Mag Questions!!!!!!!!!!!

[PaintballRaver]

This is kinda of a open messeage to anyone but I would like to hear what everyone has to say.
I am planing to purchase a mag or a cocker as part of my next PB upgrade. I am leaning toward the mag mostley because of the look and the good things I hear about it.
But it seems like most tourney teams and players use cockers and I was wondering if cockers have an advantage over mags. I was wondering if I bought a mag would I regret not buying a cocker????

[Major Woods]

Weather you purchase a Mag or Cocker it is all personal preferance, both guns are great. Try them both out and see which one fits you best. Don,t listen to others who say this or that is the best, it is only their opinion on a subject that can not be justified by you. If your looking to go Hollywood (Show gun instead of a working gun) the cocker does have more showy options. Only my two cents.

[PaintballWarehouse]

The Cocker is perfection in complexity. The E-Mag is perfection in Simplicity.

They are both great markers, however the Cocker is much more of a hobby than the E-Mag. By hobby I mean a Cocker needs constant attention to function as well as it can. Most Cocker owners you will notice are always fiddling with something. If you like toying with your gun and tweaking it to perfection go with the Cocker. Otherwise as Raver said its all personal preference.

[Halliday]

If you like PLAYING paintball: Automag
If you like WORKING on paintball guns: Autococker

Working on guns can be totally cool for some people, just not me. I like the "wash off paint/4 drops of oil" guns (ie. Automag)

[blinkpk11]

wow how perfectly stated. id totally agree autocockers lots of work and minor adjustments after every time you play. i like to work on my gun though so i was leaning cocker.

[Halliday]

And cockers can be alot of fun, for that type of personality. An ENDLESS upgrade path, that eventually will produce a gun that is custom designed by you and *hopefully* also understood by you.

Some people like that, and that is totally cool. For a while I was stuck in the "buy more options" mode of paintball. Now I just want a good gun that works.

My mag is a simple grey powerfeed w/ the stock grip, 12" carbon fiber barrel, 9v Rev, and vertical bottle adapter. I have a 68/3000 tank, but I just use a 9oz co2! It's simple, small, light and easy to use but can rock'n'roll on the speedball field. (And it dosn't scare the newbies too much)

I've been using my Mag more lately than my Shocker, just because my Mag is so simple.

[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by Halliday
If you like PLAYING paintball: Automag
If you like WORKING on paintball guns: Autococker

Working on guns can be totally cool for some people, just not me. I like the "wash off paint/4 drops of oil" guns (ie. Automag)

I have a autococker and a automag and what you said perty much says it all.

[Halliday]

Thanks. I try to be "to the point."

[PaintballRaver]

Thanks a lot. I like tinkering with things a lot so the Cocker might be a good choice for me.

BUT!!! Do you have to tinker with it while your on the field hideing behind a bunker while getting shot at? Meaning does it go down on you while your playing, cause if that was the case then I would have to go with a Mag.

Other questions!!!???

1. What are the little hoes coming out under the barrel on a Cocker for?

2. What is the difference between a MiniMag, a Automag With powerfeed, and a Automag Classic?

3. What is a PowerFeed?

4. Why does someone have to learn how to shoot a Cocker without choping balls?

5. Which gun shoots best out of the box?

6. Wich gun works better on C02?

7. Which gun is better for me and my (playing style-->) A once or twice a month rec. baller that may want to join a tourney team, or a secnerio team. I shoot about 200-350 balls per game, I am on my feet 95% of the time.

[Halliday]

Yes, you might need to tinker while hiding behind a bunker. Just yesterday I saw a guy playing with a Cocker on Speedball. He choped a ball and had to pull out the bolt, take off the hopper, and remove the barrel to get out the shell. He was a gonner.

1) Hoses: to get the air to the right place at the right time.

2) All pretty much the same. The Minimag "looks" cooler, but really the main diff is between guns w/ or w/o powerfeed.

I'll write more later. Have to go to work!!

[Halliday]

The Minimag does come with the vertical bottle adapter. Not a big deal b/c if you don't have one they're only $15. Most ppl don't use them.

3) Powerfeed. The balls make a 90º angle into the barrel. It help stop blowback that might push balls back into the hopper.

4) A Cocker and Mag are alike b/c it's esy to chop balls. You can't have your finger "ride" the trigger like a M98. The M98 has springs that pull back the trigger. In the mag the tigger gets pushed back by air.

With both guns you need to pull the trigger ALL the way back and let it go forward on it's own. Overall it's not hard to learn. After about 1000 or 1500 rounds you'll get it. My 1st day w/ my Mag I shot 1500 rounds w/ about 10 ball chops. Now I can shoot 500 w/o chopping any.

5) Well...if the Cocker works out of the box that is good. New Mags don't come with barrels "in the box," you usually get some package deal.

I'd say Mag. If that brand new Cocker does NOT work out of the box, and you don't know how to fix it....YOU SCREWED.

6) Mags are super light, simple and quick. Cockers can be totally tricked out, but can become a never-ending money pit. I'd say get a used mag off Ebay. They are easy to take care of if something breaks.

Hope that helped.

[green_goblin]

Hey uh, Halliday, Gotta say, keep postin', Love the icon ;) , just had to say that sorry !
Thanks,
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[Halliday]

No prob. Check out my avatar from http://www.pbnation.com

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