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Originally Posted by HP_Lovecraft  The biggest flaw of the automag, IMO, was no downstream pressure vents.
If the downstream flow because supersaturated with liquid co2 (because of angle, etc), it could easily go supercritical on a warm day, resulting in a pressure spike of 2000-3000psi!
I remember one time, in particular, that such a Automag was chronoed at 1200fps!! Now, I realize that was clearly a chrono error because of the paint shrapnel leaving the barrel, but it was also incredibly loud to boot. The players in the nearby field stopped playing, and all looked at the chrono. |
I accidently shot a regulator piston out the back of a classic mag at a speed such that it went clear through about an inch of soft pine chair rail, and is still in my wall somewhere. I can only assume that it went through the insulation in the wall, too.
Now, that was the result of liquid c02 trapped between the on/off ASA and the valve, no tank attached. The gun was tipped sideways (someone else had been using it) and I was taking off a lock on the velocity adjuster.
They're a brilliant marker, but dangerous too.