The Space Mag Appreciation Thread

[peewee]

Now if we can just get Doc to make a small batch....... #1 & 3 get my vote.

[AGD]

Wow! Great report on a piece of paintball history! I am upset the first one doesn't exist as a whole gun, I really liked that one.


AGD

[shartley]

[Maghog]

Thanks for the comments guys, I have to say that this was a great experience. It brought me back to the old days a bit, where people did things for fun. It's good to see that some of those people are still doing it too.

FYI-yes, I am buying the final Space Mag, and it's going to be on display in the States soon. Please don't ask what I paid, I'm not telling anyway.

Pics are going to take a bit longer...sorry, I will post them as soon as I can.

Allan is also checking out this thread so don't be shy, let him know that if he ever decides to make another Space Mag that we'll be waiting to see it.

[Arstron]

if allan makes anything else, spacemag or other kind of marker, I would love to see it!

[BerSerK]

Wow, great story.

I respect hand-made and home-made work so much and doing that without pro tools in your home is so inspiring.

Like others said, thank you for your great work.

[peewee]

True works of art.

[MarkM]

As promised,

All of the black stripes are inlay, inluding the 4I logo/name (or is it a stylised AH for the maker Allan Hastie?)

Save these pictures if you want to but remember whose picture's they are also since they are currently on a photobucket account please don't link the urls as they will quickly dissapear due to bandwidth restraints...thanks.





Close-up of the frame showing all the different levels and notice how the grip is set into the frame not on top, that is trick and sutle












Close up of the stock fitting


Yes there is some milling to reduce weight

[Maghog]

Man that thing is so cool.

[Muzikman]

Maghog,

When you say display in the states, I assume you mean in the EMR museum?

Also, if you decided to ever part with it, please let me know first.

[Maghog]

I asked Allan about the inlay, he says he used epoxy resin. The symbol stands for Allan and Ian Hastie. I didn't ask if the other two bear the same mark, would be cool if they did though.

[Commissar_Loki]

This should go under historic posts me thinks. It IS part of automag history, be sad to see it go.


-Butch

[wolf13]

so happy to see the story of these fianlly told. These are awsome works of art, and its a crying shame that the first one is likely forever lost.

[thecavemankevin]

i must say it is much much wider than what i thought it would have been, can't imagine it is terribly comfortable. still very neat.

I also still think the first is the coolest looking of the group.

[Automaggot68]

i must say it is much much wider than what i thought it would have been, can't imagine it is terribly comfortable. still very neat.

I also still think the first is the coolest looking of the group.

That's exactly what I was thinking.