UPDATE: IT IS DONE. The Mausers are ready!!!
Go to warmachinepaintball.com to order.
Ok guys, I want this made as much as some of you do but I REALLY need to know who's seriously interested in something like this.
We won't yet know the actual cost, but like anything it will depend on HOW MANY people want them to bring the cost down, and what material.
The idea, is the have a more accurate and better option than a Denix, and MGC. It can't compete with a denix price point as it won't be cast, it will be 100% machined. I'd like a more accurate size than an MGC, and something more readily available. LOWER than current MGC prices would be nice too, but we need lots of people interested.
Better how? I want to aim for overall cosmetic accuracy on the outside, WITH a few very minute caveats in dimensions and spacing to assure that NO REAL PARTS could ever be exchanged or used to modify this replica to cause harm to oneself. The idea would mean that outwardly we'd have a replica Mauser that is suitable for prop building, and electronics installs. Internally, the more space available the better for electronics. So I would love for it to have a working bolt, hammer and trigger, but it doesn't NEED to have a complete internal assembly like an MGC as long as the replica has the correct cosmetic look and function on the outside.
Aluminum would be the obvious choice for ease of machining, but the finishing will be harder to get consistent by FAR. Possibly less expensive up front, but won't have the proper weight.
Steel would be ideal as it would be able to be finished exactly like original mausers, but be less forgiving to work with and potentially more expensive to make.
These would be ideally be in raw machined KIT FORM only. You would be responsible for de-burring, sanding, finishing, and assembly.
They would have every concession thought of to NEVER be able to be modified to use real Mauser parts, aside from maybe a trigger or hammer, and NOT have a hollow barrel of any sort, shape, or form. There would be NO chamber of any time. The bolt would be a flat face and NO firing pin.
While this price suggestion may be completely off the mark for now I would guess we're looking at a ballpark range of:
$300-700 Aluminum
$500-900 Steel
I could be way off, but I won't be able to find out until we get some serious interest to start crunching numbers.
Some of the questions I need answered aside from interest, is how important to you are things like:
- Front sight? Do we need this? This part would make machining considerably more involved and drive cost up, and would be completely pointless for every single Mauser based blaster build. Eliminating it would mean... not cutting it off and installs and conversions would be easier... and potentially keep costs lower. However, if you want just a display Mauser replica you'd probably want it.
- Removable Magazine floor plate? this may help electronics installs, but also would make machining more complicated. Thoughts?
- Working safety? I think having a movable safety would be fine and not too hard, but have it actually disengage the hammer would add complexity that's unnecessary. Agree or no? A thought would be that it could just be a swing lever that is intended to activate and electronic switch???
That about all I got for now.
Please Chime in with a choice of Aluminum or Steel and how serious you are so I can get a preliminary list to gauge interest and get this going.
It's up to you all to help make this happen, and not just be vaporware.
Aluminum:
1. tomm1999 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
2. DJblingbling1 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
3. Kalel76 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
4. Sieg (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
5. Sieg (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
6. Michinimax (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
7. Bradberry00
8. Bradberry00
9. MoeSizzlac
10. Dann
11. scifiwolf
12. kickman88 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Steel:
1. scottjua (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
2. ronwlim
3. tomm1999 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
4. 3oin (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
5. refugee (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
6. tecrooz (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
7. Rogue Five (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only) IRA Forums
8. Rogue Five (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only) IRA Forums
9. Pfockerchief (WITH sight for display)
10. cjchiu (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
11. veekthor (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
12. veekthor (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
13. Cobra14 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
14. Cobra14 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
15. Madingalow (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
16. juajn7fernandez (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
17. juajn7fernandez (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
18. juajn7fernandez (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
19. repy (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
20. mogaert (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
21. mogaert (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
22. jack (no front sight)
23. DarkJedi360 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
24. DeLano80 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
25. Bbabylonia20 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
26. RhinoActual
27. RhinoActual
28. Edraven99 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
29. MastahBlastah (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
30. morgan63
31. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
32. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
33. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
34. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
35. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
36. thd9791 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
37. redbutton (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
38. Field Marshall
39. nunes (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
40. Beckett
41. KFS6VJ (no front sight, fixed magazine plate, swing safety only)
42. newmagrathea (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
43. blastermaster (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
44. Hirohawa
45. el toro (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
46. aeseven7
47.
48.
49.
50.
Go to warmachinepaintball.com to order.
Ok guys, I want this made as much as some of you do but I REALLY need to know who's seriously interested in something like this.
We won't yet know the actual cost, but like anything it will depend on HOW MANY people want them to bring the cost down, and what material.
The idea, is the have a more accurate and better option than a Denix, and MGC. It can't compete with a denix price point as it won't be cast, it will be 100% machined. I'd like a more accurate size than an MGC, and something more readily available. LOWER than current MGC prices would be nice too, but we need lots of people interested.
Better how? I want to aim for overall cosmetic accuracy on the outside, WITH a few very minute caveats in dimensions and spacing to assure that NO REAL PARTS could ever be exchanged or used to modify this replica to cause harm to oneself. The idea would mean that outwardly we'd have a replica Mauser that is suitable for prop building, and electronics installs. Internally, the more space available the better for electronics. So I would love for it to have a working bolt, hammer and trigger, but it doesn't NEED to have a complete internal assembly like an MGC as long as the replica has the correct cosmetic look and function on the outside.
Aluminum would be the obvious choice for ease of machining, but the finishing will be harder to get consistent by FAR. Possibly less expensive up front, but won't have the proper weight.
Steel would be ideal as it would be able to be finished exactly like original mausers, but be less forgiving to work with and potentially more expensive to make.
These would be ideally be in raw machined KIT FORM only. You would be responsible for de-burring, sanding, finishing, and assembly.
They would have every concession thought of to NEVER be able to be modified to use real Mauser parts, aside from maybe a trigger or hammer, and NOT have a hollow barrel of any sort, shape, or form. There would be NO chamber of any time. The bolt would be a flat face and NO firing pin.
While this price suggestion may be completely off the mark for now I would guess we're looking at a ballpark range of:
$300-700 Aluminum
$500-900 Steel
I could be way off, but I won't be able to find out until we get some serious interest to start crunching numbers.
Some of the questions I need answered aside from interest, is how important to you are things like:
- Front sight? Do we need this? This part would make machining considerably more involved and drive cost up, and would be completely pointless for every single Mauser based blaster build. Eliminating it would mean... not cutting it off and installs and conversions would be easier... and potentially keep costs lower. However, if you want just a display Mauser replica you'd probably want it.
- Removable Magazine floor plate? this may help electronics installs, but also would make machining more complicated. Thoughts?
- Working safety? I think having a movable safety would be fine and not too hard, but have it actually disengage the hammer would add complexity that's unnecessary. Agree or no? A thought would be that it could just be a swing lever that is intended to activate and electronic switch???
That about all I got for now.
Please Chime in with a choice of Aluminum or Steel and how serious you are so I can get a preliminary list to gauge interest and get this going.
It's up to you all to help make this happen, and not just be vaporware.
1. tomm1999 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
2. DJblingbling1 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
3. Kalel76 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
4. Sieg (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
5. Sieg (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
6. Michinimax (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
7. Bradberry00
8. Bradberry00
9. MoeSizzlac
10. Dann
11. scifiwolf
12. kickman88 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Steel:
1. scottjua (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
2. ronwlim
3. tomm1999 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
4. 3oin (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
5. refugee (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
6. tecrooz (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
7. Rogue Five (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only) IRA Forums
8. Rogue Five (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only) IRA Forums
9. Pfockerchief (WITH sight for display)
10. cjchiu (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
11. veekthor (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
12. veekthor (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
13. Cobra14 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
14. Cobra14 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
15. Madingalow (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
16. juajn7fernandez (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
17. juajn7fernandez (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
18. juajn7fernandez (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
19. repy (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
20. mogaert (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
21. mogaert (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
22. jack (no front sight)
23. DarkJedi360 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
24. DeLano80 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
25. Bbabylonia20 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
26. RhinoActual
27. RhinoActual
28. Edraven99 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
29. MastahBlastah (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
30. morgan63
31. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
32. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
33. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
34. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
35. JLinNY (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
36. thd9791 (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
37. redbutton (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
38. Field Marshall
39. nunes (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
40. Beckett
41. KFS6VJ (no front sight, fixed magazine plate, swing safety only)
42. newmagrathea (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
43. blastermaster (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
44. Hirohawa
45. el toro (no front sight, removable magazine plate, swing safety only)
46. aeseven7
47.
48.
49.
50.
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