Did a few mods a little while back and my Classic has a whole new look.
The new frame is an electro Race frame that I got for cheap off Ebay. A bit of milling had to be done to let the Mag's sear and connecting rod fit down in the slot. And of course a hole was drilled for the barrel pin to fit into up near the front screw.
A small hole and countersink was drilled into the back of the trigger to accept the connecting rod. Things worked out such that I was able to drill to a depth that allowed me to use the stock rod length setting. Sometimes you win the little things at least...
At first I tried to outsmart AGD and drilled the socket hole for the rod slighty further down the trigger by about 3/16. The thinking was that it would reduce the trigger travel and amplify the return pulse action from the valve. It definetly reduced the throw needed and amplified the kick forward effect but it made the firing effort increase far too much for my tastes. So I made up a little plug of aluminium with an interferance fit and tapped it into the hole so I could drill another one at the stock distance from the hinge pin.
The second big change was to make up a custom drop adapter. I'm finding that the 'mag is pretty short and I like to get the barrel up where I can put the back block at my nose and sight down the two sides of the barrel. But I kept having to place the butt of the bottle on the upper part of my shoulder. Also I found that my wrist was constantly hitting the fill nipple or guage and that the fatness of the bottle was just plain getting in the way. So I killed three birds with one paintball and the special drop is the result. It's pretty rough right now because I didn't know how well it would work out and it was make up the night before a game day. Future plans call for some dressing up. But the good news is that it has worked out well beyond my expectations. I'm extremely happy with it on all counts.
Finally there's that odd macro line run. Once it was together and the drop and on-off in place the routing like this just sort of became obvious. The thin forward portion of the Race frame makes this method possible. I had to dremel and file grooves in the race fame at the top and bottom to let the line lay in better and it required matching half rounds to be cut from the grip. But again all in all I'm very happy with the outcome.
Next is some sort of foregrip. My left hand just doesn't seem to know what to do. I'm thinking of either a vertical grip or perhaps a rifle like or pump like horizontal "stock" to hold onto for some support.
I'm also considering some sort of clamp on setup for a ghost ring sight. Or perhaps I'll side mount it on those dovetails built into the rail.
During play it feels great now. I loved the grip of the old Classic frame with those rubber grips. They fit the hand really well. But the angle was all wrong for me. The more vertical angle puts a lot less stress on my wrist.
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The new frame is an electro Race frame that I got for cheap off Ebay. A bit of milling had to be done to let the Mag's sear and connecting rod fit down in the slot. And of course a hole was drilled for the barrel pin to fit into up near the front screw.
A small hole and countersink was drilled into the back of the trigger to accept the connecting rod. Things worked out such that I was able to drill to a depth that allowed me to use the stock rod length setting. Sometimes you win the little things at least...
At first I tried to outsmart AGD and drilled the socket hole for the rod slighty further down the trigger by about 3/16. The thinking was that it would reduce the trigger travel and amplify the return pulse action from the valve. It definetly reduced the throw needed and amplified the kick forward effect but it made the firing effort increase far too much for my tastes. So I made up a little plug of aluminium with an interferance fit and tapped it into the hole so I could drill another one at the stock distance from the hinge pin.
The second big change was to make up a custom drop adapter. I'm finding that the 'mag is pretty short and I like to get the barrel up where I can put the back block at my nose and sight down the two sides of the barrel. But I kept having to place the butt of the bottle on the upper part of my shoulder. Also I found that my wrist was constantly hitting the fill nipple or guage and that the fatness of the bottle was just plain getting in the way. So I killed three birds with one paintball and the special drop is the result. It's pretty rough right now because I didn't know how well it would work out and it was make up the night before a game day. Future plans call for some dressing up. But the good news is that it has worked out well beyond my expectations. I'm extremely happy with it on all counts.
Finally there's that odd macro line run. Once it was together and the drop and on-off in place the routing like this just sort of became obvious. The thin forward portion of the Race frame makes this method possible. I had to dremel and file grooves in the race fame at the top and bottom to let the line lay in better and it required matching half rounds to be cut from the grip. But again all in all I'm very happy with the outcome.
Next is some sort of foregrip. My left hand just doesn't seem to know what to do. I'm thinking of either a vertical grip or perhaps a rifle like or pump like horizontal "stock" to hold onto for some support.
I'm also considering some sort of clamp on setup for a ghost ring sight. Or perhaps I'll side mount it on those dovetails built into the rail.
During play it feels great now. I loved the grip of the old Classic frame with those rubber grips. They fit the hand really well. But the angle was all wrong for me. The more vertical angle puts a lot less stress on my wrist.
clicky to make biggy
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