Making an A-5 closed bolt

do you guys think it would be possible? i took my gun apart the other day and was looking at the internals, and it hit me that with some somewhat good time of work put in i could make the gun closed bolt. IT wouldnt do to much to the gun really, maybe help out the pressure and consistency a bit, but nothing really big. But, if u look at it, could u reverse all the components, reverse the bolt and hammer, dremel some stuff out, drill new holes for screws and what not to fit in, and drill a new hole for the air, and there ya go! or would there be some complication with the way the gun is made preventing you from doing this?

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what do u mean by closed bolt?do u mean closed bolt as u cant see the bolt moving?cause its supposed to already do that

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yeah that would actually be pretty awesome. yeah, it might help out the pressure, but the consistency might be a little akward at first, thats why i'd smooth the inside a whole lot and then polish it. sweet idea.

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ok, me and a buddy of mine are gonna try this out...i will post the progress as i see it being done, be are taking apart a timmy and are going to sue about the same ideas, only with different parts since timmys parts wouldnt work with the A-5....

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You would be a paintball gun god if you dcould do that

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There would be no real advantage. Just alota work.

your implications arent very clear to me

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closed bolt allows for a quieter shot. With a closed bolt it allows you to add a supressor that will actually work.

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thats nice, now explain how the plastic front bolt would change the balance that dramatically??

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pballa123 wrote:

MT, on paintball markers the accuracy is either completely unaffected or not affected greatlty enough to note a difference. This has been tested and proven. If i can find a copy of the test and results, i will post them. However, closed bolt may make a difference in efficency, and pressure which helps in keeping the choppage level to a down low. But im not sure on this one.

I know that closed bolts are way more effective on firearms than open bolts, and I figured that since both Markers and firearms use air pressure and types of bolts to propel their projectiles, ( I know that there is a huge difference between Markers and Firearms but the basic concept of how the work is essentially the same, they both use air pressure, they just have different means of creating and releasing that pressure, and firearms have a greater amount of it), so I just figured that an open bolt would work better on a Marker, but since you say it has been tested and isn’t that effective, then I guess I could be wrong.

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