Galactic Mag Body

[automeister]

Does anyone have any experience with the "galactic" mag bodies that apparently have a rubber component after the breach that creates backspin on the ball? Superman recently posted a video of one.

[superman]

...i do. I actually made a replacement rubber piece for the one that was in that body.

[automeister]

Oh wow. I was kind of wondering about that old rubber degrading over time. Can you add one of these features to another body?

[superman]

That would be a chore for sure. I would pass on the project. I know there are more bodies out there.


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[automeister]

What is the story on the body. Who made it? I don't even really know what to search

[maggot]

They're not too uncommon, called a Z Body. Spin feature doesn't do much and you need to use a massively overbored barrel (they came stock with a big bore barrel IIRC)

[Toestr]

I'm sure just about any old cocker barrel would work well today.

[Jordan]

What is the story on the body. Who made it? I don't even really know what to search

https://web.archive.org/web/20011108182657/http://paintballravi.com/Articles/GalacticSystems/Galactic.html

[k_obeastly]

not much more info but a little more to add.

Ravi's Paintball Place (archive.org)
there was also supposed to be a version of these available that came with a centerflag frame IIRC. They were to be the mag counterpart for the NPS/shocktech/bbt vortex. I don't remember if it was Ravi or warpig that had the web page for it and can't find it righ now.

[Brokeass_baller]

What is the story on the body. Who made it? I don't even really know what to search

It was s take on airsoft hop-ups. I never owned one, but everybody says they didn't work real well. You're probably better off buying an Apex or something.

[superman]

They do work, but finding consistent paint to use it today may be more of an issue.

[Hp_lovecraft]

There were lots of backspin systems before the Flatline/Apex. Like this Galatic-Z, or the Undertow, and the CooperT Maximizer. plus, a few companies made barrels with uneven porting, to also create the backspin, at least in theory. Those barrels never seemed to do anything. A few paintgun companies claimed backspin from the factory, though dubious.

I had the CooperT system on a bunch of guns in the early 90s. Those all worked perfectly. The trick was an overbored and SHORT barrel. It helped to have a few different barrels for different paint, thick shelled paint was best- ie RP SuperShell, since they did break more paint then normal bolts. A fun novelty

[Shane-O]

When it first came out, they had a huge barrel available, .697 or so made by CP if I recall correctly. It does work with the sewer pipe barrel, but I have not messed with one in years. With paint smaller these days a huge overbore barrel is pretty easy to find.