The Future of Twist Lock ?

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  • FlipShot
    Your Out !
    • Apr 2003
    • 116

    #1

    The Future of Twist Lock ?

    I am planing on buying either a black powerfeed mainbody or a Blue ULE. now I've weighed both the pro's and cons of each and it pretty much comes down to the fact that I am not a fan of aluminum and love the high quality feel of the steel bodies, my only question is: with the ULE's using cocker theads and such and the use of twist locks slowly fading away, do you think it might soon get harder and harder to find twist lock barrels?? It seems that it's harder now to find them then it was 4 years ago, is twist lock fading away?
    Cockers and Shockers and Mags, OH MY !!
  • JEDI
    We beat pump players
    • Jan 2002
    • 1859

    #2
    I think the twist lock is slowly fading out. I think a smart move would be to go with the ULE body. You yourself noticed that twist lock bodies are already hard to find. Why put yourself through the hassle of buying an already outdated product.

    Tom made his Flag-Ship top of the line gun with cocker threads. Now he's made the ULE bodies for all mags. Say what you will, like it or not, I think even Tom is realizing threaded is the way to go. Down with twist lock!!
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    • FutureMagOwner
      Registered User
      • Dec 2001
      • 3354

      #3
      yes it is kinda i recommend getting a nice barrel for your mag if you wanna stick to twisty and make heavy use of it

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      • shartley
        paintball player
        • Mar 2001
        • 9169

        #4

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        • FlipShot
          Your Out !
          • Apr 2003
          • 116

          #5
          thats a shame cause I love twistlock, guess I'm just oldschool, I guess the smart choice would be a sexxy blue ULE. I do like vert-feed however and love the low-rise on them. if only they made a black low-rise vertfeed with cocker threads using 304 stainless steel. of well. maybe I can get Tom to produce one for me
          Cockers and Shockers and Mags, OH MY !!

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          • Strider
            Thunder Chicken
            • Mar 2002
            • 1562

            #6
            One point however, is the number of barrels already out there. They've been making twist lock barrels for years, and with many people dumping them for ULE bodies, the used market is full of them... For those who don't need the absolutly newest barrel sets.

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            • WARPED1
              I'm a pirate, ARRRRRRRRRR!
              • Nov 2001
              • 7458

              #7
              DOWN WITH TWIST LOCK!
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              • impostal22
                disgruntled...
                • Apr 2003
                • 1623

                #8
                how the hell do you aim with a vert feed though?..that's my problem with ULEs...and what's the lowrise?

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                • Crimson_Turkey
                  Magister Mundi sum
                  • Nov 2002
                  • 482

                  #9
                  Aim down the side of the gun.
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                  • sneakyhacker420
                    AO's Uber Green Guru
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 1247

                    #10
                    Originally posted by impostal22
                    how the hell do you aim with a vert feed though?..that's my problem with ULEs...and what's the lowrise?
                    vert feed... look down either side of the gun... and if you leave both eyes open, you can, in a way, 'see past the feedneck' <-- it has something do do with the way your eyes put 2 images together and forms them into one
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                    • Cristobal
                      vox clamantis mag
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 454

                      #11
                      Just a thought: the nice thing about a twist-lock is that you can make a twist-lock adaptor to allow the use of just about any type of threaded barrel. There are of course a few people making adaptors out there now... but I would imagine that the demand might well increase. Sounds like a business opportunity to me.

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                      • Jack & Coke
                        TUNAMAX No. 1
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 2644

                        #12



                        "The Future of Twist Lock ?"




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                        • B00bzor
                          RuDe BoY
                          • Mar 2003
                          • 69

                          #13
                          maybe twist lock was good b4 the lvl 10 cause you would always have to clean the barrel. But now all of the shiz has them lvl 10s on, so y would you need a fast way to take off the barrel if u dont need to be cleaning it in the middle of the game
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                          • WARPED1
                            I'm a pirate, ARRRRRRRRRR!
                            • Nov 2001
                            • 7458

                            #14
                            Originally posted by B00bzor
                            maybe twist lock was good b4 the lvl 10 cause you would always have to clean the barrel. But now all of the shiz has them lvl 10s on, so y would you need a fast way to take off the barrel if u dont need to be cleaning it in the middle of the game
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