mcnuggets Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 After playing paintball for a few years now I thought the autococker might be a suitable paintball marker to convert to fire airsoft. They are cheap, readily available and have many available accessories. Here is what an autococker looks like: And here is how it works: I thought this marker would be suitable because most the internal firing mechanisms are located away from the barrel. That way only relatively minor modifications would be needed while the bulk of the system would remain intact. The work that I think would need to be done is the top half the receiver forward of the feeding neck would need to be chopped off, a new bolt and breech would need to be machined and soldered into place, a feeding system is needed, as well as a inner and outer barrel combination. Velocity can be adjusted by changing the valve and hammer springs and maybe by lowering the input pressure. The feeding mechanism I would use would be similar to what paintball pistols or the old cowboy Winchester rifles used. Just a stacked tube filled with RAP4 airfin airsoft pellets. This would eliminate the need for a hop up since the airfins act like mini vortex footballs. They don't seem like they would be too complicated to produce either and might even be swappable during a skirmish. It would make a good sniper rifle. Any thoughts on all of this? Link to post Share on other sites
otherrandomhero Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 ...or just use an AEG and make everyone's life easier. Seriously, why do you keep trying to turn airsoft into paintball? Link to post Share on other sites
Insanejoe Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Paintsoft :-( Link to post Share on other sites
mcnuggets Posted May 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 ...or just use an AEG and make everyone's life easier. Seriously, why do you keep trying to turn airsoft into paintball? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Honestly, why not? It would be pretty funny if anything. Link to post Share on other sites
M14 Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Its either Paintball or Airsoft, there is no combination of both. Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Honestly, why not? It would be pretty funny if anything. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> but it wouldnt. youre making work for yourself here when you could ues an AEG or GBB which would be easier, have more accesories, be more reliable, have proper magazines not gravity feed, be accurate, be more realistic. airfin pellets arent exactly abundant and would make reloads difficult, and gravity feed is just asking for a jam. if you want to use that gun why not play paintball and just have that gun do what its designed for and use airsoft guns for what theyre designed for. just, why do you want to convert a paintball marker? what can it do that an airsoft gun cant? Link to post Share on other sites
Karnage Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 There are advantages with this design: Lower trigger delay. Better sound. But it should be rebuilt into something that looks like something real. Paintsofter, isn't that the kind of persons that uses hi-caps, prays 'n sprays, don't care about realism and loves rails, cool accessoriesand other bling bling? Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Except that this design can also rediculously exceed the safe limits of Airsoft - well over 16J in the right configuration, and that would be bad. Plus it'd look stupid as hell. Link to post Share on other sites
CountDoom Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Indeed, you will have to cut the power more than ten fold... Having said all that... if you have real engineering experience you could make a nice blowback assault rifle replica from this, but you would have to be a real expert... Link to post Share on other sites
SPG Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Airball? Maybe people keep trying to do this kind of thing because it's fun to do? Link to post Share on other sites
Catman Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 If you want HPA/CO2 powered airsoft guns then go get yourself a classic airsoft gun. Or better still go get yourself an Escort MP5, they're great fun to shoot with full recoil and a great sound to boot. edit: please tell me those aren't 1911 grips on that autococker?! Link to post Share on other sites
Tuulos Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Does all sites accept RAP4 airfin pellets? The only correct thing you can do now is to build one and show us that we were wrong Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Given mcnuggets doesn't seem to be interested in airsoft guns, why does he keep posting here? Link to post Share on other sites
cazboab Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Because you touch yourself at night? If you could somehow get it to load a paintball sized "wad" of bbs it'd make a pretty fun shotgun type thing but eh not really practical... Link to post Share on other sites
Chris North Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Except that this design can also rediculously exceed the safe limits of Airsoft - well over 16J in the right configuration, and that would be bad. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wouldn't the bb be too light to be able to momentusize? As in that thing where using heavier bbs in a higher powered gun will allow you to be able to harness more of the energy? I don't know, it makes no sense now that I think about it... Link to post Share on other sites
dismemberd Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Paintsofter, isn't that the kind of persons that uses hi-caps, prays 'n sprays, don't care about realism and loves rails, cool accessoriesand other bling bling? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *gulp*...uh...oh... Link to post Share on other sites
camilion705 Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Worst idea ever... Seriously, buy a classic airsoft gun if you really want to use gas. I'm sure that has been said somewhere above me, but let's just try and drill that into your skull. Link to post Share on other sites
shinjinMC Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 you guys are a bunch of pricks not that I would do it, but its a pretty hilarious idea Im going to assume a NBB would fit in there Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 i think the whole idea is that he wouldnt have to put a NBB in there because it already has a gas system. but why not buy a classic or if youre on a budget a decent GBB? Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 you guys are a bunch of pricks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well... thanks for that. Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost_Rider Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 you guys are a bunch of pricks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> First and only warning - that type of behaviour is not acceptable here. Link to post Share on other sites
Skorn Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 The internet, where nobodys opinion counts. Link to post Share on other sites
Jaager Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 why hasnt this thread been locked yet?? Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Because you touch yourself at night? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to post Share on other sites
Chrissyg Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 you guys are a bunch of pricks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I lol'd. Link to post Share on other sites
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