Homemade E Frame

[Flatliner333]

Since I have been married and had kids my priorities have changed (a little) and my paintball budget has reduced greatly. I have been an Automag owner since the early 90's but somehow I missed out on the whole E Mag era. I left paintball for 8 or 9 years and when I got back in to it I wanted to bring my old Mag up to speed. I went with a spyderMag mod ( I cant afford an E Mag) that worked out great for a while but here recently it has been acting up. So I decided to fabricate my own frame and use the guts and trigger out of the spyder frame. Here are the fruits of my labor:

[Dend78]

lookin pretty good, looks like it needs a lil line work but overall looks good the main question is though does it work like you want it to?

overall though great job

[Coralis]

nice work hope it work like you want it to.

[Spider-TW]

How is your sear modded?

[Flatliner333]

^^^I cut the arm off the sear and welded one further back.

[db03]

love the 90 frame...

[secretweaponevan]

Looking good!

Except for this vvvvvvv

[fishmishin]

Looking good!

Except for this vvvvvvv

What do you mean? I thought that was absolutely hilarious!

[Flatliner333]

What Tha ???? I didn't know people could see all my pics thats just wrong.

[TwilightG]

Looking good!

Except for this vvvvvvv

Needs hotsauce

[Flatliner333]

The Videos

Alright I have a couple of videos of this thing dry firing(I'm out of paint) and I need your help to figure out what is going on with my valve. When I rapid fire after several shots the pin gets stuck in the down position and it pukes air down the barrel. I cannot remove the valve so I have to take the body off the rail to see the pin sticking through the on/off hole in the body. Thing is the pin pushes freely back up through the hole because there is nothing keeping it from doing so at this point(like an o ring) This is what I think is happnin...My sear has a little play in it as I lost the original pin and I made another one. Do you think if there is enough side to side play with the sear the pin could be getting pinched between the sear and the on/off hole causing it to stay down??? on to the videos...And yes that is my son in the background with the Mickey Mouse ears...He likes to be the center of attention...enjoy.

[greystone]

Even better...

This is even better. As a chef, I love and appreciate this...


Please tell me you stuffed the body with cheese....

Oh, and the frame is amazing. Ever think about making more?

[kilroy]

the automag is a very close tolerance marker it does not work well when there is even a little play in the parts........but it is easy to fix. either make a better pin or get a new one from AGD you can also pick up a used mag and strip the parts, ebay pawn shop ect. the frame looks very good, and like any project you embark on there will be bumps in the road, as for the {other} pics you already know paintballers are a little twisted so pay no attention to those wierdos. ...........but shouldn't you cook the baby deer first?. ........and that ground meat and bacon thing, from what i can tell your just as twisted as the rest of us! good luck with the mag..............oh yeah my good friend tony shot a 250lb whitetail buck with a bow, this year..............nice buck,,,,,,,

[Flatliner333]

^^^Congrats to your friend. I love to bow hunt even though I have yet to stick one. As far as the goofy pics... yes I guess you could say I am twisted and I have linked most of them either here or B.E.O for one reason or another. I am now thinking I need to get some new stiffer bolt springs. I took the rail / body / and valve off together after it leaked air and discovered that the front of the sear was wedged up in the body behind the back of the bolt. I dont think the pin is sticking down now I just think the sear is sticking behind the bolt keeping the bolt forward and causing it to puke air down the barrel. All I have are black or silver bolt springs(no Red) and they are probably just old and worn out. Do yall think new ones will fix my problem?

[kilroy]

it's a cheap fix if it works, and shims would not be a bad try, i had a level 10 bolt put in my RT pro, with similar problems that is until the proper shims were put in, now she does not chop paint, ever, even with the cocker barrel threaded insert, works flawlessly, like i said check all of your clearances, the bolt travel is critical, for it is not desighned to slam the breach but push the paitball into the breach release the air and send it on it's way so bolt travel is very critical...........i bought automag repair kits when i didnot need them...........but now it is very hard to get them except at AGD the bolt springs do wear out and it seems differant mags preffer differant springs.........you just gotta tinker around with it till you find what your mag likes..........hope this helps