Automags: Does it get out of hand real quick?

[Ailia]

And what ever you do NEVER and I mean NEVER work at a machine shop with a mag addiction.

Too late........ Thankfully I'm not a machinist, so I've got to convince someone else that I really really need a warp bracket built to finish Mag #2, and then there's that extra level 7 bolt that came off that valve I bought for the level 10.....

[Stealthpanda]

It really is the entire modular aspect. If I happened to be a more technical guy... I'd of done the same for an autococker. They just don't do anything for me. /shrug

[ScottyBeans]

I am literally a valve away from my second mag. The 1st mag is about an X valve away from where I want it, which ironically finishes the second mag at the same time.

Does this mean the "second" mag will be exactly the one you started with?

[Stealthpanda]

Pretty much. Different grip and drop, but everything else will be what I started with. Now for that valve...

[Zone Drifter]

Yep, you start with a classic or so, then see all these cool builds so you get more parts. then people make custom parts that you know are gonna be hard to find if you don't pre-order them. So you acquire MORE parts waiting for the order to be filled... then you have an e-mag, just to try it, then build a pneumag because it's fun, and so on.

I'm at the point where I sold ALL my mags (almost all of them I want back) then take a two year break. Suddenly, I trade a marker for a mag because it's a good deal and I'm back in the mag hole.

YOU NEVER FULLY LEAVE THE MAG HOLE.

[Spider-TW]

Yep, you start with a classic or so, then see all these cool builds so you get more parts. then people make custom parts that you know are gonna be hard to find if you don't pre-order them. So you acquire MORE parts waiting for the order to be filled... then you have an e-mag, just to try it, then build a pneumag because it's fun, and so on.

I'm at the point where I sold ALL my mags (almost all of them I want back) then take a two year break. Suddenly, I trade a marker for a mag because it's a good deal and I'm back in the mag hole.

YOU NEVER FULLY LEAVE THE MAG HOLE.

Yeah, classics are just too nice for the price. Then there's pump mags and EP (ego) mags. Sydarms. Stock class feed mags. I have a mag just for a ULT setup. Maybe you have a fully ULE mag/CF mag. You might need a sleeper pneu to go with your regular pneu. Maybe a classic pneu, just to confuse the refs. Then there's a build for a zap cheater, g-force frame, XMT body, and/or Luke frame. Then there's different colors and bottle setups. Longbows and tac setups.

The hole goes deeeep.

[cockerpunk]

ok this is how automags work.

you buy a mag, love it... but you feel that it can be improved. so you buy a better barrel, then a frame, change out the grip, then you make the jump to and xvalve. after that you realise how much the body weighs so you get a ULE.

then you realise you dont just have a mag with spare parts, you have 1 working gun and 1 ALMOST working gun

so you buy parts to finish the second mag and while youre looking you find other interesting mag parts that you want and add them to either gun 1 or 2

until you have 2 working guns and 1 ALMOST working gun

now you really know your automags and you start looking at what the rest of us are doing. so you say "ill build a pnuemag, but I dont wanna cut those frames" so you buy another frame and think that if youre gonna build a real performer then minght as well get other good parts.

this is how mags breed.



I started out with a classic RT. sold it got a 68. then this part changed, that part changed... repeat from top of page.

almost ALL of us have a mag worth around 100$ another worth around 500$ and then another worth around 800$

itll grow until you break down and buy an X-mag or 10

chuff chuff tom

seen this happen so many times.

this is why when i got back into automags, i stick to RT classics .... no aftermarket = no temptation but plenty of mag goodness

[Patron God of Pirates]

seen this happen so many times.

this is why when i got back into automags, i stick to RT classics .... no aftermarket = no temptation but plenty of mag goodness

lol. My Classic RT now has an XMT body, Lukes mini vert frame, and pneumag conversion.

[cockerpunk]

lol. My Classic RT now has an XMT body, Lukes mini vert frame, and pneumag conversion.

true, mine did get a vertical body conversion, lvl 10, and is one of the red smear automags. i have had a few classics ....

[Patron God of Pirates]

true, mine did get a vertical body conversion, lvl 10, and is one of the red smear automags. i have had a few classics ....

I think I saw that in a pic or two. Off topic: IIRC you had two air lines running from the ASA to the gas thru rail. Did you see performance increase from that?

[Big'n slo]

Stealthpanda,

I can feed your problem, and I'm prolly local

Mullica Hill, NJ

[Spider-TW]

lol. My Classic RT now has an XMT body, Lukes mini vert frame, and pneumag conversion.

Well, you can get a WHOLE classic RT for the price of just an X-valve! With a level 10 bolt, you have a full blown, modern RT mag. Right?

"The temptation with an RT is less." How about that?

[Flatliner333]

Post#13 QFT
Post#15 I feel your pain ...don't work in one but next door to one...but I have learned how to run a mill and a lathe

[blackdeath1k]

I really think I'm the odd man out. My main gun. And has been since 97 is a classic RT. It has a Y grip. A shortened feed neck. And a twist lock freak. I love that gun as much today as I did back when. Wife's gun is seeing a few changes. Actually sold a functional classic mag with most of the parts. But its still more function than looks.

[BTAutoMag]

I really think I'm the odd man out. My main gun. And has been since 97 is a classic RT. It has a Y grip. A shortened feed neck. And a twist lock freak. I love that gun as much today as I did back when. Wife's gun is seeing a few changes. Actually sold a functional classic mag with most of the parts. But its still more function than looks.

... Can we ban him?