Building Ions

[akpaintballer98]

For some reason over the past ten years no matter how streamline of markers I buy and shoot I always come back to building up off an ion Breech. I decided to go mech on the silver one it’s fun to shoot. The purple one was a virtued electro unfortunately it’s gone somebody on here has it..

Like to see other people’s builds. Thanks!

[Darknite667]

Its not technically an ion (started out as an eos) but the parts are interchangeable enough that its close enough. The mech ion is also alot of fun to use.

[akpaintballer98]

Nice! That thing is slick

[Hobbes]

What frame is that?

[Darknite667]

Element v1 frame.

[Myrkul]

Also not Technically an Ion....

My mech epiphany.

NDZ firing can
NDZ Donut
Clippard QEV
Dye Angel LCD trigger frame
Modified Ion Rail
Either a Tech T Level 6 bolt or SSC firebolt*



It WAS running at 165 PSI with the Tech T level 6 a smart parts 360 QEV, and a stock donunt, but I've been toying around with it a bit to try and get the pressure as low as possible and changed it to add the Clippard QEV, the NDZ donut, and had SSC lighten the firebolt by removing excess material between the tail "O" Rings.



Bolt ended up weighing 14.3 grams with the tail shaved down, and when combined with the NDZ donut and Clippard QEV, I was able to drop the opperating pressure 25 PSI down to 140 PSI total and still achieve 285 FPS. If you are already sending your bolt to SSC for the dual tail "O" Ring treatment it might be a good idea to ask him to pull out the extra material on the tail while he is there. He charges an additional $3 for this.

The firebolt does unfortunately hate my local 0.675 field paint though, so I'm sending out the Tech T Level 6 to get soft tipped. I'll report back if that helps with the small paint any, but the opperating pressure is definitely going to be higher with the Level 6 then it was with the firebolt.

[Alexndl]

Two mech Ion build by Jordan
The cans are mounted on an automag rail, rear doughtnut are drilled for direct air feed from the VASA and the bottom hole feed the smav3 trigger valve.
Trigger frame are from an Angel 2k2 IR3 and CF AGD classic mag





Rainmaker have the original one made by Jordan

[NONOBLITUS]

JeeperCreeper this thread has you written all over it. By the way These are all cool as hell

[JeeperCreeper]

It sure does

[Jordan]

Built this one for Ratzo ... still need to collect on our trade agreement some day. 😄




My first Automag/Angel/Ion hybrid build... sold it off to fund a project, Rainmaker currently owns it.




My first dual Ion - learned a lot from the process. Tons of fun to use.





The first mech Ion I ever built... TFGPB mech kit, Epiphany frame, Lapco body and feedneck. Sold it to buy an Emek - huge mistake.

[Jordan]

I need to finish the one I built for myself first. 🙂 Then, maybe....

[JeeperCreeper]

Blue: SSC mech kit, superfly bolt, shockteck semi bob body, CP Scythe trigger, Qlock, Clippad qev

Tactical: SSC kit with bolt, J&J barrel, ST high rise feedneck. This thing always just works

Dye single frame: SSC kit, some unknown bolt that weighs less than the L6, Clippard qev, FBM Sith body, Dye stickies, Q lock

Ion/ Epiphany: Epiphany chamber and board, body delete from ChoSanJuan , NDZ no rise feedneck, planet eclipse qev, ANS trigger, talon snatch grip. Shoots ropes bruh.

[JeeperCreeper]

It's like the one I had on my first Ion back in 06. I think I found it on one of the Facebook pages a while back.

[JeeperCreeper]

Ion XE, inside a Well MB04 airsoft stock. SSC kit, Superfly bolt, breech opened up for first strike (hand loaded one at a time), added a sight rail and a scope. This thing shoots lazers.

[NONOBLITUS]

This thing is a legit FSR knock out punch shooter.

[JeeperCreeper]

ChoSanJuan you got sick builds too

[Jordan]

Found another picture...

Enmey firing can, modified Epiphany body (cut down into a tray), Shocktech bolt, Rainmaker's Phantom SC breech modified to fit properly, female Stabilizer with ring mount, gas thru stock with BE 12gram changer, Freak barrel, QEV, Ed Peterson pump frame.

[JeeperCreeper]

This makes me want to make my rifle a bolt action with a stock class feed and a 12g changer. How do you make it pump? Is it closed bolt?

[Jordan]

It's open bolt. The SMAV is located in the frame and a custom trigger installed. Ed Peterson (on Facebook) used to build the frames, and did the last run ever (his words) January of '21, I was lucky enough to get in on the last run.

[Meleager7]

My mech SP-1

warrior dual tail oring bolt
two fat guys mech kit
360 qev
16" freak ready deadlywinds barrel
microswitch/intellifeed installed in the frame for a warp feed
steel braid with QD

A sturdy , indestructible, fast gun , great for the woods!

I like how you can install a small mag-lite in the front, to tacticool!

[Darknite667]

*Posted in the wrong spot*

[Chrisrook1]

akpaintballer98 I was eyeballing that body and frame set, how you like them?

Also, this thread is making me want to do crazy thing to my Ions, thank god I have 6 of them! Never knew there was so many things that could be done!

[akpaintballer98]

They’re a cool look and the finish is pretty nice.
They are kind of a pain if you want to build a mech because they don’t have metal in the right place for the mount so you had to drill holes. Also find some thin grips because that frame with stock ion grips feels like a Glock wrapped in hockey tape. Also don’t go super low rise feedneck or it hits the body. Overall though I think it’s a really good looking gun for fairly cheap