choose one...

[mpsd]

In that case, the resin seems to be a good option. Just make sure the threads for the feedneck, detent and barrel will hold up and sustain the use and abuse paintball markers usually suffer.

[vf-xx]

I like where this is going....

Maybe use threaded inserts for the barrel as well?

[sjrtk]

A resin sounds good but i think even then you will need a buffer to ease the pounding the bolt will inflict. Besides I don't trust plastic (resin or other wise) threads. If you could an aluminum breach insert with the AGD spec body washer could work. Not sure of the price point though. It is still a good plan.

[LK-13]

In that case, the resin seems to be a good option. Just make sure the threads for the feedneck, detent and barrel will hold up and sustain the use and abuse paintball markers usually suffer.

not going to be any feed necks, they will be magazine fed.

[Watcher]

The "personal favorite" looks good to me. I can easily see that on, like, a Mini-14.

[sjrtk]

The "personal favorite" looks good to me. I can easily see that on, like, a Mini-14.

That was my thought on the low profile, I have a mini-14 stock waiting for guts right now.

[LK-13]

then there is the "Sterling" body...

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=249738

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=255310

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=254716

[mpsd]

That would be nice too, specially if used with a Lapco barrel shroud!

[LK-13]

That would be nice too, specially if used with a Lapco barrel shroud!

the Lapco shroud is the wrong scale and because of the body having the rail built in the barrel is off center.
I'll be making the shrouds as well. they will blend seamlessly.
but gotta get some interest happening or I'm not going to be able to build a blasted thing.

[vf-xx]

the Lapco shroud is the wrong scale and because of the body having the rail built in the barrel is off center.
I'll be making the shrouds as well. they will blend seamlessly.
but gotta get some interest happening or I'm not going to be able to build a blasted thing.

What sort of interest do you need for a resin bodied rifle?

And have you done any mock up's of the mag design? I would imagine the mag and mag retention system may be the most complex part here.

[BlackOps]

I prefer your fave as well.

Question though, didn't Reaper Customs make an underfed Qloader body, and it required that he make some cantilevered grip system in order to make the extra room to feed it from underneath?

[LK-13]

I prefer your fave as well.

Question though, didn't Reaper Customs make an underfed Qloader body, and it required that he make some cantilevered grip system in order to make the extra room to feed it from underneath?

Q-Loader actually makes it's own under fed marker based on the A5 platform.

But mounting in a Rifle Stock allows me to place the trigger where ever I want.
In this case the trigger hinge point is directly under the valve thumb screw.
It also lends it's self to a pneumag trigger because it's a remote system that can be put anywhere.
if you were to try to make a pistol out of one of my bodies,
the grip would be under or behind the valve, kinda K frame-ish.
the Sterling version is going to work reasonably well with your AGD pistol grip, but you may need to extend the trigger rod or just go to a pneumag triggering system.

[LK-13]

next question is...
Would you want the body alone so you could build your own project?
or
Would you want a fully built & tested gun ready to gas up and shoot?

[mpsd]

I'd rather have the body alone.

For example, on the Sterling, I'd like to assemble it with an old metal single trigger frame, a classic valve and a short 6" or 8" barrel. Speaking of that, could you extend the back portion of that body to cover the valve and do it in a way that the air fitting would look like the cocking pin on the original Sterlings you've shown?

[BlackOps]

Q-Loader actually makes it's own under fed marker based on the A5 platform.

Yes, I know, there are several mag fed/bottom fed markers out there, but I was assuming that since this was on AO.org that it would be mag valve based.

But mounting in a Rifle Stock allows me to place the trigger where ever I want.

Not really, the sear has to be in the same place it would be on any automag.

It also lends it's self to a pneumag trigger because it's a remote system that can be put anywhere.
if you were to try to make a pistol out of one of my bodies,
the grip would be under or behind the valve, kinda K frame-ish.
the Sterling version is going to work reasonably well with your AGD pistol grip, but you may need to extend the trigger rod or just go to a pneumag triggering system.

Which was the point I was getting at. We aren't looking at something that you can strap a modified rail and an intelliframe on and it works. Its going to require some serious tinkering in the grip frame department to make it work.

There wasn't really any clarification to that point, and well.... Now there is.