E-Mag vertical feed or powerfeed???

[udtseal]

I have a question:

If I were to order the vertical feed mainbody from AGD, would I need a different barrel also? And, would my DYE ultralite, all american or any of my other mag barrels still work? Or would I need a whole new set of barrels? Is vertical feed any better than powerfeed? Thanks for the answers in advance!

[DarkPhoenix]

I know that the centerfeed barrels are all special products which must be requested. As for aftermarket barrels, most after market barrels, that I know of, have two grooves, one for left power feed and the other for right. When I converted my powerfeed left RT Pro to a warpfeed left E-mag, I had to buy a powerfeed right stock barrel from AGD, as a warpfeed left is a shortened powerfeed right, and thus uses those barrels. The aftermarket barrels that I have, which I rarely use mind you, fit both bodies because they have two of those twist lock grooves, one for left and the other for right.

[Load SM5]

Re: E-Mag vertical feed or powerfeed???

Originally posted by udtseal
Is vertical feed any better than powerfeed?

It's not really much better. It maybe feeds a ball/second faster. I got a vertical feed since I had no intentions of getting a warpfeed anytime soon and liked the balance of a centerfeed.

Unfortunately, you will need to mill your barrels to work with a centerfeed or buy new barrels.

[Russ]

I got my "E" with a hopper left confguration. With a Revy, (with a TurboRev chip from Wicked Air Sportz) I can shoot at 12 bps (the board set @ 12bps, that is, I haven't chopped yet!) H-L works great for me.

If you wanna go vert feed, special vert feed barrels are required. (your existing barrels won't work) Do you have a power feed body? I think (and this is pure speculation, that a vert feed body gives you no advantage, feed wise, over a power feed body) The hopper will determine your ultimate feed rate.

[udtseal]

Thanks for the great info guys. I do have a hopper right mainbody and was just wondering what the overall advantage was with vertical feed. I think I might like the balance aspect of vertical feed and I think I will wait before buying the vertical feed body because of all my old barrels. Thanks again!