Really Old Phantom - Page 2

THE-SHOOTIST · 08-27-2007, 10:48 AM

Do yourself a favor: Mike LOVES working on his old stuff.
The paint breakage is from the old internals. The jet of gas from the valve tube is busting a hole in the shell. The newer TPC internals diffuse the jet to the edges of the ball. Old school paint had a tougher shell and could take the blast, the current paint is just too brittle. If you sent it to Mike, and get yourself a complete set of modern internals along with the other stuff you want, Mike will assemble and tune and you'll be way happy.
Nice find, looks like something a teammate owned back a while ago, he "hand stripped" the barrel like that.

Ninja Jones · 08-27-2007, 10:57 PM

I don't really want to send it in to Mike though, I like working on markers myself, but I will order new internals...

idkfa · 08-29-2007, 08:55 AM

Maybe I am just a fan of getting things for DIRT cheap, but if I found that, I would just toss on a Euro Grip from a rental Maverick/Trracer, and use a back bottle 9 oz or bucket changer.

Spend a grand total of... nothing, if you can get the grip off an old rental.

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08-27-2007, 10:48 AM	#11 (permalink)
THE-SHOOTIST MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 248	Do yourself a favor: Mike LOVES working on his old stuff. The paint breakage is from the old internals. The jet of gas from the valve tube is busting a hole in the shell. The newer TPC internals diffuse the jet to the edges of the ball. Old school paint had a tougher shell and could take the blast, the current paint is just too brittle. If you sent it to Mike, and get yourself a complete set of modern internals along with the other stuff you want, Mike will assemble and tune and you'll be way happy. Nice find, looks like something a teammate owned back a while ago, he "hand stripped" the barrel like that.

08-27-2007, 10:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ninja Jones Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7	I don't really want to send it in to Mike though, I like working on markers myself, but I will order new internals...

08-29-2007, 08:55 AM	#13 (permalink)
idkfa Loose Cannon Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: St. John's, NL, Canada Posts: 1,446	Maybe I am just a fan of getting things for DIRT cheap, but if I found that, I would just toss on a Euro Grip from a rental Maverick/Trracer, and use a back bottle 9 oz or bucket changer. Spend a grand total of... nothing, if you can get the grip off an old rental.