Should it be called a MicroX?

[BiNumber3]

When I first saw an X-mag, I fell in love, the lines, the flow, but I couldn't bring myself to purchasing one way back when, even now, if I bought one, I'd probably never take it to the field.
So... I've always been thinking about how I might obtain something close. I've had many micromags, and I'd picture ways to modify the bodies to the form I'd want, but I could never bring myself to cutting up a perfectly good micro. Until now...
I managed to obtain a black gen4 micro, in rather shoddy shape, it had pitting, damage, and had been spray-painted... even then, it took a lot of mulling over... I had the body for 2 years, and only now decided to go for it.



For the most part, the shape of the body is as I'd want it, still need to clean up and polish it, and do some work on the fore grip to make it fit style'wise, and to turn it into a gas-thru.

Thoughts? Yay? Nay? lol, I'd imagine many will be saddened by the fact that I cut into a micro.

[Merce]

Looks good to me!

[bowcycle]

I see you're selling the pinstripe parts. So what's the anno plan for this marker?

[BiNumber3]

Not too sure yet, I'm leaning towards a solid color, to keep the lines more visible.
Will probably be using my Triton frame on it. My frame has ebony wood grips, so probably something that will fit with that.

That and I'm pretty sure the aluminum for the fore grip is a different grade, are there colors that I'd want to lean toward that would be easier to match despite grade?

[Cyco-Dude]

looks kinda cool...kind of like euro xmag-style milling.

[BiNumber3]

So, was looking though Caustic Customs' pictures, and he had a DYE Reflex with a light golden anno for some of the parts, and it looked gorgeous....

So if/when I have it anno'ed, I think I'm between the light golden color, or a dark bluish grey (blued steel or gunmetal?)

Also, is it particularly difficult to remove the steel ring inside the body? Do most annodizers have the tooling to do that?

[bowcycle]

I think this would look boss with a single-trigger frame and that fore grip shaped up a bit.

I know that would take away some from the x-mag look, but think of the foregrip milled with a similar cutout to the read of the marker (sort of like the crab claw foregrip).

And yes, the gold would be sweet. or do a radius fade from gold at the back/bottom to clear at the front/top.

[BiNumber3]

Yea, I'm planning on doing a good amount of work on the foregrip, though I also need to drill and tap it for the air through. So making sure I don't screw that up lol. Will be testing the drilling and tapping on another piece.

[captian pinky]

I haven't really ever been a fan of the micromag bodies, however this one looks pretty good.

[BiNumber3]

Thanks, getting that Micro Barrel you sent me Freak Bored too

[Sk8ermog]

Great minds think alike. Been sitting on a messed up micromag that I had Luke mill down for me. I always love clean edges and lines on guns.

Here is what it was:





Here it is after getting back from from Caustic Customs.





Oh and Caustic had a tool to remove the steel ring from Micromags but between the 2 micromag bodies I sent him the tool broke so he just masked off around the ring. Turned out great because you get what you pay for with him. I'm very happy with how clean it came out.

Yours is looking pretty sweet too.

[BiNumber3]

Hmm, I'm loving it with the barrel, the triton doesn't quite fit though, might just have to use an intelli. Both are comfortable enough to me, though the Triton is a bit more comfy

[bowcycle]

Hmm, I'm loving it with the barrel, the triton doesn't quite fit though, might just have to use an intelli. Both are comfortable enough to me, though the Triton is a bit more comfy

Just for me, throw a single-trigger on there and snap a pic. I have an image in my head, but don't know if reality would be anything close.

[BiNumber3]

Like that? Only single frame I have. I like it, but doesn't quite fit the way I hold my gun

[Merce]

Is that a DP raps asa?