A bit of a mystery.....
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Topic: A bit of a mystery.....
Posted By: tallen702
Subject: A bit of a mystery.....
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 3:05am
That's the magazine/barrel assembly from my nelly. Now, if you look forward (left) of the ball drop (hole between the two tubes) you'll see that it's perfectly solid. This causes a bit of a conundrum. There should be a hole for a ball-stop there.... but there isn't! It's not something after-market because the receiver has the Nelspot "007" And nelson's manufacturing info stamped on the top tube (which the ball stop should be in). Anyone have any clue as to what is going on? ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
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Posted By: Shadowminion
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 8:36am
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Interesting,,,, Me speculates a bit , could be a spring loaded magazine to help eliminate the "Rock and cock" drawback of older markers ? doesnt look like the area to the left of where the ball drop is , is long enough to hold 10 rounds , would help to see the rest of the body , maybe , Definitly different , I started with an old PGP pistol , so no direct experience to help you out . Is it possible the original parts were modified after the fact ? ------------- SL68-II , micro honed and polished .688" bore . Tuff Enuf . Widowmaker , under construction |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 10:59am
I doubt they were modified. If you look down the bore of the magazine (I'll post some pics from home) it looks like there are adhesive build-ups on the left and right sides of the bore just in front (to the left) of the drop-holes. The 007 is a rock-forward marker, so spring loading would have to be from the back (the 10 rounds fit in to the right of the drop-holes). If you look at the pictures of nelspots online, they have a bolt through the magazine to act as a pellet stop. Example:
I have found one image of another nelspot though, that doesn't have the ball stop, but the barrel appears longer. It may be an after-market barrel extension though. The date on it is 1975 (on the page), so I may have a pre-paintball nelly!  ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Shadowminion
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 3:57pm
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I was able to find this on vintagerex , looks very similar to yours , full length magazine , no specific info that I could find tho , besides a manual for it . Circa 1984 , Nice Scoop there !! http://www.vintagerex.com/cgi-bin/script/gallery.cgi?action=view&man=Nelson%20Paint%20Company&gun=Nel-Spot%20007 - http://www.vintagerex.com/cgi-bin/script/gallery.cgi?action= view&man=Nelson%20Paint%20Company&gun=Nel-Spot%20007 ------------- SL68-II , micro honed and polished .688" bore . Tuff Enuf . Widowmaker , under construction |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 8:48pm
From Ken Draper, Store Manager at Nelson:
As is, I've got an appointment with good old patent number 3,788,298 on Monday. The US patent office in Alexandria, VA is just up the street from work. They're procuring the drawings, etc for me so they're ready for me to pour-over. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Wow Colin, you must have a very early-model 007. I've NEVER seen one without a ball stop in the magazine! I have no idea what would keep the balls from rolling to the front of the magazine. It could be that this was indeed a problem with the early models and the ball stop was added later in production. I have only been working here for 4 years and these guns were discontinued in the mid to late 80's.