So I've been lurking for a while now, made an account a month ago and I'm finally posting. I just can't fight the automag bug anymore. Before this season I hadn't played paintball in roughly 12 years, you know the whole real life, bills, starting your adult life, getting married ect ect. It's been about 12 years now but I'm getting back into paintball and in a bad way. I re-upped all my gear, new electro marker (which I love), mask, ect, it was kind of one of those "I can afford my own stuff now so I'm buying what I want" moments. My 68 classic was the first 'pro' or tournament marker I had and it was my pride and joy. Despite the new marker, my 68 classic is sitting here staring at me begging to be used and I can't ignore it anymore. A buddy has used it a few times and actually really enjoys using it, it's a completely stock classic so I'm sure you don't need to see any pictures of it (classic lvl7).
I didn't quite realize the scope of how custom you can make an automag and now I'm dieing to make my own. I'm not actually much of a tinkerer (I'm more of a design person) but I do know what I want. Taking notes from JWinter's thread, I've got a general idea of what I'm looking for and included a picture of another individuals mag that is in the galleries here on AO. I would like to put together a 100% mechanical, walkable automag (or close to it), which I believe can be achieved with an x-valve and ULT. I know karta bodies are hard to find but it's something to look for and I can use a ule body in the mean time. I have a feeling in the long run I would be better off selling my classic to a friend instead of attempting to create what I want out of it. I would end up with an entirely new mag anyways.
So a couple questions:
1) is a walkable mech achievable?
2) Would I be better off buying a custom ule from Tunamart or AGD to start and customizing from there? and if so, which would be better to go through, AGD or Tunamart.
I'm sure that I'm walking into an avalanche, especially with a lot of the cool stuff Luke, automags can be never ending. But I feel like it's just time to rip the scab off.