Cuda Takes Apart A Puma!

[Cdn_Cuda]

Finally added an ICD Puma to my collection. Aired up right away and shot nicely with HPA. But decided to take it apart anyways!

[Cdn_Cuda]

First I tried to remove the Taso Rail, but even removing the bolts it’s not going anywhere. Maybe some gentle persuasion with a mallet will help.

[scottieb]

ICD sight rails are tight! Regular sights do not fit well.

[Cdn_Cuda]

So moving on let’s pop the internal. Just unscrew the back and the hammer and bolt assembly slide out.



And here’s the bolt tip:

[Cdn_Cuda]

So now I’ll turn to the need neck, or as the original ICD manual called it, the “direct-feed nipple”. On my first test shots I had feeding issues, with balls skipping. My direct-feed nipple plug was slightly too long.


But with a small gap, if feeds perfectly:



So tossed an oring on the end of the nipple plug and if feeds great now!

[Cdn_Cuda]

Now let’s crack this puppy — er kitty, open!

Four screws to loose to separate the body:


You can see the sear and the valve seat (round silver part) when separating the halves.



And at the front you can see the metal ball detent with spring. Don’t lose the spring!


And here we have the two halves fully apart.

[Cdn_Cuda]

After a brief musical interlude I’m back trying to post picture heavy posts using my phone… I really should do this on a computer….

Regardless we shall continue!

I cleaned up all the residue and checked out the trigger assembly. Just one bolt and the trigger slides off:




A look at back of the 45 grip frame. This was an ICD option I believe.

[Cdn_Cuda]

And now to the ball detent! It’s a metal piece pinned to the from with a small spring.



The upper body has a recess for the detent so it can enter the breech. I do note the corner of the detent is a bit pointed, but if the spring isn’t very stiff likely not an issue. I’ll check the detent see if it’s functions okay before messing with it.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Moving back to the lower game, you round UFO looking is the valve cap. The cap just pops off and there is an oring below.



and here you can see the upper seal for the value, which reminds me a bit of how the Emek is set up.



And then the two sides get put together and bolted back up!



Given this is a functional marker I am not going to mess with the lower half. It shoots on HPA as it is currently set up.

[Cdn_Cuda]

And the shooting video!

https://www.reddit.com/r/paintball/s/bgJ9ertLtQ

[Swedgin!!]

🤘🏽🤘🏽

[Myrkul]

This post reminded me that I need to shoot my cats more, so I ran mine today for a couple games.

Ya, it still just absolutely wrecked. I prefer a well tuned cat to a cocker if I am being honest....

[RhoXi]

It's interesting just how similar the Puma is to the Thunder/Alley cat yet it looks like the bodies and frames are completely incompatible. Thanks again for another great breakdown thread.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Always happy to dig into a new to me marker! Just been a while since I found one.