what???

[epterry]

cockers more gas efficient than mags? how can it be? a ball of the same weight, having the same distace to accelerate should take the same amount of air to go from 0fps to 300fps right? I dont get it. Unless air is being dumped from some cocking device. But its not in a mag, I dont think. correct me if im wrong. so what makes cockers more efficient than mags? or is that just a myth? I think its just a myth.correct me if im wrong. I've heard lots of people say this.

[Minimag4me]

closed bolt in general is more gas efficient becuase it keeps all of the gas behind the ball instead of losing some to blowback or escaping in other ways.

[epterry]

ok so it escapes through blowback but the super bolt reduces blowback (when its working) so were talken very little difference in amount of gas used. right.

[Butterfingers]

It really depends, efficency is due to the design of the gun.

[epterry]

right but the auto mag is not just dumping air out of a cocking device. so i dont see how a cocker could be all that more efficient unless were talkin little differances

[Minimag4me]

well the superbolt and long nose bolts are supposed to reduce blowback but it still exists and there is still a lot of air escaping. With a cocker there is no air escaping which increases efficiency greatly. My brothers cocker probably gets 200-300 more shots off a 68 3000 than my mag.

There is no air loss to a cocking device on a mag but with every shot even a little extra gas lost to the feed tube can add up to a lot.