Proto Mainbodies NEED YOUR HELP!!

[Gecko]

pretty easy to do on a lathe if it has active tooling
looks good tom as long as the durability is there. I prefer the plain style myself
i play around in solidworks and see if i can do anything funky. Can you post some rough dims like diameter and location of the feed tube? also the size of the stock peice it was cut from.
Gecko

[magman007]

Wow, thats pretty sweet....But tom, i have to say, i know the tube is cheper, but we need a millable brick.

The problem with a millable brick is that it would baisically look like a micromag. That is why i liked the old one so much more. It want brickey, and when you showed it to me on the tour iw as like, wow thats sweet! You prolly dont remember, oh well. I thought the old body was really cool.

THe other thing with the millable brick, is for people to want to buy a mag with that, there going to want m,odular designs. Unless you offered something realy big. Something like in color, and a price under neath the origional automag. That would sell, it would also appeal to more pople in the low cost marker area, and since it is a tourny gun, they wont need another ever!

I like that though, i would go for a millable brick, or cheper than the origional automag. Also, you just really gotta jazz it up! WHERE ARE THOSE DAMN PHOTOSHOPPERS!

[HoppysMag]

i agree that we need a millable brick with a vertfeed. it doesnt matter to me about barrels being i already have my mag, i like the twist lock but cocker seems to be the way to go now adays... but then again you were always a leader so its ur call tom... good luck...

[Aliens-8-MyDad]

iput my newbie photoshop skills to work and came out with an idea of some colors... if anyone can tell me how to do this better id really apreciate it cause this looks like crap but tom nice bodys, id buy one of em. also, definatly warpfeed bodys

[Thrash]

I like the idea but needs different mill desings. A contest would be a good idea but i'd prefer the mag threads since i don't have a cocker barrel. I liked the photoshoped minimag lookin body. Colors would be cool. I like the square design that tom posted a while back.

[AGD]

Sorry but the little womans car died and I had to leave before posting everything.

The body takes Cocker threads. The feed tube is a screw in and the only one we had around was for an intimidator. If its ugly see Bob Long, we even shrunk it down to make it look better. You can screw in any one you like.

I know it looks like a tube but thats all we can do for a low end model. Carving costs more than the whole gun. This will also retro into older guns. A cut and carved model like the last one you worked on is still on the list but a lot more money.

I am still trying to post a cutaway for thickness. Remember if the majority don't like it, it won't happen.

AGD

[agdemagman69]

ok, i change my vote... i didnt know that miling costs that much money its good that it takes cocker threads. i'd like to see it with a different rise though

[Prezents]

Barrels

The main problem that I have with them is that I have 14 barrels for the Mag, Can you offer this in either Mag or cocker?
Will this come in a Power Feed?

[joeyjoe367]

I would really prefer 'Mag threading, but since lvl 10, I've never had to take off my barrel to clean it, or anything.

They look "ok" to me. I don't think it would compell me to buy another 'Mag, or replace my current main-body.

Side-Feed warp-bodies would be awesome tho.

[Emagster]

i like the idea of it..but the look of it doesn't really appeal to me so far. could we see some power feed bodies?

[agdemagman69]

just out of curiosity, what if you made it into a block shape(instead of the pipe) with the same mill job? cause mags are always rounded. does that cost more than the pipe?

[Ityl]

I think it looks better than the ugly grey tube. A thought would be to add some taper to it, it doesn't need to be great, just to change from the tube a lil bit.

I like the threaded barrels better than the twist lock. Don't need to worry about barrel tolerances so the bolts can be made bigger for less blowback. Plus those barrels find the worse times to get stuck in there.

Powerfeed is dead, too hard to make and not worth the effort. The only thing PF is good for is turning off the flow of balls.

[magman007]

hees saying if it was a block, he wouldnt be able to lathe it, making it cost alot more money.

As for powerfeed, does the industry want powerfeed? or VERT FEED!!! cmon guys, you go0tta think a little more outta the box. I treat these things like i would be seeling the product. Once some good photo shoppers get ahold of this, we can ask for different mill designs, colors, feed options and so on.

[personman]

Look guys, IMO dont be going around asking for pre milled bodies; its better just to get either a tube, or a block. That way if you really want milling, get a block and mill it yourself. Personally, I would stick with the tube
BOO AT THE COCKER THREADING! BOO BOO BOO!
I'm sorry, but I dont care how much wieght it takes off, I am NOT going over to cocker threading.
I would rather have a tube, allum or ss, with a fixed feed system.

[agdemagman69]

so basically we have to keep it in a pipe shape. right?