Holy Crap - Escort Gas Blowback drop in mechbox!!!?!

[Syn]

Originally Posted by 13Fido13

Would a cylinder fit into a rifle stock pouch?

But yeah, even if you did need to run a cord to a backpack it wouldn't be that bad.

maybe an 88g. I tried a Condor 2 weeks ago, and the owner told me It gets a few hundred shots shooting very high grain lead pellets. So since plastic bbs weigh so much less, you'll get many more shots from a 88g which can be modded to be refilled at paintball stores I heard.

[Dynamo]

funny that some of you say that having gas in the mags would make the mags too expensive.
have you looked at the PTW mags? $100/mag.. hell i'd pay that much for a gas mag.
i cant wait for the Tanio Koba C8's.

[ancorp]

Originally Posted by Dynamo

funny that some of you say that having gas in the mags would make the mags too expensive.
have you looked at the PTW mags? $100/mag.. hell i'd pay that much for a gas mag.
i cant wait for the Tanio Koba C8's.

Systema is a whole different story. Regular AEG mags can be quite cheap (especially MAG or Star locaps/midcaps), the ability to use them is a huge plus.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Jayhad

you know drake that's not a bad idea but I would rather not reduce the bb capacity and I like the biggest "power source" in my saw as possible. I will definately look at my saw tonight and figure if I could fit a V2 mechbox in it without to much modification, but it should fit I would just need to machine up some spacers as the current mech box is about twice as wide as a V2

It's actually appealing to me because back when I was running with the idea of an MG36, I'd picked up a C-Mag and did a little test making it into a realcap, which worked out well... although getting my hands on a bunch of C-Mag shells didn't. But anyway, I did manage to get my hands on a bunch of C9 (M249) ammo boxes...

Long story short, 205 BBs in an ammo box leaves a lot of free space... not to mention it's lighter than a locap :P Small CO2 bottle in there would be perfect, like a small 88g deal. Dunno what's available for paintball, but when I was in advertising we use to do sellsheets for a company that made high pressure tubing and crap, I remember they had these small lines with QD couplings (I played pball a bit back then, so i noticed)... they'd be perfect.

[SEALs]

Small CO2's would fit perfect inside my Sr-25 buttstock instead of this stupidly heavy 12v battery. Perfect for semi auto!

[BBS]

this is gonna be great. i'm just concerned on the reliaiblity part.

[Paradise]

So… Is this a break through in airsoft world? I wonder if airsoft manufactures will pick up on this.

Ps. GBB PSG-1 has always been one of my secret fetishes

[Moz]

Just stick the external tank into a pouch on your carrier and pretend the tube is a lanyard or something. In fact, if they reinforced the tube, you could use it as a lanyard.

[Syn]

Originally Posted by Paradise

So… Is this a break through in airsoft world? I wonder if airsoft manufactures will pick up on this.

Ps. GBB PSG-1 has always been one of my secret fetishes

nah, A break through is if they replaced the mechbox with a tiny combustion engine that ignites a tiny amount of propane on each shot. Fuel supply in the mag.

[ancorp]

Originally Posted by Syn

nah, A break through is if they replaced the mechbox with a tiny combustion engine that ignites a tiny amount of propane on each shot. Fuel supply in the mag.

Been done with a Tippmann C-3 paintball gun. Something about it not being able to go semi/full auto, and just being pump due to system limitations kinda sucks...

[Moz]

what about making small brass cylinders filled with explosive powder and placing the BB in the open end and keeping those in the mag.

:P

[ancorp]

Originally Posted by Moz

what about making small brass cylinders filled with explosive powder and placing the BB in the open end and keeping those in the mag.

:P

Sure, what an "original" idea.

I love my Tanaka USP, albeit the one shown here doesn't shoot BBs (my GBB one does :P)





Anyways, I'm not going to hijack my own thread. Back to Escort gas blowback gearbox goodness!

[Hectic]

I would also like one of these Escort AEG to GBB conversions when available but for those who don't like the idea of a external tank and remote line there will be this:
gas no line
no gas in mag
shell ejecting and they offer a shell catcher but the shells are cheap but probably not too good for the environment.
and some awesome projectiles!!
http://rap4.com/paintball/os/rap4-ai...c-261_409.html

I think there is a thread about these here as well

[ancorp]

Bah! Those Rap4's might be cool paintball guns, but I don't like em for realism. First off - they are open bolt blowback, not closed bolt like the rifles/handguns that they replicate should be. Next off - they have to have the ejection port inline with the magazine and barrel. Thats fine with the M4, the mp5 is kinda off, but the AK? The shells eject from a little window UNDER the real ejection port.

I'd sure love one of their GBB paintball pistols though.

Cheers,
Alex

[swatt13]

Originally Posted by Gryphon

I use a 9 oz. CO2 bottle which is about 2" round and 12" long, fits perfectly into my hydration pouch next to the HydraStorm. The water in the sac weighs more than the bottle does. I get well over a thousand rounds off it, probably double that. Never bothered to keep count. I have a baby 3.5 oz. tank that I'll post pics of later, that's lasted me many mags on full auto. I usually use it as a backup in case my main runs dry.

I'm totally getting some of these for guns that can't otherwise take an Escort conversion (or would be too expensive to convert). GBB G36C would be kickass!!!

Hey wait, now I won't have such exclusivity over the GBB rifle realm anymore! NOOOOOOOOOO!

thats along the same lines i was thinking, i use a 1-point sling, so i planned on running the line up tethered to the sling into my hydration carrier where i planned on storing the canister.. i figured a 90z or a 12oz at the most