ion smaller than 2tube design?

[joeyarmstrong]

okay just a quick question.

been looking at various pictures but for the life of me cant work out the answer.

does the ion being a one tube desighn mean that when you shooting you less of a target than sat a 2tube desighn such as a dm or cocker??

cheers,sorry sounds abit dumb just need another opinion.

 

[H]

Yes....
The Ion and the Shocker are not as tall as markers such as the Intimidator, Ego, 'cocker, Matrix etc.

The compact nature of the Ion and Shocker are about the only reason I have for being intrested in owning either.

 

[joeyarmstrong]

cheers broz. much appreciated

 

[chrismrgn]

Any excuse to show off my gats!!!

But the body of the ion/shocker is much shorter than the ego...

 

[H]

and the strange shocker is the fattest of the lot...

 

[joeyarmstrong]

there doesnt seem to be a huge difference.
the feedneck on the ego does make it alot taller but the bodies dont seem to have a huge size diference.

 

[Scars]

Because a spool valve marker only needs a single tube (although the tubing is a bigger bore) unlike ram/hammer operated markers which require a minimum of 2

its a shame as the DM Could have been even smaller, but in all honesty wev'e now seen it in the Proto matrix

The older matrixs had the battery in the body and theres not much room in the gripframe for a battery either so i think we can justify the size.

The shocker is even smaller because SP have done their usual trick of cutting corners and not providing an LPR( on the proto its at the front under the barrell and the DM on the back below the bolt- both internal obviously increasing size) - nice of them isn't it

 

[joeyarmstrong]

so any tech heads out there wanna explain what a spool valve operation is al about?

 

[H]

http://www.zdspb.com/tech/skr03/technical.html
Explains how the Shocker's spool valve works

http://www.zdspb.com/tech/ion/technical.html
Explains how the Ion's spool valve works, It's a brilliant site, want to know anything technical about SP's guns and its there with lots of natty diagrams.

Im sure theres some Matrix sites out there somewhere.

 

[joeyarmstrong]

all in all sounds like the ion is pretty gud for nits price bracket!

cheers all guys.much appreciated. nice to know people still out there willing to help others. im touched *wipes tear from eye*