2,500 Shots off a Mag; efficiency upgrades?

[speedyejl]

Well ok I heard something over at PBN that AGD was doing some testing and that they were able to get roughly over 2,500 from a LX Retromag. I'm highly inclined not to believe this, but why not let me post it. Can someone verfy this?

Originally posted by cypres0099

I talked to an AGD tech in January and from what he said I would hold on to my mag. They were testing efficiency upgrades for level 10. He said with a 68 45 tank one of thier guys dumped a hopper and 13 pods with 1000 psi left.

Sounds good to me.

[Kevmaster]

id call that 100% BS. thats WAY MORE than any other marker out there can get off a 68-45

[Xen]

LOL try more like 900 off a 68/4500

[Hexis]

Maybe it was a 68cubic foot tank.

[Peach]

LOL HEXIS!

[_Spork_1]

vikings can get 2000+ off a 68/45

i get 1200 off my classic lvl 10 68/45

my mag stops shooting fully at 700 psi, so...

[Kevmaster]

still, thats 500 more shots off a tank than one of the most efficient guns out there.

AGDs good. but not THAT good

[j.t.]

If efficiency upgrades are in the works then AGD certainly hasnt told AO about it... have they?

[Kevmaster]

they are trying to increase the efficiency, but they havnt doubled it and to my knowledge havnt even had much success yet

[FreshmanBob]

Finally! That's the only thing I don't like about my mag that can't be fixed!

[ddan_p]

That was me who posted that, well obviously...

I heard this at Kick'n 2003 in Springfield. Brian Terry (agd tech) was there playing with Rough'n Ready.

We started talking a looked at his Xmag you know the usual. Then I asked him if there was anything exciting happening at AGD, and he said he was working on the efficiency upgrades.

Obviously I was curious. I asked him how it was going and he said they have a prototype in an Xmag. He said they tried it out the other day and got 13 pods with about 1000 psi.

Now given small indulgences, perphaps misreading guages, and Level 10 needing about 700 psi, the actual results might be a bit more believeable.

13 pods x 150 = 1950
Hopper 170
2100

I'm thinking the actual results may have been closer to 2000.

That's what was said... unless this is all some kind of elaborate hoax

[Cypres0099]

Sorry, a friend logged in on my computer. So it wasn't obviously me.

That above post is mine.

[Kevmaster]

that story is just too outlandish to believe. thats a 1.5-1.7x increase in efficiency. However, if its true, id crap my pants...just after i bought my XMag

[cledford]

Originally posted by _Spork_1
vikings can get 2000+ off a 68/45

i get 1200 off my classic lvl 10 68/45

my mag stops shooting fully at 700 psi, so...

Yeah, maybe with the bolt in upside down and not shooting paint. Honestly, I had a Viking and it did not get 2000+ off a case of paint - although it still did have the best gas milage of any marker I've owned.

-calvin

[FreshmanBob]

Dude, he's probably just making fun of ethan from pro paintball about their new matrix.