****Superbolts are Being RECALLED****

[manike]

Hey Bones, I have a titanium mag bolt made back in the days of Venom and Toxic Toys. It is much lighter than the stock bolt. They used to make one with a delrin main part and a titanium edge but I had one and it came apart. This one looks much better but has never seen any use.

I say make the bolt from titanium with an aluminium sleeve to fit different sized breeched/barrels... :) Match your bolt to your barrel to your paint... how long will it take SP to patent that idea lol :) You could have colour coded sleeves that match barrel bore diameters... Wouldn't be fun to change them though... Maybe you could buy a whole set of bolts?

manike

[Butterfingers]

Titanium

I heard somthing in the past about titanium bolts for mags being too brittle. Bits and peices flake off from use.
Sure its stronger and harder than steel but steel is more maliable and shear resistant.

Cost is also an issue. Macining tiatnium is difficult and wears away machines. It probably would cost $100 or more for a bolt, which is is more than alot of us are willing to pay.

[iisp0tii]

damnit!

Thats really sux. especially for eveyone who wants the new z-grip, it lokks like they will have to wait alot longer for that.

[AngelBoy]

How was that bein immature and uncalled for? I believe 2 other people something like that too. But anyways, back to the subject, I'm glad Tom is doin this now before somethin really bad happened.

[BONESisAgod]

exactly, but i had never heard of anyone shooting out the metal tube inside the bolt. The only thing that saved me from a puncture wound was the thing on the tip of the bolt. Im just glad i was the one hit and not someone with a good lawyer, lol

[PRO_Ski101]

Just wondering,Ill send it back just incase but EVERY super bolt needs to be sent in or just the resent ones?I boughtmine around 3-4 weeks ago.Also whats wrong with them?

[BONESisAgod]

maybe a good super bolt could be made from like an aluminium bolt that is cased in carbide. Or even fiberglass coated in stainless...

[BONESisAgod]

Pro, they are fallin apart without warning and in some freak cases they are shooting delrin and steel at 300fps. I dont know about anyone else but i got hit.

[toymyster]

Calm down everyone!!! AGD was experimenting with new technology, and when you do that, things like this happen!! This is not a big deal, it is one setback in a string of how many successes??? Besides, this after all is why we are here!! To test the cool new stuff, and see what works!!! This is a classic example of what works in a lab, does not necessarily work in the real world!!! Keep up the good work, Tom!!!!

[rhetor22]

Sorry to hear you are recalling the bolts, but it was a very wise thing to do. I just had a question with the bolt pieces flying out the barrel, (happened on the stingray once, connecting rod broke) Did this happened WITH a paintball in the breech or without?

BoneIsAGod, were you the one firing the gun (i sure hope not if it was pointed at ur shoulder) or was it shot by some one else in a game of paintball?

You shouldn't under estimate the greatness of stainless steel. I'm sure Tom is using only the highest quality of steel, and stainless is SOME SUPER STUFF. Great metal.

[PRO_Ski101]

Ok i got it,I just got 1 question,"and the place you purchased the bolt",what does that mean.it mean if u oreser it from the AGD online store to say that or what?

[tranman]

If you think about it, some of us AOers could have been a little bit responsible for this. I say this because we here at AO had been pushing AGD to release the superbolt ASAP. The pressure on Tom and others at AGD may have led them to release the bolt before they could do proper testing in all possible conditions the bolt would go through. Some of us AOers should learn to be a bit more patient...well that is my take on this subject its not a flame to anyone. I dont own a superbolt but probably will when they work things out.

[AGD]

Bones,

You need to make sure the guy that shot you with the bolt sends both pieces back to us for examination.

Everyone else say where you bought it even if it was AGD.

AGD

[toymyster]

Tranman, you do have a point!!! I agree!!! We were the ones begging to get the bolt!! Now we can not say "AGD released a piece of crap", it's all of course, academic at this point, but maybe in the future, we can restrain ourselves and let new product development take it's course, however slow it may seem to us!!!!

[BONESisAgod]

If im not mistakin he threw it away, but i dont know. If he still has it i will have him send it in, and if he did throw it away, i will draw a crude pic of what it looked like.