rawbutter
10-21-2007, 02:49 PM
After waiting four months for the UMF, and after spending two months buying/collecting parts, and after spending two or so weeks fiddling and drilling and tapping and tinkering...
It's finally done. :headbang:
First, the pics!
<a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag4.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag4.JPG" width="800" height="600"></img></a>
<a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag7.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag7.JPG" width="400" height="300"></img></a> <a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag5.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag5.JPG" width="400" height="300"></img></a>
And some pics of the Internals
<a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/DSC04483.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/DSC04483.JPG" width="400" height="300"></img></a>
(That paper clip has since been replaced with a custom-built pin.)
<a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/DSC04450.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/DSC04450.JPG" width="400" height="300"></img></a>
(This last one is a close-up of the air line coming out of the 15* ASA. When the 800psi air hits the T-fitting attached to the Palmer's Fatty, part of it is redirected and lowered to about 60psi. Then, it goes up into the blemished 15* ASA and out the little port that I drilled and tapped.)
And I even have some high-quality videos! (They're about 6mb each.)
Shooting with a straw! (http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/straw.MPG) (right-click...save as)!
Walking the pneumag! (http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/walking.MPG) (right-click...save as)!
I still need to practice my trigger walking. This is the first gun I've ever owned that is walkable, so I need LOTS of practice. I can do 11 bps when I'm just messing around in my house, but when I'm out on the field and my fingers get cold, it's a different story.
Specs:
X-Valve
Logic UMF with Dye Stickies
ULE body
CCM feedneck
Splinter rail
Scepter barrel kit
15* blemished ASA (you can't even tell I painted it myself, can you?)
Palmers Shorty LPR with T fitting
MacDev Pushbutton LegionAir (which slides nicely onto the rail on the bottom of the UMF)
MSV-2 and MPA piston for the pneumatics
black shrink-wrap with AO logo
Things I learned in the process:
You don't need all those awesome tools to make a pneumag (although I'm sure they help). I did this all by myself with a hand-held drill, roto-zip, a few clamps, and lots of little tools that I bought for about $50.
Function is more important than form. This gun was originally supposed to have a Dallara and some other goodies, but they had to be sacrificed because they just wouldn't work with some other parts I bought. But when it was all said and done, I LOVE the way it turned out.
Pneumags are FAST! Even with my lousy trigger-walking, I was able to outshoot a Halo Frontman hopper. (It's rated for 8-12 bps, and I definitely hit higher bursts than that while practicing with some reballs.) After my first game with the pneumag, I decided to upgrade to a Halo B.
Speaking of which, reballs bounce. A LOT. And then they roll under everything and you can never find them again. :mad:
Oh... and the shot counters on Halo Frontmans? They suck. After blowing through a bag of 500 reballs, it said I had only fired 237 shots. :tard:
I can get about 800 shots from a 68/4500 tank with the pneumatic conversion and Level 10... which is plenty for my needs.
Special thanks for cyberave and pneumagger for the tips, pointers, and parts! You guys rock! :hail:
It's finally done. :headbang:
First, the pics!
<a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag4.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag4.JPG" width="800" height="600"></img></a>
<a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag7.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag7.JPG" width="400" height="300"></img></a> <a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag5.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/p-mag5.JPG" width="400" height="300"></img></a>
And some pics of the Internals
<a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/DSC04483.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/DSC04483.JPG" width="400" height="300"></img></a>
(That paper clip has since been replaced with a custom-built pin.)
<a href="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/DSC04450.JPG"><img src="http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/DSC04450.JPG" width="400" height="300"></img></a>
(This last one is a close-up of the air line coming out of the 15* ASA. When the 800psi air hits the T-fitting attached to the Palmer's Fatty, part of it is redirected and lowered to about 60psi. Then, it goes up into the blemished 15* ASA and out the little port that I drilled and tapped.)
And I even have some high-quality videos! (They're about 6mb each.)
Shooting with a straw! (http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/straw.MPG) (right-click...save as)!
Walking the pneumag! (http://www.rawbutter.com/images/paintball/walking.MPG) (right-click...save as)!
I still need to practice my trigger walking. This is the first gun I've ever owned that is walkable, so I need LOTS of practice. I can do 11 bps when I'm just messing around in my house, but when I'm out on the field and my fingers get cold, it's a different story.
Specs:
X-Valve
Logic UMF with Dye Stickies
ULE body
CCM feedneck
Splinter rail
Scepter barrel kit
15* blemished ASA (you can't even tell I painted it myself, can you?)
Palmers Shorty LPR with T fitting
MacDev Pushbutton LegionAir (which slides nicely onto the rail on the bottom of the UMF)
MSV-2 and MPA piston for the pneumatics
black shrink-wrap with AO logo
Things I learned in the process:
You don't need all those awesome tools to make a pneumag (although I'm sure they help). I did this all by myself with a hand-held drill, roto-zip, a few clamps, and lots of little tools that I bought for about $50.
Function is more important than form. This gun was originally supposed to have a Dallara and some other goodies, but they had to be sacrificed because they just wouldn't work with some other parts I bought. But when it was all said and done, I LOVE the way it turned out.
Pneumags are FAST! Even with my lousy trigger-walking, I was able to outshoot a Halo Frontman hopper. (It's rated for 8-12 bps, and I definitely hit higher bursts than that while practicing with some reballs.) After my first game with the pneumag, I decided to upgrade to a Halo B.
Speaking of which, reballs bounce. A LOT. And then they roll under everything and you can never find them again. :mad:
Oh... and the shot counters on Halo Frontmans? They suck. After blowing through a bag of 500 reballs, it said I had only fired 237 shots. :tard:
I can get about 800 shots from a 68/4500 tank with the pneumatic conversion and Level 10... which is plenty for my needs.
Special thanks for cyberave and pneumagger for the tips, pointers, and parts! You guys rock! :hail: