What should I do with this ule warp feed mag?

[Kit352]

Found this in my basement recently. I think I built it in the 90s and just forgot about it. The tank is out of hydro by 23 years so I can't air it up with what I have lying around nor do I have a hopper that easily fits the warp. Built mags aren't really my thing anymore, I would rather just have a clean and simple one. I diy'd a lot of stuff on it like putting a feed switch in the frame and cutting the stock rail to fit the ule body. Looks like I cut the front off the body as well for reasons I can't remember. Lvl 7 ANS bolt with shock tech reg housing. Warpfeed is complete and works, I think.
I'm at a loss as to what to do with it? Part, trade, hang from the wall? Rebuild is an option too but probably the last one. Realistically I don't see myself ever using it.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Scuttle the tanks, but a new drop and ASA, find a hopper that will work with the warp and enjoy the lunacy of it! Picked up a classic valved mag with a warpfeed and despite the mass of it it was stupid fun to play with. You can always part the warpfeed and body and get a standard body for the mag.

[Sneak Miester]

How do you dispose of a tank that can’t be hydro? Empty the air and throw in the trash?

[Grendel]

To decommission a HPA tank drain it of air, remove the regulator and drill a hole through the tank preventing it from every being recharged again. IIRC it calls for a 3/8 in hole. Decommissioning a Fiber Wrapped bottles is called out in the CFR documentation.

[Psycho91]

Drill a hole in it and toss it, if it's a cheap aluminum tank drill a hole and recycle it

[Cdn_Cuda]

I give my dead tanks to my local dive shop to dispose of. I also usually give them my CO2 tanks for free as I don't need or want them.

[Kit352]

I would think harvesting the regulator would be worth it in most cases?

[Trbo323]

I would think harvesting the regulator would be worth it in most cases?

Not really, since the reg relies on the cradle drop you would have to get a new bottle and then run that reg. That also means you are relying on that 28ish year old reg seat with a slim chance of getting a new one.

Pitch the reg and tank and drop, move to a 2 hole direct mount drop and ASA setup then you can screw any tank you want into it without having the tank tied to this specific marker

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[Jimmydee]

How did you just come across this in the basement? What else do you have hidden down there haha

[Kit352]

Mostly really old stuff that's been in totes for decades. Lots of old gear from the 90s, lots of spiders, couple vm68, trilogy converted pump, a basic automag, old taso vindicator and an evil minion are the most notable. Sadly all my spare parts are gone so I'm trying to work with what I have left. Get the ones running that I can and get rid of the rest.

[Grendel]

Fix it up and use it, you definitely will get some attention at the field over it. Contrary to what some are saying above I'm not sure I would dump the cradle, your current setup is very similar to my Warp Fed Mag I played for quite a while. I used the same Kapp cradle so I could mount the bottle to the right to offset the weight of the Warp feed, loader and paint on the left. A warp setup with the bottle in line to the marker is very unbalanced to the left.

[Kit352]

Fix it up and use it, you definitely will get some attention at the field over it. Contrary to what some are saying above I'm not sure I would dump the cradle, your current setup is very similar to my Warp Fed Mag I played for quite a while. I used the same Kapp cradle so I could mount the bottle to the right to offset the weight of the Warp feed, loader and paint on the left. A warp setup with the bottle in line to the marker is very unbalanced to the left.

What are you doing for a reg? Since that cradle grabs the reg rather than a few into I would need a reg that isn't threaded in the front?

[Grendel]

That same cradle can grab a Standard ON/OFF ASA. I don't have that Mag anymore but even when I had it I was using an On/Off ASA in that drop forward,

[Grendel]

Here's a better image of the drop forward with an on/off asa. This is the one I used to use on my sniper so you can see a cage style ASA on/off works in the drop forward just as well as the Reg body.