Spyder Compact Upgrades?

BlindSight · 12-04-2011, 12:45 PM

Just picked up an old spyder compact deluxe....was the first gun I ever had and found someone selling one in new condition for cheap so had to get it. So, im considering holding off buying a mag for awhile and using this as my final battle marker (normally shoot a phantom) but I want to get it to shoot as good as a sub-$50 gun possibly can. The only upgrade part I could find still around are the Derlin bolts, and the 7-hole bolts...which ones better? Should I get a hammerhead barrel or can anyone recommend something? Just want it to shoot as consistent and accurate as possible. so barrel, bolt, expansion chamber/regulator? I do have an old ESP grip I could put on it but not sure if I really want to do electro.

stupiddogg · 12-04-2011, 12:48 PM

go open faced bolt, open your air passages for flow, get a good spring combo and paint to barrel match and go play!

Yomama101 · 12-04-2011, 05:24 PM

I run the Freak barrels on all my Spyders & can be had for cheap. Keep an eye on the frame if it's the old plastic version. There prone to cracking at the mounting holes & thru pins. I'm also fond of the O-ringed Orange bolts. Work great & can be found pretty cheap to.

Ir0nExpress · 12-04-2011, 09:24 PM

A spring kit, tighter bore barrel and maybe an expansion chamber if you're still using CO2. I wouldn't even bother with a barrel kit for a unregulated spyder.

BlindSight · 12-04-2011, 11:40 PM

Anyone have links to stuff I should get, found the derlin bolts on ebay and a blue bolt but thats about it. Should I try the esp triggerframe or where could I get a better metal frame for it? I have a PPS fatty stabilizer I was thinking about using but how would it do with that?

Yomama101 · 12-05-2011, 06:56 AM

Here is a link to Otter's Info. A wealth of knowledge & hop-up info for Spyders.
A fatty is overkill but if you have it, use it. Boblong makes a nice metal frame but if yours is metal with a single or double trigger there pretty much bullet-proof.

OtterSC Customs

Solocrosser357 · 02-22-2012, 09:39 PM

Nice topic. Thinking along the same lines as Blindsight Exactly what I have ben looking for. Just had sugery on my spine and wont be able to play for another year. So I thought a new FrankenMarker needs to be created. I have a nice clean Spyder Compact (insert EVIL laugh here).

joe815 · 02-23-2012, 10:46 PM

One thing I'm thinking about trying with my compact is getting a trilogy LPR adapter with a ram mount on it and seeing if I can lighten the bolt and striker enough to hook the RAM to the striker through the compacts side slot. I don't know how I'm gonna get the timing right though. Auto cockers are still somewhat of a mystery to me.

12-04-2011, 12:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
BlindSight Active Member Join Date: Apr 2011	Spyder Compact Upgrades? Just picked up an old spyder compact deluxe....was the first gun I ever had and found someone selling one in new condition for cheap so had to get it. So, im considering holding off buying a mag for awhile and using this as my final battle marker (normally shoot a phantom) but I want to get it to shoot as good as a sub-$50 gun possibly can. The only upgrade part I could find still around are the Derlin bolts, and the 7-hole bolts...which ones better? Should I get a hammerhead barrel or can anyone recommend something? Just want it to shoot as consistent and accurate as possible. so barrel, bolt, expansion chamber/regulator? I do have an old ESP grip I could put on it but not sure if I really want to do electro.

12-04-2011, 12:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
stupiddogg MCB Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sacramento	go open faced bolt, open your air passages for flow, get a good spring combo and paint to barrel match and go play! __________________ SACPB Feedback MCB Feedback PBN FeedBack AO FEEDBACK FOGDOC

12-04-2011, 05:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Yomama101 Seasoned Member Join Date: Dec 2006	I run the Freak barrels on all my Spyders & can be had for cheap. Keep an eye on the frame if it's the old plastic version. There prone to cracking at the mounting holes & thru pins. I'm also fond of the O-ringed Orange bolts. Work great & can be found pretty cheap to. __________________ Unconscious Incompetent: You don't have enough knowledge to even realize you can't perform a given task. Conscious Incompetent: You gain just enough knowledge and skill to realize that you suck at a given task. Conscious Competent: You gain skill through practice and eventually can do a fair job at a given task with a lot of conscious effort and thought. Unconscious Competent: Eventually, after enough practice, the given task will become second nature and it will no longer feel "uncomfortable".

12-04-2011, 09:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ir0nExpress Back to paintball. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York	A spring kit, tighter bore barrel and maybe an expansion chamber if you're still using CO2. I wouldn't even bother with a barrel kit for a unregulated spyder. __________________ MCarterBrown Feedback (+112/-0) Automags.org Feedback (+16/-0) Pbnation Feedback(+16/-0)

12-05-2011, 06:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
Yomama101 Seasoned Member Join Date: Dec 2006	Here is a link to Otter's Info. A wealth of knowledge & hop-up info for Spyders. A fatty is overkill but if you have it, use it. Boblong makes a nice metal frame but if yours is metal with a single or double trigger there pretty much bullet-proof. OtterSC Customs __________________ Unconscious Incompetent: You don't have enough knowledge to even realize you can't perform a given task. Conscious Incompetent: You gain just enough knowledge and skill to realize that you suck at a given task. Conscious Competent: You gain skill through practice and eventually can do a fair job at a given task with a lot of conscious effort and thought. Unconscious Competent: Eventually, after enough practice, the given task will become second nature and it will no longer feel "uncomfortable".

12-04-2011, 11:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
BlindSight Active Member Join Date: Apr 2011	Anyone have links to stuff I should get, found the derlin bolts on ebay and a blue bolt but thats about it. Should I try the esp triggerframe or where could I get a better metal frame for it? I have a PPS fatty stabilizer I was thinking about using but how would it do with that?

02-22-2012, 09:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
Solocrosser357 Rec Poster Join Date: Oct 2010	Nice topic. Thinking along the same lines as Blindsight Exactly what I have ben looking for. Just had sugery on my spine and wont be able to play for another year. So I thought a new FrankenMarker needs to be created. I have a nice clean Spyder Compact (insert EVIL laugh here). Last edited by Solocrosser357; 02-22-2012 at 09:44 PM.

02-23-2012, 10:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
joe815 Scientist Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Boonetown, NC	One thing I'm thinking about trying with my compact is getting a trilogy LPR adapter with a ram mount on it and seeing if I can lighten the bolt and striker enough to hook the RAM to the striker through the compacts side slot. I don't know how I'm gonna get the timing right though. Auto cockers are still somewhat of a mystery to me.

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