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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:10 am
by warhead052
What the hell is that?
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:15 am
by Labtecpower
It's a hopper.
You just inflate it with air, and it works!
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:17 am
by warhead052
:banghead: Thats not what I meant. I meant something like this.

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:33 pm
by Labtecpower
Seriously, post some pictures of what you're making.
I don't think this should be too hard to think up....
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:06 pm
by warhead052
I will try to post some pics.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:23 pm
by danielrowell
warhead052 wrote:What the hell is that?
Labtecpower wrote:It's a hopper.
You just inflate it with air, and it works!

That just made my day.
In an attempt to actually be helpful...
Some paintball guns use hoppers (not the bouncy kind

) that agitate the paintballs to get a steady feed. If the flow of air from the barrel isn't enough, you could possibly use the vibrator from an old game controller to agitate the BBs.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:03 pm
by mattyzip77
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:55 pm
by warhead052
*facepalm* Thanks Matt...
Here's some news, a different friend told me that he has a spare paintball hopper, and asked if I wanted it. Of course I took it, and my plan is to plug the down spout with epoxy, then drill and tap a 1/8" hole to screw it onto the gun. Hopefully it will work without any problems...
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:04 am
by Gun Freak
What cal is the barrel? If you just drill an 1/8" hole then it probably won't feed well, why not like a 1/2" hole?
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:00 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
BB hopper in action on
this project.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:00 am
by wyz2285
unless you really trust your feeding mechanism or have a lot of air to wast, I´m pretty sure there will be a lot of jams / miss fires with a hopper.
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:44 pm
by warhead052
Gun freak, I still have to tap the hole some how. But I may try making an epoxy plug, pulling it out, using a drill bit shaped like a cone (can't remember the name of it...) and then putting it back in and securing it with more epoxy, or pins.
Jack, thats pretty much what it is, but without the pop off. Just a blow gun. And it leaves welts, I tested with my brother in a little back yard airsoft stand off...
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:39 am
by warhead052
Sorry for the double post, but here are pics.
Full gun.
Magazine. That's where I will attach the paintball hopper.
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:07 pm
by wyz2285
actually it looks great

much better than I thought, does that pump action still in function? (why didn´t you just use the original magazine

)
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:36 pm
by warhead052
wyz2285 wrote:actually it looks great

much better than I thought, does that pump action still in function? (why didn´t you just use the original magazine

)
Pump action is just for show, and the original magazine I tried, but it didn't work. The spring was too strong, and it pushed the ammo straight out of the barrel at like 50 fps. And thanks for the complement on the looks!