F-1 Illustrator

[StygShore]

I am on a hunt for F-1 Illustrator guns/parts/etc.

A friend of mine had a late 80's Sniper II and F-1 Illustrator. At the end of last year, his sear pin in the F-1 sheared, locked the assembly, and parts went flying out everywhere. He had to rig a few parts to get it running last weekend.

Now it has a small leak through the pinhole that runs from front to back in the main reciever of the gun.

Years ago I had the same problem with an F-1, but can not remember what I did to fix it.

Anyhow, I am searching for replacement parts to keep this thing alive for him. Anyone got anything? Any ideas on how to fix that leak?

Thanks

Styg

[elpimpo]

wow ive never heard of an f1 i had an f4 but f1 thats just a mind bogaler

[LoveMyMag]

Contact Rockford Paintball. They used to run F1's or 2's at the field. They reciently switched to Tippmanns, I believe, and probably have the old ones laying around. If nothing else they can help you fix what you have.

http://www.rockfordpaintball.com

[Rope a Dope]

Before the 68 Automag the F-1 was THE best marker money could by. Those were the days...

[skife]

I thought the F1 was used for military training waaay back in the day?

[StygShore]

man you make me feel old

F-1 Illustrators took the VM-68 over under stacked tube blowback configuration and greatly improved on it. The gun itself weighed in around 1.5 lbs, one of the lightest markers ever made ( still )

For the longest time the best upgrade you could do to a spyder was to find a set of F-1 internal springs for it!!

F-1's stopped being produced in 1991, and the last factory F-1 was sold in about 1999 to me direct from Fastech, pieced together from parts laying around just before they closed their doors for good. They sold the design idea to Taso who advertised it as the Lightning, but I dont think a single Taso Lightning ever saw the light of day.

Basically all the spyder clones are really F-1 Illustrator clones and still never work as well as any of the F-1's I owned.

Styg

[StygShore]

Rockford

I'll check Rockford out. When did they stop using F-1's? Looks like they rent Infernos with N2 now.


Thanks

Styg

[Dryden]

I've got two friends that still own their F-1's. I'll check around for you.

I seriously doubt they'll sell or part their F-1s out, so don't get your hopes up. They should have plenty of spare parts between them after 15 years though, so I'll see what I can do.

[wyn1370]

I can get ahold of my brothers F-2. Not sure if anything would be swappable, but may be worth a shot.

[C_22]

The F1 was an awesome toy! A friend of mine still has his from back in the day, let me see what we can do

[hostage]

I own a F1 and I lost the bolt pin, I waited for some parts and never got them, finally like 6 years later I went to lowes got a nail that fit into the bolt cut it down to hold the bolt to the that cocking part, worked great and shot very strait for some reason.
-Doron

[StygShore]

F-1

Hey guys, keep me posted, heck see if any of these old timers with F-1's just want to sell their whole gun even, my friend or I may be interested.

Styg

[StygShore]

f-2

Wyn,


F-2 had a few similar parts, but not enough to matter. In my opinion it seemed like the F-2 was a downgrade compared to how well all the F-1's worked



Styg

[hostage]

So the searpin came out, what was left? I hope/assume you have the sear, from what I recall the searwas pushed up with a spring towards the front of the marker.
-Doron

[StygShore]

f-1

sear hammer and bolt are still in tact, cocking knob and sear pin are history, and a small leak has developed between the body and rear CA that we can not seem to itentify without possibly breaking the part off.

Styg