Why does Autococker and Automag both have 'Auto' in them?

[paintbattler]

is it just a coencidence (sp?) or is there a theory behind it..thanks

[puckmaster]

I think the autococker is called auto because it AUTOmaticly cocks for the next shot.

[LaW]

the auto mag is "auto" because it automatically has magic elves shoot paintballs almost 50% further than any other marker on the market.

[manike]

I don't know for sure...

I believe it's marketing from back in the days when most guns were pumps.

An 'auto' mean an automatically loading gun (more commonly known as semi auto really).

It helped inform people of what they getting and the improvement in technology they were buying.

[Skoad]

reason: because

[Badabing]

Thats a good question, I think Big Tom needs aww us with some of his insight on this topic.

[WARPED1]

Autococker because the front pneumatics AUTOmatically COCK the gun,all a cocker is,is an automated pump.Not a true semi in any sense of the word.As far as Automag is concerned,I have no clue.

[tobz]

i think

that the funniest part about all of this...
is that no one uses the auto part anyways


lol

to most of us, they're just mags n cockers

lol
i'm so funny


-tobz

[dogEmedic]

Well you would'nt want to tell your friends you have a semi-cocker or a semi-mag,

[joeyjoe367]

Well, Tom said the current Automag (aka Panther 4, I believe) looked a lot like the .44 Automag. Forget who makes it, but it's a hand-cannon

[darklord]

Why because they are both fully automatic markers, of course.

I'm going to have to agree with the automatic-recocking theory. I would think the same applies to the automag.

[AGD]

Most of you guys are too young to remember Dirty Harry but he was an icon in his day. He shot the well known 44 Automag in one of his movies. We got the name from him.

AGD

[PsychoMag]

Originally posted by WARPED1
Autococker because the front pneumatics AUTOmatically COCK the gun,all a cocker is,is an automated pump.Not a true semi in any sense of the word.As far as Automag is concerned,I have no clue.

I believe the automag's auto, gave a buyer the sense that you didnt have to cock the marker (it was automatic)back in the early 90's when it was realeased. The biggest guns back then were pumps like Razorbacks, Phantoms, and spinoff markers based on nelson technology. Most semi autos were not semis, they were actually "double-action"

[Jerhew]

the movie was sudden impact
the smith and wesson .44 automag is one of the most powerful handguns in the world

that looks a lot more like a classic mag than i realized...
(technically the s&w automag has been around since atleast the '70's...so that is the real "classic" )

oh and btw:
auto because it's a true semi-automatic
and mag because it's a .44 MAGnum

[WaRBladE]

Originally posted by Jerhew
the movie was sudden impact
the smith and wesson .44 automag is one of the most powerful handguns in the world

That is not the case...there are Desert Eagle .50 cal semi-autos that hold 7 rounds and also now have a new Smith and Wesson .50 cal 5 round revolver.

Here is a picture of the semi-auto .50 cal Desert Eagle



Smith & Wesson unveils new pistol

Here is a picture of the new Smith and Wesson .50 cal revolver