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04-24-2008, 01:36 PM
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| Binky (mod)  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY
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| Keep you from getting hit in the face/mask/lens with the cocking rod. E
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04-24-2008, 01:36 PM
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| MCB Member  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deer Park, NY
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 | So you cant thumb the cocking rod which adds extra force to the hammer hitting the valve which creates a velocity spike.
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04-24-2008, 01:38 PM
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| Depends on who you talk to. The beavertail was touted as being either a "Safety Device" protecting your cocking rod, and was also an "Anti Cheating Device" supposed to prevent you from "thumping" the cocking rod, juicing the shot so to speak! |
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04-24-2008, 01:41 PM
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| Binky (mod) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY
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| If you are coordinated enough to slap the cocking rod at the right moment to make it worthwhile.. than you might be super man. E
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04-24-2008, 01:44 PM
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| I did that time and time again until I put one on my cocker. I just couldn't learn that the bolt actually came backwards at me. Quote:
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04-24-2008, 01:47 PM
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| The cheat itself dates back to the sniper days. As far as the "Chicken and Egg" question? I remember SEEING beavertails, as a safety device, first, in 1993.. But nobody used them because they were ridiculous looking. But as soon as teams started doing the old Sniper trick, most tournaments made them manditory to prevent cheating in 1994. So technically, the safety aspect came first, but it was the cheating aspect that is the reason they are used. Same with Automag reg locks. I remember they were out simply as a safety device, but as soon as people started cheating, tournaments made them required. Rubber bands though, how can you ban those? Some guns came with them... 
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04-24-2008, 01:49 PM
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On a semi auto you'll have to be careful though, as the rod comes back, which could hurt your thumb if you don't be careful.
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04-24-2008, 01:54 PM
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 | I have done it on an older Sniper. It chronoed at about 415 when thumbing and 270 when not... They were there for a good reason.
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04-24-2008, 01:56 PM
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| Binky (mod) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schen. NY
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| That's waht I was thinking... not a thump, flick or slap. I had one person tell me that you had to smack the rod as it was going forward... and I was thinking "yeah ok  "Continuous pressure I can see working. E
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