Message to AGD:

[Ratt]

Tom, I have an idea that I would like to share with you. Could you please contact me? [email protected]

[Argelmcgee]

Tom is no longer President of AGD.

[DevilMan]

Hey Ratt.... off topic, but if you get a chance to play at Tama Hills let me know....

DM

[AGD]

Talk to me here.

AGD

[luke]

Tom is no longer President of AGD.

Yes. But he still owns the company.

[speed_ga]

he's not accepting any ideas right now. He's cleaning out the basement where he stores the last of AGD's stock. And when he does sell the rest of the stock there will be a big RIP sign next to every airgun design part ever made!

I know I know your probley looking like this right now->

But rest assure take your idea to a company that wants to make it into the future of paintball.

[AGD]

Hey Speedy, your hanging out here why??? Seems to me you should be solving the big problems in the paintball world.

AGD

[Anjin3515]

he's not accepting any ideas right now. He's cleaning out the basement where he stores the last of AGD's stock. And when he does sell the rest of the stock there will be a big RIP sign next to every airgun design part ever made!

I know I know your probley looking like this right now->

But rest assure take your idea to a company that wants to make it into the future of paintball.

Im just guessing here....but I think that AGD and Automags will be around long after you stop playing paintball......

[questionful]

Tom, here's my idea. It's probably been thought of and used before, but you never know. . .

It's just an RT-style reg with a different kind of spring. I haven't thought about it that much, but I know it is worth experimenting with potential. And, if it hasn't been patented already, the spring mechanism could be used for all sorts of stuff. Basically, the spring has a carrier on each end. Each carrier rides on different threads (one could ride on a threaded shaft inside the spring, the other could ride on female threads encasing the spring). The threads are very steep, machined, and not necessarily regular throughout (like, their angle changes). By changing the difference between the angles of the threads, the spring's movement/force (pardon my terminology) ratio can be changed. The whole point of this is that the regulator spring would move the poppet very slowly, until desired pressure is reached, at which point the poppet suddenly blitzes closed. So, instead of the RT's "full-pressure recharge", a valve with the spring system describe above would have "full-pressure, FULL-FLOW recharge." I know no physics, so I don't know how this would practically work out, but being the all-mighty Tom K, what do you think?

[stevewar]

he's not accepting any ideas right now. He's cleaning out the basement where he stores the last of AGD's stock. And when he does sell the rest of the stock there will be a big RIP sign next to every airgun design part ever made!

I know I know your probley looking like this right now->

But rest assure take your idea to a company that wants to make it into the future of paintball.

UGH, Tom and others have as recently as yesterday stated that they aren't going anywhere.

[LK-13]

Talk to me here.

AGD

OK,
uh.........
i have some projects that I'm working on,
mostly putting AutoMags of one verity or another into Wood Stocks.
the reason i have chosen to use AutoMags is because of the easily adapted trigger set up
and the sleek in line design which lends itself well to being placed into a Wood Stock.
now i have discovered these threads that seem to be sounding the death knell of AGD.
is AGD really in this much trouble?
is AGD really close to shutting it's doors for ever?
what is the state of AGD and should we be worried?

[questionful]

OK,
uh.........
i have some projects that I'm working on,
mostly putting AutoMags of one verity or another into Wood Stocks.
the reason i have chosen to use AutoMags is because of the easily adapted trigger set up
and the sleek in line design which lends itself well to being placed into a Wood Stock.
now i have discovered these threads that seem to be sounding the death knell of AGD.
is AGD really in this much trouble?
is AGD really close to shutting it's doors for ever?
what is the state of AGD and should we be worried?

No already! Go buy mags and put them in stocks and be happy and rejoice a company is alive and making quality products.

[warbeak2099]

AGD is neither slowly dying nor doing outstanding with respect to the paintball market. They are simply in a state of existence. They don't try to put themselves out there, otherwise they would be an even bigger part of the scenario market. They just sit in stagnation. Great products, bad marketing and apparently no drive, ambition, or enthusiasm.

[questionful]

AGD is neither slowly dying nor doing outstanding with respect to the paintball market. They are simply in a state of existence. They don't try to put themselves out there, otherwise they would be an even bigger part of the scenario market. They just sit in stagnation. Great products, bad marketing and apparently no drive, ambition, or enthusiasm.

Man, do you know the issues they're facing? I don't either, but I'm sure it takes drive and ambition to just screw marketing and just make a quality product in today's economy.

[warbeak2099]

Man, do you know the issues they're facing? I don't either, but I'm sure it takes drive and ambition to just screw marketing and just make a quality product in today's economy.

......

Yes you're right, it takes an incredible amount of drive to create a good product and then do a half-assed job of selling it.