Micro Mag restoration

[Jimmydee]

Not sure what’s it’s like around you but I use to take my co2 to any shops that have welders and they would fill be cheap or free.. but yes that was almost 2 decades ago.

[ikalon]

Thanks, indeed just send it to some well known restoration guy in France and he pretty much said exactly what you all said, I'll post the restored version when I'll get it

[BrickHaus]

But its in France. Id source a valve in the states. World is too crazy.

[Myrkul]

I *definitely* don't know anyone who has a Micromag body but is missing the valve who would want to see this sold and parted out...😂😂😂

[FredMnkyDad10]

yep, I would have preferred to keep the original trigger but well, it's done now and fit with the whole so...Not sure if I should modify it any further.

Leave it. Here most fields will need you to have a guard. Most ppl either print one, or bend some metal tubing/plate to make one.

Co2 is pretty much dead too. Every field I know has gone to air. I could not even find a place to fill co2. So check around and the field rules to see what you need to do.

The only thing I would change on that, is get rid of the co2 tank. Put just regular foregrip, and on/off asa line from that to the valve.

[ikalon]

yep, I would have preferred to keep the original trigger but well, it's done now and fit with the whole so...Not sure if I should modify it any further.

[tunaman5]

That's pretty much what I'd like to do, too bad i'm so bad at tech stuff I'd love to disassemble it and do the right thing myself...

For the cut part on the trigger...Yeah i'm not really found of it, but hard to replace it and as it was painted the same way as the body, seems like it was something done to "enhance" it in a way. Well I could find someone to weld a piece back though

The guard was cut off so he could get that double trigger shoe on there. Double trigger increases the leverage making the trigger pull easier at the expense of ruining the Benchmark Micromag frame.

[tunaman5]

Remove the tank and all the fittings. You will need a new HP air tank. Just leave the vert adapter and put a gas thru foregrip on there. New Macro line and fittings from the valve to Vert ASA and new fittings and Macroline from the bottom of the Gasthru foregrip to the back bottle ASA under your grip. Add a parts kit and you should be good to go. I have everything you might need and I will ship international as long as you cover the fees. PM me here or email tunaman5@verizon.net and I'll hook you up.

[ikalon]

Here some more images, is it better to see what's going on ?
Again, it was something I had before 2000s, compressed air wasn't really a thing if I remember correctly (everything's, everywhere in France was in Co2) so i'm pretty sure there might be something better to do nowadays...Maybe ?

Anyway I'm curious too

[ikalon]

Yeah we need more pics, better pics of this beauty.

Shame that another frame was cut. But still like everyone already said, most parts you have are highly sought after, eclipse rail, micromag valve, ano plug, barrel, dial a welt.

that cow set up is funky. I would keep everything, rebuild, put on/off, use air tank and go shoot your kids. By they way they might not be so lovingly with you.

That's pretty much what I'd like to do, too bad i'm so bad at tech stuff I'd love to disassemble it and do the right thing myself...

For the cut part on the trigger...Yeah i'm not really found of it, but hard to replace it and as it was painted the same way as the body, seems like it was something done to "enhance" it in a way. Well I could find someone to weld a piece back though

[FredMnkyDad10]

Yeah we need more pics, better pics of this beauty.

Shame that another frame was cut. But still like everyone already said, most parts you have are highly sought after, eclipse rail, micromag valve, ano plug, barrel, dial a welt.

that cow set up is funky. I would keep everything, rebuild, put on/off, use air tank and go shoot your kids. By they way they might not be so lovingly with you.

[scottieb]

We need to see the passenger side to get what's going on here. If the air line from the angled ASA hits the tank then an X fitting of some kind is needed - air in, to tank port, to other tank port, to valve port. There could also be two T fittings, one at the valve and one at the tank, but that would be very odd.

I'm unsure what's happening with the tank and hiw the air line is routed but I'd like to see.

[scottieb]

It's nit a J + J but rather a much more desirable Jacko barrel.

[The Inflicted]

That foregrip situation is interesting.
It appears that the previous owner turned a 3.5oz tank into a very large expansion chamber by removing the burst disc of the tank's valve and instead threading in a macroline fitting that runs back to the backbottle ASA. Doing this would have been reasonably safe in theory but of questionable legality.

[Reflex0283]

Yes, that kit is the correct rebuild kit to buy to repair your mag

Any silicone/lithium based oil should be fine, there might be paintball specific ones on amazon for a reasonable price

Rebuild guides and videos can be found on YouTube, https://www.zdspb.com has some helpful diagrams and for all kinds of markers as well.