carnutaz
06-18-2015, 02:45 AM
Nothing exciting, just another ULE Xvalve mech mag build.
Little back story, I played paintball recreationally heavily from about 1993-2000. During that time the pro circuit was still dominated by Autocockers and Automags. The Automag R/T was the new hot sh** from AGD, and electro-markers like the Shocker and Angel were just barely hitting the market, and had not gained wide acceptance yet. There was no ULE, E-Mag, Xvalve, lvl 10 bolt, etc, at the time that I sold my gear and stopped playing paintball. The last marker I owned was a minimag with a bunch of mods, but I was running it with c02 and a remote line.
Fast forward to 4 months ago, and I take some employees out for a team-building paintball outing... I had so much fun I immediately knew I was going to get back into paintball after 15+ years. I hopped online and was shocked to find that AGD was still producing markers, and that everything was aluminum now. My initial plan was to piece together a used Xvalve mag, but then I got the bug and decided to buy everything new.
So here it is, my first new Automag in 15 years.
-Xvalve
-ULE mainody
-ULE rail
-Intelliframe
-AGD vertical ASA (not being used for air)
-AGD gas-thru foregrip (not being used for air)
-CCM macroline fittings
-CCM forward drop
-CCM on/off ASA
-CCM clamping feedneck (not installed, can't get ULE feedneck off! So much loctite!)
-Deadly-wind Fibur-X 12" barrel w/ full freak kit
91434
**Update**
Finally got the ULE feedneck off the ULE mainbody! I had to put the feedneck in a vice and twist the mainbody! I wrapped the the feedneck in several layers of electrical tape in an attempt to preserve it, and also to have a better gripping surface for the vice, but I was unable to keep it from spinning in the vice without using enough force to bend the ULE feedneck out of shape! I don't know why they used so much high strength loctite on a part that's designed to be removed for cleaning and upgrading.... I thought I was on a hidden camera prank show! In order to remove the ULE feedneck I attempted to remove it with my hands, my hands with various gripping surfaces, my massive 6'5" 300lb friend also tried with his hands, I boiled the mainbody and feedneck to loosen the loctite, I used a heat gun for 30 minutes trying to loosen the loctite, and I bought a strap wrench and wooden dowel and tried using the dowel for leverage and the strap wrench for grip/leverage. None of those things worked! Literally had to destroy the ULE feedneck in a vice to remove it. Also, from reading other threads and advice for members it appears several people have had to drill holes in the feedneck, use a vice, dowels, etc. I think AGD is great, but they should let the customer decide if they basically want to chemically-weld their feed necks on with loctite! Anyway, here she is with the CCM clamping feed neck! Thanks again to AGD and everyone on the forum for their advice and ideas.
91445
Little back story, I played paintball recreationally heavily from about 1993-2000. During that time the pro circuit was still dominated by Autocockers and Automags. The Automag R/T was the new hot sh** from AGD, and electro-markers like the Shocker and Angel were just barely hitting the market, and had not gained wide acceptance yet. There was no ULE, E-Mag, Xvalve, lvl 10 bolt, etc, at the time that I sold my gear and stopped playing paintball. The last marker I owned was a minimag with a bunch of mods, but I was running it with c02 and a remote line.
Fast forward to 4 months ago, and I take some employees out for a team-building paintball outing... I had so much fun I immediately knew I was going to get back into paintball after 15+ years. I hopped online and was shocked to find that AGD was still producing markers, and that everything was aluminum now. My initial plan was to piece together a used Xvalve mag, but then I got the bug and decided to buy everything new.
So here it is, my first new Automag in 15 years.
-Xvalve
-ULE mainody
-ULE rail
-Intelliframe
-AGD vertical ASA (not being used for air)
-AGD gas-thru foregrip (not being used for air)
-CCM macroline fittings
-CCM forward drop
-CCM on/off ASA
-CCM clamping feedneck (not installed, can't get ULE feedneck off! So much loctite!)
-Deadly-wind Fibur-X 12" barrel w/ full freak kit
91434
**Update**
Finally got the ULE feedneck off the ULE mainbody! I had to put the feedneck in a vice and twist the mainbody! I wrapped the the feedneck in several layers of electrical tape in an attempt to preserve it, and also to have a better gripping surface for the vice, but I was unable to keep it from spinning in the vice without using enough force to bend the ULE feedneck out of shape! I don't know why they used so much high strength loctite on a part that's designed to be removed for cleaning and upgrading.... I thought I was on a hidden camera prank show! In order to remove the ULE feedneck I attempted to remove it with my hands, my hands with various gripping surfaces, my massive 6'5" 300lb friend also tried with his hands, I boiled the mainbody and feedneck to loosen the loctite, I used a heat gun for 30 minutes trying to loosen the loctite, and I bought a strap wrench and wooden dowel and tried using the dowel for leverage and the strap wrench for grip/leverage. None of those things worked! Literally had to destroy the ULE feedneck in a vice to remove it. Also, from reading other threads and advice for members it appears several people have had to drill holes in the feedneck, use a vice, dowels, etc. I think AGD is great, but they should let the customer decide if they basically want to chemically-weld their feed necks on with loctite! Anyway, here she is with the CCM clamping feed neck! Thanks again to AGD and everyone on the forum for their advice and ideas.
91445