I havent read everyones responce - and I bet that some of this has been covered - but I want to give my responce:
1) The chopping issue needs to be addressed for what time period you are talking about. From 1990 to around 2000 if you chopped in a mag it was most likely due to a short stroke, missfeed, or your trigger rod was out of wack from fiddling with it. When these complaints continued past 2000, it was still thought that it was people shortstoking etc. It wasnt until recently that more and more brittle paint became available on the market. And whats more - guns that could actually SHOOT it. Brittle paint existed back in the day - but it was considered CRAP. Bad paint it was! It wasnt until recently that brittle paint became desirable. At first AGD tried to help monitor the brittleness of paint (with perhaps a paintball humidor in the future) but later they figured out WHY brittle paint broke in thier guns. And it was the bolt speed.
So... if you use decent paint and break, its most likely user error. If it is brittle paint its the mag breaking it. So its the same symptom caused by two different problems - and one problem only recently cropped up.
2) The reason twist locks cost more was due to the expence to make them. Its just extra steps in the machine shop. But at the time when the mag was made - it was rather revolutionary and a desirable feature. Back in the day everyone made mag barrels and it really wasnt an issue. Heck - cocker barrels actually cost the same at one pooint - because the mag and cocker were the high end guns and people would spend the money. So I guess if Tom had a crystal ball he could see that ultimately 13 YEARS after he designed the automag that he would go to cocker threads then he would have done it. Then again, if he had that kind of power over time and space he wouldnt be running a paintball company.
3) Dunno about this. I shot a whole case at EMR with my Xvalved mag and just loved it. Soooo that maybe ask in the tech forum.
"guys... i like AGD, im just really confused about recent changes they've made (they should have, and much more COULD HAVE been done long ago) "
hmm - well why not complain to bud about the autococker?
He made a TOTAL POS - a real turd for many years. To get a decent working cocker you had to shell out $500 to a custom shop to get it where it would even work reliably. And unlike AGD where they redesigned there working (to RT, to LX) - the 2003 cocker uses the same tech as the 1992 cocker. Same sledge hammer reg. I suppose a newer 3 way/ram - but the old ones were fine if you polished them.
What I am saying is like with any product there is an evolution and refinment proceses. It change due to chagnes in the sport and the consumers wants and needs. Tom will be the first to say hes been slow to respond to the rapidly changing market (mainly because they dropped out of paintball a few years ago for military projects, and have been playing catch up ever since).
I think some of your point are valid - but to day "why didnt you do 'x' a long time ago" is kinda silly. It just wasnt thought of then. Im sure any inventor would LOVE to beable to have invented something 5 yrs before they actually did to get ahead of the game. But to do that you would need a time machine....
maybe thats what Tom should do next.
1) The chopping issue needs to be addressed for what time period you are talking about. From 1990 to around 2000 if you chopped in a mag it was most likely due to a short stroke, missfeed, or your trigger rod was out of wack from fiddling with it. When these complaints continued past 2000, it was still thought that it was people shortstoking etc. It wasnt until recently that more and more brittle paint became available on the market. And whats more - guns that could actually SHOOT it. Brittle paint existed back in the day - but it was considered CRAP. Bad paint it was! It wasnt until recently that brittle paint became desirable. At first AGD tried to help monitor the brittleness of paint (with perhaps a paintball humidor in the future) but later they figured out WHY brittle paint broke in thier guns. And it was the bolt speed.
So... if you use decent paint and break, its most likely user error. If it is brittle paint its the mag breaking it. So its the same symptom caused by two different problems - and one problem only recently cropped up.
2) The reason twist locks cost more was due to the expence to make them. Its just extra steps in the machine shop. But at the time when the mag was made - it was rather revolutionary and a desirable feature. Back in the day everyone made mag barrels and it really wasnt an issue. Heck - cocker barrels actually cost the same at one pooint - because the mag and cocker were the high end guns and people would spend the money. So I guess if Tom had a crystal ball he could see that ultimately 13 YEARS after he designed the automag that he would go to cocker threads then he would have done it. Then again, if he had that kind of power over time and space he wouldnt be running a paintball company.
3) Dunno about this. I shot a whole case at EMR with my Xvalved mag and just loved it. Soooo that maybe ask in the tech forum.
"guys... i like AGD, im just really confused about recent changes they've made (they should have, and much more COULD HAVE been done long ago) "
hmm - well why not complain to bud about the autococker?
He made a TOTAL POS - a real turd for many years. To get a decent working cocker you had to shell out $500 to a custom shop to get it where it would even work reliably. And unlike AGD where they redesigned there working (to RT, to LX) - the 2003 cocker uses the same tech as the 1992 cocker. Same sledge hammer reg. I suppose a newer 3 way/ram - but the old ones were fine if you polished them.
What I am saying is like with any product there is an evolution and refinment proceses. It change due to chagnes in the sport and the consumers wants and needs. Tom will be the first to say hes been slow to respond to the rapidly changing market (mainly because they dropped out of paintball a few years ago for military projects, and have been playing catch up ever since).
I think some of your point are valid - but to day "why didnt you do 'x' a long time ago" is kinda silly. It just wasnt thought of then. Im sure any inventor would LOVE to beable to have invented something 5 yrs before they actually did to get ahead of the game. But to do that you would need a time machine....
maybe thats what Tom should do next.
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