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Airgun Designs Superbolt Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
7 |
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Average Rating: |
8.9 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
$55 |
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| Superbolt, a Stainless Steel and Nylon hybrid, will reduce your recoil, increase your markers cycle speed, and help reduce ball breaks! The Nylon sleeve can be cut off and replaced when worn out. |
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| The Airgun Designs Superbolt is older, so while it may be available used and in a few cases new, it is not commonly available anymore. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
None |
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| Marker Setup: |
68' Automag Classic with standard feed
Intelliframe groove trigger matte black
J&J Barrel
DACC Barrel
AA Apocalypse SS reg
Superbolt |
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| Strengths: |
The bolt is pretty first of all and looks bad@$$ :)
Nearly half the weight of the extended longnose SS Bolt
Has noticeably less recoil
Smooth shooting
Pretty durable
Can replace the delrin sleeve
Easy to maintain (no maintenance needed :) except maybe what you would do with a regular mag bolt. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Nothing bad. |
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| Conclusion: |
This is the upgrade if you've done everything else. |
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Period of
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Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
stock agd foamieless bolt- less efficient, much heavier |
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| Marker Setup: |
Automag w/Black teflon body, benchmark 45 frame, smart parts sticky grips, galactic z-valve on/off, benchmark body rail, benchmark vertical adapter, smart parts vertical max-flow regulator, smart parts drop forward, 10" freak barrel system, aci 68 4500 tank, ricochet AK hopper |
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| Strengths: |
light, increases velocity, lowers gas consumtion, doesn't wear on the inside of your barrel |
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| Weaknesses: |
could wear out, as it is delrin and not entirely steel |
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| Review: |
overall one of the best upgrades i have done for my mag, very lightweight. I crono'ed my gun to 255, degassed it, switched to this bolt, went to the crono and...298. wow. it is also very consistent over the crono. with the stock bolt i had a velocity fluctuation of 4-5, with this bolt it is down to 1-2. highly reccommended if you can find one. i'm not sure how it is with chopping paint, as i never chop anyway |
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| Conclusion: |
find one on ebay and then be proud that you have a bolt almost as good as the superbolt 2 for about a quarter of the price |
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Unregistered User |
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Thursday, February 14th, 2002 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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| Marker Setup: |
68AUTOMAG, Teflon PF (Hopper Right), Superbolt, 9vt revvy w/ X-board, 12" Smart Parts AA, Smart Parts Camo Splash Kit, 114ci w/ KAPP D/F. |
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| Strengths: |
Another awesome product from AGD. Everything I've read about it is true: minimal recoil, more open bolt time, and less ball breakage. |
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| Weaknesses: |
You have to change the delrin sleeve on the bolt when it wares out...but no big deal. There might be a "break-in" period for some MAGs because it made mine a little hard to press the trigger...but again no big deal. Just thought I'd mention it. |
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| Conclusion: |
AGD comes through again. This is a "MUST HAVE" for any MAG user. Go buy one!! |
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Period of
Product Use: |
Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Nothing else like it for the mag. |
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| Marker Setup: |
E-Mag, Apoc 2k, Freak, Superbolt. |
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| Strengths: |
The recoil is reduced significantly. Nice feel! |
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| Weaknesses: |
The sleves wear out eventually and replacements have to be purchased. I have no noticeable wear after two cases of paint. |
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| Conclusion: |
I would highly recomend this upgrade to 'mag owners. |
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Unregistered User |
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Monday, February 11th, 2002 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
3 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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| Marker Setup: |
E-Mag
Center flag 4500
Dye broomstick or 32 degree carbon
ricochet 2k
SUPER BOLT |
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| Strengths: |
Much less recoil and faster cycle. The best (and only upgrade for e-mag) you can but for a mag. I have not broken paint in the breech only 2 in the barrel in over 2500 shots using JT or RPS. |
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| Weaknesses: |
None that I can find. |
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| Conclusion: |
A must for any mag user. I wouldn't go back to a SS bolt now. |
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Unregistered User |
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Monday, February 11th, 2002 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
ANS foamie bolt, agd foamieless bolt |
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| Marker Setup: |
Emag w/ warp, 68 flatline, freak |
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| Strengths: |
*Almost completely eliminates recoil
*Added foamie now offers almost no paint breakage
*More open bolt time to help eliminate chops
*Half the weight of the stock foamieless bolt or long nose bolts
*Replaceable delrin sleeves for after the wear out you don't need a new bolt
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| Weaknesses: |
*None so far for me
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| Conclusion: |
*If you happen to have had a bolt before they were reworked and you never found out about some problems with the delrin sleeve then get in contact with airgun designs. or visit automags.org for more information. Earlier batches had a problem with them that caused them to break right away and obviously not work. These problems have since been fixed and all reports from the field look good.
*I definately recommend this bolt to anyone with an automag, it's one of the best upgrades I ever purchased. I have put over 3000 paintballs through with it with no bolt related breaks or chops, as well as over 2000 dry fires. There are no signs that the superbolt is going to fail on me.
*I GIVE THIS PRODUCT **** stars out of 4* |
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Period of
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| Only tested | 0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
AGD's current superbolt II, the lvl 10 |
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| Marker Setup: |
Automag
RTPro Valve
LvL 10
Chrome Body
Dye 2 Finger Trigger w Grips
Dye Gas Thru Grip
Smart Parts All American
Kapp Stubby Drop
Air American Raptor |
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| Strengths: |
Very Light |
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| Weaknesses: |
Delron cracks |
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| Review: |
This was the first 'prototype' superbolt designed to lower the weight of the bolt to do two things .. 1) to lower the overall weight of the marker .. and 2) to reduce the amount of weight slamming forward before the ball is released from the barrel, as this momentum moving forward and then stopping would ultimatly drop the barrel a few mm's that would end up reducing the overall accuracy
The problem was, the delron would keep cracking. Period. AGD has since stopped production on these and has moved on to making the Superbolt II, the LvL 10 (a.k.a Level 10, Level X, LvL x)
I will not get into the benefits of the LvL 10 bolt here, go see the reviews of it elsewhere on this site. |
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| Conclusion: |
Don't waste your money .. AGD has moved on to better things that will last, such as the LvL 10. If you planned on getting one of these, you'd be better off just looking into the LvL 10 bolt. I doubt that AGD will repair/replace the delron sleve if it were to crack on you.
Will rate 4 due to the fact that they will crack and you probably won't be able to get the sleve replaced. |
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