Am I the only one who actually likes twist-lock?

[paint magnet]

Personally, I love twist lock and hate cocker threaded (and most other threads) barrels. Anyone else out there feel the same way, or am I all alone?

[RRfireblade]

Like the twist lock idea.

Hate the detent options,barrel selection and instability of the barrel when supported by o-rings.

Utimately,I like threaded barrels more overall.Would rather have like Impulse threads though that far less fine and faster than cocker.

[paint magnet]

True, the detent thing is the only issue I have with them. But if you have a powerfeed it isn't as much of an issue.

[-=Squid=-]

Well, RR pretty much covered them all, but the big thing to me was the fact that not all big companies supported twist lock, because it was very different to manufacture... therefor giving you a much smaller selection of barrels.

[Creative Mayhem]

I think this has been covered before, but what the heck..

Twist locks are better, more secure in the body, not to mention no chance of the backing out due to vibraation. However, the cost to purchase one is and has been usually $10-20 more than cocker threaded barrels due to the milling of the mag "threads" Which is really the only reason that most manufacturers have gone to regular threads(impy, cocker, angel, etc...) Tom designed mag threads to be better(for the mag) and they were, now with the advent of the ULE the mag thread just doesn't tie in with the overall scheme of things.

[RRfireblade]

Originally posted by Creative Mayhem
I think this has been covered before, but what the heck..

Twist locks are better, more secure in the body, not to mention no chance of the backing out due to vibraation.

I don't agree w/ that.They are held in place by o-rings.Because of that they are very often problematic in combination with a L10.Any pressure on the barrel(leaning into a bunker for instance)will often reset the L10 and cause a misfire.Also,many after market companys have been generous in thier twist lock demensions that also raise the potential for problems.

Stick on o-ring on a Cocker barrel and your done.

[Wes Janson]

Personally I like them. The instability issue is negated by the fact that I'm using an 8 inch barrel on a minimag, so it rarely encounters other objects (the same is not to be said of the paintballs, however). It is however somewhat confusing to pull the trigger, and no ball come forth. Check the hopper, check the plug, check the paint...finally remember your threading, rotate barrel a quarter-inch to the left, and then smack yourself on the head for being an idiot.

[hitech]

Originally posted by RRfireblade
Hate the detent options...

Interesting. The biggest problem I have with the new ULE bodies is the DETENT. I've NEVER had a problem with the plastic nubbins in the twist lock barrels. I've never seen anyone have a problem. I seen lots of people have problems with the Angel detent system. Kila's detents might be very good, but at $25 they are more than 25 times as expensive!

I'm probably going to switch to the ULE body. However, it's because of the weight savings and the lowered profile (warp body). It is in spite of the detent system, not because of it.

Also, with the level 10 bolt the ability of easily removing the barrel to squeege just isn't as big a plus as it once was.

[felony]

twist locks were tight.

i loved em, just like the ULE more.


dan

[The Action Figure]

im sellin my blue ule mech mag ank keepin my twistlock clares e-mag body mag

[Top Secret]

Nothing like taking your twist lock off a No-Rise body with your HALO B still on...

[Wes Janson]

Nothing like taking your twist-lock barrel off to check something, then re-inserting it...giving it a slight push because something was stuck...then having to remove it and spend five minutes cleaning the bolt because of the ball you just crushed.

[AGDlover]

I would have to say i do like the Twist lock idea but a cool idea is if when u get a ULE Body u chouse what kinda of threading u want for it.

[tony3]

Wow, that sentence was terrible. Anyways, twist and locks are cool on power feed guns, nothing else. With powerfeed you can stop the flow of balls so they don't roll out, and you don't need to flip the gun upside down. I would much rather take impulse or m98 threads over cocker threads.

[Creative Mayhem]

Originally posted by RRfireblade


I don't agree w/ that.They are held in place by o-rings.Because of that they are very often problematic in combination with a L10.Any pressure on the barrel(leaning into a bunker for instance)will often reset the L10 and cause a misfire.Also,many after market companys have been generous in thier twist lock demensions that also raise the potential for problems.

Stick on o-ring on a Cocker barrel and your done.

Yes you are correct, but..... Mag threaded barrels came out when?

Yes thats correct class... BEFORE LVL10