c-thru gun?

ok heres my idea take an old spyder and take everything off of it EVERYTHING then mill out like everything just leave screw holes and other imporntant stuff
then take some plexiglass tubes and but em in there so its a clear gun for the most part then take all your internals to a lathe and turn em down to fit inside the gun you can do the same to the barrel and triger frame

ne one think its possible or know if its been done?

im hoping enos might just wander through because with some of the things hes done   he will be able to tell me if it can b done

Acrylic.

I've seen a Cocker with an acrylic body before.

those brass eagle see throughs were terible. the barrels didnt come off and that hight impact plastic doesnt work well.my friend had 1 was playing with it and smashed the front into pieces just by putting the front down on a rock. i think its better with metal

lester98c, I totally agree, they were pretty terrible. The Talons were so awkward to pump too, not like a Phantom's smoothness at all. That's why plexi or like Homer J said, acrylic, would work better, but it still wouldn't be as solid as a metal gun like a Tippmann. Hey, he wanted to know about clear guns...

 i think that ive seen a few knock off syders at walmart that u could c-thru in some areas. i bet that the break real easy

Im suprised this topic came up, its been discussed before but, I cant remember what was the final word in that thread, since its been almost a year since Ive read it....well anyways, if you really think about it, it wouldnt do well considering the marker is using either co2 or HPA which could easily crack and scratch the internal walls of the plexiglass body and since the walls of the body is also thin... now, if the body of a plexiglass marker was more than a 1" thick, it could possibly work but, it would cost way too much fer anyone to make one and in actuality, the only way it could work....if the internals of a see-thru marker were using compression springs like those seen in those see-thru Air Soft pellet guns. 

There are far better matterials than plexiglass... composite plastics would work best.  If it were milld from a solid piece that'd be smart too... thing is if you're talking a tipp 98 the outside only really needs to withstand a hit from a paintball and be able to hold everything together.  The ball is sealled in the barrel so air pressure isnt a factor.  However aluminum is tried and true... besides they probably haven't done it because

1.  It looks kiddy
2.  Brass Eagle did it hahaha

ncbbh88 wrote: hmmmm   ne one thinking taking a solid block of plexi and milling a 98 bod outa it?

Wouldn't the movement of the internal parts grind on a few places and scratch/goudg the hell out of the plastic?  I mean it would look cool as hell, but for how long?

Some autocockers had the body milled so you could watch the internal parts move. Though that was only from behind the valve not before it.