My First Automag (Questions)

[Nobody]

I wouldn't have to drill the valve if I did something similar to this. So are there other ASAs that I can use that still have the hoses going up into the grip? Just like any macroless markers.

Please excuse my lack of technical terms.

Sure, you can take a CP direct mount, have someone like Luke, drill it for a 1/8th NPT, and go with that. That will give you the hidden air line. Then you can either route the airline back into the frame, like in the pic shown, or plug the input, and have the bottom of the valve drilled, so the airline could be totally hidden. That is all up to you and how you wish to go about it. Flatliner333 did a macroless gun. You can ask him how to go about it.

Though, this is one point on not doing macroless. With it hidden or like in the pic, it makes taking out the valve a real choir. Whether its to change a powertube oring, adjust a L10, adjust a on/off or ULT, or just to clean a break. Its your gun, so go forth with how you want it. I see the technical aspects of it being outweighed by the utilitarian aspects of the airline.

[PyroWeasel]

Ah you make good points.

[Fred]

I'm running a similar setup on one of my mags. I haven't run into any problems that are specific to Automag Qloader combinations. Just the standard Qloader related issues, and a couple issues with my specific setup.

I just recently played the entire weekend of Supergame with this..



I encountered some minor feeding issues that I believe were being caused by the elbows I used in my feed tube setup. Nothing that was a game stopper, just minor inconvenience on the field. I highly recommend going with a Level 10 bolt if you are going to try a Qloader. There were several times it saved me from chops caused by feed issues. All in all, I made it through Supergame without using a hopper fed gun once, and without a single broken or chopped ball. I still have a few bugs to work out, but the results so far are very encouraging.

The standard advice of "don't buy a Qloader unless you LOVE to tinker" holds true in the Automag world as well though.

I would also recommend that you take a hopper fed gun to the field with you as a backup. Many times I've found that a particular setup work wonders in the back yard, and then craps the bed as soon as you get onto the field. It's nice to have something to play with when this happens.

Love the mounting bracket for the Q-loader, is that a standard thing or custom?

[Levi]

Love the mounting bracket for the Q-loader, is that a standard thing or custom?

The bracket is the one that comes with Qloader's custom mounting socket. I just cut down the length and extended the slot to get the socket hugged up to the foregrip.