Why Reinvent the Wheel?
I've seen a lot of threads here where someone discusses the idea of pneumatically operating the Mag's bolt to increase efficiency, or to make it closed-bolt, or what have you.
While I can certainly get behind doing this "just because", I can't help think it's a really bad idea to do it on a "production" gun, or as anything more then showing off your dremel skills.
Cockers are more efficient then Mags, and they are more adjustable. The gun can be set to actuate on such soft springs that gravity alone can move the bolt. All those parts mean a lot of places to make adjustments and tweak things, and teh result, with enough work, is VERY sweet.
A mag, on the other hand, is pretty loud, and is fairly inefficient, and not terribly adjustable. Most of these issues arise from the fact that the mechanism is actuated by the same air that drives the ball.
The fix, however, is not worth it. The mag has no timing issues, only one valve seal, one regulator seal. Any problem not involving sledgehammers can be fixed without tools, and with a single $12(?) parts kit.
The timing rod never backs out, the weight of the back block never causes issues. Just think about how many pneumatic/mechanical connections there are in an automatically cocking gun (K2 please don't sue.) Why would you want to take the most elegant paintgun ever built and ruin that with more points of failure?
How many Cockers do you know that have been in a box for 4 years, untouched, and still worked PERFECTLY when they were taken out and gassed up? This elegance and simplicity have a price in air consumption, but that's a small price to pay in my mind...
Umm... this was pretty pointless, so discuss amongst yourselves. ;-)
While I can certainly get behind doing this "just because", I can't help think it's a really bad idea to do it on a "production" gun, or as anything more then showing off your dremel skills.
Cockers are more efficient then Mags, and they are more adjustable. The gun can be set to actuate on such soft springs that gravity alone can move the bolt. All those parts mean a lot of places to make adjustments and tweak things, and teh result, with enough work, is VERY sweet.
A mag, on the other hand, is pretty loud, and is fairly inefficient, and not terribly adjustable. Most of these issues arise from the fact that the mechanism is actuated by the same air that drives the ball.
The fix, however, is not worth it. The mag has no timing issues, only one valve seal, one regulator seal. Any problem not involving sledgehammers can be fixed without tools, and with a single $12(?) parts kit.
The timing rod never backs out, the weight of the back block never causes issues. Just think about how many pneumatic/mechanical connections there are in an automatically cocking gun (K2 please don't sue.) Why would you want to take the most elegant paintgun ever built and ruin that with more points of failure?
How many Cockers do you know that have been in a box for 4 years, untouched, and still worked PERFECTLY when they were taken out and gassed up? This elegance and simplicity have a price in air consumption, but that's a small price to pay in my mind...
Umm... this was pretty pointless, so discuss amongst yourselves. ;-)
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