A threaded Loader...

[esandov]

The heck with it...in the ever shrinking world of Markers...why dont we eliminate the whole feedneck and screw the loader right onto the body.

One day we will all be like zoolander and have markers the size of that autococker pendant.

[xxmjumpman23xx]

The heck with it...in the ever shrinking world of Markers...why dont we eliminate the whole feedneck and screw the loader right onto the body.

One day we will all be like zoolander and have markers the size of that autococker pendant.

Damn I never thought of that, a standardized thread for all loaders, just screw it into the gun, GENIUS esandov, genius:cheers: :hitit:

[MoogLe]

the feedneck would have to be made out of metal otherwise it would strip too easily,

i dont really see that happening any time soon. i mean, with a no-rise and a cut down hopper feedneck, it would be pretty much the same.

and a threaded hopper would be a bit of a pain to take off mid game etc if you need to clean anything,

there are other drawbacks i could think of...

[GMG Force Fly]

I saw this vid of a kid who did that, but it was with PVC fittings. Looked like if he had a rip drive it would have hit the gun. It was pretty nice and loooooooooooooow. I'll try to find it.

[angel4life1]

I saw that video too, it was on his bko

[Spike701]

Threaded fittings for a hopper are difficult to make cause you have to cut the threads in such a way that your hopper ends up face forward when it's tightened down.

[angel4life1]

not if you use pvc fittings. someone did that.

[xxmjumpman23xx]

Threaded fittings for a hopper are difficult to make cause you have to cut the threads in such a way that your hopper ends up face forward when it's tightened down.

How is it hard to do that wtf...

[GMG Force Fly]

I searched every website that I could think of...couldnt find it. He used threaded PVC fittings and JB weld. Looked solid. Wasnt the prettiest but very functional. Ill keep looking.

[angel4life1]

hey GMG i think its at jayloo.com, but im not sure. i will try to find it

[GMG Force Fly]

Threaded fittings for a hopper are difficult to make cause you have to cut the threads in such a way that your hopper ends up face forward when it's tightened down.

Jam Nut.

Edit: I gave up on the search. But it was nice.

[glacierman169]

the feedneck would have to be made out of metal otherwise it would strip too easily,

i dont really see that happening any time soon. i mean, with a no-rise and a cut down hopper feedneck, it would be pretty much the same.

and a threaded hopper would be a bit of a pain to take off mid game etc if you need to clean anything,

there are other drawbacks i could think of...

Wrong there is a hopper called the spin-loader(i use to own one for my old spyder). It uses a plastic threaded gravity hopper attached to the threaded elbow. In angels you could swap out the feed neck for a threadedd neck, and also have a third party make a replacemeent shell for ur halo or egg. It actually worked quite well. My hopper never fell off. I have seen way to many hoppers come loose in games.

Ill try to find a pic of the spinloader

http://images.actionvillage.com/inc/images/large/014-2020-5.jpg?qlt=100&wid=175&cvt=jpg

notice the threadage

[MoogLe]

Wrong there is a hopper called the spin-loader(i use to own one for my old spyder). It uses a plastic threaded gravity hopper attached to the threaded elbow. In angels you could swap out the feed neck for a threadedd neck, and also have a third party make a replacemeent shell for ur halo or egg. It actually worked quite well. My hopper never fell off. I have seen way to many hoppers come loose in games.

Ill try to find a pic of the spinloader

http://images.actionvillage.com/inc/images/large/014-2020-5.jpg?qlt=100&wid=175&cvt=jpg

notice the threadage
ofcourse it would work, but in this day and age where players are stripping their threads on their feednecks which are made out of metal.

plastic threads wouldnt hold out too well with all the rough play that is currently part of the game....

[NickyD]

I dont mean to be mean but don't you think a threaded loader would be retarded? Sure it would hold it tighter but you would need special threaded hoppers. Unless you plan on using a SpinLoader on your Angel.....

[paintball freakster]

also, think of how often your hopper comes on and off... the threads would take such a beating that eventually, no more threads... and to have it re-threaded again to the same size, ect... would be near impossible...

[SD-G-force]

my hopper never flies off

[glacierman169]

the point was that threaded loaders could definately be a possibility, and it would be much more of an effective way to connect ur loader. And the spinloader referance was just an example.

[P8ntSlinger44]

If the threads were large enough there would be no problem what at all. And to make the loader face pefrectly forward and paralell with the body of the gun there would either have to be very strict tolerances on the threading of both the hopper and where it attaches on the gun OR thee would have to be some kind of shim kit to put between the hopper feed neck and gun. A very good idea by the way.

[sirtigersalot]

whatabout bayonete style (i think thats what its called but i spelled it wrong) think about old cameras where you could switch the lenses som of them screw in and some do this like insert and twist like 10degrees and it clicks into place this would also solve the problem of tapping the threads teh same way each time

[bigfootimp]

CP already makes a feedneck similar to what you are talking about sirtigersalot. Uses a colar on the neck of the hopper with spring pressure bearings to lock it in place.
http://store.customproducts.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalog.catalog&categoryID=5

It would be interesting to have the same process without the feed neck though seeing as how you can't open the breech with this particular feedneck on the marker.

[WDP Shooter]

whatabout bayonete style (i think thats what its called but i spelled it wrong) think about old cameras where you could switch the lenses som of them screw in and some do this like insert and twist like 10degrees and it clicks into place this would also solve the problem of tapping the threads teh same way each time

kinda like automag barrels... twist lock design.

[Viper-Mayhem]

Or you could use threaded inserst(a tube with threads inside and outside) that way if you strip it you just replace the insert.

[WDP_Player8]

Or you could use threaded inserst(a tube with threads inside and outside) that way if you strip it you just replace the insert.

It would have to be higher than the feedneck, Cause how would you get the Insert out if you strip the inside, It would have to be a Quick Disconnect or something along those lines, then what would be the point of threaded hopper, Just get a quick disconnect, You wont have to worry bout threads or stripping them.


I think if the threads where the size of like tippman threads I dont think you'd have a problem with stripping unless you were careless. One more thing, You would have to watch out about twisting it to hard if it was plastic, the threaded feed port on the hopper would break off or crack. A Carbon Halo Shell or Empire B would work, the shell would have to be thicker at the feed port so you could get Decent Threads. Might make the hopper slightly heavier.

[bigfootimp]

And a carbon shell would be much more expensive. Make one out of fiberglass with a good hard coating similar to what's on a carbonfiber tank and have a thread metal colar embedded in the neck. Eh...Sounds too much like work.

[xxmjumpman23xx]

And a carbon shell would be much more expensive. Make one out of fiberglass with a good hard coating similar to what's on a carbonfiber tank and have a thread metal colar embedded in the neck. Eh...Sounds too much like work.

There are halo Carbon finber design shells for $60 bux, obviously they arent real carbon fiber but it looks just like it, if u look at the link in Trigga Nometr's profile of his G7 fly he has it

[bigfootimp]

Yeah but looking like carbon and actually being carbon are completely different obviously. While it looks like carbon doesn't mean that it will be as strong as carbon. Only reason I thought of fiberglass is because it is stronger than plastic, cheaper than carbon, and it is easy to embed metal threads with the fiber and hardening agent.