Is this just what it's like?

[DavionGuard]

I haven't owned too may cockers over the years. But i have one that i love now, and have enjoyed working on it. The thing is; now i have an lpr and 3-way just sitting on my desk. I literally have no more extra parts than that, but every time i look at them i can't help the thought... "I should build another autococker with these."

[autococker04]

Yeah, pretty much.

Those parts are the seeds of the next cocker to sprout in your gearbag.

[Big Phil]

That's how they get you.

[Memornix]

For me it usually starts with, "there's and extra 10-32 frame screw, time for another cocker"

[Ecapnation]

Yup.... To many parts will inevitably start another build.

[JeepDVLZ45]

This ☝️

Or….sometimes…”not enough parts will inevitably start another build”

And this is just our way. Can be any marker

[XEMON]

But dont worry, before you're done with this next build, you'll have gotten a new lpr and 3 way for it ...

[Jonnydread]

I don't build semi-autos, but I always have anywhere between 60-80% of a pump cocker build ready to go at any moment.

[DavionGuard]

This is going to be expensive, isn't it? heh. Fix fence...buy cocker body?

[Cdn_Cuda]

You reward yourself for fixing the fence with a cocker body! Win-Win!

[Axel]

This is the joke for Automags, but if we're honest with ourselves, this crowd can make it happen with practically any gun

"Hmmm... I've got an extra wire detent, I should build a Vector"

[fierymartel]

BTW, I have some extra parts I need to get rid of

[Trbo323]

I'm kind of the opposite, I'm like, hey, I have 3 bodies, 2 frames, and a bin full of other parts, I bet I can put together a whole marker

Inevitably there one or two parts I still need to order

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[Jordan]

This is the joke for Automags, but if we're honest with ourselves, this crowd can make it happen with practically any gun

"Hmmm... I've got an extra wire detent, I should build a Vector"

That's how my ebolt M98 happened... "hmmm, I have an Impulse ram and a Pimp solenoid, i wonder what I could do with them."

[Grendel]

Never been bit by the Cocker bug, I usually bought them to strip them and turn them into pumps. I have a crap load of old pneumatics and rarely get the urge to put one together. My weakness is building Automags and Old School Nelson Clones.

[gabe]

I'm the other end of the spectrum. I'll buy a body kit with an idea in mind as to how I want it to be built then proceed to buy about 2 or 3x as many parts as it takes to finish a gun so that I have options to build it out. Gotta have a good selection of black, silver, chrome and other parts to play dress up on an autococker. If it doesn't look cool then what's the point?

[Olsson]

This is the joke for Automags, but if we're honest with ourselves, this crowd can make it happen with practically any gun

"Hmmm... I've got an extra wire detent, I should build a Vector"

Yep, I have a quite sizeable collection of Automags built (and modified) this way, and an even more sizeable collection of potential Automags in my hoard of spare parts and extras of every single Automag part.

But hey, I'm not one to discriminate, so I have taken budding steps towards this method with other markers as well.