LK-13's polished my marker (PIC HEAVY!!!)

[chafnerjr]

*UPDATED PIC'S THROUGHOUT THESE PAGES*

Finally assembled and tuned my Pneumag that went to LK-13 for polishing. I had an old thread that had pic's of the various parts so i figured that I'd start a new one now that I have outdoor pic's of the marker fully functional. The pic's at the end really show how mirrored this really is.

MOTM submissions pic.
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/b4e10440d3cd4e6888821185c9295625

Can you see the cloud's in my grip panels below?
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/5ae16b0afb914d609b88a565dc1dc4da

Had to really struggle to get a pic without reflections.
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/7055b7f2797d4b3aacbe23399d138e3c

Business End.
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/e4592b09814343ea9f8b1c2050c5efad


Now some would say. "Chris, you don't play speedball! What the hell are you doing with a fully polished marker? Well at least it blends in a little :D


Check he grass in the grip panels... (haven't gotten full woods pic's yet)
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/ad523aa4dc574657b00e04270287dc90


http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/99f2988eb1594f58ad3980d6699d70a5

... ok so maybe I DO like the stand out, but just a little. Thanks LK-13 :cheers:

P.S. If anyone want's to see the before pic's check out my entry at the bottom of pg 80. on the official mag pic's thread.

[Zone Drifter]

Haha! Nice end product dude! I remember seeing it at a scenario, and it sure has come a long way! I haven't really seen such a polished marker in a long time, most people just go with clear and leave it at that. :headbang:

[chafnerjr]

Haha! Nice end product dude! I remember seeing it at a scenario, and it sure has come a long way! I haven't really seen such a polished marker in a long time, most people just go with clear and leave it at that. :headbang:
Thanks! I was trying to remember your tag! Your digi-camo mag was the first I've ever seen with the hopper mod for the warp feed!

Clear anno would have dulled it quite a bit (so the various anno-er's tell me). I was thinking about doing that last year but didn't have the cash! Besides, what would I do with all the free time I'd save by not having to baby the polished aluminum :rolleyes: Just wait until I take a good digger on field :eek:

[Smoothice]

Wow. LK-13 definitely knows what he is doing. That looks great. :hail:

[SithSteve]

The chrome CP barrel I have would really finish the look! Hint, hint ;)

lol... Nice job! :cheers:

[crudeidol]

that is gorgeous!!

[Watcher]

WOW :wow:

Its a shame the X-valve couldn't get more silvery...

[Will Wood]

Shiny

[SSP-SheiK]

mmmmm.... shiny!


l like the reflective properties of that marker... you need an SS barrel for that thing ;)

[chafnerjr]

need an SS barrel for that thing ;)
SithSteve's already working on getting me to buy his chrome CP earlier in the post... so I guess that's probably the next thing that I get to buy :rolleyes: What I really need is to figure out my LPR issues... the tickler that's in the frame in the pic's is just too wide for the panels to fit on flush so we're rebuilding a tickler from a karni that should be in the marker in the next few days. All last year I played without grip panels at all... heck I think it looks cool like this:
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/70bed7511f914eb1be929ca0f98435fa


Its a shame the X-valve couldn't get more silvery...
I know huh! When one markets pewter XValves... gunmetal isn't generally the color that I imagine! :p I'm thinking of maybe accenting it by trying to anno a few things to match the valve... like:
trigger, detents, fittings... who knows... Right now I can't wait to see how to see how this is recieved on field. I've already got my brother down my back for making a "pretty/shiny" mag (even though he shoots a tequila sunrise emag :eek: )

[ManInBlack]

Fingerprint. Nightmare.

But really freakin' cool. :D

[LK-13]

oh...uh...
just discovered that I forgot to stick the CP logo dots back on.
I saved them.
got them right here...
guess I can stick them back on when you send her back after that digger you were talking about. :p

[chafnerjr]

oh...uh...
just discovered that I forgot to stick the CP logo dots back on.
I saved them.
got them right here...
guess I can stick them back on when you send her back after that digger you were talking about. :p

Heh heh heh... I figured that they just didn't survive lol! I'm sure we'll figure them out somehow! Thanks again for all your hard work and for smuggling this across our hostile border. Hopefully the body cavity searches went well, don't you know by now not to light your van on fire at the border crossing! ;)

[DevilMan]

Why not just switch out the LPR with one like a palmers or other sleek one.

Looks good BTW...

DM

[chafnerjr]

Why not just switch out the LPR with one like a palmers or other sleek one.
I bought a brand new AKA SCMIII just for this project and there was simply no way to fit it... so I then went to a brand new Palmers Microck, which also didn't fit (both too tall). Heck even a standard AC LPR was too tall to adjust when installed. Ultimately I think I will end up with a polished karni LPR, but I'd much prefer one that was adjustable via allen wrench rather than a knob style LPR. Even the bottom of the frame had to be milled out a little to fit the current tickler.

Now, if you happen to know of an LPR that's about the size of a tickler (more specifically the thinner, though slightly talled karni LPR) I would be quite in your debt sir! :cheers:

P.S. I do hope you like what your rail ended up on! Remember I owe you!

[DevilMan]

Yeah I do like it... I had a nickel palmers barrel that would look good on that, but I parted ways with it long ago....

Maybe you should trade off/sell the X valve and just go with a black one. I think it'd look better and your black accent pieces would be fine.

DM

[chafnerjr]

I've got one sitting around here... I'll throw it on and take a look... perhaps even a pic. Thanks for the idea :cheers: I was sort of thinking that a week or so before I got it back and forgot to check once I got a little drunk on some good ol' mag pron :D

Homer moment: "Nickle Palmers, Mmmmmn..." You know, a while back I bought a 14" DW fibur (not this one) and I accidentally separated the rear metal piece one day when the barrel got "stuck" in the marker. I traded it to my brother and he immediately glued it back and it's been fantastic since! Seems that I could have possibly had that polished (or whatever) and set back on the barrel. Yet another missed opportunity :( .

[DevilMan]

Dropped you a PM man...

Check it out and let me know...

DM

[SSP-SheiK]

what about those LPR's that came stock on the WGP superstocks?


Like this one (http://images1.hiboox.com/images/0809/3e95da7e05987c93682b0a0d04ba271b.jpg)

[chafnerjr]

what about those LPR's that came stock on the WGP superstocks?


Like this one (http://images1.hiboox.com/images/0809/3e95da7e05987c93682b0a0d04ba271b.jpg)
I;d have to take a look at one... DM PM'ed me with what I thought was normal AC LPR's... perhaps these are shorter? Do you happen to know the length (including and excluding the threading? I'll keep an eye out for them. Thanks!

[DevilMan]

I;d have to take a look at one... DM PM'ed me with what I thought was normal AC LPR's... perhaps these are shorter? Do you happen to know the length (including and excluding the threading? I'll keep an eye out for them. Thanks!

I'll get you the length and all... just give me a bit....

DM

[BiNumber3]

have u considered polishing the x-valve? u'd lose the X but it'd match at least:) or find a beat up old X that needs re-anno or polish.

also have u thought of milling the insides of the grip panels to fit the lpr?

or if u dun care much about the lpr u have, sand down the sides of the knob

[chafnerjr]

have u considered polishing the x-valve? u'd lose the X but it'd match at least:) or find a beat up old X that needs re-anno or polish.

also have u thought of milling the insides of the grip panels to fit the lpr?

or if u dun care much about the lpr u have, sand down the sides of the knob
Oh yes! I am waiting on finds to buy a cheap faded X to try that with! (not a huge priority as wisdom teeth are coming out next) but I've been a little lazy to getting around to taking pic's with a black X that's on my wife's mag.

My brother kept trying to get me to mill the insides of the grips (which is certainly do-able). He also mentioned sanding/rounding the cap. Heck he's even currently modifying the cap of an old karni tickler to fit the current stock tickler. However I've got a hidden untouched set of clear grip panels that I can't cut into :D . At some point I'd like to really showcase the internal pneumatics. Now I know this sort of defeats the purpose of having a sleeper setup but I can switch the panels back and forth as I like.

Thanks for the suggestions! If I only had hundreds of $$$ more to sink into this marker (already cost more than an X-Mag) I'd like to try for a polished EMax or TunaMax valve :rolleyes:

[chafnerjr]

So I just got the new barrel that was mentioned previously... what do you all think?

http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/bdd10095faa24905bb2ee3697d688eac

http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/eb9800f7a15a4bf1ab3475a62e6479ea

My new camo grips!
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/edee6681952e45bbabf57e33247bdab9

[Millertime]

Absolute beautiful gun!

[Maghog]

Want a nice polished trigger to go with it? I've got one lying around here somewhere...PM me.
Very nice looking gun.
Dan@Triggernomics

[chafnerjr]

Want a nice polished trigger to go with it? I've got one lying around here somewhere...PM me.
Very nice looking gun.
Dan@Triggernomics

PM sent! You don't have to ask me twice :D :D :D

[dark blade]

haha its kind of funny that the polishing does actually hide the gun in the woods. That last picture is crazy. Where the grass is shining on the frame, you cant tell its a reflection unless you were aware of it before hand

CHAMELEON MAG

[SithSteve]

Looks amazing! I was wondering when you were gonna update your pics. :headbang:

[chafnerjr]

Looks amazing! I was wondering when you were gonna update your pics. :headbang:
Yep... still haven't put the black XValve on in leu of the pewter, but I'm trying not to :cool: Now... I've been teased now by MagHog potentially offering up a trigger of some sort. Now I'm sitting here drooling over the possibilities! If I do pick up a polished trigger out of the deal then I will officially have to pick up polished detents so that they aren't the only black things left on it. (OK I'll need to find a polished frame screw.

Well... Just got a nice can of turtle wax... so my day tomorrow seems like it's all planned out! :cheers:

[Maghog]

I could polish a field strip screw for you easy enough...I'll see if I have an extra detent left too.
Dan

[chafnerjr]

I could polish a field strip screw for you easy enough...I'll see if I have an extra detent left too.
Dan
I would be quite honored! We'll PM. :cheers:

[chafnerjr]

Alright... more secret pieces are on their way :ninja:

[Crazy685]

Looks beautiful! Im doing a budget version of that with a minimag I picked up.. just polishing the minimag body, the body rail, the grip frame and the front grip!

[chafnerjr]

Looks beautiful! Im doing a budget version of that with a minimag I picked up.. just polishing the minimag body, the body rail, the grip frame and the front grip!
Nice! Are you doing the polishing yourself? It's nice to hear that someone else is going polished as well. It was a tough choice for me to make but it's one that I am pretty happy with. I think that a polished mini-mag would be damned cool! :cheers:

[Crazy685]

Nice! Are you doing the polishing yourself? It's nice to hear that someone else is going polished as well. It was a tough choice for me to make but it's one that I am pretty happy with. I think that a polished mini-mag would be damned cool! :cheers:

Yeah, I do all my own polishing. Your gun is absolutely gorgeous and one of the few newer AGD guns that makes my jaw drop. I just love the mirror look!

[chafnerjr]

Thanks I certainly do appreciate that! I can't wait to get that MagHog/Triggernomics trigger in it. Can't wait to see yours too! Maybe we'll overload July or August MOTM with polished markers! :D :D :D


P.S. I'll have this marker at the upcoming HALO scenario at OSG (next weekend)... but I had to miss today's AO get together at AG in So. NH :confused: I hear that the new RPG vert frame will be there and I have to miss it :( )

[Nick E]

I love the gun! Did anyone else notice that not only do the grips reflect superbly, but you almost can't see where the grips end and the actual grass begins in the last pic!
Fantastic gun, props to you sir.

[chafnerjr]

I love the gun! Did anyone else notice that not only do the grips reflect superbly, but you almost can't see where the grips end and the actual grass begins in the last pic!
Fantastic gun, props to you sir.

Thanks man! I've finally got everything coming together now. I've got my new MagHog trigger and finally thanks to Karta-Mag for coming through with a karni tickler that I had been desperatly searching for. I don't know if I'll have all the parts in place for this weekends HALO scenario at OSG, but I will be playing on it probably as it looks right now. It's too bad to because this maghog trigger, polished karni LPR and the potential use of my untouched clear grip panels will look pretty spectacular :D :D :D

P.S. Wait until I get pictures of this new trigger OMG!!!! It's totally wild.

[chafnerjr]

So after all this time the Maghog trigger is finally in my marker but my camera is MIA so here's a quick two from my cell... Maghog's trigger is beautiful!


http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/2f0485c0bab64cd287f9798a670d663c/fullsize.jpg

[Stayhuge]

That earlier pic with the panels that blend it, looks like "The Predator". Sick Camera action!!! :cheers: :wow:

[LK-13]

So I just got the new barrel that was mentioned previously... what do you all think?

http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/bdd10095faa24905bb2ee3697d688eac

http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/eb9800f7a15a4bf1ab3475a62e6479ea

My new camo grips!
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-assets/edee6681952e45bbabf57e33247bdab9


you would almost think i knew what i was doing.....

[chafnerjr]

you would almost think i knew what i was doing.....
... ALMOST heh heh! :cheers:

I'm gong to get more pictures on here once I get everything pulled apart from this months scenario and wax everything again... we saw some of TwilightG's mag's up here in NH on the 13th! Nice nice markers!

[chafnerjr]

I also forgot to mention the anti-thumb screw maghog made up for me as well!

Damn... where's my camera so I can get better pictures!

[bojangles1983]

Hey forget the $1500 marker, how about that work of art in the background! Thats the nicest colored log cabin I have ever seen! :)

Seriously awesome looking mag btw! Just make sure you dont wear any rings/jewelry that could scratch it when you play.

[chafnerjr]

Hey forget the $1500 marker, how about that work of art in the background! Thats the nicest colored log cabin I have ever seen! :)
I knew I was taking a risk exposing my art work here. Now that I know there's a market I'd like to offer these custom murals for 2 easy payments of $19.95 to pay for my addiction to turtle wax :rolleyes: OH crap... this needs to be in the dealer section huh...

Thanks BTW. You're pretty close on the price... maybe a touch low, but close :eek: Thankfully this will never have to be bid on as a whole or in pieces :shooting: Besides, apparently I really love waxing guns in my free time :tard:

Now I just need plugs and polished detents... then it's another stab at MOTM :rolleyes:

[chafnerjr]

Update... taken with a crappy cell camera :tard: I'm having some debate about polishing the detents. What do you think about them?

http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/4c738abc339d44248e155e76d8ec50eb/fullsize.jpg

http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/99704b8456a34ca79535596ff4b6720a/fullsize.jpg

http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/6afa0f14fa64404c9ae95bb3b1af63da/fullsize.jpg

http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/9ef18770f5f24cc8a138828eefb1d836/fullsize.jpg

EDIT* P.S. 8 Hours of polishing went into this trigger after a strange mishap left it with two gouges. But, it's just as flawless as when maghog made it, though perhaps a tiny bit lighter.

[Ando]

Pfft...That and polish your brass :p

[sslecyk03]

Just beautiful! I actually snagged up a chrome 10-32 screw from work (which is what the front grip screw is) and was planning on putting it on my marker but mine is raw and it would look much nicer on yours haha. Only thing is that the grip screw is .968 in length and the one I have is 1 inch cuz we were out of the .968's at work (hehe joke). So some cutting is involved but if you want it, it is yours, free of charge.

[chafnerjr]

Thanks man I appreciate it! Though I'll have to decline... It's hard to see in these crappy pic's but both external screws are polished. The frame screw needed to have a lot taken out of it in order for the trigger to rest properly. Besides, chrome doesn't look bad on raw at all and I'm really interested to see how your pneu y framed mag turns out!

Thanks ando... now I'm going to be second guess that too :tard:

[sslecyk03]

Thanks man I appreciate it! Though I'll have to decline... It's hard to see in these crappy pic's but both external screws are polished. The frame screw needed to have a lot taken out of it in order for the trigger to rest properly. Besides, chrome doesn't look bad on raw at all and I'm really interested to see how your pneu y framed mag turns out!

Thanks ando... now I'm going to be second guess that too :tard:

No problemo man, I just need my valve cap to get here and I'll will be :shooting:

[chafnerjr]

The trigger is all it's smooth glory
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/4ebdeeedacb342999c7077f2df6d69bf/fullsize.jpg

The Anti-Thumb Screw (this close I can see some wax that I didn't get off... :tard: )
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/a83b6cad841d421b9931852469d20df4/fullsize.jpg

The package
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/2db1b19dec0e409386c1b1245afb0452/fullsize.jpg

The reflection still lives after 6 Scenarios and many many weekends of play with nothing more than wax and love... or something like that.
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/24ddab57f959425c91ac17010402d2f4/fullsize.jpg
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/37f0a390e2884056acfa1d3287761759/fullsize.jpg

And just because...
http://api.photoshop.com/home_228f394901de4561b807aa60d4bc1fce/adobe-px-thumbnails/44051e8faa9342b38dea199af9a2c2ae/fullsize.jpg

I guess that makes me a photo-whore :rolleyes:

[Maghog]

That really is one of the nicest setups I have ever seen! Metal was made to be polished!
Super slick and super sick!!!
:wow:
Dan@Triggernomics

[chafnerjr]

:hail: :hail: Such a compliment from the master of metal! :hail: :hail: Your trigger made a huge difference. I love the anti-thumb screw as well. Forget how sexy it is, it just feels good to carry around field!

...and yes. Metal was made to be polished! and waxed... and waxed... and waxed... :rolleyes:

[kumijia]

That's a mirrored image if i ever saw one. I can't get over the shine. Awesome

[Mr. Mouse]

its too shiny, id put it on my wall and use it as a mirror, as in the first set of pictures like you can see half your face with a big grin

[chafnerjr]

!! Never :D This has been my only marker for 2 years now... always improving. Besides the only things on the walls in my house belong to my wife and kinds :p

[Temo Vryce]

You need to change the detents to polished ones and find some high quality Clear Macroline. Other that... :eek: It's awesome.

[chafnerjr]

You need to change the detents to polished ones and find some high quality Clear Macroline. Other that... :eek: It's awesome.
You know, I've had a line on a few sets of polished detents... but I was thinking perhaps even a slight pewter color and pewter-ish line for the macro. I just want to try and keep the detents AGD as I like them the best. As soon as I figure out who to get them from I'll have them in. Maybe I'll even take a run at them myself, but it takes a while by hand.

[Maghog]

You know, I've had a line on a few sets of polished detents... but I was thinking perhaps even a slight pewter color and pewter-ish line for the macro. I just want to try and keep the detents AGD as I like them the best. As soon as I figure out who to get them from I'll have them in. Maybe I'll even take a run at them myself, but it takes a while by hand.

Send me a couple, I'll shine 'em up for you.
Dan

[chafnerjr]

Send me a couple, I'll shine 'em up for you.
Dan
They'll be as good as on their way. I'll PM for the address. Are you still in Germany?

That double z-grip trigger you made for "Chris" in the MOTM contest last month is totally wild! Working on anything else interesting?

[SSP REAPER]

I'll be working on the two I have for you next week Chris :D
Since I'll be back at the Rochester shop I have access to all the tools :p

[chafnerjr]

I'll be working on the two I have for you next week Chris :D
Since I'll be back at the Rochester shop I have access to all the tools :p
Cool thanks man! I didn't forget about you, just thought that you were super busy.

[SSP REAPER]

Cool thanks man! I didn't forget about you, just thought that you were super busy.
I am, but always make time to help a good friend :cheers: