A team-mate and I, who both shoot mags, were randomly talking about ways to improve the performance of the mag platform. I don't mean just speed but efficiency. And just so you know, neither of us are mechanical engineers or anything like that but thought it would be interesting to explore. For discussion, I'm using a Level 10 bolt as reference.
When looking at the automags power tube, it appears there is a pretty long travel distance for the bolt and bolt spine. Considering that the carrier o-ring is above the plane of the valve face, it occurred to me that this could be recessed further down the power-tube allowing for several things:
Shorter Bolt with less mass
Potentially a softer spring since the bolt mass is reduced
Potential for air consumption to be reduced b/c of the above two reason.
We both agree that this would require considerable redesign of the rail and body to accommodate the different position of the bolt and the breech.
So basically we're thinking that having the carrier either directly parallel with the face of the valve or possible recessed in to it in a bay type set up would allow for a shorter power tube, shorter bolt travel path, lower mass bolt and softer spring with two possible results; faster cycling speed and higher air efficiency. This would also shed some weight of the marker in every configuration.
I'm curious to hear what some of the more engineering inclined readers think this would do with the Mags performance.
When looking at the automags power tube, it appears there is a pretty long travel distance for the bolt and bolt spine. Considering that the carrier o-ring is above the plane of the valve face, it occurred to me that this could be recessed further down the power-tube allowing for several things:
Shorter Bolt with less mass
Potentially a softer spring since the bolt mass is reduced
Potential for air consumption to be reduced b/c of the above two reason.
We both agree that this would require considerable redesign of the rail and body to accommodate the different position of the bolt and the breech.
So basically we're thinking that having the carrier either directly parallel with the face of the valve or possible recessed in to it in a bay type set up would allow for a shorter power tube, shorter bolt travel path, lower mass bolt and softer spring with two possible results; faster cycling speed and higher air efficiency. This would also shed some weight of the marker in every configuration.
I'm curious to hear what some of the more engineering inclined readers think this would do with the Mags performance.
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