Can anyone identify my bolt

[automag from okinawa]

Can anyone identify my bolt? It was an aftermarket foamiless venturi. It is pretty good (gentle) on paint. to the best of my recollection, if I broke four balls over the coarse of the day, something else was wrong with the gun. Those used to be a case a day times.
My friend had just purchased his minimag, sent it to smarts parts for the four hole mod and v-cut. I was fortunate at the time to have a machinest friend, who copied the smarts parts mod (actually did a much cleaner job), for a bottle of Canadian Mist.

I am going to put a double trigger on the gun, but I don't want to butcher my stock frame. I just found these parts online for $25, so I wont feel bad about gutting the frame out.



On a side note, I just came back from one of the local PB stores and was feeling a little beat down and broken. I was looking at a HPA tank and started talking to the manager/ owner when he told me that no one shoots automags anymore and that a new tippman 98
with a better than stock barrel would be worth more/shoot better than my gun. I thanked him for his perspective . Needless to say, I did not buy a HPA tank from him.

[Bagheera]

On a side note, I just came back from one of the local PB stores and was feeling a little beat down and broken. I was looking at a HPA tank and started talking to the manager/ owner when he told me that no one shoots automags anymore and that a new tippman 98
with a better than stock barrel would be worth more/shoot better than my gun. I thanked him for his perspective . Needless to say, I did not buy a HPA tank from him.

Wow, it sounds like he's not the sharpest tool in the shed. I'd be worried about buying ANYTHING from him.

[ljpiller]

Hmm.... marker with an integrated regulator, stainless steel construction, and lots more vs. mass produced, unpolished stamped metal. He's either looking to sell a marker or has no clue what is is talking about. Or he could just really like 98 customs

It's definitely a venturi bolt - of what brand I can't tell. If you haven't had any problems with it you should be fine. The problem some people had with those bolts is that they don't have anything to keep the ball in a forward position, like a foamie. The ball could roll back somewhat and cause a few more chops.

[automag from okinawa]

One thing I wanted to add, All of the mods where all done back in '95-96 time frame.
does anyone have any Idea if the 32* trigger frames are any good. I couln't pass up on the price.

[craltal]

One thing I wanted to add, All of the mods where all done back in '95-96 time frame.
does anyone have any Idea if the 32* trigger frames are any good. I couln't pass up on the price.

they are hit or miss in terms of quality.

[Mechanic79]

The BOLT

looks like an "ANS Phase ll" bolt. it should have some stamping on the side of the bolt that is touching the cloth/paper.

You could cut a piece of quality foam or rubber and glue a dot of it in the center. that would help with a buffer on the paintballs.

[cerrik]

so far, with everything I've read on here... for goodness sake, get that magic box thing off of your mag... it's worthless/decreases your efficency.

And that 98 guy doesn't know what he's talking about. The mag will do all the 98 will and more.

[WUNDERWAFFEN]

Yeah that looks like my ANS venturi bolt as mentioned above. It came with tiny round foamies that would always shoot off/disappear but without them look just like that. I used it recently with no foamie and no chops. But get a level 10 kit, just got an X-valve with the new bolt (lv10) system and ule trigger kit and love the upgrade.
That black thing mistaken for the magic box is a proline inline filter.

[Coralis]

thats not a magic box that an old school CO2 filter to prevent rust particles and liquid CO2 from getting into the valve

[snoopay700]

looks like an "ANS Phase ll" bolt. it should have some stamping on the side of the bolt that is touching the cloth/paper.

You could cut a piece of quality foam or rubber and glue a dot of it in the center. that would help with a buffer on the paintballs.

I had one, it made my gun leak and let balls roll back and made me have a lot of barrel breaks. Since i've found and switched to a level 7 bolt i haven't had that problem, so if you have these problems with that bolt i recommend the switch, all you need is the bolt, no kits or anything.

I don't know how new you are to mags so if you need pictures of what i'm talking about let me know.

[automag from okinawa]

Thanks everyone for the input, I really appriciate it. I can't say I've had too many breaks. with the bolt, now after the inputs I remember that it did have a fomie when it was new. I had forgotten that. I had just stopped putting them on and saw no difference in breakage.
I played new years day in 14 degree weather with no major problems (co2 with expansion @ the gun.) as long as I kept the rate of fire down a little.
Does any one know about how many shots you can get out of a 72ci/3000 hpa tank?
I know theyre heavy but I would till run a remote. I Like the setup.
Thanks again all.

[Motorhead]

Have a BOLT just like it .... It is a 32* venturi that is MISSING it's foamee.
It actually was nothing more than an @ 1/8" thick X 1/4" diameter self adhesive backed piece of black sponge rubber. You can cut them from thicker material like an old wet suit, then CA glue it in place like this
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