E-Mag's being choppers

[PowerFedMag]

Hey, I always look toward upgrading my gun, and right now I have an RT. At my local field a lot of ppl ask if I chop it a lot. I don't. But I was thinking of going up to an E-Mag one day, and A LOT of ppl are saying those chop like mad, and I know one guy on the forum is selling his because all it does is chop...ppl with warp feed don't seem to have this prob...I'm not saying I believe them, but where is all this *chopping* propaganda coming from?
laterz

[bond1313]

Well, the only e-mag I have seen chop was because the hopper could not keep up with it, otherwise there great.

[FeelTheRT]

Because many people did not have good expirience with classic Mags and broke paint alot and they think that the Emag is just another paint blending gun...

Dale Furby Ford (talker guy from a paintball radio show) used to think Mags were just paint breaking machines and were totaly against Mags. He recently tried one of his friend's Emag and fell in love with it. He even tried to sell his Cocker on Ebay once to buy an Emag but his reserve price was not met ($1200?) so he ended up buying a Centerflag Uprising frame...

[udtseal]

The E-mag dosent just "chop". Why would there be thousands of happy customers if that were so!? The only reasons they would just "chop" would be because either the warp wasent installed correctly, bad paint to barrel match, wrong nubbins, loader cant keep up, etc. But thats all stuff that you are most likly aware of and already know to keep track of. Ever since I went to my powerfeed body, got a halo, and got a CP barrel kit, I havent had one chopping problem. I just got a superbolt (sunday i will put that to the test). I think every emag owner on this board is very happy with thier setups and would be more than happy to answer any questions you might have!

[kenshinkandon]

I think that myth is no different than closed verses open bolt it all just myth no one has any proof of mag chopping more than any other marker. I think the biggest problem with a mag chopping is the mouth that feeds the beast, it has to be able to keep up with your finger. Prior to the Warp and the HALO the max ball feeding was rated at 12 bps and you still had problems with that due to a delay that was built into Revies. Mags will chop just like any other marker out there the best way to prevent chopping is to feed your mag with more than enough balls to keep it happy.

[PowerFedMag]

yea

I pretty much figured all that...and If (and when) I get an E-Mag and experience chopping problems..look at the barrel + paint, then set ROF less so I dont out shoot hopper. I just wonder how all this garbage speak is spawned, even yesterday, ppl are telling me that at some point my RT will start chopping, and that they've had friends who've had guns that run great, and like years later they start choppings (bad example).
I'm not sure if his forum name is the same as on AIM, but ColbyJ is selling his E-Mag so he can get an Angel, he said that all it does is chop, and he's had everything checked out, and he has a HALO, etc... and now he just want to rid himself of it. When I hear that kinda stuff I just wonder...
I haven't heard of any probs chopping w\warp setup.

[Nitroduck]

Emags will chop if you run a hopper that can't keep up with the ROF. Its like that with any gun on the market.

[Rock Star]

if ya having problems then turn the gun down to 9bps. other than that he might have bad nubbins.

[Dude]

My E-Mag never chopped and I had a warp-feed. What it did do though was break a rediculous amount of paint down the barrel. The paint to barrel match was fine and I sent the gun to a pro-shop like six times and it still didn't work right and broke paint a lot.

[nutz]

it will chop same as u do with ur rt

[Webmaster]

Tom is taking my EMAG away as I am too stupid to use it. I have had zero problems with the gun just mysteriously chopping paint. It does break when I:

a)out shoot the rev

b)keep it leaned over on the side too long the warp runs out of paint

c) forget to turn warp on

d) forget to STOP shooting when out of paint

e) through repeated stupidity the powerfeed plug can become slick and get pushed out by the warp enough to cause problems

So - if you see an emag chopping - you may want to check out those things. Other than that - mine works great!

[veteranmag]

I will say that automags, by virtue of their blow-forward design, has more potential of chopping balls if the bolt moves forward before a ball is completely in the breech. In comparison, if the bolt in my autococker catches a ball mid-way down the feed tube, the bolt jams onto the ball without chopping it.

Having said that, I did have some chopping problems when I first bought my minimag years ago. Experience taught me that balls most often chop b/c (1) bad nubbin (needs adjustment, worn out), (2) hopper is not feeding well (needs fresh batteries), (3) powerfeed tube is dirty (ie paint, shell, dirt), (4) powerplug/barrel is not completely in the correct position (thereby partially blocking the balls) and (5) tilting the gun too far to own side (the balls do not feed quickly enough) when shooting high ROF.

Having learned that, I've have yet to chop a single ball on my E-mag.

[Ack]

Reason #6 for chopping paint..

You can't wait to go out and get batteries for your new warp/Emag setup and push the balls in the top of the feed tube all while your friend is on 3 shot burst. Cut the 3rd ball in half cuz I refuse to put my finger in the tube.. other than that.. 3 cases no breaks..

[AutoMaggot]

It's really cold up here in the winter time. I ran a hopper left E-Mag with a warp and a turbo rev, and I never ever chopped... HOWEVER, I did break usually one ball per hopper in the chamber after the paint would get colder... thats something to consider... not just chopping...

[Chupas2]

I put about a case through my gun every weekend and the only time I really break a ball is when I run out of paint in my hopper and the warp doesn't feed because there is no paint.