someone convince me to buy a mag...

[pbjunkie87]

ok, thanks for all the input...

i just want a nice gun that's cheap, electro, light, and gas-efficient.

I'll have to try out a mag and see what i like.

All the ULEs and RTs and "Powerfeed"s all over, it's sorta confusing.... someone want to tell/show me a gun that is what i want? i dunno which kind to get cuz i'm not sure what they all do.

thanks!

[GT]

ok, thanks for all the input...

i just want a nice gun that's cheap, electro, light, and gas-efficient.

I'll have to try out a mag and see what i like.

All the ULEs and RTs and "Powerfeed"s all over, it's sorta confusing.... someone want to tell/show me a gun that is what i want? i dunno which kind to get cuz i'm not sure what they all do.

thanks!

Go to the agd store, tunaman or rogfactor. as far as body, make sure its a ULE. If you want an electro like trigger order it with a ULT. Thats all you need to know

[peewee]

Cheap & electro usually are not in the same sentence when speaking of a mag. Most mags are mech but fast mechs. Unless you are able to find one used. New figure +$800.

Heres a link that will clear up the body styles some.

http://store.airgun.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalog.prodInfo&productID=368&categoryID=79

Decent prices if AGD is out.

http://www.themagsmith.com/cgi-bin/i...duct=viper.cgi

[93civiccpe]

Hey,
I own both a mag and an autococker so maybe I can give a neutral opinion. I thought the opinions would be way more mag biased seeing as this is an automags forum, but I was plesantly surprised. Ignore the idiots whose only statement is "cockers suck" or "mags suck". Obviously they are just biased towards their own gun.

I have a mech autococker and a mech mag. I got the mag because I loved the feel of my brother-in-law's minimag, so I built one to play with. The funny thing... my brother in law is building a cocker because he loves the feel of mine. Both are great guns. Both have upgrades that are Functional AND Cosmetic. (Plenty of functional upgrades to the autococker for the person who said there are only cosmetic differences). As far as tuning, on a mech version of each, both are not difficult. I would say the autococker is a slight bit more difficult. But if you know what you are doing, either gun is very easy to tune.

When you talk about e-cockers and e-mags then that takes away the pneumatics problems of the autococker because the eblade/racegun/sys-x system takes care of the timing itself. All you have to tune on a mag is the lvl-x to prevent chops. On an autococker, you just adjust the LPR to prevent chops, so that it pinches instead of breaks. Both are very impressive as electro's.

When talking about efficiency, the autococker is more efficient. Mags have been known as "air hogs" but they really aren't that bad. But I play a lot of woodsplay on private property, where you only have the air that you bring, and on those days my mag rarely comes out of the bag. I have run out of air while playing the mag, whereas I have never had that happen with my cocker so far.

As far as weight is concerned, I have played some really light mech mags before. The only thing that adds weight to the emag is the ugly battery pack. (why couldn't they have made that battery foregrip round?? lol). On average, the mags are a little lighter, but this isn't the case if you get a racegun half-block autococker, but those cost some serious $$. The Karnivour is also very light, but that gun is a like it or hate it type gun, and costs even more $$.

As far as shootdown is concerned, I have never had a problem with either in that department. As far as accuracy is concerned, there is no major difference. When trying to pick people long range I feel more comfortable with my autococker because I like the trajectory and I know the feel & range of it. When it comes to laying a lot of fire up close, I like my mech mag in my hand because I like the trigger on it.

Both are really great guns. Both have unique and distinctive feels. I would advise you to build an inexpensive mech minimag (like I did) and play both guns to get a good feel of them. Most likely you will enjoy both guns. Playing the mech versions will give you a good idea of how they play. Then you can decide if you still want an electronic version, but it's expensive for either.

If you do want to built a mag, or have any more questions, feel free to contact me. I also have a nice body, rail, foregrip, and a couple other pieces for a minimag that I have extra after building mine that I could sell you for a good deal.

I hope this helped. I would definitely advise trying out a mag because they are very fun to play with.
God Bless,
Shaun

[ApexAZ]

How about this? Buy a mag so you can blend me a paintball margarita.

Mags don't chop.

[JoshK]

Mags don't chop.

Besides every once in a while if the lvl 10 isnt tuned right. Or if you have lvl 7 and a crappy gravity feed hopper (me a while ago )

Also...there is a thread just like this at the link given.

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=170910

[AGD202]

basicly there are 3 things nice bout mags over cockers.... Light, Fast, and Easy in every way


That explains the whole gun

[JimmyBeam]

Mags don't chop.

you meant to say lev X's dont chop, because mags do

[ApexAZ]

you meant to say lev X's dont chop, because mags do

Mags with Level X don't chop. Assuming he buys new, it will most likely come with a level x.

[BD_Paintball]

Mags with Level X don't chop. Assuming he buys new, it will most likely come with a level x.

[CuLane]

Buy one to say you have one. They're awesome. And a paintball marker collection does more than just collect dust, it lets you change your playing by just enough to put the "new" element back into your game, and lets you lend very good markers to friends new to our sport so they don't suffer the bummer of the field rentals.

hey...i don't mean to be mean, but i have a cocker and was wondering what the big deal is about mags...i mean, yea, they're small and light, butwhat else about the makes them good? I'd really like to try one out to see for myself....I'm trying to decide if i should sell my cocker and get a mag, or stick w/ the cocker?

Basically, what i'm saying is: can someone put up a list of pros and cons for the mag? (preferably a e-mag)

Thanks!

[don miguel]

i guess he killed a kitten last night.... (i ordered a ss25)

[don miguel]

just watch this video.
cockers are nice and so are mags.

[jenarelJAM]

This thread is from 2005. Why'd you resurrect it?

[don miguel]

This thread is from 2005. Why'd you resurrect it?

i didn't, it was on the first thread page 10 minutes ago, i just resopnded to it. someone else resserected it.