foamies

[Minimag4me]

can u use a foamie bolt without the foamie?

[[NA]WARLORD]

if you like broken paint in your barrel and breech, by all means, go for it!

[Minimag4me]

thank you for the sarcastic remark please dont do that again, i simply didnt know if it was possible, i thought maybe it would work like a nonfoamie bolt but since it was not explained to me why it wouldnt work why wont it?

[BlueMagRT]

Yes a foamie will work without foam, no it will not break paint.

i run a foamie in my RT without the foam and have yet ot have a paint breaking problem

[Minimag4me]

thank you for clearing that up for me

[IAN]

Fomie vs Fomieless

Depends on the bolt I bought a A.N.S venturi and it came with two small round fomies and after both of them got used I haven't replaced either one and still no broken paint

[Minimag4me]

it would be an agd foamie bolt, i heard that the new superbolts will only be foamie and im too lazy to deal with one so i dont want to use the foamie

[Slapp]

If you do not want to mess with a foamie on your bolt why bother running a bolt designed to have a foamie on it? Why not just run a standard Mag bolt? In both the standard mag bolt and the AGD foamie bolt there is a piece in the front center of the bolt setup to contact and push the center of the paintball as the marker is fired. With the standard bolt this is a rounded out piece of metal that comes up flush with the front of the bolt and with the foamie this is the foamie itself that is mounted to a recessed bracing that sits about a quarter inch behind the face of the bolt. A foamie bolt without the foamie will only have the outside ring of the bolt making contact with the paintball and should therefore not have as uniform a contact as you would get either by using a foamie or by using a standard bolt. Uniform contact = less chance of breaking balls.

[Manuel_FZR]

Originally posted by Minimag4me
(...) i heard that the new superbolts will only be foamie (...)

What? The Superbolts will only be foamie??? Is this right? I think it comes foamie and hardnose!

[[NA]WARLORD]

sorry dude, couldnt resist. as far as the foamie goes the reason it was put on the bolt was to cushion the paintball. i used to break paint with the extended nose bolt in my minimag and switched back to a foamie bolt, works great havent broken any since. easiest way to replace one is to soak bolt in rubbing alcohol for a couple of mins., wipe off let dry, scrape any old glue off(with knife tip etc..), and most important, put super glue (gel works best) on y of bolt and place fomie on, hold for a couple secs and you should be good to go. i dont recommend applying glue to foamie as it may get stuck to your fingers, this wastes the foamie and gives your buddies a reason to give you a hard time, trust me! hope this helps!

[Minimag4me]

thanks guys i see now, i guess i will just deal with the foamie

[a_malfunction]

Ive had my foamie bolt for a while.... it hasnt come off yet... should I expect this to happen soon?

[[NA]WARLORD]

yeah! unfortunately they dont last forever, i would go to your local pball proprietor and get 2/3 and put them in your tool/parts kit. they used to come in the auto/minimag parts kit or send AGD a line and get a few from them.