Ego framed mag

[automeister]

Can someone explain these to me? How do they work if not paired with a true e-mag?

[Riot]

cougar20th

[cougar20th]

I've never had or built a egomag. But my understanding is you used the ego frame and board to run a pneumatic soliniod that runs a ram.that pushes on the sear. Very much like a pnuemag setup.

[automeister]

That sounds right. Interesting. There is one posted on eBay with a tac one body and was curious about the whole idea. Also curious if it warrants the price of about $950! lol

[Alexndl]

For $950, was it only for the frame or a complete gun?
If it was a complete mag what was the valve on it?

[automeister]

I think an x

[latches109]

I fixed that one. It was a little rough, but got the ram smoothed out and the frame straight as could be. Shot well.

https://vimeo.com/817079145/40813f53d2

[Jordan]

Like others have posted, it's an electro-pneumag. The Ego frame and board are used to control a small solenoid that fires the usual Clippard actuator everyone uses in a pneumag.

They can get pretty elaborate - Hill over on AO built one with eyes - and they shoot pretty nice, but considering what's on the market these days for electros, building and using one is mostly for bragging rights at this point.

Olsson has one I built (not an Egomag but still an e-pneumag that uses a BKO frame, a Trilogy SF board, and a one-off aluminum Classic valve that Kit made me. It's pretty awesome. 🙂)

[Grendel]

rawbutter IIRC was making a lot of Mags at one time with one off frames. He might be able to chime in on one made with an Ego frame.

[rawbutter]

I've made a few pneumags out of Ego frames, but I never kept the electronics inside. It's embarrassing to admit, but electronics have always intimidated me for some reason. I could never get them to work right. So please don't ask me for help. 😅

Besides, Jordan is right. There's not really a good reason to make an Egomag anymore, not when you can get something like an Axe or Etha 2 for much less than it would cost you to build a mag alternative. Not unless you like to tinker and want to build it yourself.

[mueller]

Here as example ---
• ETEK board in a STAR frame or similar
• SMC solenoid S070C-SDG-32
• LPR of your choice
• Pneumag ram to trigger sear, nested in frame - MPA3 or similar

Air to LPR, to solenoid, to ram, ram actuates sear. Hoses can hide in frame and/or in some rails

[superman]

I have built a few egomags in the past. The difficult part is getting the noid to fit. The smaller noid has a lower pressure threshold and can leak if it is not paired with a good regulator. The other solenoid is pretty solid, but big.

[latches109]

My old thread on it, most of those pictures are long gone. https://www.automags.org/forums/show...ghlight=emaggo

used a small Fetco linear actuator as the ram. I’m building one right now for fun because I found a one of the rams in an old tool box.