LPK looks pathetic, why not a clip style?
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Topic: LPK looks pathetic, why not a clip style?
Posted By: My Liege
Subject: LPK looks pathetic, why not a clip style?
Date Posted: 13 December 2006 at 12:25am
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Here's a great idea. Why not make the Low Pressure Kit look more like a weapon magazine? Given the number of people interested in investing in creating that scary looking marker... It seems like there'd be quite a bit of money to be made there. I know I'd purchase one. As it is, I'm frustrated with being unable to eliminate the gas line from my A-5. The idea of two strange looking cylinders coming out of the bottom of the gun has kept me away from buying one. |
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 13 December 2006 at 12:12pm
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Not a bad idea, actually. One of the big MilSim gripes with the A5 is where the gas line comes out. A well made mag kit that incorporates the gas line- kind of like how Ariakon did it for the SIM5, or Tippy on the X7- would be pretty good. There are some aftermarket ones, but none of them are totally convincing... ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 14 December 2006 at 9:47am
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i find the best mag are the opsgear mp5/ump mags and you can even get some mags that work as expansion chambers but no lpk mags unfortunately ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 14 December 2006 at 10:17am
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Because not everyone wants their marker to be mil-simmed out. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 14 December 2006 at 10:35am
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tallen702 wrote:Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 14 December 2006 at 10:58am
He made his point clearly enough for me... ------------- 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 14 December 2006 at 11:38am
Does that make it easier for you? Machining one set of LPKs is a big enough undertaking in an of itself as most of your tippmann owners aren't into putting that much money in their marker. Let's face it, the vast majority of those who win up putting an LPK in their marker are either tippmann fanatics, or just have too much money. It is easier and much more cost effective to create a new marker with all the mil-sim features you want in it with easily manufactured bolt-ons for the mil-sim fans. Either re-tooling the existing line to make mil-sim volumizers for the few that want them for their 98's or even building a new line for that sole purpose is cost prohibitive. To get something like that, you'd have to look to a custom specialist. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 14 December 2006 at 11:49am
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ok a bit more clear. the whole "Because not everyone wants their marker to be mil-simmed out." is a stupid statement imo because a huge chunk of the paintball industry is millsim.
your second post was much better ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 14 December 2006 at 5:25pm
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^^Alot of people prefer performance over looks. Im getting more and more into woods, fast woods though, no camping, and sure milsim guns look nice, but performance is what counts ------------- 
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 14 December 2006 at 5:30pm
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i know, but alot of people prefer looks over performance also
i am moving the opposite of you and more into speedball ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 15 December 2006 at 2:49am
| Why not have the LPK available in both styles? |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 15 December 2006 at 9:46am
Do you realize how much it would cost to re-tool an assembly line to do something like that? Its not cheap... -------------
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