Cuda Takes Apart A Puma!

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

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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.

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[scottieb]

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

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

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And here’s the bolt tip:
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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.

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But with a small gap, if feeds perfectly:

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

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

Four screws to loose to separate the body:
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You can see the sear and the valve seat (round silver part) when separating the halves.

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

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And here we have the two halves fully apart.
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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:


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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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And the shooting video!

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

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🤘🏽🤘🏽

[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.

[un2xs]

I have never seen, much less held a Gen 2 Puma. They body halves are ssome like the little cats and do not have those locating cuts/slides. I would like to just see one sometime.