Ok so today i was talking with a guy that has a mag fed cyclone adapter
and before ppl start going off with the Tacamo mag fed kit
this would be for the operators that: cant afford/or dont want the mag conversion kit or ppl that still have a cyclone fed marker
he has been building this for the last 2 years, he started like us jsut playing around and wanted something a bit faster loading, instead of the whole ducking pull pod reload(hoping all the paintballs fall into the hopper its self) which is a pain!

So he came up with the " lock n load" which is a smaller housing that will sit over the top of the standard cyclone feed, you use pod mags as a "mag" (think of a simple qpod). The easiest way to explain this is, you can reload while you are still shooting! The pods are specialty made so there is a gate in the front
and when you find the sweet spot, in the receiver it will open up and let the paintballs flow. they would be the same size as the standard pods so no need for other equipment with this, they will fit right into your vest set up as is

So my questions to you guy are:

-1) would this be a usable device
-2) would you use this device
-3)what would be a a price you would pay for this
-4)Do you think an opertaor that does not want/have the $$ to get the mag kit would be intrested in this?


here is the prototype
tell me what you think
as im keeping in contact with mike (@allenarms) (cause im interested! )









also here is the Craigslist add
he is looking for investors but that will not be thru me
you need to email your self!

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Looks like a good idea, much better then the "reverse Pinokio" setup I was trying to do (The A5 hopper with a dremeled out back with a 100 rd pod duct taped to the back, lol).

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after 30 views or so nobody has anything to say about this device?

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thats pretty sweet. and pretty smart alterenative to the tacamo system

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Its not the number of markers you own it is what you have done to make them your own style of marker.

ya thats what i thought

would you buy one if the price is right?

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Maybe. I would have to get a quote first. I don't want to be paying a hundred bucks for something like this.

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well think about this YOU need a cyclone so i would assume (not knowing)that
they would take that into thought
so it would have to be around the price for a cyclone
the pods would be dual use as holders/mags

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That is interesting. Just pop another pod in instead of dumping it.

I like the ideal. But the price of the pods is the kicker. If I am firering fast enough I cant dump a pod load of paint in my hopper then I am probably not gonna replace the pod in my pack, at least not right then. So they'd really need to be affordable enough if you lost one or two, it wouldnt break the bank to replace them. Figure no more than the price of a standard pod ($3) times two or three. So $6 to $9 at the max.

Now realisticly, I see this as a saleable item but its not going to be something that even a quarter of the Cyclone or RipClip shooting people are gonna buy. It will be a rare sight on the field. It has the potential to be more common in use then the Q-loader is/was. If the price aint bad and they have people setting up boths and selling them at the larger scenario events, it might take off better.

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Thank you jester your input is apprerciated!!

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. And possibly having the actual hopper itself (maybe come up with a back so you can use it as a standard 200 round-ish hopper) costing about $30-40 bucks (realistically) with a pod. I would buy that.

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