Auto Cocker Guys

[Chaos]

Ok, I'll get more into this.

My ANS cocker performed HORRIBLY, as someone said, their pneumatics suck. I had to replace them all because the gun performed so horribly with the ANS junk.

Personally I think buying a milled body and putting on your own parts is the funniest way, but thats just my opinion. That way you get the parts you want though.

Now, from my experience, off of guns I've played with (my friend goes through guns like candy, so I've used almost every type of cocker and angel out there...) Heres a fun list, which pros and cons as I think about them

Revenge V2.0 - I used one last weekend, this gun is GREAT. It performed perfectly, very short pull, I could even pick up a sweet spot on it like on the RT where the trigger would pretty much bounce. It is a much better design than the standard cocker IMO, and having the 3-way in the center looks nice too (its something different :)). I short stroked a few times, and it just kept going, no chops the whole day or anything (and considering I prefer and am used to the longer lighter cocker pulls, thats even better, especially since my first time even pulling the trigger on the gun was when the first game of the day started). Only con is, you dont get to play around with it (if it works, dont mess with it, and this thing works great). The milling is very nice also, I love the 'R' on the side (so how many of you didn't know that is an R on the side of the gun? I didn't realize it until I saw the gun in person), and the sight rail is one of the coolest I've seen. Its litterally just rails, very nice touch.

Eclipse Blade Cocker - This gun is GODLY. #1 on my list of GUNS, I like it better than my friends Cobra angel, oh did I mention he's on Team Cobra. He has the tightest cobra angel I've ever seen and played around with, but I prefer the eclipse cocker much more. The gun has a very nice pull, the blade is just a great setup. Think the blade is nice on your cocker? try having one setup by the people that invented the thing, its even nicer. If I had the money, this would be my one and only gun. It cycles increadibly fast, is very consistent, has a very very nice pull, and you can just RIP on it. Only con is it takes a little bit to get used to the trigger (you pull it so fast because of how light it is, you short stroke untill you get used to it). I wouldn't touch this gun, it works so nice I'd be scared to take the grips off thinking the gun would take it as a SiN. I cant stress how nice this gun is, and the quality of the milling, parts, and anodizing, is that like no other.

Ripper - Ok, I feel the body is over-rated. Very high quality precission milling, and it looks very good, its not my style tho, and its all looks. For $600 or so for just the body, its not something I'd go for unless I wanted something to try. My friend got one, and set it up almost identically to his eclipse, and it is VERY nice. Its no Eclipse, but its still nice (go buy it, its the Satin ripper with blade frame on PBC, last I checked my friend hasn't sold it yet but has some very nice offers). Cons - I wouldn't want to drop it, I'd be too scared to use it and mess up its beauty

Stock Cocker - Yes, thats right, stock cocker. My friend took a stock vert feed cocker, made it a sleeper style with all black parts, it looks very nice and the performance is great. This is an example of building the gun with the parts you like, with a shroud this gun looks stock but it is VERY nice. Con - Most of you dont want a 'stock' gun

Sandridge F5 - Though this isn't the same as a cocker, I must say, they are VERY nice. Out of every gun I've tryed, I prefer the eclipse, but if I went electro I'd probably get an F5. My friend has had many, and each one was very nice. I was NOT able to chop at all, due to the anti-chop eye which is setup very nicely. I tryed, trust me I did the most inconsistent strings very fast, begging for the gun to chop, and it wouldn't. Its a cocker with an angel trigger that doesn't chop, need I say more? The only con is the black box on the bottom, but that didn't bother me the slightest.

[Nobody]

i am new here, and i don't know what experience you have with them, so i will start at the begining.

1) what experience do you have with them?
2) there is nothing wrong with a stock cocker. they perform just as well as other cockers, but they lack the cosmetics of other cockers, as well as the fine tuning.
3) if you start off stock, then you can change what you don't like and kep what you do like on the gun. there is nothing that you can't change on a cocker.
4) you don't have to spend everything on the gun. if you get a stock cocker, then you can also get an air system(if that's your preference) for that gun, as well as a barrel and other acessories.

myself, i subscribe to the Ravi Chopra school of cockers, go stock. the other cockers out there are nice, but are they worth it? stock pneumatics are very good. aftermarket will only give you an illusion of better performance. 45 frames are good, especially if you are used to using them.

personally, i would go with stock. but by the first to choices that you said, it seems like you have some money. what about another Mag? that way you won't have to buy new barrels and all the other stuff that goes with a new gun?

[FeelTheRT]

ANuS parts are prone to leak, my cocker consists of 70% of ANS parts and it's leaking like a mother rihgt now and i have no clue where ti's comming from.

[Nitroduck]

I have a ANS Gen-X Reg, ANS 3-way, ANS SS ram, and a ANS LP Chamber. I have not had 1 problem with it ever. My cocker is a 97.....If that tells you anything, this cocker has had about 100k rounds through it, not a single problem.

However, I must say this : ANS quality control has slumped in the past year or so. The only things I can reccomend anymore are thier Gen-X Regs (the main ones), thier LP chambers, and thier Minirams.

I've shot quite a few cockers out there, and in all honestly, they mostly preform the same, the only differance is in the trigger work and opperating pressure.

I just feel strange when everyone tells me I have the best cocker they've ever shot, and when I tell them its a 97, they go "oh, that preforms almost as good as a 2k1" when they just told me its the best ever.

As for customs......Great. They are the best road I can think of. If you have the cash and time, get a cocker YOU want, not what shocktech makes, or freeflow makes. I personally dislike FF cockers because of the trigger...But thier sandblasting is great..

If I were you, I'd just assemble a list of parts you'd want on a cocker, and throw them together, you get the best of all worlds.

[slayer]

I read the question and I think that you should get a 2001 LCD instead. They are probably cheaper than the highest end cockers, and they are more than the low ones but if you are used to an electro trigger, and you really want a back up gun, then probably another electro trigger will be natural for you to play with. Just my thoughts...good luck.

[Ninja B0Y]

Can't go wrong with an Angel either. But it's always good to have a mechanical to supplement an electro, but in his case since he already has both.

I have a 01' STO. After 3 days the stock angry 3 way was leaking so I replaced it with a 'Bomb' 3-way.

[Lone Gunman]

I know, I know!!! Get one of those nifty WestWood Autocockers from BBT. They are only $1800!!! Ravi has had two of 'em, one got stolen, so he bought another one. Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe... stupid, nieve Ravi.