using valve exhaust with grav mag

[FishBoy]

Ok, I just got this idea into my head today. I was thinking about both a paintball barrel and a way to use the exhaust of my gun & I came up with this crazy idea. Basically, a hose is connected to the exhaust, which goes to a small piston (bolt?) behind a gravity magazine. When the gun is fired, the bolt prevents another paintball from falling into the barrel.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

teh feets! Aaaaargh!

but yes, good idea, in some ways similar to the blow forward bolt but using exhaust gas that would otherwise be wasted, ingenious. I see no reason why it shouldn't work well with a bit of work.

[FishBoy]

sweet, may sound corny but that means a lot coming from you (I might even make it out of epoxy...)


& I'm glad you like my feet

[grumpy]

similar to this. fixed it

[Hotwired]

Not too obvious at first

But that also uses an air blast while firing to close off the magazine. It doesn't use pilot gas because that one uses a trigger that physically holds back the pressure til right back, it uses the main air blast as it goes along to the pb.