Originally posted by ChoSanJuan
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It's in the new Umarex HDX68
TBH, the whole thing seems like a kludge-fest. The whole stock thing is fiddly and what's with this loader tool you keep in the grip? That's getting lost out in a wooded area. LOL
TBH, the whole thing seems like a kludge-fest. The whole stock thing is fiddly and what's with this loader tool you keep in the grip? That's getting lost out in a wooded area. LOL
It’s kinda ironic because the marker I’m planning on using one of these dual changers for is another one that that guy reviewed, and he disliked it seemingly for some of the same reasons that he likes that thing.
Basically what I’m planning on doing with one of those dual changers is taking this SA-17 pistol I just picked up, and turning it into a more user-friendly but still compact run-and-gun style pistol-ish marker. I took off the spring feed and replaced it with a Geoff box 25rnd hopper, and I’m planning on doing a dummy 12 gram to either Hawaiian-style bottomline or side-saddle mounted dual 12 gram changer (leaning towards bottomline so I can also have the option of using a 13/3000 too). That way I’ll have effectively doubled the shooting capacity of the marker, but still have something that is small and easy to run around with. And it will still be refilled the same way as a stock class marker or standard pistol—using 10 round tubes and 12 grams.
Regarding my issue with Defcon, it’s that in their review of the SA-17 he mentions all the downsides of using it as a pistol, which for sure do make sense (it is heavy as hell and fairly awkward to use as one), but then makes no mention of the fact that it also comes stock with some great modularity options that IMO really give it the potential to be a decent compact little blowback.
But then in that review he gushes over that ridiculous thing, which looks insanely bulky/heavy (but now he likes the amount of metal that one has, when he disliked the amount of metal the SA-17 had) and has the most non-user friendly reload I’ve ever seen (if you need a removable tool that lives inside the grip just to facilitate a reload, then I’m sorry but that’s a terrible design). Altogether that thing just looks 10x less practical to use in a game than even a stock SA-17 in pistol configuration, which admittedly isn’t the greatest option either but still is certainly not worse.
Idk, it all just strikes me as a little disingenuous.
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