Threw it together today

Grivooga · 07-24-2008, 09:07 PM

Had a bunch of spare parts laying around that came in over the last few days with some other stuff so I gathered together the best of it and threw together a gun. Decided to put on a bucket changer because I didn't have a reg that looked good on it. Since I tossed on the bucket changer I needed something to take the place of the tank. Not having an appropriate stock around I grabbed a piece of flat stock and bent up this:

It's suprisingly sturdy.

I did get it shooting off the 12 gram but I'm not happy with it. Soon as I get a shiny silver reg to match the color scheme I'll probably hang a 13ci under the stock. Working with the springs I had running CO2 destroys the pump stroke and I only got about 25 shots before it dropped off hard.

Legion · 07-25-2008, 05:36 PM

25 for a stock sniper valve is pretty good. Nice work pretty good looking for a parts gun.

Grivooga · 07-25-2008, 11:25 PM

Well the main problem is that I had to use the hardest spring I had and still had to turn the IVG in til it almost bottomed out to get good velocity. Made for a really ugly pump stroke and the spring bottoms out right as the bolt clears the breach. So it's stiff and if you try and pump fast you're sure to mis-feed it. It works but it needs improvement. I've got a pre-2k freeflow body here that I've got a pump lit on the way for. I may try and stock-class that one since the earlier valve should be a bit friendlier to CO2.

I always found the old trick of pushing the cocking rod to cheat up velocity to be barely effective and frankly made me wonder what the big deal was since doing it is akward. Well I found out. Running unregged CO2 with a thumb on the cocking rod I could sling a ball like a damnable laser beam. Closest thing I have here to a safe trajectory is to shoot over the fence into the lake. I lost sight of it in the trees without seeing a significant drop. Pretty sure that shot was pushing 450-500. That made all the old beavertail rules suddenly make a bunch of sense.

As for being pretty good looking. Well that's easy if you have a pile of parts and only grab the best ones.

07-24-2008, 09:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Grivooga Active Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tampa, FL	Threw it together today Had a bunch of spare parts laying around that came in over the last few days with some other stuff so I gathered together the best of it and threw together a gun. Decided to put on a bucket changer because I didn't have a reg that looked good on it. Since I tossed on the bucket changer I needed something to take the place of the tank. Not having an appropriate stock around I grabbed a piece of flat stock and bent up this: It's suprisingly sturdy. I did get it shooting off the 12 gram but I'm not happy with it. Soon as I get a shiny silver reg to match the color scheme I'll probably hang a 13ci under the stock. Working with the springs I had running CO2 destroys the pump stroke and I only got about 25 shots before it dropped off hard. __________________ Clinton - Feedback 0/0, Tampa Bay Ground Pounders, Blitzkrieg Paintball - Lutz, FL Gun-whore in training. Last edited by Grivooga; 07-24-2008 at 09:54 PM..

07-25-2008, 11:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Grivooga Active Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tampa, FL	Well the main problem is that I had to use the hardest spring I had and still had to turn the IVG in til it almost bottomed out to get good velocity. Made for a really ugly pump stroke and the spring bottoms out right as the bolt clears the breach. So it's stiff and if you try and pump fast you're sure to mis-feed it. It works but it needs improvement. I've got a pre-2k freeflow body here that I've got a pump lit on the way for. I may try and stock-class that one since the earlier valve should be a bit friendlier to CO2. I always found the old trick of pushing the cocking rod to cheat up velocity to be barely effective and frankly made me wonder what the big deal was since doing it is akward. Well I found out. Running unregged CO2 with a thumb on the cocking rod I could sling a ball like a damnable laser beam. Closest thing I have here to a safe trajectory is to shoot over the fence into the lake. I lost sight of it in the trees without seeing a significant drop. Pretty sure that shot was pushing 450-500. That made all the old beavertail rules suddenly make a bunch of sense. As for being pretty good looking. Well that's easy if you have a pile of parts and only grab the best ones. __________________ Clinton - Feedback 0/0, Tampa Bay Ground Pounders, Blitzkrieg Paintball - Lutz, FL Gun-whore in training.

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