hey guys im having trouble fitting a drop i've got, i need shorter screws for it, but where can i get these? It's a 32 degrees replacing a standard cocker bottom line
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seriously dont bother......i know its not what you want to hear after you spent some cash on it but drops are bad for you...they make you hold your marker all wrong and actually force you to give a bigger target for your opponents to shoot at......sell it and put the standard one back on!
if you really really must put the damn thing on take a hack saw to the longer screws!
if you really really must put the damn thing on take a hack saw to the longer screws!
Pros don't use them. Pros use a rail or a bottom line that doesn't need a rail, like the CP on/offs. I challenge you to find a picture taken in the last 3 years of a professional paintball player using a drop forward on a paintball gun. Your prize will be my complete and utter shock, coupled with sputtering incoherency on my part.
It's really a matter of preference, but most Pro's choose not to use a drop forward in our modern era because of the ergonomics. The markers are smaller and shorter than they used to be, and we don't generally use huge Co2 tanks with propane tank sized valves attached to them anymore, so a marker with a drop forward is unbalanced and awkward. For example, my friend recently bought an angel speed and was all excited because it came with a large CP drop. I have an A4 (similar markers), with no drop, so I challenged him to a side by side test to see which left you in a more natural shooting position without strain on the wrist, and he had to admit he liked it better with no drop. If you use a 114ci 5000 psi tank, then I could see some legitimacy in using a short drop, but in general, they just make your marker's profile taller, force you to hold your arm in a "Z" shape in order to shoot, resulting in less control over your marker, especially while moving, and increased strain on your wrist, force you to hold your marker closer to your face, obscuring your vision, and things of that sort. If you see any pro's using drops, they are mini drops (for instance, like this ) that serve no real "drop forward" function, but rather serve just as a fancy ASA mount. But, whatever floats your boat, it's all about what makes your marker comfortable for you to shoot, but if you try it with and without the drop, I think you'll find you have a tighter profile and more comfortable shooting position without one.