'Kila' Magnetic Detents - Review!
Had a tournament on Sunday which was my first with the new ULE body on my E-mag. I'd heard plenty of horror stories about 'normal' plastic-ball detents being blown out the barrel and the ball on mine seemed to stick in more than it popped out, so I spent $25 on one of Kilaueakid's new magnetic detents (details and pics here: http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...threadid=93558).
Turned up well packaged with the detent itself, a selection of different sized o-rings and some detailed instructions about how to install properly.
Took me about 5 minutes to fit properly - first installation with only a single o-ring caused the piston to bottom out when the bolt went past, so I stuck on a slightly thicker o-ring and voila! job done.
...but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so off I went to play on Sunday and.....
It worked great!
I was running a DYE Ultralite barrel and as I'm on a money-saving kick at the moment I was using all the old odds and ends of paint that I had left around at home - about 4 or 5 different colours of Zap - normal, Chronic and AMP.
In all I fired about 2500 paint and the detent worked like a champ, no double feeds, in fact not a single problem with my entire gun, no breaks and no chops (plus I actually heard my level 10 work for the first time ever! Was firing a long string of paint when suddenly 'psssschhuck' - a slight pause and then off it went again, great!)
If you've had problems with your angel-style detents in the past, I'd definitely recommend trying one of Kila's magentic detents.
Turned up well packaged with the detent itself, a selection of different sized o-rings and some detailed instructions about how to install properly.
Took me about 5 minutes to fit properly - first installation with only a single o-ring caused the piston to bottom out when the bolt went past, so I stuck on a slightly thicker o-ring and voila! job done.
...but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so off I went to play on Sunday and.....
It worked great!
I was running a DYE Ultralite barrel and as I'm on a money-saving kick at the moment I was using all the old odds and ends of paint that I had left around at home - about 4 or 5 different colours of Zap - normal, Chronic and AMP.
In all I fired about 2500 paint and the detent worked like a champ, no double feeds, in fact not a single problem with my entire gun, no breaks and no chops (plus I actually heard my level 10 work for the first time ever! Was firing a long string of paint when suddenly 'psssschhuck' - a slight pause and then off it went again, great!)
If you've had problems with your angel-style detents in the past, I'd definitely recommend trying one of Kila's magentic detents.
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