What does an elbow do?
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The elbow is the peice that connects the hopper to the gun itself. Guns that have a verticle feed tube don't need it, as the hopper will fit right on, but the guns that have that cocked to the side kind of feed tube (I can't remember right now the official term for it), require an elbow for the hopper to fit on and sit vertical, not directly over the gun but off to the side. The better ones habe thumbscrews at each end to let you adjust to different feed tube and hopper neck sizes. They run pretty cheap, $1/$2 at most fields.
right feed/left feed 
always wondered why they didn't just come with an albow built in.............. not like it's optional is it?
always wondered why they didn't just come with an albow built in.............. not like it's optional is it?
Probably because the elbow is so easy to break. With so many stresses on the hopper during a game, if the elbow breaks, no biggie (they can sell a 2 dollar replacement) but if the feed tube on the gun itself breaks, the entire body of the gun is done.
Elbow
Don't make the same mistake as me though and buy a left feed elbow when you own a right feed marker. What a waste of £2 that was.
Don't make the same mistake as me though and buy a left feed elbow when you own a right feed marker. What a waste of £2 that was.
My Tippmann Pro/Carbine is right hand feed and accepts a hopper directly into the front grip, no elbow needed.
Elbow
Well I laughed if no one else did!Originally posted by 3pm
Don't make the same mistake as me though and buy a left feed elbow when you own a right feed marker. What a waste of £2 that was.