AGD
08-05-2001, 11:34 PM
All,
The most important thing I saw at the Am Open was this loader. It was so important to the future of AGD and high speed guns that I am describing it in a separate post.
I saw the loader for the first time when Tex and Chris came up to me at the show. Tex is an old friend who used to work for Viewloader and didn't exactly come out ahead when they sold out. He along with Chris have this thing really dialed in. I was a little doubtful at first glance because it uses similar technology to the Eggolution which has now been recalled. We sat down and tested it on the first day and it had a couple small issues, so Chris and Tex worked on it that night and came back the next day. I could see the improvements would make an immediate difference so I was excited to try it on a Warped Emag on full auto (I promised Tex I wouldn't give out any details).
Rob has a test Emag that will do 16 bps full auto and has a high speed Warp feeding it. Through extensive testing we know that this gun can only put out a maximum of 25 shots before the Viewloader will fall behind and it will chop a ball. The HALO loader uses a special technology that doesn't wait for a gap in the balls but feeds them at the rate the gun needs them. When we attached it to a Warp and primed the system you could see the balls were stacked in the Warp wheel with only a 1/4 inch between them. This was before they hit the end of the travel and the gaps were eliminated when the wheels slipped. With the Rev. every time the balls would stop feeding and had to wait for the agitator to load them it would leave a large gap in the wheel.
We filled the HALO and shot the gun into the gravel under the trailer at the booth. It shot and shot and kept on shooting until the loader had 10 balls left. It dug a hole in the gravel under the trailer and made a mess of everything. Another hopper later I was completely satisfied the thing was ready to go into production.
THIS IS THE ONLY LOADER I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT CAN KEEP UP WITH A WARP FED EMAG!!!
More than that this product is super important to AGD because of the ball breaking issue. Now with the changes in the power feed plug and the longer bolt, the only thing that breaks balls in the Mag is not getting the ball in the breach. The damn Rev just can't cut it especially when you short stroke which is the same thing as shooting like 15 bps. This loader will allow vertical feeds to be put as low as possible on the gun instead of needing a tall ball stack. I predict it will eliminate most ball chops in all guns and make the Warp Feed sing with delight.
The molds are being cut now by the same company that made our Warp molds so you know they will be top notch. They are hoping for a fall release. In the mean time Chris and Tex are scheduling a trip up here to Chicago to test the system on our gun dyno to get some real data.
I am excited about this and you should be too, the last days of ball chops are in sight!
AGD
The most important thing I saw at the Am Open was this loader. It was so important to the future of AGD and high speed guns that I am describing it in a separate post.
I saw the loader for the first time when Tex and Chris came up to me at the show. Tex is an old friend who used to work for Viewloader and didn't exactly come out ahead when they sold out. He along with Chris have this thing really dialed in. I was a little doubtful at first glance because it uses similar technology to the Eggolution which has now been recalled. We sat down and tested it on the first day and it had a couple small issues, so Chris and Tex worked on it that night and came back the next day. I could see the improvements would make an immediate difference so I was excited to try it on a Warped Emag on full auto (I promised Tex I wouldn't give out any details).
Rob has a test Emag that will do 16 bps full auto and has a high speed Warp feeding it. Through extensive testing we know that this gun can only put out a maximum of 25 shots before the Viewloader will fall behind and it will chop a ball. The HALO loader uses a special technology that doesn't wait for a gap in the balls but feeds them at the rate the gun needs them. When we attached it to a Warp and primed the system you could see the balls were stacked in the Warp wheel with only a 1/4 inch between them. This was before they hit the end of the travel and the gaps were eliminated when the wheels slipped. With the Rev. every time the balls would stop feeding and had to wait for the agitator to load them it would leave a large gap in the wheel.
We filled the HALO and shot the gun into the gravel under the trailer at the booth. It shot and shot and kept on shooting until the loader had 10 balls left. It dug a hole in the gravel under the trailer and made a mess of everything. Another hopper later I was completely satisfied the thing was ready to go into production.
THIS IS THE ONLY LOADER I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT CAN KEEP UP WITH A WARP FED EMAG!!!
More than that this product is super important to AGD because of the ball breaking issue. Now with the changes in the power feed plug and the longer bolt, the only thing that breaks balls in the Mag is not getting the ball in the breach. The damn Rev just can't cut it especially when you short stroke which is the same thing as shooting like 15 bps. This loader will allow vertical feeds to be put as low as possible on the gun instead of needing a tall ball stack. I predict it will eliminate most ball chops in all guns and make the Warp Feed sing with delight.
The molds are being cut now by the same company that made our Warp molds so you know they will be top notch. They are hoping for a fall release. In the mean time Chris and Tex are scheduling a trip up here to Chicago to test the system on our gun dyno to get some real data.
I am excited about this and you should be too, the last days of ball chops are in sight!
AGD