autococker pumps

[madcrisis]

im looking into getting one off of ebay. i wanted to know if they break downalot or require a lot of maintenance? its a cheap on about 100$. any opinions or efficency knowledge.? all knowledge appreciated thank you.

[madcrisis]

its actually cocker-style

gun

[olinar]

a bunch of people actually picked one up here on AO from that seller. its a good buy, esp if youve got everything else needed to use it.

[madcrisis]

what alse is needed to use it? besides co2 and paint and hopper

[Rudz]

Yeah abt a dozen or so of us got those, not bad, slap a reg on it for hpa, or use a spring kit and spring it for un regged co2, but they all don't look like the pik, some are blue, some are black, some had tattoos, a couple had swing triggers, atleast one even had a delrin bolt, but the sure thing is you will get a lightning cocker with a wgp pump kit, not a bad buy at all, I was the one who originally posted them here abt a couple weeks ago

[Smoothice]

im looking into getting one off of ebay. i wanted to know if they break downalot or require a lot of maintenance? its a cheap on about 100$. any opinions or efficency knowledge.? all knowledge appreciated thank you.

Shameless plug***** I may be selling a 02 right feed sniper pretty soon here.

Back on topic.

Mine have never broken down and require just about 0 maintenance. Its the semi autocockers (non pump) that have a bad rap for maintenance and breaking down.

For efficiency I would go with a pre 2K. So something 1999 and older. I have heard they are more efficient.

EDIT-Geez 4 posts since I started my reply. Damn I am slow.

[madcrisis]

what is a spring and spring kit? also how much they run? and where can i buy a quik change for 12 grams?

[wetwrks]

Considering snipers (the pump version of the autococker) came first and have been out since (at least) the early 90's they have had more than enough time to work out all of the problems and prove themselves.

The autococker was simply a sniper that was converted to a semi. A lot of the early pump guns were tinkered with in an attempt to make them semi as semis became more acceptable to the fields.

[Rudz]

Pre 2k cockers have smaller aiways, therefore when using co2, there is less chance to expand, the lightning cocker is 2k+ so you can use a pre 2k valve, commonly found around here or mcb, and a devolumizer, from wwa, to bring your cocker to pre 2k specs, you will also need a valve too and cocker spring kit, very common items, I found some online.

[madcrisis]

anyone else?

[Rudz]

maddman spirng kits - google is your freind

12 gram changers - whitewolfairmsithing.com - i think thats the adress, try google, he also has the devolumizer

pre2k valve- mcarterbrown is your best bet

[craltal]

maddman spirng kits - google is your freind

12 gram changers - whitewolfairmsithing.com - i think thats the adress, try google, he also has the devolumizer

pre2k valve- mcarterbrown is your best bet

you can also get the 12g changer and spring kit from wevopaintball.com

[FSU_Paintball]

Pump autocockers are referred to as "snipers" - they were the precursor to cockers as you now know them.

And as pump guns, they're very reliable.

[drg]

To answer your questions -

1. They rarely break down and require very little maintenance. Just cleaning and a little oil here and there every once in a blue moon. About as close to worry-free as you can get.

2. You basically don't need anything other than what you said, paint, CO2, loader. You should be good to go out of the box, just velocity adjustment.

[JAM]

Do it!

Cockers are awesome and a pump cocker should need almost NO maintenance.
Enjoy.