Proto Mainbodies NEED YOUR HELP!!

[pito189]

Originally posted by personman
I'm sorry, but if AGD switches threads, Im switching compinies and thats that.

If you switch companies you are going to have to switch barrels anyways. Unless you know a secret that no one else knows. NO OTHER COMPANY MAKES TWIST LOCK BARRELS.....

So you will be switching barrels IF you bought a new body or went to another company.

Just thought I would point that out to you.

[Sinnet]

bastard !

will posted that because I just gave him the idea on AIM, lol... i'm thinking even if an aluminum body has scratches, AGD could polish them out and sell them like that, or re-powdercoat them and sell em that way.
... and will couldnt even spell aluminum right! ah, the disgrace!

tom- what's your take on ditching the twist-lock? *sniff*

[Will Wood]

My Virgin ears!! Army BAN HIM!!!

[personman]

Originally posted by pito189


If you switch companies you are going to have to switch barrels anyways. Unless you know a secret that no one else knows. NO OTHER COMPANY MAKES TWIST LOCK BARRELS.....

So you will be switching barrels IF you bought a new body or went to another company.

Just thought I would point that out to you.

Yep, but if I switched companies, I could offer a marker that the barrels work with..

[pito189]

Originally posted by personman

Yep, but if I switched companies, I could offer a marker that the barrels work with..

Well since I have no idea what that means. Because it is not anywhere near a coherant sentence.

I think you mean " Yep, but if I switched companies, I would have a marker that the barrels would work with." Thats what I think you mean, so I will reply to that.

If the aluminum bodies are made. You will still have your body that accepts twist lock barrels. So you will have a marker that your barrels will work with. So I'm not sure what your complaint here is?

[marley618]

personman,
I don't understand what your problem is. You don't have to get an aluminum body for your mag. The reason other people want an aluminum body is for weight, and cocker threads because a lot of other guns take them (cocker, timmy, viking, excal, bushy, etc.) So people that have multiple guns MIGHT not have to have the same barrels with different barrels. If you were already thinking of getting another gun, go for it. Nobody is making you keep your mag if you want to try out something else, but I don't see why a new body has anything to do with it. The minimag, classic, and e-mag bodies will stil have the twist lock. Nobody knows why you are complaining about a new body, when you don't even NEED to get it.

Like most other people reading your posts,I am confused.

[Coaster]

go with the no rises :

[dawump]

If the main reason is for "looks" then this vertical feed doesn't cut it for me. It's not clear if the feed tube is removable / modular or not.. if it was then I could be persuaded.

Looking at what is selling on ebay there are ALOT of used HL bodies that come and go, but very few HR. My guess is that people are buying HR for warp feeds and selling their HL ones on ebay.. so the market would be for a cheap, cool replacement body that works well with a warp.

You could perhaps even bundle them with a warp.

As for thread style..

IF AGD CHANGE THREAD STYLE I AM GOING TO SWITCH TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BRAND OF UNDERWEAR

..then go buy a new Freak back. No biggy.

Keith

[TransMan]

Well i dont really like threads i would MUCH rather have a twistlock. But it really doesnt matter because I dont think they will be making RT bodies.

[aaron_mag]

Okay lay off personman. The multiple posts have hopefully made him realize that throwing his mag into the river just because AGD came out with a new body is ridiculous.

[sniper1rfa]

Extrusions

tom, have you thought of having the rounded squarish body (i like that idea) extruded.
this would save cost, and if you have four jaw chucks for your lathes, you could lathe them down and cut the threads and such. you could also maybe taper the body down towards the front. this would also rid you of the cost of making the body rails and make vert feed easy to do. it would leave room for custom milling also. you could even make warp bodies (for a bit more cash).

basically this would keep the cost of the tube while getting the customizeability of a block.

[z-zero]

How about this

AGD,

Stay with the aluminum tube for pretty colors and the like, and for those who don't like the whole tube on a frame thing think about this. Design a body rail that wraps up and around or behind or in front of the main body.

I think this will cut costs and look cooler. You use the lathe for the mainbody, and the mill for the rail, put them together for a nice modular not a tube on a frame look. I'd do some photoshop, but I don't know how. This way you could also mix and match colors for 2-tone mags! The mainbody would slide into the "rail" (mainbody frame whatever you want to call it.) then the valve would be inserted and grip attached.

This would also make it backwards compatible for a fair price. Someone could just buy a mainbody if they want color, or a mainbody and "rail" if they want more. Maybe I'm in left field but it sounds like a good idea to me.

z-zero

[AGD]

Guys,

Please calm down about the twist lock barrel thing. YES we will continue to make stainless bodies. Heck, with as many as we have in stock if we didn't make another one most of you would be out of paintball before we ran out. I'm as money grubbing as the next guy, if enough people want it we make it. Remember, we brought back the Minimag didn't we!!?? (actually it never left)

Please forget about the twist lock and do more photoshop.

AGD

[Miscue]

Round tube alum tube... with piece(s) to slide over tube:

(Didn't add vert feed to picture)

[Miscue]

As per Tato's suggestion: