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  • Smoothice
    Registered User

    • Nov 2006
    • 4579

    #1

    Lemons into Lemonade

    So after waiting and waiting and waiting for my Gforce frame to arrive
    I decided to purchase a temporary marker. I chose a hyperframed minimag
    as my entry level e-mag. The price was right. This is how she looked
    when she arrived.



    This marker had been in my possession for less then 6 hours when
    tragedy struck.



    Now i'm sure you are wondering what in the hell happened to that body.
    Did I do a superman dive into a brick wall? Did I try to stop an approaching semi with it? Nope.

    I store/hide all of my markers up in the attic. While re-arranging some things
    I bumped the box this was sitting on. Which caused it to tumble out of my
    attic 10 feet down onto the cement floor. The body took 100% of the impact.

    So I did what any self respecting MAG owner would do. I cried. Then I called
    all the fellow MAGotts I know and shared my stupidity with them. They all
    had a good laugh.

    This mangled body sat in my attic for a few months. It would ride along with
    me to local AO days for all to oogle.

    Then I decided it could be salvaged. After a few hours with a tire iron and a
    mallet the body became to take shape. Then out came an old steel twist lock
    barrel. I proceeded to pound the barrel into the body. Still a bit wavy the
    body was as straight as my ability would allow.

    Next came a red pencil.



    Then out came the ghetto mill.



    After about 30 minutes of cutting up the body I had my design



    Another half hour of filing and the body was done. Next came the sand paper
    to polish the body. Then a red sharpie to color my now trashed steel barrel.




    After another few months of sitting in the garage all my parts finally came
    together.

    I present my 1 of a kind pumpmag.



    -custom cut minimag body
    -classic valve
    -agd pump kit
    -custum cut 12 gram changer
    -benchmark single trigger frame
    -red cp barrel
  • dre1919
    www.andrewsloan.com
    • May 2002
    • 1548

    #2
    Couple of thoughts:

    1. I LOVE the Hyperframe. I wish I never sold mine...hands down, best trigger I ever felt in my life.
    2. That is an awesome restoration job.
    3. You are THE MAN.
    sigpic

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    • Spider-TW
      U R techno-literate!

      • Oct 2006
      • 3554

      #3
      I wondered how your MOTM entry came about. It should be called the "Attic Bomb".

      Cool save! It makes those virtue grips look good. I never liked them until now.

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      • Smoothice
        Registered User

        • Nov 2006
        • 4579

        #4
        Originally posted by Spider-TW
        I wondered how your MOTM entry came about. It should be called the "Attic Bomb".

        Cool save! It makes those virtue grips look good. I never liked them until now.
        I like that. Attic Bomb. Yeah those grips were very close to being sold or lost to the bottom of my parts box. But they seemed to look pretty good on this marker.

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        • Old School 626
          Old enough to know better.
          • Nov 2007
          • 368

          #5
          There comes a time where one just shakes their head..... Pounded the barrel in?

          Nice outcome tho!

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          • punkncat
            One foot less
            • Feb 2003
            • 5841

            #6
            Sure would have been easy to fix with a hacksaw.....

            It is....original....

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            • mr doo doo
              doo doo, stanky
              • Mar 2007
              • 1379

              #7
              that gun is hot smoothice! saw that on MOTM, and it was immediately a winner to me . cant wait to see that in action next time!

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              • d4m4don3
                does anyone read my posts?
                • Sep 2005
                • 1228

                #8
                You are without a doubt the master of incognito and ghetto rigging.


                I approves the design and workmanship that has been put into this marker. 100% smooth as ice.

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                • Smoothice
                  Registered User

                  • Nov 2006
                  • 4579

                  #9
                  Originally posted by mr doo doo
                  that gun is hot smoothice! saw that on MOTM, and it was immediately a winner to me . cant wait to see that in action next time!
                  Well considering how damn nice your pump mag is that is a HUGE compliment.

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                  • michbich
                    machinist-biochemist
                    • Jul 2007
                    • 849

                    #10
                    You're lucky the hyper frame didn't receive that impact instead of the body. I would have heard a high pitch sceam all the way to my basement if that happenned.

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                    • Smoothice
                      Registered User

                      • Nov 2006
                      • 4579

                      #11
                      Originally posted by michbich
                      You're lucky the hyper frame didn't receive that impact instead of the body. I would have heard a high pitch sceam all the way to my basement if that happenned.

                      I actually felt lucky that my car wasn't parked underneath.

                      Usually my car is parked right there. So far I have dropped an asa on my hood that put a 1 inch dent in it. And I dropped a 9 volt battery on my window. Luckily nothing broke.

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                      • Jaan
                        It's Pronounced *John*

                        • Apr 2005
                        • 1310

                        #12
                        A few months ago my friend bought a Minimag where someone had cut off the front of the body...I always wondered why someone would cut the shroud off a Minimag. I guess the front isn't that strong...

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                        • Sumthinwicked
                          team id psycho AO-CT
                          • Nov 2005
                          • 4292

                          #13
                          take a lesson and hang a fishing net or smaller holed net like bug screening over that spot LOL and be more carefull

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                          • Whee McGee
                            Back into Mags
                            • Aug 2007
                            • 711

                            #14
                            Man oh man do I love having my stuff at ground level.

                            Very cool, Smooth. Can't wait to see it next time we go out.

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