit the stuff that made the cut is a little more "special" than what i have...

[RRfireblade]

##edit## nvr mind i flippin put the minimag in my Misc. Stuff for Sale post on 04/25 i was sure i had left it out. dang... then i posted it in the markers forum on the first thinking i was ok...

I have to admit the stuff that made the cut is a little more "special" than what i have...


There were a couple just outside the rules besides , with so many entries I had to try and keep it tight. It was an amazingly hard Contest , I wasn't even sure what we were shooting for on the this first month and I'm still not sure. :) There are so many ways to go so I tryed to go with markers that caught my eye for some reason and still felt oldskool. It is highly subjective I'm aware but this IS just a 'fun' contest so hopefull there are no hard feelings.

Great job by everyone regardless ! ! :hail:

Awsesome to see how many of these types of Mags are still hanging around and hitting the fields. :cheers:

[Empyreal Rogue]

Man, seeing these Pump-Mags makes me want to make one from some of my spare mag parts. :wow:

[Rudz]

Pumpmag reppin socal...I got your back bro...beautiful gun....I love that piece...

[Chrishew09]

Duzzy got my vote just for the gold valve alone.

[going_home]

My opinion AO member Jaan 's entry was by far the best as far as old school.
And it didnt make the cut, but I am also intrigued by Gord Designs entry and he got my vote.
And I sure would like to see the other side of that interesting looking marker.
;)

[Tao]

I think Fireblade has a fetish for mini mags. ;)
Many "shinny new" mags in this one, I was hoping for a lot of mags showing off their inner beauty. :cool: Well I guess I have an RT for this next month :)

[Arstron]

My vote went to couger since his pump mag is almost setup exactly how I planed mine (just waiting on a pump kit). Atleast I have alot of the same purple parts. ;)

[SummaryJudgement]

I should have entered my mini :(

[Paintchucker]

I should have entered my mini :(

me too... maybe next month... LOL

[Madmarx]

Gord Designs is sweet!! :headbang:

Where can I get those add ons?
I was considering adapting my Delta 68 feed tube.
I want to do that with a ule body.

[AGD]

My thought would be like looking at a classic car, you want to see something just like you would have seen it then, in perfect shape, and sporting the "look" from the era. With that in mind I like Cougars entry because it takes me back to that time.

AGD

[turbo chicken]

My thought would be like looking at a classic car, you want to see something just like you would have seen it then, in perfect shape, and sporting the "look" from the era. With that in mind I like Cougars entry because it takes me back to that time.

AGD


ahhh ... ok I see the vision now ... under this i couldn't contend.

Unless i got my stuff Splash annoed and the main body plated ... and an original minimag barrel ... CF grip with those AGD rubber grips and a verticle ASA with a VL200 hopper and a 9oz sticking out of the asa with hose coiled around the power feed before it went to the valve. Yeah like that's going to happen ...



There were a couple just outside the rules besides , with so many entries I had to try and keep it tight. It was an amazingly hard Contest , I wasn't even sure what we were shooting for on the this first month and I'm still not sure. There are so many ways to go so I tryed to go with markers that caught my eye for some reason and still felt oldskool. It is highly subjective I'm aware but this IS just a 'fun' contest so hopefull there are no hard feelings.

Great job by everyone regardless ! !

Awesome to see how many of these types of Mags are still hanging around and hitting the fields.

Thanks for running the contest ... i don't see how you were able to get it down to 5... and definitely no hard feelings here...i thought that it was cool that i had the chance to enter it in the contest and actually have it considered against other markers like it... before it was like entering a pinto into a stock car race ... why even try...

again thanks Fireblade!!!! :headbang:

[Jaan]

My opinion AO member Jaan 's entry was by far the best as far as old school.Wow man, thanks a lot. Obviously I think it's a great gun because I built it to suit myself but it's always nice to get props for it.

I'm polishing up my *other* old skool 'Mag right now and I'll have pictures up tonight probably. :)

[Tao]

My thought would be like looking at a classic car, you want to see something just like you would have seen it then, in perfect shape, and sporting the "look" from the era. With that in mind I like Cougars entry because it takes me back to that time.

AGD

Exactly the way I feel! Couger's though? It is a nice looking gun, but doesn't fit this statement. Did guns have funky colours, macro lines and tank covers back in the day???? :confused:

Ttink and Gord Designs have the only 100% "classic" mags in my opinion.

Ttink has my vote, since it is what you would have seen back in the day and it is 100% AGD. I wonder how many people actually noticed the Micro CA stock, and actually know it for the fantastic AGD product that it is. :clap:

[JaKaL]

Great turnout with the pumpmags. I've got one too, but it's not as much decked out in the "oldschool" style.

Also very cool to have my lil' project in the final 5 - though it seems to be the oddball in the field! :) Thanks to everyone for their votes, and muchos gracias to Jay for running the whole damn thing!

[PumpMag]

I'm honored to have made it to the finals. Tough competition, guys!

I updated to my 2nd pic instead, since it shows off the custom sidestock better:

[AGD]

Did guns have funky colours, macro lines and tank covers back in the day???? :confused:

No tanks covers or macro but the basic gun including the funky colors does represent what would have been considered super custom back then. The other guns are more stock and nice but they don't give me that "oh yea" feeling.

AGD

[DoritoBandito77]

tight race this time around i had trouble deciding

[RRfireblade]

There are just so many ways to go with this contest. I was kinda going for old skool in spirit but still custom and unique.

Putting up an out of the box stock 'old' marker doesn't quite seem like an acomplishment , other than the finding of it in the first place :) but that's not going to give many people a fair chance. ;)

I was thinking back in my old days and what 'modded' or custom was back then to me. Lot's of swapping around of parts from diffferent guns , anno'd colors was fairly new , carving them up yourself when the aftermarket wasn't an option , performance bases upgrades and things like that.

I guess it's kinda like old cars , you can have a bone stock '63 split window vette , highly desirable but just as much as say 55' or 7 Belair with a blown BBC.

I'm open tho , tell me how you'd like it to go and I'll tune it accordingly. :cheers:

[cougar20th]

My thought would be like looking at a classic car, you want to see something just like you would have seen it then, in perfect shape, and sporting the "look" from the era. With that in mind I like Cougars entry because it takes me back to that time.

AGD


Thanks for the comments. Im glad you like it.



To anwser some ot the questions on the colored parts.

The rail and barrel pictured are older AGD parts. Old enough to have been milled with the pump slot. They are original AGD purple ano. I also have the matching back bottle and siterail. The foregrip parts are kapp. The frame and drop are benchmark parts. the on/off i think is a CP. Anyone know the production #'s for purple ano parts?

The airline is microline. The real small stuff. My main reason for using it is that it doesnt scratch the ano. Otherwise i would use stainless. The tank cover is purely function its a fiberwrap tank. Akso was just the tank i had grabbed that day. I know the gun isnt 100% the way it would have been. I put the gun together with new parts except the valve was used. about 2-3 years ago. I got lucky finding new old parts. But it does get heavily used.

[Cow123]

I voted for couger. The stainless and purple work well and remind me of the old days, not that I'm an old timer or anything. The big drop helps in the oldschool factor also.

[KingCocker]

Thats weird??? Seems like not many people here on automags.org like stockclass huh? Out of all the markers, pumpmags setup is the bomb, hahahaha... :rofl: No but seriously, pumpmags rock n' cocker setup definitely looks better than Phantoms and Carters. Hey pumpmag, big props to you for the custom job on that rock and cock mag. good luck and hope everyone will take notice. :cheers:

[mag_lover05]

i concur, pumpmags pumpmag is AMAZING :clap: :wow:

[TwinPythons]

I'm gonna have to go with pumpmag...but they all look sweet! :clap:

[Rudz]

Thats weird??? Seems like not many people here on automags.org like stockclass huh? Out of all the markers, pumpmags setup is the bomb, hahahaha... :rofl: No but seriously, pumpmags rock n' cocker setup definitely looks better than Phantoms and Carters. Hey pumpmag, big props to you for the custom job on that rock and cock mag. good luck and hope everyone will take notice. :cheers:


exactly, that thing as awesome, and the sc feed is the iceing on the cake, this guys takes it all..

[Jaan]

Thats weird??? Seems like not many people here on automags.org like stockclass huh? Out of all the markers, pumpmags setup is the bomb, hahahaha... :rofl: No but seriously, pumpmags rock n' cocker setup definitely looks better than Phantoms and Carters. Hey pumpmag, big props to you for the custom job on that rock and cock mag. good luck and hope everyone will take notice. :cheers:
I can tell you why I don't like them...they're not really pump guns, They're semi guns being forced to be a pump.

I've played with one before and it was awesome but it didn't give me the pump "feel". I was basically taking a nice semi out onto the field whose bolt needed a little help to catch the sear.

When I think of what 'Mags represented in the old days, I don't think of a 'Mag pump. 'Mags were the semi you bought to replace your pump.

If I was to make an analogy with classic cars, it would be like seeing a pickup truck modified to a drag racer, or a '57 Chevy made into a monster truck. Sure, it's cool but something about it just doesn't seem right.

[PumpMag]

Thanks for all the comments guys. I appreciate it. I'm just really happy to have made it as a finalist.



I can tell you why I don't like them...they're not really pump guns, They're semi guns being forced to be a pump.

I've played with one before and it was awesome but it didn't give me the pump "feel". I was basically taking a nice semi out onto the field whose bolt needed a little help to catch the sear.

When I think of what 'Mags represented in the old days, I don't think of a 'Mag pump. 'Mags were the semi you bought to replace your pump.

If I was to make an analogy with classic cars, it would be like seeing a pickup truck modified to a drag racer, or a '57 Chevy made into a monster truck. Sure, it's cool but something about it just doesn't seem right.

Jaan, I was actually expecting to see yours here as a finalist too. Yours really gave me the old school feeling.

I get what your saying about converting the Mag to pump. I am holding back the power of a semi. But it's nice to know it's there if you need it.

For me I've been an Automag shooter since the early 90's. But when I was out of the game for a couple years and came back everthing went electro. Pump play really brought me back into paintball so then I got hooked on Pump tournament play and since having been an Automag owner for so long, the Pump conversion really felt right. I really didn't like to buy any other pump gun because I love playing with my Mag.

I've been shooting this PumpMag with a powerfeed setup and pumpkit for over 2 yrs until this sidestock conversion.

Now with the sidestock, when I shoot, gotta tip it forward, pump it, make sure there's paint, aim and make sure not to miss.......with this style.....to me that's oldschool. :)

As Fireblade said its all subjective.

[ttink]

I've always been very fond of Duzzy's gold mag as well as Cougar's pump. I'm shocked I made it to finals :eek:

[Aslan]

It had to be a tough division to judge.

On the one had, there were a few guns, like Duzzy's, that were really kinda nice with intereting paint...like the splashed RT or Farmer's custom coat. If paint counts, I figured I had no shot.

On the other hand, you had the guns with the mechanical mods...like the pump mags. If there was a fetish for the stock class...figured I had no chance. :(

Then, on yet another hand, there were the guns that were so purely stock it was crazy. I figured if the judging was going to be what the purest "old skool" Mag was, well...there were at least 2 that looked to be original models from year one...so no chance there either. :tard:

I have to say I'd have leaned a little more towards the true stock and a little away from the "stock class"...would have definitely put Jaan's in over ttinks...but like everyone has said and I'll echo...a very tough decision all around.

I was hoping to enter my Minimag for May...it seems like Minimags are getting an edge :p ...but it's still in Tuna's hands getting exorcised. :mad: :cry:

:cheers: