WHY are Mini Mags Called Mini Mags?

[magman007]

Was it beause of the vert asa? because now adays, there actually bigger than automags

[mykroft]

The Vert ASA, and short barrel.

[CoFFeY[NiTrO]]

the body makes it look like a mini-gun (the holes at the tip)

[DiRTyBuNNy]

the little stubby 8in barrel didn't help either...

[Potatoboy]

The mini was designed to be the shortest marker on the market and it is if you use it the way it was intended to be!

A 8 inch barrel and a 9 to 12 ounce CO2 tank directly into the vert ASA. A nice small package.

Put a bottom line and a 12 inch barrel on it and it's the same length as an Automag.

[Ultimator]

Hm .... maybe it's just me but I thought it was because of the way the barrel looks in the gun. *shrug*

[Bob Mundon]

the barrel shroud has nothing to do with a minigun.

it does have the machine pistol look, but not the giant 6 barreled gatling gun look.

[liigod]

because after im done cutting off all the little shroud fronts off of any minimag anyone i know owns... they are smaller than when they started.

[Potatoboy]

So, effectivly liigod, you've taken Mini's (which most people have to pay a premium for) and cut the only thing that seperates them from Automag mainbodys off.

Please, The thread was asking a legitimate question. If you don't have something constructive and topical to say, don't post!

[FutureMagOwner]

i would suppose it would be because its ment to be smaller but i would think you could do the same with a regular mag with a vertical bottle

[MikeCouves]

Because it sounds cool.

[banzaimf]

as mentioned earlier, the vert asa and the shorter barrels were the hinging factor. When it first came out, it was the only way to get a mag with vert ASA's. Thus shortening the entire gun.

banzaimf

[paint magnet]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Automag classic is something like 8.5" long, with no barrel. And the minimag is 13.5" long with an 8" barrel. Doesn't this mean that without the shroud and without the barrel the minimag would be 5.5" long?

[TransMan]

no paintmagnet it would not be 5.5 inches long because in a mag part of the barrel is in the gun

[banzaimf]

no, the primary section of the tube is the same length.

banzaimf