I know that vert feed is in style now but, does it actually make any difference in the speed balls feed into the gun?
vert feed vs right feed?
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Vert feed does a couple of things that puts it way above right feed. First it allows the hopper to be lower than a right feed with use of a low rise feed tube, obviously making the hopper less of a target. This has been proven often to make a difference in staying alive versus giving that extra inch or so that gets paint on it and makes you eliminated. Second it allows for somewhat better ambidexterous play, making it easier to switch hands while playing your bunker and still have a balanced feel, which is critical to accuracy. Third, it eliminates the elbow and thus the possibility that it can slip and have your hopper fall off. Hoppers still can fall off of vert feed guns, but it happens a lot less than right feed. Fourth, addressing your ball feed question, yes, more reliable, simpler straight feeding is better because it reduces the likelihood of chops at high rates of fire. No one likes to have chops at times where you're shooting fast because obviously you need to.
I do think vertical feed is somewhat faster, but the good thing about power feeds is that it is harder for balls to bounce back out of the chamber. This doesn't apply if you have a diagonal feed that isn't a power feed (direct feed).
What sucks bigtime about direct and power feeds, is that they offset your hopper to one direction. This is particularly bad in right hand feeds, as most people are righthanded. I'll explain why in a moment. Also, because the hopper is off centre, the marker becomes somewhat less balanced.
Now, the reason you don't want you hopper sticking out to the right (when you're righthanded) is because it will be sticking out from behind your bunker than with a vert feed.This means you'll be a bigger target. Bad!!! Can you tell I like vert feeds?
Some of this is fact, some of this is personal preference, but I hope it helped or explained things somewhat.
Okay, this last part I added by using the edit option. Sorry to be telling you what someone else already said, but it looks like Onion and I posted more or less at the same time, cause his post wasn't there when I started typing. Good looking out Onion!
What sucks bigtime about direct and power feeds, is that they offset your hopper to one direction. This is particularly bad in right hand feeds, as most people are righthanded. I'll explain why in a moment. Also, because the hopper is off centre, the marker becomes somewhat less balanced.
Now, the reason you don't want you hopper sticking out to the right (when you're righthanded) is because it will be sticking out from behind your bunker than with a vert feed.This means you'll be a bigger target. Bad!!! Can you tell I like vert feeds?
Some of this is fact, some of this is personal preference, but I hope it helped or explained things somewhat.
Okay, this last part I added by using the edit option. Sorry to be telling you what someone else already said, but it looks like Onion and I posted more or less at the same time, cause his post wasn't there when I started typing. Good looking out Onion!
Actually I was thinking more of over the top of a bunker like a periscope than out to the side, so the notion of side to side on the right handed issue (which isn't something I think about a lot because I'm not right handed) is indeed yours. Good job Buddha! As often the case we split the task and accomplish it completely.
Thanks for the advice. I've been useing a right feed cocker for about 8-9 years now and have developed a style of play that works well with the RF. I just picked up a VF cocker this summer and it took some time getting used to it.
My biggest problem with the VF is that I can't shoot low out of the left side of a bunker. With my trusty RF cocker I would just turn the whole loader and elbow so it would stick out the the right instead of up (hard to explain but you get the point) this way I could shoot out of the bunker right off of the ground. I know its a small complaint but it is noticable.
My biggest problem with the VF is that I can't shoot low out of the left side of a bunker. With my trusty RF cocker I would just turn the whole loader and elbow so it would stick out the the right instead of up (hard to explain but you get the point) this way I could shoot out of the bunker right off of the ground. I know its a small complaint but it is noticable.
Well, you could get a warp feed for that. You can shoot from any angle with it as demonstrated by that TV show where some dude was on a bungee cord with one AND enjoy the lower profile it presents.
True the warpfeed is an option but, you have a max of what 12 balls in the system. Yes it would help alittle but 12 balls is less then two seconds of play in some casses.
If you're hanging out for more than 2 seconds in the majority of cases you're dead, so that's not an issue right of the bat. The only time I throw more than that much paint at one target is sweetspotting, and I'm sure either a Warp feed is either up to the task on that or you'd find out quickly enough to get rid of it immediately thereafter. 12 balls in one second applies there.