I just threw this together quickly in response to this thread:
http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=76189
But it was a bit of a mess in there, so I started a new one.
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Got mine and love it so far. It really is ridiculously small. I could fit about 30 of them in my kit bag!
The build quality seems very good and the anno is lovely and thick. When you first pick it up with a tank and hopper it does initially feel very odd though - because it's so tiny! The fore grip with the electronics is not very big at all, it may look a tad long in the pics, but it's extremely skinny and could almost do with being a tad longer (especially if you have large hands, depending on how you hold it). To get to the battery compartment in the fore grip requires the removal of just one screw too, which is great for a fast on the fly battery change. Plus there's no messing around stretching your wrap around grips to seal the grip frame after changing the battery, like on some markers. Very simple.
The trigger guard is a good size considering the room available, plenty of room for large fingers, reminds me very much of my alias trigger guard in shape and design.
The trigger itself is a great shape and has a smooth enough pull considering it's mounted on a pin and not a bearing. The lack of micro switch due to the hall effect sensor* is interesting and so far I like it. The trigger is very adjustable too using external screws, so anyone should be able to set it up to a pretty good liking without anything aftermarket.
The wrap around grips are quite complimentary to the black marker, feel quite comfortable and ergonomic. Nice and skinny.
The ASA is quite interesting as it acts as the HPR as well. It's extremely compact considering this. A great touch to this is having the gauge annoed black to match, it really helps to detract from the fact that there's a big fat guage stuck on the side (although it's not really that big, it is a mini guage). The only gripe I'd have with the ASA is that there is no on/off. This does make it quite stiff to screw in and out your preset, not keen on that as it's not the best thing for the threads in the asa or bottle. But I guess it's part of the price you pay (until aftermarket asa's are released) for having no external hosing.
I was thinking I would have to change the stock feed neck when picked it up, but it's lower profile than I though and works fairly well. The only thing with the feed neck is that there is no collar that rotates to line up the clamp as you like. It's one unit that screws into the body, and unfortunately on mine when it's fully screwed in the feed neck is over rotated slightly so the rear of it isn't inline with the back of the gun. Once the hopper is on it doesn't really matter though and looks great.
The detents are the what should be standard hard wearing plastic nubbins sprung loaded and secured by a screw cap.
Getting the bolt out isn't as easy as a timmy or ego, but still very simple. You simply removed the rear grip frame screw and pop out the internals out the rear of the marker, similar to a shocker. This doesn't take very long, but I'm sure it won't take the aftermarket companies to start selling thumbscrews to replace the rear grip frame screw. This would enable bolt extraction in a matter of seconds.
As for shooting the gat, well. It easy as pie to rip off a string with it. After I had adjusted my position and found the most comfortable way to hold something so small I felt right at ease snapping out small strings and shooting it in almost any situation I found myself in. I played a day of rec ball with it, so there was plenty of crawling, crouching, climbing and legging it! It was put through it's paces and very easy to handle. As for kick, I was rather impressed, it had no more kick than any other gat out there at the moment. And there's only so far you can go in reducing it, especially with such a light setup which would normally accentuate it. Not noticeable when in mid game ripping strings.
So there we go, I've only used it for a day or so and threw this together real quick over a coffee, but hopefully you get the general idea. All in all, I love it. It is now my primary marker and I hope to put it through it's paces for most of this season.
Also forgot to mention the descent little spares kit that comes with it. They come in plastic case with dividers with all the allen keys you need, a pot of lube, two complete spare detent and detent covers, looks like at least one of every o-ring, lots of replacement screws. Quite a descent little kit to be included. The aluminium case that it comes in is beautiful too, lots of padding and room for the spares kit. Dog tags are included and even some keys for the case. Some great little touches.
*This is a magnetic sensor used instead of a microswitch or breakbeam optical sensor. Hence it can't be clogged with paint, break the wafer etc. It's also supposed to eliminate bounce. We shall see
http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=76189
But it was a bit of a mess in there, so I started a new one.
------------
Got mine and love it so far. It really is ridiculously small. I could fit about 30 of them in my kit bag!
The build quality seems very good and the anno is lovely and thick. When you first pick it up with a tank and hopper it does initially feel very odd though - because it's so tiny! The fore grip with the electronics is not very big at all, it may look a tad long in the pics, but it's extremely skinny and could almost do with being a tad longer (especially if you have large hands, depending on how you hold it). To get to the battery compartment in the fore grip requires the removal of just one screw too, which is great for a fast on the fly battery change. Plus there's no messing around stretching your wrap around grips to seal the grip frame after changing the battery, like on some markers. Very simple.
The trigger guard is a good size considering the room available, plenty of room for large fingers, reminds me very much of my alias trigger guard in shape and design.
The trigger itself is a great shape and has a smooth enough pull considering it's mounted on a pin and not a bearing. The lack of micro switch due to the hall effect sensor* is interesting and so far I like it. The trigger is very adjustable too using external screws, so anyone should be able to set it up to a pretty good liking without anything aftermarket.
The wrap around grips are quite complimentary to the black marker, feel quite comfortable and ergonomic. Nice and skinny.
The ASA is quite interesting as it acts as the HPR as well. It's extremely compact considering this. A great touch to this is having the gauge annoed black to match, it really helps to detract from the fact that there's a big fat guage stuck on the side (although it's not really that big, it is a mini guage). The only gripe I'd have with the ASA is that there is no on/off. This does make it quite stiff to screw in and out your preset, not keen on that as it's not the best thing for the threads in the asa or bottle. But I guess it's part of the price you pay (until aftermarket asa's are released) for having no external hosing.
I was thinking I would have to change the stock feed neck when picked it up, but it's lower profile than I though and works fairly well. The only thing with the feed neck is that there is no collar that rotates to line up the clamp as you like. It's one unit that screws into the body, and unfortunately on mine when it's fully screwed in the feed neck is over rotated slightly so the rear of it isn't inline with the back of the gun. Once the hopper is on it doesn't really matter though and looks great.
The detents are the what should be standard hard wearing plastic nubbins sprung loaded and secured by a screw cap.
Getting the bolt out isn't as easy as a timmy or ego, but still very simple. You simply removed the rear grip frame screw and pop out the internals out the rear of the marker, similar to a shocker. This doesn't take very long, but I'm sure it won't take the aftermarket companies to start selling thumbscrews to replace the rear grip frame screw. This would enable bolt extraction in a matter of seconds.
As for shooting the gat, well. It easy as pie to rip off a string with it. After I had adjusted my position and found the most comfortable way to hold something so small I felt right at ease snapping out small strings and shooting it in almost any situation I found myself in. I played a day of rec ball with it, so there was plenty of crawling, crouching, climbing and legging it! It was put through it's paces and very easy to handle. As for kick, I was rather impressed, it had no more kick than any other gat out there at the moment. And there's only so far you can go in reducing it, especially with such a light setup which would normally accentuate it. Not noticeable when in mid game ripping strings.
So there we go, I've only used it for a day or so and threw this together real quick over a coffee, but hopefully you get the general idea. All in all, I love it. It is now my primary marker and I hope to put it through it's paces for most of this season.
Also forgot to mention the descent little spares kit that comes with it. They come in plastic case with dividers with all the allen keys you need, a pot of lube, two complete spare detent and detent covers, looks like at least one of every o-ring, lots of replacement screws. Quite a descent little kit to be included. The aluminium case that it comes in is beautiful too, lots of padding and room for the spares kit. Dog tags are included and even some keys for the case. Some great little touches.
*This is a magnetic sensor used instead of a microswitch or breakbeam optical sensor. Hence it can't be clogged with paint, break the wafer etc. It's also supposed to eliminate bounce. We shall see
