At Spring Pump Event West 2015, Rick "Relliott" Elliott and I took a look at Rick's Lapco Autospirit. Rick's Autospirit is in a little nicer shape than mine and looks complete.

Left side view of Rick Elliott's Lapco AutoSpirit.

Rick has recently rebuilt his AutoSpirit to get it working and it looks to be in really nice shape.
The pneumatics on his AutoSpirit's round front block are a Palmer's Pursuit Shop Rock Regulator, a Clippard Ram and an early Autococker brass switch.

Right side view of Rick Elliott's Lapco AutoSpirit.

The ram attached to the bore drop Lapco bolt with a stainless linkage arm. And the 3 way is attached to the trigger in the same way an Autococker is actuated.

The frame on the Autospirit is nearly identical to the classic LAPCO frame with one exception, their is a cut out for the 3 way actuator arm.

Underside view of Rick Elliott's Lapco AutoSpirit.

Rick removes the clear plastic shroud on this Autospirit to reveal his serial number, of what looks like 104.

This Lapco Autospirit was passed around on mcb from Carter Brown, to Sean Chip, to Rick where it will likely stay.

Top view of the Pneumatic Block on my Lapco AutoSpirit (not Ricks).

Find more articles on the Lapco AutoSpirit at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/autospirit
And more lapco Articles at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/lapco

A few weeks behind on this post but here are some of the neat gear related items I added to inventory this month. June of 2015's inventory consisted of guns and gear. The guns will be highlighted tomorrow of Friday but there are a few really neat items included with the gear as well.

Some harnesses by Brass Eagle, Unique and Indian Springs Paintball that were added to inventory in 2015.

Above are a few of the harnesses added to inventory. 
Find these and hundreds more packs at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/gear/packs.html

A wacky Brass Eagle Fanny Pack? A 3 plug 1 fanny pack?

Probably my favorite is the nice Brass Eagle 3H + 1 fanny pack. It holds three tubes horizontal and one tube vertical.  I haven't come across one of these packs before and I'm tempted to keep this example and use it in some videos.  This pack is at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1447.html

A Unique Sporting Goods 4+1 pack in nearly new condition!

Also added with the harnesses was a practically brand new, black Unique, 4+1 pack. I love old Unique Packs and finding one in new shape is always nice. Find this harness at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1450.html

Ammo Box, added a few to inventory in June of 2015 and there are always tons available.

And somehow a plain old WGP Ammo Box 1 snuck into this photo.  There is always a large stock pile of Ammo Box 1 loaders on BacciPaintball. Ammo boxes for sale at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea125.html

A selection of the loaders added to inventory in June of 2015.

And here's a selection of the loaders, gloves, and misc I added with this batch to inventory. Find these loaders and hundreds more at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gear/hoppers.html

A stock black Indian Spring Maxi loader in great shape.

Some of the highlights include this plain old (and excellent shape) Indian Springs Maxi Loader. This style uses the ramp and holds about 150 paintballs.  The pop top (the same as used on Indian Springs tubes) is pretty much the standard for lids.  I believe these were released well before the Viewloader nice style lids but I'm not totally sure. Find Maxi Loaders at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/gear/hoppers/140-rds-and-smaller-loaders/indian-springs-maxi-loaders-140-rds-1.html

A neat Green Indian Springs Maxi Loader that holds about 150 paintballs.

And this Indian Springs ramped Maxi Loader in green. This loader is actually riveted to the elbow, which I thought was pretty neat.  Unfortunately it will only work on one size neck (I think Cocker/Mags but I'll need to check).
This indian Springs Green Maxi Loaders is at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1421.html

A new pack of Viewloader 100 rd tubes packed in a Brass Eagle wrapper.

And something that no one else would probably find interesting besides myself, a new packaged set of two viewloader 100 pods.  What's even more interesting is that the packaging is actually from Brass eagle. This is likely because at the time Brass Eagle (or Daisy?) had purchased Viewloader. This pack of Brass Eagle Viewloader 100 rounds tubes is at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1429.html

Top logo on Brass Eagle Packaging of VL 100 round tubes.

Back side of Brass Eagle Packaging of VL 100 round tubes.

The Front and Back of the Brass Eagle packaging are pictured above. Pretty rad.

How often do you find a pair of new Brass Eagle gloves with the tag still on them?

And since I'm highlighting all these basic Brass Eagle items I can not leave out these cool gloves.  Obviously similar to the Chinese style that we all have 1000 pairs of but with Brass Eagle's logo on them and brand new. These Brass Eagle gloves are at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1418.html

Some super breath able and old school Scott gloves.

Another pair of gloves I hadn't come across before are these Scott Competition gloves.  Neoprene backs and of course old cracking elastic bands. Checkout these old and used Scott gloves at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1419.html

Thick and tough neoprene Vents tank covers.

But my favorite items from this group photo are the Vents thick neoprene tank covers. These are made from a thick hard neoprene, similar to the neoprene soft ears on the sides of a Flex 7 mask but a little harder.  They are also embossed with the Vents Predator logo.  The 7oz cover looks to have the top sliced off but the 12oz cover is in great shape. Find these Vents tanks covers at:
12oz Vents hard neoprene cover: http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1433.html
7oz Vents hard neoprene cover: http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1432.html
And more misc tank covers:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/gear/tank-covers.html

A few masks added to inventory in June of 2015. These include elite masks and Scott Masks.

And because I can't go several months and not accumulate a bunch of crappy old masks, here are a few. Some Elite masks, a Scott mask, a vents lower, a Spectra and a slightly hard to find Flex 7 Ize Graphite mask.

A front view of the masks that were added to inventory. The JT Ize Graphite is in the front, disassembled.

And a front view of this same group of masks arranged slightly differently.  And find hundreds of old (not safe for current play) masks at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/gear/masks.html

A nice shape JT Graphite IZE mask added to inventory in June of 2015.

Here is the Flex 7 Ize Graphite Mask. Good shape aside from one ripple scar left from a paintball's impact.  The soft bottoms are also a little bent from sitting but will probably reform if hung up.
And get this overpriced Flex 7 Ize Graphite mask set up at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1414.html

Also added were classic paintguns which will be detailed in the next few days!

Here are a selection of misc paintguns that have been added to inventory over the last month, including Automags, Sheridans, blowbacks and much more.

Sheridans added to inventory in June 2015. Some have been sold in the past month but many are still available.

Here's the first batch of 17 Sheridan pistols and rifles that were added to inventory. A few were sold over the past month (some before they were even listed), including the P-68 SC, the Mac 1 Avenger KP rifle and the Sheridan PGP, and others were parted out.  A few are still available though as complete pumps or empty bodies.

Mac 1 Avenger rifle that sold last month.

Here is a better photo of the Mac 1 Avenger rifle.  This was sold in May and it took the new owner/previous owner, Don "Bored383" Howard and I some tweaking to get the Mac 1 Quick Config operating correctly.

The Mac Quick config removed from the lower tube of the avenger rifle.

The Quick config is a ball detent / spring release piece that operates similarly to a Pump changer or speed demon bolt system with the BB pushing out in locked back (12 gram retained) position and the bbs released in the forward position (where the 12 gram can be released).

Luckily I had some parts on hand at one of the So Cal Stock days when I handed the Avenger rifle over to Don, and we were able to get it functioning almost correctly.  It still needs a little more tweaking though.

Left side of Bored383's Avenger rifle.

The two other Mac 1 Avenger pistols pictured, a left feed show at the top left of the photo, and a right feed Mac 1 Avenger on the right below the two rifles aren't actually posted yet.

A P68 SC that came with a lot of guns a couple months back. Sold quickly.

The P-68 SC long barrel stock class pistol sold quickly.  It was in excellent shape and will make a great gun to use or to hang up on the wall, since it's in excellent condition.
The P-68 SC can be seen at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1512.html

A super clean PGP with the box that sold quickly.

The PGP pictured at the lower left was also in great shape.  I rebuilt the cartridge valve and shipped it offer a couple weeks ago to a new home. This PGP, which sold can be viewed at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1513.html

A piranha Short barrel is awful shape.

Still remaining at tons of beat up Sheridan Short barrels.  These were purchased off ebay and I think they might have been loaners at Predator Paintball in Sacramento. They need a good soaking and cleaning and might need a couple parts replaced before they are functioning. They are cheap enough though, at around 45-55 dollars.
Find one of the Piranha Short barrels at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1332.html

I decided to part out the lower rifle, and the stock sold last week.  The trigger group and body are still available though. The trigger group will work in on K1 to Kp2 rifles. It will work on earlier KP3s but not later KP3s. Find rifle parts at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/pump/sheridan/kp-sheridan-rifle-parts.html

The body from a pursuit Pistol. Empty.

Pictured center left is a Pursuit Pistol that I bought off craigslist in a lot.  It's unfortunately missing the feed so I parted it out the rest of the way. The Pursuit pistol takes a Rim Fire pgp style bolt and wad built around the time that the first issue of Action Pursuit Games was released (1987). The empty body is currently listed at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1539.html

An empty Sheridan body that I was told was rebarreled by J and J. Could be true?

Below the Pursuit Pistol is a sort of odd Sheridan that has supposedly been rebarreled by J and J. I bought it hoping for straight rifling in the bore of the barrel, but since there isn't any and the solder job is pretty sloppy I'll be letting it go.  It's been parted out. This body can be seen at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1002.html

A PMI P68 Magnum with the original Tank.

Pictured towards the bottom is a PMI 68-Magnum.  I bought it last month for a couple of the accessories it came with.  Released around the time of the Rat Attack and the move to ASA screw in Constant Air Tanks, this Magnum came with both.  

I am only offering it with the 7oz Tippmann Tank though. I look over the Tippmann tank in the video above. Find this Magnum for sale (with the tank) at http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1523.html

A used Piranha Long Barrel with a nicely cut quick strip slot.

The last neat pump from this group is a well used PMI Long Barrel Piranha that I purchased from Glenn Pensinger at Hole in the Wall Paintball.  I had hoped this Piranha LB had the Turbo Valve engraving but it didn't.  The pump action is a little rough but it aired up without leaks and has a nicely cut quick strip slot in on the driver's side.
Checkout this long barrel at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1494.html

Find other Sheridan bodies that have been gutted at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/pump/sheridan/bodies.html

Some random pumps and semis that were added to inventory in June of 2015 including nelsons and misc Sheridans.

 And here are some random Nelson based pumps and a few Sheridan Semis (as well as the parted out stock off the early KP3 rifle pictured in the first group photo).

A clean Nelspot 007 pump.

Included with these pumps are a nice in grip 12 gram changer Nelspot 007.  The internals are stock but the speed wheel, Challenger battle grips, pump and powertube are all after market.  I would stick some lapco anti kink internals in it and it would be ready to rock.
Find this Nelspot at http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1515.html

A clean undercocking Trracer Tagmaster.

Of course what batch of 50 or more guns would be complete with out some random Trracers and an undercocking PMI Tagmaster. Find this Tagmaster at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1541.html

A Unique Paintguns Hornet pump, built by Paul Vasquez out of Southern California. Bad shape but a neat project.

Another "Unique Paintgun" is the barrel assembly with strange looking pumps is an extremely well used Unique Paintguns Hornet, offered in Southern California by Paul Vasquez.  The barrel and pump handle are the scraps leftover from two separate Hornets I picked up.

Above is Gilly Martinez talking about the Hornet's creator, Paul Vasquez.
The worn down barrel came from Dale "Sugarstump" Price on ebay many years ago. The makeshift pump handle was home made by Don "Bored383" Howard and came with an excellent shape barrel.  Don explains:
"That front ring on the pump [handle] I made is part of an old server hard drive - it's a spacer from between the platters inside the drive."
He goes on to write:
"That was one of my better gun plumbing creations."

The excellent shape Hornet I'm keeping for my collection, but the beat up spare parts assembly is listed at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/t928.html

A stock Sheridan Equalizer.

Also pictured are a couple Sheridan Equalizers.  Imagine an inline Phoenix but with a seal made out of the urethane detent material used on VM-68s. One is listed and the other is being saved and will be used to revive a Carterized Equalizer.

Carterized Sheridan Equalizer that I purchased from Earon in 2012.

The Carterized Equalizer is about as far as you can get from the stock look but I believe the internal inline blowforward assembly is unmodified. Find a stock Sheridan Equalizer forsale at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t832.html

A neat Sheridan Jackel with a plastic exterior but a neat look.

And a neat Sheridan double action Jackal that although is completely plastic, has neat action in the back. This Jackel sold quickly but can still be viewed at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1520.html

A VM Magnum.

And a VM Magnum that's in pretty great shape but of course the detent is completely deteriorated.
Don "Bored383" Howard writes that this is a VM Magnum:
"It's backbottle, that sideline from the bba to the sidetap into the valve, all the quick strip screws. All the exc 68s were bottomline with an expansion chamber.
Don also points out that the reversible feed modification might have only been available on the magnum model, although he isn't 100 percent sure.
This VM is at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1509.html

Wow, a bunch of Spyder, misc blowbacks and the usual garbage that are added in June of 2015.

These are mostly all parts and lower end blowbacks but there is one neat example mixed in, a WGP BOSS blowback with System X engraved on the sides.  I have no idea why this would of existed since from what I've heard, WGP did not get along well with System X making their own body blanks.

An odd WGP System X raider? Not sure on the story behind this neat blowback. Frame is powder coated.

I've held off on selling the System X BOSS for the time being until I can get some more information but it is listed at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1540.html

A Mokal Titan, added to inventory in June of 2015.

And then there is another Mirage and Mokal Titan.  The Titan uses close to the same threads as a cocker but the snub doesn't screw as far into on the Titan.  So an Autococker barrel will fit in the Titan but a Titan barrel will not screw all the way into an Autococker.
Find this Titan at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1542.html

A nice SMG, a Tippmann Model 98 and some other misc garbage added in June of 2015.

Also added to inventory was a very nice SMG 60 (which sold kinda quick), some splatmaster shells, a Talon, some Vulcans and a Tippmann Model 98.

A Special Effects Tippmann SMG-60. Sold to an international buyer.

I picked this SMG 60 up off Craigslist a while back along with a second parts SMG 60.  These were used to shoot special effects capsules in Hollywood and came with a couple dust balls.  

Check out the dust balls in the video above and take a look at the pair in this post:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/two-62-cal-tippmann-smgs-used-special-effects-paintguns

The Tippmann SMG 60 is in surprisingly good shape though, and uses an allen set screw to change from full auto to semi automatic. In the video above we can (kinda) see it shooting full Auto, too bad my hand is in the way.
This SMG, although sold, can be viewed at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1274.html

More SMG-60s will be added to inventory in the coming weeks.  None as nice as this model though.

Tippmann Model 98. Pretty basic.

The Tippmann 98 isn't anything too special, but the Termite I purchased with it definitely is! 
Find this Tippmann 98 at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1447.html

A neat Termite that came with the Model 98 pictured above.

Although, this Termite isn't for sale, I can't help but show it off.  It was missing the original pump handle so in the meantime (or years while I look for another) I've substituted a plastic/delrin Taso pump on it.  The Taso pump came off a Taso stock gun, which is why it has no notches for the pump arms. It Termite is pretty close to the model that Rick "RJ" Taylor let me disassembly last summer (haven't gotten to editing the breakdown video I recorded before I shipped it off to Jessica Sparks yet).  I imagine Rick received his Termite in late 1988. It's also similar to the Termite in one of the original Buzzard ads. Thanks to Adam Coker for mentioning this Termite to me.

Last but not least, a few Automags, getting parted and selling whole in June 2015.

And finally, a couple Automags.  I had intended to list the top E Mag with this batch of paintguns but decided it can wait a few months till after I've gone to Northern California and tried charging the battery on one of my E Mag chargers.

A minimag with the box and some paperwork.

The Automag pictured top right was purchased for the purple splash parts and the lower left mag was purchased for the valve body with Carter style cuts in it.  Those two are getting parted and the remaining pieces will be listed. The Minimag was listed and sold quickly.  It came with the box, paper work and even the original chrono tag (!) which I was excited to see.

I tested it and it seemed to cycle fine once the reg was cranked a little bit in.
Find this mag (although already sold) at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1507.html

A chrono tag from the Minimag.

And here is the original AGD Chrono reading for this Minimag.

And eventually find the pieces from the parted Automags at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/semi/automag.html

The Paintball Sport International featured a new product write up for Worr Game Product's Sniper 2 in the April 1990 issue. Since magazines at the time had a typical three to four month period between article submission and printing, the date of April would likely mean the Sniper 2 was probably introduced in late 1989.

New product write up on the WGP Sniper 2, scanned from the April 1990 issue of Paintball Sports International.

This was actually a little later than I had thought, but it still works out to a little over 6 months before the first wave of semi Automatics hit the market in July 1990 (not counting the Palmer's Hurricane which premiered January 1990). Late 1989 is also over a year before the Ironmen first shot the Autococker in March 1991 at the Lone Star Open.

Crop photo of the WGP Sniper 2, as pictured in the April 1990 issue of Paintball Sport International.

In PSI's new product advertisement, the Sniper 2 features a WGP T stock with a tank ring, a female remote on off, the earliest style (non knurled) quick disconnect bolt, and a Sniper 1 style cocking rod (with a divot in the center).

Standard knurled back Sniper 2 Quick Disconnect Bolt.

PSI lists the Sniper 2s improvements (over the Sniper 1) as:
•Lightened grip frame (receiver) which is cast out of Aluminum (not an upgrade from the last Sniper 1 versions transitional frame?)
•QD bolt (definitely an upgrade over the Sniper 1's thumbscrew bolt).
•Internally adjustable velocity (not an upgrade from the Sniper 1?)

Worr Game Products T stock which was offered on Sniper 2s and Rangers.

The added sight rail, which was worked into the extrusion of the body, and standardized bottomline holes weren't mentioned but are definitely improvements over the Sniper 1's features.  The Sniper 1 used a screw on sight, which used small screws that could penetrade into the bolt area if not careful and the new frames with bottomline holes were definitely an upgrade over the sheridan stock frame and cast WGP Transitional Sniper 1/Commando frame.

If you purchased your Sniper II new in 1989/1990 and still have the 25 year old receipt showing the date of purchase along with the serial of their Sniper 2 please email me photos so I can post them.  I'm very curious on dates and corresponding serials.

Update: 2015-7-5
Mike Galvin writes:
"I want to say that it was released towards the end of 89. I remember picking up a Sniper 1.5 right around the release of the article being posted in APG . I remember picking up the Sniper from Rick Pullen who was the airsmith at the time [at Top Gun Paintball], and he would have people over one night a week to sell and service gear. I know I had that sniper for the Paintcheck 5 man in May of 1990. That is when I played with Sargies War Dogs for the event as a pick up player... Got to play with Ken Kelsh... Better known at the time as the Ultimate Paintball Warrior!"

It could be that the new Sniper II extrusion bodies were finalized in summer of 1989 and the frames, qd bolts and other small pieces were added until later 1989. Sniper 2 bodies with Sniper 1 parts are occasionally called Sniper 1.5s but I think the body is really the determining factor making these 1.5s actually early Sniper 2s.

Find more Sniper 2 parts at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/pump/wgp-sniper/early-sniper-2-parts.html

And find Sniper 2 articles at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/sniper-2

During this past SPEW (Spring Pump Event West), at the end of March 2015, I got to check out a couple of Palmer's Pursuit Shops new Lance open class (and stock class) pump builds that Craig Palmer has been putting together.

I've been shooting PPS' paintguns as some of my main stock class pumps, open class pumps and semis for the last ten years, and I'm excited to see the changes that Palmer's has incorporated into this series.

Palmer's Pyre that has seen a lot of use for the last 4 or so years. Set up with dual stabilizers, vl-90 and 45ci tank.

Aside from a lot of custom creations, Palmer's last major release was the Pyre pump (pictured above), which uses Blazer body extrusion but has had the Blazer's low pressure regulator (Rock) replaced with an internal high pressure regulator (Stabilizer) to eliminated the need for an inline reg.
The Pyre, like the Blazer, uses a 45 Blazer frame, Blazer barrels, and an adapted Blazer pump kit, all of which are (mostly) proprietary to Palmer's guns.

Mitch "Dack Maddy" Gainer's Lance, serial 003 at SPEW 2015. Left side view.

But Craig is building the Lance around a more open and "universal design," with the lower tube/chassis as the heart. He writes, "Basically what makes a Lance is the lower tube. Everything else is optional." The removable barrel is also optional, as he points out since, "Some of the Lances are fixed barrel."

In a post on mcb on the introduction of the Lance platform, Craig writes:
"Since we can no longer get the proper Sheridan frames, we are converting over to Blazer frame spacing. (Pgp, mag, cocker)."
Find that post at:
http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/palmer-pursuit-shop/253462-new-pps-gun-palmer-lance.html

By this, I believe Craig is referring to the spacing used on Typhoons which have had the front of the frame drilled out for the different valve spacing.

So with the Lance, the owner can use, not only their Sniper 2 / Autococker grip frame, but also their Autococker barrels (if they choose removable barrel as an option) and Sniper pump kits rather than Pyre or Sheridan pump kits, grip frames and barrel that are proprietary to Palmer's (or sheridan guns).

Lee "Crandall" Raldolph's Lance serial 013. A right feed with a CCM T handle.

This opens up so many options for different set ups. Craig even suggests in his post on mcarterbrown that an Autococker front end can go on the Lance:
"You will even be able to install cocker front end, or put a rock in the front and use Typhoon pneumatics.  I tried to make the gun as universal as possible."

Craig wrote to me that:
"A customer ordered an auto Lance. So we should get to see one in about 6 months."

The lower tube in the Lance uses Palmer's Pyre and Blazers valves but with a longer RVA Sheridan spring and standard Palmer's RVA. Craig writes that "The lower tube is brass with no valve body soldered in. Due to the way its built. I should be able to make it out of aluminum or stainless."

Mitch "Dack Maddy" Gainer's Lance, serial 003 at SPEW 2015. Right side view.

From the three Lances at SPEW, Luke's Stock Class, Mitch's pictured Vert Feed, and Lee's right feed, I get the impression that the Lance will mostly be a built to order custom guns. With parts on hands to set one up, but very few in stock to order.

Craig explains on mcb: "I plan to make a bunch of lowers then a batch of blank uppers that we can turn into just about anything. IE 'Cocker, Angel, a5, Blazer, BBT, Sterling, Tippmann, and any [threads] I left out."

The vert feed Lance in the video above, which belongs to Mitch "Dack Maddy" Gainer, is totally decked out and I didn't even want to ask what he spent, but Craig gives a rough estimate on price on mcb and writes:
"If we supply all the parts, expect to pay around 1k with shipping and the full list of options. Since we are a custom shop, duplicate guns are rare. Thus the price can vary. If you supply the frame, pump kit, and neck, the price is reduced considerably."

Craig also goes on to explain price breakdown in more detail in this post on mcb:
http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/2929068-post17.html

And later in the thread he explains where each part comes from:

"Specs of a true hybrid marker.
Blazer Valve
Lance aluminum cartridge valve body
Typhoon Bolt
Lengthened PGP Hammer
Cocker Sear Lug , barrel threads and air passages
PGP/cocker/mag frame spacing
KP rifle hammer spring
Typhoon RVA."

Find Palmer's on facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/PalmersPursuitShop

Join the Palmer's group on facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PalmersPursuitShop/

And Palmer's online at:
http://co2reg.com/

Earlier this month, July 2015, I came across a neat shoebox Shocker on ebay.
I occasionally browse shoebox Shockers on ebay, looking for early Pneuventures guns, such as the Cyber 9K. There are usually a pretty large variety of later splash patterned Smart Parts guns listed, but I'd never end up pulling the trigger on any purchases.

A CCM Shocker listed on ebay? Photo courtesy Anthony Granata.

But one unique Shocker stood out.  At first I noticed the L stock on it and then started looking at the other modifications. Reading the description, the seller, Anthony Granata, states, "My Buddy used to play for Smart Parts and Designed the G-Max Shocker. He did a lot of custom work on my gear."

Anthony Granata's custom Shocker that was modified by Granata's childhood friend, Garett Maxwell, of CCM.

Although the name wasn't specifically mentioned, it was obvious that the work on this shoebox Shocker was done by Garett Maxwell, who played for the CCM Factory Team, the All Americans (or Philly Americans?) and Dynasty.  After speaking with the Granata, the seller, I learned that both he and Maxwell also played together on the 5 man team, Blind Fury, based out of Northern California Adventure Games in Anderson, California.

Anthony Granata's Blind Fury Jersey. Blind Fury was a 5 man team based out of Northern CA Adventure Games in Anderson, California.

Looking at Anthony's location I saw he was in Northridge, about 25 miles North West of Los Angeles. So I asked Anthony if he would be willing to meet up and record a video if I won his auction. About a week later we met up and Anthony explained his paintball history, playing in Northern California.

Anthony Granata's shoebox Shocker, modified by his longtime friend, Garett Maxwell.

He starts off the video explaining that the "4x4 Shocker [was] modified by [his] friend in Highschool, Garett Maxwell."

Granata met Maxwell in about 5th grade, in the early 90s, when they became neighbors in Cottonwood, California, which is near Redding.
Anthony recalls, "We started playing [paintball] in the trails down by the house with whatever we could get out hands on."
They started off with pump pistols and later moving to Tippmanns and then Autocockers.

Left side view of the body and blue highlighted accessories on Granata's Shocker.

In the video, Anthony goes on to tell a bunch of neat stories about his friendship with Garett Maxwell and early projects that that were completed out of the machine shop in Maxwell's grandfather's garage, located in Redding.

Right side view with highlighted CCM grips on the CCM Shoebox Shocker. This 4x4 likely dates to 1999-2001.

One project Anthony describes was the conversion of his Autococker to a Sniper.
Granata remembers how they decided to compete in a pump tournament with their five man team, Blind Fury, and but he didn't own a pump.  They went to Maxwell's grandfather's shop and Garett made Anthony a pump kit out of wood and misc pieces.

Close up of the CCM grips, Maxwell's rail foregrip and stock on the Shocker.

In the video, Anthony also recalls Garett's senior project. He explains, "[For Garett's] senior project, in high school, he milled an Autococker from scratch."
It's hard to say exactly what piece Maxwell fabricated but according to Anthony he made the body and possibly the receiver as well. This could have been the start of the G-Max 86 frame? But that would have likely been too early.

Anthony then goes on to describe the modifications that Maxwell did on the 4x4 Shocker:
"Garett was working on a project and decided he was going to make a whole new tray for the Shocker...He also made a stock and a drop forward [and] he made a custom front grip for me. And then he made some tweaks. He milled in a screw so the trigger pull was shorter, and I think a new bolt."

Left side view of the Shocker's L stock. Possibly made by Maxwell?

Anthony mentions that Garett made the L stock on this Shocker. The recessed area for the drop is similar to a stock on an Automag I own, so if the stock was made by Maxwell it would shed some light on that Automag's origin. I think the Shocker's stock was likely made by someone else and might of just had additional cuts by Maxwell prior to anodizing? But I can't confirm either way so hopefully a reader remembers some details on these stocks (or this mag)?

Classic Automag with similar stock. ASA is recessed into the drop combo. Origin of custom work unknown?

The Automag is pictured above. I thought the cuts might have been from Carter Machine but the vertical notches on the rail and stock are unlike the many Carterized Mags I've come across, any clues would be appreciated on this Automag.

Right side view of Granata's Shocker showing the Air Assist going into the elbow.

I asked Anthony about other modifications that Maxwell might have done early on and he remembers:
"We had a 5 man team that we would play locally with, [Blind Fury], so I'm sure [Maxwell] did work on all of their stuff.  When we had our cockers, he probably did work on all of those."

Left side view of Anthony Granata's Shocker with horizontal mounted Max Flow Reg.

Towards the end of the 90s Garett started playing with the CCM team at away events and also started working for/with Jason Chipley. Chipley owned CNC machines and at that point they began producing early CCM items.

Front view of the Shocker with blue accessories.

The archived CCM website, circa 2000, lists the CCM factory team's first event as the Hounds Cup tournament, in late February 2000.  Hosted by the Dogs or War (likely the Dogs of War out of Sacramento?):
"2/24/00 - CCM Took 2nd place at the Hounds Cup tournament hosted by the Dogs of War. It was CCM's first tournement and all team members used only pump guns. Next stop for CCM should be Las Vegas for the Pan-Am and L.A. for the NPPL"

Find the archived CCM website at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010201051000/http://chipleymachine.com/

CCM Factory player with custom CCM pump Sniper. Photo by Dawn Mills, used with permission of Bill and Dawn Mills at Warpig.

And here is a neat photo of one of the CCM factory team members with an early CCM sniper off of Warpig (photo by Dawn Mills). The photo was from the Pan Am Seattle 2000 tournament (c.6/11/2000) page on Warpig, which CCM Factory competed. Find that page at:
http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/panam/seattle2000/index.shtml

And the link for that actual image at:
http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/panam/seattle2000/gallery/MVC197S_jpg.shtml

Here's a Cobalt Blue Carter Machine Buzzard I purchased a few months back off ebay (the Rat Attack 12 gram drop out was added by me).  This pump was purchased from a seller in New Jersey so it was likely originally sold through ABC Paintball, which was a dealer for Carter Machine items in the mid 90s. I'd date this Buzzard between 1993 and 1995.

Pre Restoration Cobalt Carter Machine Buzzard with back bottle Rat Attack Changer.

Looking at the initial photos when I purchased this paintgun, I could tell it was in rough shape and that the internal bolt and hammer, along with external steel pieces such as screws were rusted up and possibly fused together. But since these hardened steel internal parts are contained in the stainless body snub it could likely be cleaned up and easily turned into another reliable stock class loaner.

Left side of Cobalt Carter Machine Buzzard.

After receiving the Buzzard in the mail, my fears were confirmed with the internals looking rusted solid.
The rest of the stock class pump looked okay overall though.
The trigger slide plate is similar to Check It Products Super Stock frames but the frame has sides that are more rounded, the hump is more exaggerated and the frame's trigger guard area is not as thick.  The trigger plate has three perpendicular holes in the trigger (instead of the CIP's two slots) and a slightly different front angle. 

Check It Products (CIP) Super Stock product photo scanned from the December 1995 Issue of Action Pursuit Games.

I personally prefer swing triggers on buzzards and slide triggers on Ducks, Redux and Box Guns  since the aluminum parts can wear from contact with the steel hammer sear but upon disassembly the top of the trigger wasn't too worn.

The bottomline holes were also a larger size that is different from classic 1.25 inch 10x32 spacing or modern .75 inch 10x32 spacing.  I've found this spacing on several Carters and Line SI Bushmasters from the early 90s.

Full Blown Grip panel close up to show the detail and larger bottomline screws.

I saw Robert Ferguson, of Full Blown Products (grips), at SC Village Tet Offensive and he confirmed the grips were Full Blown Grip 45 panels.

The barrel is Taso thread, which means it's not compatible with Autococker barrels unfortunately. I do have several Taso barrels cut for sizers though so not a big deal.

While in Northern California last month, in August 2015, I broke this Buzzard down and found a set up suitable internals for replacement.  I knocked out the sear of the original hammer and ground a ranger sear to work to keep the spare with the rusted internals to repair at a later date. The video above show the process for grinding a ranger sear that is attached to a ranger hammer.  In the case of this Buzzards replacement sear I knocked both sears out and marked the cuts on the ranger sear before grinding.

Despite the extremely rusted up internals I still wanted the internal brass adjuster (Carter Machine TPC) to use in a replacement set.  Internals are exactly plentiful but I have extras.  I don't have extra brass adjusters though. I also wanted to salvage the aluminum valve retaining screw.  

So I soaked the original internals in Ed's Red solvent and after a few days could remove the brass adjuster.  And with a light hammer taps, the aluminum valve retaining screw could be pulled off the power tube.

In a later articles I'll post restored images of this Buzzard.  It doesn't look too different, just the internals are shiny since I replaced them with a stainless set, and the Full Blown Panels have been replaced with Hogue grips since I'll be using this gun as a rental and don't want to risk someone breaking them.

Find more articles on Carter Machine at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/carter-machine/

National Survival Games Hand Tooled Rapide Prototype, left side. Purchased from the collection of Bob Gurnsey.

Bob Gurnsey, Paintball's creator passed away Monday, August 24rd, 2015.
An obsession between Gurnsey and his two close friends, Hayes Noel and Charles Gaines, over what life style would be best suited for victory in a "Survival Game" challenge amounted to the first organized game of Paintball in June of 1981.
Read about Bob telling that story to Randy Kamiya, of Action Pursuit Games, which was printed in September of 1992 at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/bob-gurnsey-paintball-creators-memorabilia

I never had the chance to meet Bob, but thanks to Tina "Golden Girl" Ruzzo, I was fortunate enough to speak with him on the phone multiple times over the last few years. We spoke about paintball as well as life lessons Bob learned and how he saw himself as not just as paintball's creator, but as an American entrepreneur. I took notes on many of our conversations but since I never had a chance to meet with Bob, I wasn't able to interrogate him with a barrage of questions in a video interview.

Luckily, there are others that did record their conversations with Bob. Some of these are in the playlist below. Thanks to Tom "TomCat" Cunningham, of Catshack Reports, and others who posted videos on Bob's plethora of stories. 

My first conversation with Bob was in late 2012 or early 2013. During our first talk, I asked for his permission to upload a National Survival Game Rapide Promo video to youtube. In this video we can see the pace of a 1988-1989 game in the woods, run entirely with Splatmasters and Rapides. Pretty much every paintball enthusiast's dream!

Although I am somewhat of a newcomer to paintball, starting in 1998/99 with a Model 98, rather than 1985 with a Nelspot, PG, or Splatmasters, I was able to enjoy my share of NSG Splatmaster games at Peter Simpson's Clarksburg Pump Days. From these games I not only have a respect for NSG for building such a durable entry level paintgun, but can also see the sleekness of the Splatmaster when placed besides comparable paintguns of the time, such as the Nelspot 007 or the Sheridan PMI PG.

But most Splatmasters and Rapides today suffer from worn components. But as a testament to their quality, they don't actually break.  Over a million of Splatmasters were produced in the 1980s and likely hundred of thousands of Rapides (if not over a million) were made as well. In the second part of Bob Gurnsey's 1992 APG interview with Randy Kamiya (published October 1992) he talks about building a paintgun out of plastic polymers.
Bob says, explaining a conversation to the engineer of the Splatmasters in 1983:
"I told him that I didn't want to make the gun out of metal. I wanted him to make it out of plastic. But not cheap plastic, polymers. And he said, "What!? There are no plastic guns out there!" I said, "I know, but I want to make one.""

And 5 years later, in 1988, NSG innovated again, with what would be the first .68 caliber double action paintball marker that made it to market.
Sure, the AGA .62 cal pistol and other revolver pistols were double action, but these were .50 or .62 cal. The Joe Survival Mark V pistol is one example of these.

The Innovative and Low Cost National Survival Games Rapide

The Rapide was cutting edge when released in the summer of 1988. No, not for it's speed (it really wasn't too quick even for the low standard of 1988/89) but for a variety of other reasons that appealed to fields looking for a quality rental marker that they could offer new comers, and to new players and outlaw paintballers who just wanted a less expensive, easy to maintain paintgun to play the survival game with.

Crop of promo photo of the Rapide, from the September 1988 issue of Front Line Magazine.

Double Action:

The trigger in the Rapide was one of the first double actions used in paintball. Although it was advertised as a semi automatic, the Rapide, and other double actions, actually use the pull of the trigger to move the hammer back and then releases the hammer to fire the paintball, all in one stroke.

Other .68 caliber double actions of the time, include the never released U.S.A. Crossfire and the Brass Eagle Jaguar, which debuted slightly later.

The Rapide also featured one of the first bulk loaders:

The Loader on the Rapide held 4 stacks of 5 paintballs, making the total ball count 20. And with a simple rotation, the stack could be reloaded.  Once the clip was empty, it could be slid off and another clip slid on. 

New Product write up on the National Survival Games Rapide, scanned from Front Line Magazine, September 1988.

Incredibly Cheap Cost:

Bob didn't mention production costs of the Rapide during our conversations, but he did explain that Splatmasters were very low cost to produce, which lead to their low retail price.
The "fiber reinforced" exterior and internal plastic pieces of the National Survival Games paintguns were produced in Arkansas, at Gurnsey's Culpepper Plastics Corp (CPC) and then assembled at National Survival Games in New Hampshire.
I would imagine the mass quantity of the NSG guns produced, along with not having to subcontract the extremely durable plastic components, were what led to the Splatmasters and Rapides affordable prices.

Looking at prices in the October 1989 issue of Action Pursuit Games, the Rapide must have been cheap for NSG to produce.
Retailing on average at $99.99 (Adventure Game Supply, Joliet Army Supplies, Ground Zero, and I&I sports offered them at $95.00 but without free shipping). Compared to the other advertised paintguns, the Nelspot 007 was at $90-99.99, the only other double action released at the time, the Brass Eagle Jaguar, was at about $275-300. The Sniper 1 was at $369.95 to 400.

"Splat Power!":

Although plastic externally, the Rapide did incorporated a "polished brass inner barrel" (bore), which Bob explains, "Guarantees tight shot groups and dependable "splat" power."

The Rapide went on to likely sell hundreds of thousands and even gain recognition from the firearm industry, earning NSG the American Firearms Industry "Product Award of Merit" in 1989.
The Rapide helped bring many individuals into paintball by provided a cheap but reliable paintgun.

In the second segment of Randy Kamiya's interview with Bob Gurnsey, which was published in the October 1992 issue of Action Pursuit Games, Bob explains his decision to protect the expansion of the game.  Saying a similar quote to what he had told me in our phone conversions.
Randy quote's Bob as says:
"...I would like to have a ten percent market share of something 100 time bigger rather than 100 percent of the current market..."

And NSG did have the largest market share of field franchises, paintguns sold, paint sales, goggles, and more, during likely most of Paintball's first decade, but unfortunately with the largest share of the market came the largest share of the problems.
Bob told me that he had to deal with 103 lawsuits over the years. But even though National Survival Games never lost in court, the first 55 or 60 lawsuits had an an average cost of winning at 97 thousand dollars each. As Bob put it, "Every time I won i lost."

Bob Gurnsey, Paintball's creator, scanned from Randy Kamiya's September 1992 APG interview article. Photo likely by Randy Kamiya.

In early 1990 NSG lost their insurance and left Bob was left to combat the remaining 35 million in lawsuits himself.  After loosing their insurance, NSG ceased development of new products. Products after this point were released by GFR Corp (GZ) but I would imagine that research and development was massively scaled back. 

Blow after blow, Bob never stopped fighting, even when he was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2003.  And talking to Bob on the phone, you could tell he still loved the Survival Game, despite the set backs over the years.
Bob you will be remembered by paintballers around the world who are grateful for your contributions.

Find Bob's parting message on his site at:
http://www.bobgurnsey.com/about.html

And follow more updates from Bob's family, and about Bob's history on Paintball Creator's facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/paintballcreatormemorabilia

And find the first portion of his 1992 APG interview with Randy Kamiya, which I posted earlier this year at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/bob-gurnsey-paintball-creators-memorabilia

I'll eventually be posting the second portion of scans of Randy Kamiya and Bob Gurnsey's 1992 interview as well as more information on the Prototype Rapide. Later this year or next year I'll document airing up and shooting the Rapide prototype as well as a few other interesting NSG guns which Bob sold me earlier this year.

In the summer of 1988 the National Survival Games Rapide was released. As I outlined in the last article, the Rapide featured double action (refered to at the time as Semi Automatic firing), a removable brass lined barrel and a rotating feed with a capacity of 20 balls.

Right side of NSG Rapide Hand Tooled Prototype. Purchased from Bob Gurnsey's collection.

To understand the Rapide and why it was a success as an entry level marker, regardless of National Survival Games' large presence in the game of Paintball, it's important to look at the arms race up to the beginning of 1988 and the paintguns the Rapide was competing against. 

May 1988 APG I &I ad for a Gravity Drum Feed before Ammo Box 1 was released.

Around 1985-1986, pump handles and stick feeds began taking the place of bolt actions and horizontal feed tubes. Paintguns introduced after 1986 were generally direct feed to be somewhat competitive. Some fields still hadn't fully accepted constant air so most paintguns were able to be configured for both situations.

June 1988 APG I & I sport ad for WGP Ammo Box.

By the end of 1987 homemade hoppers began replacing stick feeds and around May to June 1988, the Worr Game Products Ammo Box began appearing in magazines.

Other loaders around this time were home made from oil cans and a few early examples featured rotating cylinders, feeding 10 rd tubes. Bob Fowlie's prototype, named the Mexican Gatling Gun, is one example of these loaders. Another is the Rain Tree Quick Loader.

With the addition of pumps handles, quicker firing rates could be achieved and although not semi automatic, these quick firing pump markers were probably reaching up to 4 to 5 balls per second? And with super quick 12 gram changers (or constant air) coupled with the increased ammo reservoirs of early loaders, these firing rates could be sustained for longer than the 10 shot maximums that players had been used to a couple years before. The Paintball Arms race was in full effect.

Unfortunately for National Survival Games, their Splatmaster, which had been in production since 1983, was not easily configured for either a pump handle or a bulk loader. 12 grams could be changed quickly with a speed wheel, or a constant air system could be adapted but without a larger capacity loader or quicker recocking mechanism most players probably didn't bother.

The forecasted sales (although I would imagine still strong at the time, c.beginning 1988) for the Splatmasters were probably starting to slow. NSG needed another paintgun that could keep up with the firepower of the PMI Magnum, the early Line SI Bushmaster and the WGP Sniper 1 while being as bullet proof and widely accepted as the Splatmaster.

Player opinions from 1988, scanned from the June 1988 issue of Action Pursuit Games. Next portion below.

In an article published in Action Pursuit Games June 1988 issue, NSG of New York (Survival New York I believe?), polled competitive teams to get an idea what the majority of players wanted for tournament play.

Second portion of June 1988 SNY player polling.

As of late 1987 or early 1988, players did accept direct feed, bulk loaders and a velocity of under 325.  But the group of competative players as a whole, had not yet accepted constant air. Barrel length was also not as certain so the shorter length on the Rapide could have been influenced by player opinion at the time (or the longer barrel would just be offer later with the Rapide comp).
I'm not sure this survey was in any way associated with the development of the Rapide but the wide amount of teams polled and the strong opinions in most cases were likely the norm for the country at the time.

As I mentioned in the last article on the Rapide, double actions in paintball, were not a new idea in paintball since the Adventure Games of America .62 caliber, the Crosman revolver and the Joe Survival Mark V 50 all existed. But these pistols were not widely used (AGA outside of AGA fields, Joe Survival was used basically no where, and the Crosman 50 cal pistols were probably also not popular) and were not 68 caliber. The U.S.A. Crossfire Equalizer, which was .68 caliber was under development but had since faded from radar.

Rain Tree Quick Load Loader, advertised in APG throughout 1988. Scan from October 1988 issue of APG. Text continued below.

The gravity feed (direct feed) was accepted and rotating direct feeds were also one of the earliest available loaders. Basically a bundle of tubes that could be changed with one quarter/sixth turn.

Second column of text from Raintree Quickloader ad. Scanned from October 1988 issue of APG.

During the time of the Rapide's release, the only two semis that had been shown in magazines around the summer of 1988 were the AGS rifle and the Brass Eagle Eagle (Semi Nightmare). Each of which had issues, and neither of which was released in a large quantity.

New Product write up on the National Survival Games Rapide, scanned from Front Line Magazine, September 1988.

Based on these facts, the Rapide likely took over the Splatmasters niche of being an under 100 dollar paintgun that was generally reliable, could take upgrades, could sustain a decent firing rate (even if your trigger finger got a work from the long double action pull) and held more than 10 balls.

Eventually, with upgrade kits, such as the Adventure Game Supplies Alligator kit and the Comp kit, the Rapide would make used of a dummy co2 to a back bottle adapter, a direct feed, and a longer aluminum barrel.

Prototype Rapide, from Bob Gurnsey Collection.

Twenty one years later, at the end of 2009, Bob Gurnsey, president of National Survival Games, began toying with the possibility of selling off some of his remaining collection of NSG guns and gear. I emailed at the time, asking if there was ever a metal bodied Splatmaster produced? Lori Gurnsey, Bob's wife, responded that:
"There were no metal Splatmasters made.  The idea was to make a pistol affordable enough for the masses to give it a try. However, there are a couple prototype metal guns that will be available."

Things got busy and Bob decided to hold off on selling his paintguns. Bob contacted me again last year, in 2014, about my interest in his guns and I told him I was still interested. We talked several times about his paintguns, and he ended up selling me this prototype Rapide in February of 2015.

Certificate of Authenticity of Rapide Prototype from Bob Gurnsey.

Bob writes, "This prototype was made, to the best of my recollection, in the summer or fall of 1988. The Aluminum shell was hand machine as well as the barrel and clip slide. I believe this to be a Russell Barber machined prototype made in the NSG machine shop in Andover, New Hampshire."

Bob explained to me on the phone that Russell Barber was one of the two engineers / prototype machinists employed at National Survival Games in the late 1980s, and along with Clyde Brown were the two machinists behind the Rapide.
"I had a machine shop upstairs [in] the [Andover National Survival Games] building that I built for [our engineers] to develop [projects]."
Bob continues, "Russell had worked for me for a year and a half or two years by that time. [I later] ended up having to fire him [since] he broke in to my office one time. He claimed he needed some information [I] had in the office. I couldn't find anything missing, he could have been telling the truth, he jimmy'd the door and I went ballistic. I never found out he had bad intentions."

National Survival Games Hand Tooled Rapide Prototype, left side. Purchased from the collection of Bob Gurnsey.

Bob explained that Clyde Brown was the second engineer and I think Bob mentioned he joined when NSG bought Culpepper Plastics Corp (CPC), the plastic manufacturing plant that made the shells.
Bob says, "Clyde Brown was second. [He] wanted to be more spontaneous than Culpepper couple be."
Bob also mentioned that "Neither [prototype machinist] worked in paintball before [or] after [National Survival Games]."
Too bad, since it would be interesting to hear more from them on their inspiration behind the design of the Rapide.

Crop of promo photo of the Rapide, from the September 1988 issue of Front Line Magazine.

Find more of Bob's collection of vintage National Survival Games Guns and Memorabilia for sale at:
http://www.bobgurnsey.com/

And follow more updates on Memorabilia added to the site on Paintball Creator's facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/paintballcreatormemorabilia

And find other National Survival Games' related articles at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/national-survival-games/

Over the last week I started disassembling the boxes of used steel braided lines and fittings I've had piling up over the last two years.
I first restocked what is already listed on the site including Steel Braided line, Macroline, Microline and other 1/8th npt fittings that were around. Then I went through a giant box of feedneck elbows and restocked those. And finally I took photos of styles I have large quantities and added those to inventory.

Find the restocked Steel braided air lines at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air-bottomlines/airlines/steel-braided.html

Used Macroline and Microline fittings that were added to inventory in August of 2015.

Above is a photo of the Macroline and Microline fittings that were just added to inventory. These pictured fitting styles are mostly used but there are a couple styles that are new. Regardless I'm replacing the oring on all of these before they ship.

Find Macroline fittings at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air-bottomlines/fittings/macroline-fittings.html

And Microline fittings at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air-bottomlines/fittings/micro-line-fitting.html

If you have old Macroline or Microline fittings you can repair them yourself with the following tutorial.

Replace the oring on Macroline fittings.

The Macroline fittings use size 010 and replacements are available at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air1262.html

Replace the oring on Microline fittings.

And Microline fitting orings replacements are available at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air1268.html

1/8th npt nipples that were added to inventory in August of 2015.

Above are NPT straight nipples and weird metric thread Spyder thread male to male and male to female steel and plated stainless adapters. The spyder adapters are used to adapt the weird spyder hose lines to standard 1/8th npt bottomlines.
Find these 1/8th npt nipples at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air-bottomlines/fittings/1-8th-npt-national-pipe-thread/male-nipple-completely-threaded-staight.html

And Spyder hose to standard paintball hose adapters are available at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air-bottomlines/fittings/misc-sizes.html

Male and Female Quick Disconnect fittings that were added to inventory in the batch at the end of August 2015.

I restocked all the male and female quick disconnect fittings that had been piling up. There were literally several hundred pieces of these. The critical thing to watch for when you buy a male or female QD fitting is to try and match it to your current fitting. Some male fittings will have a slightly wider center piece that is either too long or slightly too short for the female piece. If it's too long the female quick disconnect will not be able to close. If it's too short then the Male QD will have unnecessary play inside. 
And the brass styles are always popular for using on Predator Autococker restorations with the WGP female bottomline regs.

Find Male and Female Quick disconnect on baccipaintball at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air-bottomlines/fittings/1-8th-npt-national-pipe-thread/quick-disconnects.html

Replace the oring on Female Quick Disconnect fittings.

And all Female quick disconnects will ship with the oring replaced. I If you need to replace the orings on your own Female quick disconnect fittings you can find them at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air1267.html

90 degree fittings, T fittings and other misc 1/8th npt pieces that were added to inventory in August of 2015.

And of course, what BacciPaintball product upload batch would be complete without a bunch of random fittings that no one has any use for.
Most of these pictured above are just weird 90 styles, but many are bulky and aren't really a style anyone would want.

Find 90 degree and T 1/8th npt fittings at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/air-bottomlines/fittings/1-8th-npt-national-pipe-thread.html

Paintball marker elbows in various sizes that were added to inventory. Some very durable and some complete pieces of junk.

Oh wow, more elbows? Yes, I have tons of these. I just hope I can get to inventorying something fun soon, like oh...I don't know, Autococker grip frames, or Automag bodies. Probably not though.  I'll probably go onto inventory stainless screws next or something....But anyways, these elbows fit Autocockers, Automags, Nelson pumps and more. The bottom right elbows were made by APP a long time ago and although look good on an old pump, are literally crap if you wanted to use them. They are super hard and somewhat brittle. I threw out about half of them since they had cracks.

Find TONS of elbows at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/gear/elbows.html

Some neat WGP elbows and aluminum red anodized barrel plugs, circa 1990.

A few of these are kind of neat. The top three and bottom left elbows were (I think) sold by WGP.  The top two left were specifically made as the feed neck on the AMMO Box 2. The bright yellow Allen Paintball Product elbow, second to the bottom left, get the "absolute worst award" for this batch. Not only is it brittle but it's also stained yellow. Oh how cool! Find this piss colored elbow at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/gea1470.html

Oh, let's watch a video of me shooting David Freeman's F1 Illustrator with an Ammo Box 2.

And find WGP Ammo Boxes at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/gear/hoppers/140-rds-and-smaller-loaders/wgp-ammo-boxes.html

Here is the first in a series of quick videos with Steve "Mongo" Brett, of Ralph's Kill Boys, California Bushmasters, Team of Honor, and maker of the Redux, on some of the background and history behind the Line SI Advantage.

September 1990 advertisement in Paintball Sports International for the Line SI Advantage.

The Advantage was double action and released in 1990, which was pretty late in the game for a double action. The NSG Rapide came out in the summer of 1988 and Brass Eagle released double actions in 1989. By late 1989, Palmer's was beginning to build Hurricanes and other pneumatics semis (post Elite Rifles) and the Tippmann 68 Special and the PMI 3 were premiered and sold at the Bay City Open in July of 1990.

California Bushmasters at the 1990 Masters. Steve is center right lower row with his Black Advantage.

Steve and I recorded this videos (and a few others) in June at Field of Fire in Southern California, during one of our So Cal Stock Games. And Steve took a moment to show me his personal Advantage, anodized a bright blue with a special feed adapter made by Ken Kidd.

Left side of Line SI Advantage that came from Norway.

Steve also went over some of the history he remembered on the Advantage. Around 1990, Steve watched Ross Alexander, of Line SI, fix a few Advantages at Skirmish and used his own in the 1990 Masters in Nashville.  When Alexander left California, Alexander and Henry Gilbert, of Skirmish, gave Steve the remaining parts for Advantages so he could handle warranty work.

Right side of Line SI Advantage I purchased from Norway around 2003.

According to Steve, Ross explained that 400 were made and over time, Steve says in the video that, "hundreds" came back for repairs.

Find more articles with Steve "Mongo"Brett on BacciPaintball at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/steve-brett

Continuing the series of videos I recorded in June of 2015 with Steve "Mongo" Brett, this portion looks at the neat stick feed block that is mounted on the top of Steve's unique blue Advantage SI.

Steve explained in the last portion that his Blue Advantage SI was given to him by Ken "Kidd" Hovanian, and in this video he talks a little about the feed block which Kidd made to allow the Advantage to take a feed tube straight back.

Steve estimates that around 20 of these blocks were made by Ken Kidd and he gave me an extra example he had.  I rotate it around in the video above. After looking closer at it I would assume it makes the break breech on the Advantage difficult to operate. Eventually I will install this on my Line SI Advantage and check this out for myself.

Hawaii Cup 1993 Players, photo reshot at Earon Carter Shop in 2014. Ken Kidd center top tow. Find player names below.

I also asked Steve about Ken "Kidd's" prior projects before moving to Hawaii and he explains that Ken worked at the Skirmish store and Line SI while playing on Navarone and then later worked at Carter Machine and after Dave Loo either passed away, or stopped pursing the Desert Ducks, Ken was given the left over parts to assemble at Carter Machine.

We can also see Steve's later 1988 model Desert Duck DD68 which he purchased new from Dave Loo at the end of the video. 

Numbered Hawaii Cup 1993 photo.

Along with Ken Kidd in the photo above are many familiar faces:
1. Dave "Youngblood" DeHaan (Havok, Sudden Death, Dye, Ironmen)
2. Fridge Mackay (Bushwackers)
3. Ken "Kidd" Hovanian (Navarone, Line SI, Carter Machine)
4. Earon Carter (of Carter Machine)
5. Jerry Yandell (Who are Those Guys and that Gal? Mercenary Service)
6. Wes Wong (Hello Kitty, Team America, Carter Machine, Dye)
7. Jessica Sparks (APG / Who are Those Guys and that Gal? Mercenary Service)
8. Janie Wierman (friend of Rose Griffith)
9. Rose Griffith (of Unique Sporting Goods)
10. Ron Kilbourne (of the Bushwackers)

And Earon explaining the photo above:

Find more articles with Steve "Mongo"Brett on BacciPaintball at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/steve-brett

Find more videos with Steve "Mongo" Brett at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?action_edit=1&list=PLJC7papTosfXzcKxrArCwzzAaZzCEVP0u

Over the summer in Northern California I had the chance to break down and rebuild Michael "Machine Gun Mike" Baird's 1991 Ironmen Autococker and then cycle some paint through it.

Ebay photo of the Machine Gun Mike Autococker.

I purchased this Autococker off ebay around last september. I had hoped it might turn out to be the one of the original Autococker's that the Ironmen used in the March 1991 Lone Star Open, in Dallas Texas,  and after talking to Mike he believes it was. The serial number of #6212 would make sense for around that time. 
Find more info on the 1991 Lone Star Open at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/introduction-bud-orrs-autococker-ironmen-lone-star-open-c-391

Ironmen pictured at the Lone Star Open 1991 with their WGP Autocockers. Michael Baird pictured lower right.

While emailing with Mike about this Autococker he did believe this was his original gun from that event.
Mike writes, "[This was] the first Cocker I was given when we were signed by WGP in '91. Serial #6212."

Michael Baird, possibly shooting Autococker #6212 on Smart Parts Trading Carter. Ironmen logo in lower left.

Michael Baird's 1993 Smart Parts Trading Carter.

And Baird also writes, " the Cocker you have ... is the same one I used and am holding in the team picture from the Lone Star Open, Dallas '91. Obviously there were changes made but it is the same one. 25 years old!"

Left side of Autococker #6212, Michael Baird's Machine Gun Mike Autococker.

Messaging with Bud Orr, he told me the following:
"The guns we made [for the Ironmen] started around 6500 or higher. I may have some records on that. They always kept there guns. A few played with pumps for a few years."

Right side of Autococker #6212, Michael Baird's Machine Gun Mike Autococker.

I would say that Bud could be off 300 or so serial numbers since it was close to 25 years back and over 100,000 Autocockers were eventually produced. Eventually I hope we'll see other original Ironmen guns from 1991 and see how the serials compare.

Autococker engraved, Ironmen
Bud Orr's Factory Team

Some of the changes that I saw on Mike's Autococker were the following:

Front Block:
Brass LPR replaced with a Rock regulator (rebuilt this before cycling).
Clippard Ram has opposite side drilled out, probably came from WGP this way?

WGP 3 Way with non standard 3 way stem.  Was this an aftermarket stem?  I don't remember seeing it before?  Could have been an early stock stem but I would guess it's aftermarket.

Receiver has been switched out from the stock one hole grip to the Proline / Bob Long 45 frame. These were some of the first 45 frames for Autocockers.

Zoom in on left side of Machine Gun Mike's Autococker.

The body has a set screw hole drilled for locking the hammer's lug and sear in place.

The IVG (inner velocity govenor) has been changed from stiffer smaller diameter Sheridan Springs to softer larger outer diameter Nelson Springs.

Valve is stock but has been modified with a larger hold drilled on the top side and the cup seal has been "turbo'd" which means the width of the stem near the seal has been reduced. Both of these modifications mean more air flow to the bolt which translates to less spring tension as the same velocity. Valve spring has also been changed to a softer Nelson spring, roughtly equivalent to a yellow spring.

The back block has been changed from the large back block to an after market block.  Not sure who manufactured the block on there,

Barrel has been changed from a Bull Barrel to one of Brahim Estephan's OTP G-1 Pro Series Barrels.

Zoom in on right side of WGP Decal and serial of #6212 Autococker.

An Air America Unireg has been added to the vertical asa.

From ebay this Autococker came with an Air America Apocalypse stainless reg and 114ci (?) tank. I removed the Apocalypse tank and added a WGP bottomline and in the video I'm running a 68 ci with a ninja reg.

Find more articles on the Ironmen at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/ironmen/

And more on Michael Baird on baccipaintball at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/michael-baird

On Wednesday, September 23rd, I saw a Craigslist advertisement pop up for an Autococker along with a Spyder, a harness, and some other junk (that I could list and never sell on baccipaintball.com). The Autococker looked like an Eclipse Pro Series with most of the correct matched parts stripped off.

I typically try not to waste my time with craiglist items unless it's something I want for my collection, and at first this Autococker didn't stand out as anything special. I already had a Matte Black Pro series I was assembling as a mechanical and it took a couple years just to find a matte black matching Eclipse Blade Frame.

But upon closer examination, the listed Pro Series had one unique features I hadn't seen before, a matched WGP Swing Frame?  Although it didn't looked perfectly matched, it did look close.  The seller wasn't too far away, only in Santa Monica, and they could meet late at night after Los Angeles traffic, so I decided to go for it. At least I might be able to dig up some information on this Eclipse Pro Series Autococker.

Right side of mismatched Red and Black fade Eclipse Pro Series that I purchased from JR.

So I drove out to Santa Monica and met the seller, JR, at about 10:30 pm that night.  I asked him where he ordered the Autococker from and he explained that he purchased it from WGP at a scenario game in Corona, California. My first questions was, did he have the original Electronic frame it came with.  "No, it was never setup with the electric frame," JR replied, "I bought it from Worr Games like this."

Would WGP have sold the Eclipse Pro Series Autocockers?  I wasn't sure, but I definitely didn't think they would have sold the Pro Series without all the matching electric parts and stickers, but maybe?

This link on Custom Cockers details all the differences in later Eclipse Autococker bodies. 
http://customcockers.com/forum/showthread.php?7120-Eclipse-Cocker-Bodies-and-Differences
From this information I would say this was originally a Pro Series Cocker.

According to JR, he was playing on the Southern California scenario team, the Psycho Clown Posse (PCP) in the late 2000s (2007-2009) and had played a few events with them and wanted to upgrade his old school spyder.  He met a middle aged man in the WGP booth and bought this Autococker assembled from the booth.

Left side of JR's Pro Series Autococker.

"It was all custom," JR explained to me, "Custom body, custom frame, custom anodizing..."

Well it wasn't all custom, but certain aspects of it were unique, the frame wasn't typical, the back block was raw, the front pneumatics were WGP stock components, and the cocker came gem less (which is custom I guess?).
JR continued that he bought the assembled Autococker and asked about a matched frame.  So WGP had one of the WGP Swing frames anodized for him and gave it to him at one of the following games.

So the partially matched WGP Swing Frame wasn't stock, but it was specially anodized for JR's cocker and looks pretty good. Or was it?  Could it be a matte red to black fade WGP Orracle frame?  I think that's likely the case. Whoever JR purchase it from likely dug around at WGP and came across the correct frame and traded him for his gloss frame.

Another theory that I had is that Technical might have done some of the anodizing on Eclipse Autocockers for WGP?

User dbkid0486, on Custom Cockers, author of the Eclipse Autococker body guide linked above, writes that, "at one time the [anodizing on Planet Eclipse Autococker bodies] was being done by WGP's anodizers. They also assembled for PE at one point too. This could have fallen into that time frame."
WGP's Anodizer that dbkid0486 refers to is Technical.
Find that post at http://customcockers.com/forum/showthread.php?59745-Eclipse-in-need-of-saving

JR played with this Autococker in Southern California for a while but eventually lost interest. I don't have any Autocockers in my collection with the matched WGP Hinge so this will make a nice addition.  Now I need to dig through front blocks for a matched dust block.

So after receiving and going over JR's Mech Pro Series, it is drilled, as I mentioned earlier, but luckily it was drilled prior to anodizing. 

If anyone reading this has a Matte Red Eclipse Pro Series P block they want to part with please email me.

AK-Jake on mcb, asked if I could record a quick breakdown video of a WGP Ranger a few weeks back.  And since I have an abundance of Ranger parts I figured I would assemble one up and then break it down again. And then list it on the site for sale.

Parts Site Ranger Assembled for Breaking down video.

Here is the Site Ranger that I put together out of spare parts from the website and pieces sitting around.
The Site Ranger is mostly identical to the standard Ranger but with a few differences.
•The Bolts are typically non adjustable
•The back bottle constant air valve is replaced by a 12 gram changer.
•The aluminum parts, which include the receiver rail, and the 12 gram changer drop out valve and barrel are all anodized green, possibly hard anodized, instead of black.

Right side view of Stock set up on WGP Site Ranger with 12 Gram drop out asa.

The Site Ranger in this article was put together using mostly original WGP parts. The valve assembly, adjustable bolt and STO Autococker barrel obviously wouldn't be found on a site ranger.

Right side of Parts Site Ranger.

This Ranger is obviously not the nicest example of a Site Ranger available (actually far from) but it can be used to illustrates a break down nicely.

Flat Head adjustable bolt (some are hex adjustable). Site Ranger typically came without adjustable bolts.

As mentioned, the flat head bolt is not original, and Site Rangers would have come with a non adjustable bolt since they would have been used as rentals.

Knurled Nut on front of Receiver Rail is the same as the Cocking rod end on a WGP Autococker.

The arms on this Site Ranger are heavily rusted but could cleaned up if someone wanted a project. The front grip frame nut is actually the same piece that was used on the end of the cocking rod on early WGP Snipers and Autocockers.

Instead of the stock Worr Game Products hybrid valve assembly with the seal embedded into the top of the valve retaining screw, I used a stock WGP ranger 10x32 powertube, a nelspot 007 steel valve retaining screw, and a CCI Phantom Cup and seal cup, both drilled out to 10x32. The above video was recorded about 6 months back and shows a similar WGP ranger valve assembly being put together.

Left Side of Parts Site Ranger.

In the first video at the top of this article, I disassemble this Ranger, explaining the necessary bevel on the breech side of the barrel, and go over each of the other pieces.

In the second portion I reassemble the parts Site Ranger from the laid out pieces to the complete marker and then test it.

Ranger Breakdown photo. See graphic and list below for part numbers.

Above is the complete broken down photos.

Find the corresponding numbered list of part names below.

And a numbered photo to name each item.
1. Barrel inside of pump handle
2. Vertical 10x32 screw for back bottle valve assembly
3. Pump arm Screws (10x32 threads)
4. Site Ranger Body with attached Sight Rail
5. Back bottle valve assemble
6. Modified Powertube valve assembly (stock Ranger powertube, Nelspot 007 valve retaining screw, CCI Phantom Cup and seal rilled to fit 10x32 Ranger powertube).
7. WGP Ranger Hammer
8. Main Spring (2 inch Nelson standard spring)
9. WGP Ranger Flat head adjustable Nelson bolt
10. Grip frame and Receiver rail
11. Front grip frame screw (female 10x32 nut, same as back of early Sniper / Autococker cocking rod)

After editing this reassembly video I made a quick 500x speed version for uploading to instagram (and youtube).

And find this Ranger for sale on baccipaintball at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/b049.html

And Ranger parts for sale at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/pump/nelson/brand/wgp.html

Slow as always getting an article up about the parts added to inventory for this month, but here are the items I added in October. This post also shows the before photos of a few of the guns I parted and it shows a couple guns I kept for my collection, since I had them out while taking photos.

The Blue Automag and a couple others that are getting parted out.

Starting with Automags, here are a few of the complete mags I parted and listed whole.
The top blueish purple Automag came from a local guy and I'm not sure who exactly built it.  At first I though it was Taso because of the sight rail but the frame was not built by Taso, and the valve has Carter style cuts on the reg (not sure who else did these style cuts?).

This neat blue Carter or Check It Products Automag was purchased a few months back. It's listed on the site now, minus the Air America Tank and ANS Expansion chamber. Opps! Didn't have my rear grip frame quick strip screw in for this photo!

Another thought I had is that it could be made by Check It Products since the seller also had a CIP Super Stock Pistol and at the time, CIP might have been sourcing various parts from different companies?

Left side of the fancy blue Automag. Find it listed with October 2015 parts for sale.

Regardless, I have a couple Carter Automags in my collection so this one is added to inventory. I removed the air tank (an Air America Raptor tank) and the ANS expansion chamber. They will both be listed eventually as well but the tank is well past expiration (over 15 years old) and the ANS expansion chamber looked funky. It's also pictured with the Check It Tulip style barrel, which it includes.
Find this Automag for sale at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1567.html

The Top right blue Automag is listed on the site with the October 2015 inventory items, the left Minimag has a Taso frame which I'm keeping. Otherwise it's getting parted. The bottom Automag I purchased for the splash parts but otherwise will be getting parted.

The next Minimag pictured below, has an awesome Taso frame on it. I've wanted to find one of these frames for a while and was lucky to come across this one.

Minimag with a Taso humpback frame, right side. I parted this out.

This is just a random Minimag that was upgraded with a Taso frame, a Smart Parts sight rail (raw), and a Taso barrel. In the photo with the other Automags it's pictured with a KC 1/8th female npt to asa thread male adapter.

Minimag with a Taso frame. Left side.

But in this photo showing it by itself, this Minimag is pictured is a black gas through. I parted this Minimag out though and will be adding the valve to inventory eventually.

Right side of an automag with a partial Black, white and red partial splash kit. I'll be parting this mag and keeping the splash parts for another of my mags.

The last of the top three pictured Airgun Designs guns is an Automag with a partial Smart Parts Splash kit in Red, white and black. This kit wasn't complete but I'll be combining it with another mag to make an awesome setup eventually.

Left side of automag with smart parts splash kit.

The body on this Automag does have some wear, but the Smart Parts grips look fantastic!

A neat detail I noticed while disassembling this Splash Mag, was that the previous owner had added a spring to the sear spring notch in the carbon fiber frame.  I've never come across a spring in this slot while disassembling mags before but as "TheInflicted" comments on youtube, "I'll bet the owner was bothered by how floppy an Automag trigger is when it's not degassed."

Automag and Minimag bodies added to inventory in October 2015.

And here are the bodies and sight rails added to inventory from the Taso mag and the Splash mag above.  Find the bodies listed at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/semi/automag/bodies.html

And sight rails listed at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/semi/automag/sight-rails.html

A few pumps added to inventory in October 2015. Top is a bad shape Trracer, then a Mac 1 Avenger, a Ranger in used shape and then an Annihilator.

And here are a few pumps added to inventory. The top is a horrible shape Trracer, which I have a few of. These had in horrible shape but are pretty cheap, so that might make up for the horrible shape in some cases:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1299.html

A neat left feed Mac 1 Avenger. The body is tarnished and the front 12 gram plug is rusted.

Next down is a rad left feed Mac 1 Avenger!  I can't remember seeing too many Avengers in left feed but I have another Annihilator in Left feed so this can be sold. The body is pretty tarnished on this Avenger but not actually damaged. I haven't shot it but I will make sure it airs up and dry fires before shipping. Find this Avenger at : http://www.baccipaintball.com/t1414.html

Next down is a parts Site Ranger that I documented earlier this month in a series of disassembly and reassembly videos at http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/breaking-reassembling-wgp-ranger
Find this Site Ranger for sale at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/b049.html

Left side of a Mac 1 Annihlator, built off a PGP with a Quick Config.

And last in the pump paintgun photo is really cool Mac 1 Mach 1 Annihilator. I probably bought this Annihilator in 2003 or so and played with it a few times at Sac Pump day but then stowed it away. I like the look and design of the Mac Quick Config but I'm not not a fan of the function, I find it a little too un reliable to play with. For use I would recommend replacing it with a Fast Changer from Palmers. 

 Above is a video showing this Annihilator and demonstrating the operation of the Mac 1 Quick Config as well as notch in the Mac 1 Direct Feed.

Right side of the Mach 1 version Annihilator built by Mac 1.

I hadn't planned on selling this Annihilator but I've picked up a few other Mac 1 paintguns with the quick config lately that I plan on keeping so this one can be sold off.
Find it on baccipaintball at http://www.baccipaintball.com/b048.html

A few Autocockers I'm keeping and a couple getting parted.

Next are a few Autocockers, some which I parted and a few which I kept.  The top left Eclipse Pro Series and Red Mini body are both items that aren't for sale. The other stock bodies cockers were all parted out though.

An Eclipse Pro Series and a really neat mini body I'm keeping and a couple stock cockers that are getting parted in October 2015.

Find an article on the Eclipse Pro Series at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/eclipse-pro-series-autococker-sold-by-wgp

A large selection of Autococker bodies that were added to inventory in October of 2015.

And here are the parted out bodies from the stock cockers above as well as a few extras that have built up over the last year or so. Mostly right feeds with the exception of one vert feed and a couple shrouds.
Find Autococker bodies at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/semi/autococker/bodies.html
And Shrouds at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/semi/autococker/shrouds.html

A large selection of working and broken daisy point sights.

Another batch of items that have been sitting around for the past 6 or so years without getting inventoried are these Point sites.  
Some are Red dot, some are just optical (no batteries) and they are made by Daisy, Brass Eagle (actually during the time these were made, Brass Eagle was owned by Daisy) and some by other manufacturers. I really don't like sights but some people love them. They range in price from under 5 to 30 dollars depending on style and condition.
Find optics at: http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/sights-and-optics.html

More blowbacks, most of which are shown in the lower Blowback photo but I wanted to show the setup on the top right Spyder before I parted it.

And here are some of the random blowbacks added in October.  I parted out a couple of these but I wanted to post this and the next photo to show how neat old Spyders still look with air america regs and some aftermarket parts.

The same Blowbacks before the top right spyder is parted.

The F4 and the top right spyder were both parted.  

Some blowbacks getting parted out and sold as is. Including Spyders, an Inferno, a few VM-68s and more.

And here are some of the other various Junk spyders that were added to inventory. The top right Spyder from the last photos had the Air America reg removed.
Find Spyders and other Blowbacks for sale at http://www.baccipaintball.com/guns/mech-guns.html?cat=157
And find spyder parts at http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/semi/spyder-parts.html

Masks, packs, hoppers and more added to inventory in October 2015.

And what parts upload would be complete without a bunch of random gear that will probably never sell? A couple highlights from this batch are the usual VL-2000, the Vents mask lower and the Unique Harness.

Close up on a few masks that were added to inventory.

Above is a close up of the Vents lower and some of the mask. Find these gear items in their relevant categories at http://www.baccipaintball.com/gear.html 

In November I'll be adding barrels, Autococker parts, and who knows what else.

This Buzzard features welded arms, a Cal Ordnance front sight and a Ken Kidd straight back bottle asa.

Back in June of 2015, Steve "Mongo" Brett, maker of the Redux, joined the Southern California Stock Group for a day at Field of Fire, and I got to talk to him a about a few of the items he was displaying along with his Redux markers.  Find the rest of these videos in the following playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIEbMSy2n9o&list=PLJC7papTosfXzcKxrArCwzzAaZzCEVP0u&index=1

A unique Nelson based paintgun part I saw in Steve's tool box of parts as we were rebuilding an old 1st generation Annihilator, was a straight (non 15 degree angled) ASA (Air source Adapter).
Steve pulled a couple of these out and gave them to Paul Schreck and I.

I then made Steve recorded the video above explaining the significance of these Straight Nelson ASA adapters, where he received them and what they could be used for/on.

As Steve Brett explains, these adapters were made by Ken "Kidd" Hovanian, who worked for Line SI and Carter Machine.  These were likely made in Southern California around 1990 to 1992.

During this time I would guess that Line SI was transitioning from Southern California to Colorado and Ken Kidd moved from a position working for Line SI to Earon Carter's Shop, where he eventually went on to rebuild Dave Loo's leftover Ducks.

As Steve points out in the video, these adapters will easily fit a Line SI Advantage or Post 1990 Snub Bushmaster.  I also explain a few of the other pumps they would fit including Carter Machine paintguns.

A Buzzard that Paul Schreck found at Earon Carter's shop and restored. Sean Chip ended up buying it and later traded it to me.

I realized a few weeks later, that I already owned one of these straight nelson asa adapters on an early welded pump arm Buzzard that Paul Schreck found at Earon Carter shop, in Chula Vista, and restored.
Find a write up on this Buzzard at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/restored-early-carter-machine-buzzard-history

The ASA on this Buzzard is likely helicoiled, since the rear grip frame screw is going up into the valve body and not down into the grip frame.

Find more articles on BacciPaintball with Steve at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/steve-brett

A couple weeks back Benji and I changed the power steering fluid in his super van. We then decided to record 10 or 12 videos on some of his unique paintguns.

The first of these is an awesome 4K video of Benji's Banzai Splash Eclipse Autococker. I believe he just sold this but I'm so excited that we were able to get a video before he did.

Sure it's drilled, and that will automatically turn many Autococker enthusiasts off, and sure it's seen some use, but the Splash anodizing color scheme and the body are both fantastic looking by themselves, so when you combine them it's sure to make anyone drool.
I hope the new owner keeps shooting it! Disclaimer, so as to not disappoint, we do not shoot it in this video.

Find more Autococker articles at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/autococker

And find more Eclipse related articles at:
http://www.baccipaintball.com/oldnews/tag/eclipse

Top is a CCM ram and bottom three are short Autococker rams that I came across long ago.  I think these originally came with WGP parts that Sonny Lopez has sold to Trade my Gun and I bought from Trade my Gun along with a bunch of Site Rangers.

These have been sitting in a bag of misc rams that I started digging through the other night with Tim at Paintballtek dot com.

I can't be sure these were built by WGP or not and neither I nor Tim at Paintball Tek dot com have seen these before. I can say that the empty ram bodies (anodized black) are not threaded 10x32 and woud use, I believe, standard WGP 3 way barbs.  The back portion would need a special assembly, similar to RKB rams. Has anyone seen these before and are they WGP?

Find Rams on baccipaintball at http://www.baccipaintball.com/parts/semi/autococker/pneumatics/rams.html

Benji showed me this Micromag from his collection. Strange thing about this "Micromag" is that it likely wasn't machined by/for PTP. Some research shows this Aluminum rail / body combo was supposedly built as a project by Diamond Labs founder Francois Louvet, and as Frizzle Fry on AO writes, it was "likely milled in Bulgaria."

You can read about the unearthing of these bodies that lack PTP detents and were uncovered raw in this thread on Automags.org:
http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?203803-Micromag-Bodies-Information-and-Order-Topic&p=2226858#post2226858

Left side of non PTP Micromag. Cocker detent which was likely drilled prior to anodizing is visible.

The user that posted these Automag bodies, "SpitFire1299," was located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin but it's not clear how they were uncovered. Louvet's other companies supposedly sold products that originated in Bulgaria (Diamond Labs), but there are no actual posts from users on AO or mcb that cite references as to these bodies being made there, other than the Micromag identification guide.

These bodies could have been made anywhere in the world and then made their way to the US through Louvet's company Toxic Toys. I see references to Chicago as Toxic Toy's location which isn't far from WI.

Non PTP Aluminum bodied counterfeit Micromag, right side.

After their discovery These bodies were take to proper spec by HaveBlue and sold through his website, Airsolder. Find more details in this Micromag guide on AO:

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?265746-Pro-Team-Products-MicroMag-Identification-Guide-Generations-Features-amp-Specs

And while these still have a bad reputation, Automag tech Scott "BigEvil" Fertitta replies to this video on youtube that, "I haven't had too many issues getting them to work properly. Ive seen a few with wobbly vert ASAs though... :)"

And some more details on mcb:
http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/ask-experts/5788-air-soldier-micromag-clones.html

Unfortunately I can't seem to find the text from Air Solder's for sale page on them.

If anyone has additional details please post!

And find what Benji currently has for sale on ebay at:
http://www.ebay.com/usr/bigb_pb