Low Pressure Mags???

[batteryfree]

First i am just going to say that i love my automag. But why doesnt AGD come out with a low pressure valve? I personally think that if they came out with a low pressure valve they could get alot more people buying there guns.

also i think that if AGD comes out with a low pressure it will be extreamily nice and extreamily low pressure. and i love low pressure guns.

[sitting_duck]

First i am just going to say that i love my automag. But why doesnt AGD come out with a low pressure valve? I personally think that if they came out with a low pressure valve they could get alot more people buying there guns.

also i think that if AGD comes out with a low pressure it will be extreamily nice and extreamily low pressure. and i love low pressure guns.

[Dayspring]

And the benefit of LP guns (besides shooting lower into a tank) is what?

First i am just going to say that i love my automag. But why doesnt AGD come out with a low pressure valve? I personally think that if they came out with a low pressure valve they could get alot more people buying there guns.

also i think that if AGD comes out with a low pressure it will be extreamily nice and extreamily low pressure. and i love low pressure guns.

[Carbon]

First i am just going to say that i love my automag. But why doesnt AGD come out with a low pressure valve? I personally think that if they came out with a low pressure valve they could get alot more people buying there guns.

also i think that if AGD comes out with a low pressure it will be extreamily nice and extreamily low pressure. and i love low pressure guns.

well, lower pressure guns do shoot "smoother" but i suppose that is all subjective. But, i dont think "low pressure" is a big enough selling point to negate tried and true design. Not to AGD anyway.

[Z-man]

As I recall, when we talked with Tom in January he said something like:

"If I wanted to build the coolest paintball gun I would make a valve that could take a direct input of 4000psi and have an insane recharge rate.

If I wanted to make a popular gun I would make it super low pressure with tons of shiny parts and an eye."

sigh....

[Magluvr]

First i am just going to say that i love my automag. But why doesnt AGD come out with a low pressure valve? I personally think that if they came out with a low pressure valve they could get alot more people buying there guns.

This has been posted before. But here are some reasons:

1) LP is hype because the actual psi hitting the ball is about the same whatever marker your shooting

2) The Mag line already suffers "poor efficiency" and that is because TK lowered the psi required to shoot lower in the tanks. You want horrible efficiency, you can try an LP Mag. (Not to mention the dump chamber would have to be enlarged resulting in a bigger, and heavier marker!)

3) As far as I can remember AGD sells these markers simply because they have one of the best designs ever. They have never to my knowledge been a company that sold to the "masses"; they sell to the bright few that don't buy into all the other companies' marketing hype.

[SoYo-MoFo]

I heard of a mod that came out some time ago that made the automag operate at lower pressures. I believe it was called the "magic box" by smart parts. I think it was discontinued because it didnt sell and at the time people didnt know the true benefits to low pressure guns. Anyway thats what i heard. Whether or not it will function well with a lvl 10 i do not know. rare item indeed (or rumor...)

[Dayspring]

It was an expansion chamber built into the valve. It didn't do squat.

[SpecialBlend2786]

I heard of a mod that came out some time ago that made the automag operate at lower pressures. I believe it was called the "magic box" by smart parts. I think it was discontinued because it didnt sell and at the time people didnt know the true benefits to low pressure guns. Anyway thats what i heard. Whether or not it will function well with a lvl 10 i do not know. rare item indeed (or rumor...)

All the magic box did was.........nothing.
It never really ended up doing anything performance wise.

[SoYo-MoFo]

well i dont know a whole lot about it because it came out in late 93, when paintball wasn't extremely popular like it is now....(i was about 7 years old then)

anyway, i found some information on it.

http://www.erc.msstate.edu/misc/splat/files/automag.html#number_tag20

Seems you are right about it doing nothing at all

[SanDiegoMag]

I think it hs been said.... BUT I do have to say comprimising low pressure for high pressure is BAD becasue you get slower recharge rates. You want 400psi compaired to 750psi?! Well you will have to deal with the max bps of 13 or so BPS.

[batteryfree]

ok fine i was entirely wrong lol

[batteryfree]

just isn't lower pressure usually very consistant.

[spasticsquirrel]

if 400 psi isn't consistant, then why can alot of markers shoot darn fast at that speed?

[-=Squid=-]

Well, one benefit would be getting more than 2/3 of your fill out of the gun...

Another would be the fact that you could run a lesser quality macroline without having to run so much pressure through it...

Mag guys call other guns nothing but hype... but guess what, I hate to break it to you, but everybody uses timmys etc for a reason...

But im sure everybody is just going to call me a mag hater..