VM Freak'd

[Strider]

Just in from Chris Mader of VM68.com... He had a batch made by Doc's Machine and is selling them Polished or Black Ano. Just got mine today! Sweet!

<img src="http://64.26.169.95/Paintball/VM_Freak/VM_Freak_Angle.jpg">

<img src="http://64.26.169.95/Paintball/VM_Freak/VM_Freak_Full.jpg">

<img src="http://64.26.169.95/Paintball/VM_Freak/VM_Freak_Back.jpg">

[Blazingace]

Holy cow. That is the coolest!!!!! I still have my VM 68 around here somewhere. That would be cool.

[HoppysMag]

wow, why did he butcher that poor things feed block:confused:

but ya if i still used my VM alot id get one

[Temo Vryce]

Hoppy I dont' think that Strider sent the VM out to anyone. The Feed block isn't butchered it's just old and tired. Strider you really should retire that VM man it's getting old. I know you like to use in the odd tourny, but for crying out loud man.

A freak on a VM what is the world coming too?

Looks nice though. :)

[HoppysMag]

no see he like turned it around as if to mimick a power feed or something


see the gap below it and the two screw holes? thats where its supposed to go

[Temo Vryce]

Oh ok, I've just seen that VM like that for so long I didn't realise the problem. I believe that the powerfeed was removed at some point and the standard feed was install, as for why that was done I couldn't say.

[WARPED1]

I'm impressed. I miss my old VM-68 Magnum...........

[Strider]

My VM might be Old, but he isn't tired. :p My VM still runs great, and has no signs (other than the horendus scratching) of wearing out.

There is nothing like seeing Angel totin players go "What in Heck is that?" when you walk up to a game with it. I will admit, the likleyhood that I'd do it has now gone down, since my game has gone up since last year.


As for the feed block, there was never a powerfeed for the VM. What you guys are missing is the fact that the VM has a reversable breech. Both sides of the VM have equal feed ports, and screws to attach the breech. The reason you see such a discoloration, is I ran it Hopper Right untill last year, when I clued in that I work better with Hopper Left. (You'd think 3 years of Hopper Left on my Mag would ahve clued me in earlier! :D)

I've attached a pic showing the other side of the breech.

[HoppysMag]

im holding my vm in my hands and i can garentee you that the feed block goes on one way and one way only...mabey on like differant age models its like u described but not on mine...or he modified it by drilling and tapping 2 holes... but that isnt like any stock vm iv seen.

[mag-hatter]

howcome it has two tanks on it?!?

[CRog075]

Originally posted by mag-hatter
howcome it has two tanks on it?!?

[HoppysMag]

you can get adapters to put extra tanks differant places... if you put them all on iv counted up to 4 tanks at once

[Strider]

Ooops, my bad. Forgot to specify.

There are several flavors of VM ou there. Mine is the VM68 Magnum. The Magnum (As well as the EXEC) had an "Ambidextrous Feed block". <a href="http://www.vmempire.com/vmempire/vm68.htm">Reference Here</a>

I guarentee, it's stock. :) Untll I got my Emag, I never modified ANYTHING from their stock state. Ask Temo, my Mag didn't even get a foregrip! :p

As for the dual bottles, that was another Magnum feature. The magnum was the only one to come with dual ca.

[magking1971]

Man, you guys make me miss my VM68 >crys<
That was my first marker heavy as heck but I never had a problem with it in 2 years :D

[HoppysMag]

Originally posted by Strider
Ooops, my bad. Forgot to specify.

There are several flavors of VM ou there. Mine is the VM68 Magnum. The Magnum (As well as the EXEC) had an "Ambidextrous Feed block". <a href="http://www.vmempire.com/vmempire/vm68.htm">Reference Here</a>

I guarentee, it's stock. :) Untll I got my Emag, I never modified ANYTHING from their stock state. Ask Temo, my Mag didn't even get a foregrip! :p

As for the dual bottles, that was another Magnum feature. The magnum was the only one to come with dual ca.

makes sence...:D

[Temo Vryce]

I'll vouch for that. Strider was the only person I knew that would use the front hose on his mag as his fromt Grip. Oh with remote as well. It was very unplayable for anyone used to a real setup. ;)

As for different flavors of VMs, well there's the Original PMI3, VM-68, VM-68 EXC, VM-68 Magnum, and the various other knock offs that were made when the VM was King of the field. Look up the VM owners group on the web and you'll see what I mean about various versions.

[mag-hatter]

but whats the point of having more than one tank?

[WARPED1]

27 ounces instead of just 20!

[magmonkey]

the point of running two tanks on a vm is that they are ... shall we say not gas friendly and if you ran two tanks with on off valves when you ran out of air you could turn off one and turn on the other as a back up air system.

i have a pmi3 a vm68 and a vm mag none of witch have EVER gone down...... such a solid built marker but heavy and air hungry

[Sinistarr]

you want more than one tank? Check this one out. Not mine, but very heavy!

http://www.vm68.com/vm68/custom_vms/vm_four_tank.jpg

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[Strider]

Hehe, thats got to be pushing 60oz?

Well, might as well post the lizardblaster pics:

http://64.26.169.95/Paintball/VM1.jpg
http://64.26.169.95/Paintball/VM2.jpg

:D :p

[Crighton]

Originally posted by Strider
As for the feed block, there was never a powerfeed for the VM. What you guys are missing is the fact that the VM has a reversable breech. Both sides of the VM have equal feed ports, and screws to attach the breech.


There was a power feed for the VM. I own two of them. They work great.

[Strider]

That was an aftermarket item though wasn't it? Either way, could I see some pics?

[Crighton]

Yeah it was after market. Pro-Feed powerfeed for vm68 and pmi-3's. Only really usefull if you lighten up the internals for increased ROF. There are a couple of markers with the pro-feed installed at www.vm68.com in the gallery section.

http://www.vm68.com/vm68/custom_vms/pmi003.jpg

http://www.vm68.com/vm68/pics/pro-team_vm68_power_feed.jpg

[ChucktheMAGician]

As a fellow VM-68 Magnum owner I felt obligated to post! If someone misses there's enough I'll sell you mine;)

[Temo Vryce]

You've never seen a PF for a VM Strider? Oh man you need to read the OLD APG mags more.

[Strider]

I had actually heard about them, but was wondering if there was a stock powerfeed put out while I wasn't looking. :)

Hey, I just started reading magazines a few months ago. :p