Another E-mag. I'm done for a while, really!

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  • ArmyEngineer
    Ninja
    • Oct 2009
    • 244

    #1

    Another E-mag. I'm done for a while, really!

    Hey guys,
    I just picked up another e-mag. This time from a well known albeit retired scenario team member. This is the cleanest marker I have bought to date. It really was hardly used.

    Anyway, I got to breaking it down and noticed something different: it has a micro-switch and factory ace milling. Hooray!

    The other thing I noticed was that the Emax valve's engraving was flaking off. Is there anything that can be done about that? I'm afraid that the ano could soon follow. It's strange, because the valve is in perfect shape otherwise. Quantum Lasermark did the engraving originally, can they line it up again?

    And now I don't know which marker to give the Emax and which to give the heavy valve. Do y'all think the red acid lowers look better with silver of black? Decisions decisions!

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  • Ando
    Magusmaximus
    • Jun 2009
    • 4144

    #2
    Anno doesn't flake off, it gets scratched off.

    I've never seen the actual lettering flake I'm 100% sure that lettering is lazered on. Someone could have used something like paint to make the lettering pop out. Besides that I don't know brother. Good find tho.
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    • Frizzle Fry
      AO Micromag Guy
      • Mar 2009
      • 3280

      #3
      Originally posted by Ando
      I've never seen the actual lettering flake I'm 100% sure that lettering is lazered on.
      The lettering is lazered, but people (myself included) have used nail polish or automotive touchup paint to make them more clear as they wear/oxidize.

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      • ArmyEngineer
        Ninja
        • Oct 2009
        • 244

        #4
        Originally posted by Frizzle Fry
        The lettering is lazered, but people (myself included) have used nail polish or automotive touchup paint to make them more clear as they wear/oxidize.
        Yeah, it's weird. It looks greenish where the lasering has flaked off. I suspect that the laser job converted the ano too quickly and made its way through. http://www.pfonline.com/articles/cli...5cl_alum1.html It flakes off like paint, but it isn't paint.

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        • XM15
          Registered User

          • Dec 2005
          • 279

          #5
          I think the lowers look better with the black.

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          • fishmishin
            Registered User
            • Dec 2008
            • 1285

            #6
            Those black lowers are super clean, WOW. Nice find !!
            http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...ishin+feedback

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            • maniacmechanic
              PrestonCoPaintball
              • Aug 2006
              • 3453

              #7
              Originally posted by ArmyEngineer
              Yeah, it's weird. It looks greenish where the lasering has flaked off. I suspect that the laser job converted the ano too quickly and made its way through. http://www.pfonline.com/articles/cli...5cl_alum1.html It flakes off like paint, but it isn't paint.
              I've had a couple valves do the same thing

              That is a nice clean E Mag , but if you think this will be your last I fear you are probley wrong

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              • Dirge
                BIGEVILONLINE

                • May 2004
                • 500

                #8
                Automaguswalletemptius is a mental illness. Embrace it!
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                • ArmyEngineer
                  Ninja
                  • Oct 2009
                  • 244

                  #9
                  Rebuilt the Geddon this afternoon and my UL came in. Here are a couple unedited (ooh) shots of the red lowers. I was going for sinister. Number 2 should give away what the marker was suspended from.





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                  • Frizzle Fry
                    AO Micromag Guy
                    • Mar 2009
                    • 3280

                    #10
                    I got it on #3, but either way very schnazzy.

                    I would have gone with nickel accents, but the red/black is hot!

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                    • ArmyEngineer
                      Ninja
                      • Oct 2009
                      • 244

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Frizzle Fry
                      I got it on #3, but either way very schnazzy.

                      I would have gone with nickel accents, but the red/black is hot!
                      I have the nickel body that came on the marker, but it was peeling terribly. The entire feedneck, I flaked off with my thumbnail. I called AGD and they told me that early on a higher aluminum alloy was used and it didn't take the plating well. They told me that it is probably one of those bodies.

                      #3 was my favorite too.

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                      • Sweet Tooth
                        Registered User
                        • Dec 2009
                        • 85

                        #12
                        This is a SEXY marker. I've held it. I felt the grace of the 'stache upon me.

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                        • ArmyEngineer
                          Ninja
                          • Oct 2009
                          • 244

                          #13
                          I don't know who to bring out, tooth. I'm afraid to play with the black one in the tank, but it is warped. Decisions decisions.

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