Broke the feedneck, Options?

Element Paintball · 04-14-2012, 04:17 PM

Hi ladies and gents. I managed to break my feedneck today (right between where the top part clamps on the hopper and the bottom part clamps on the marker). It was my fault and I probably would have bent/broken a metal feedneck too, but now I'm looking to replace it.
I want to keep everything factory. Not a fan of the CP feednecks, but I can't seem to find any factory eclipse feednecks. I'd buy the stock etha feedneck again, or a black dust aluminum eclipse one if I can find it. Any ideas?

Phil00r · 04-14-2012, 05:25 PM

You can buy the aluminium, as well as the composite feedneck. Just call your pe dealer and ask for it ;-)

-raqh- · 04-14-2012, 07:00 PM

Cp... they dont look that great and probably arent as solid as eclipse but they're much cheaper and easier to find... If you really wanna go eclipse check out paintballshowcase.

atrm0217 · 04-15-2012, 09:37 AM

I really didn't want the CP one after I broke mine but it seemed like the best option. It's well built and has grips on the top part that really get a hold of your loader. If you can get past the looks I would recommend CP.

tinopaintball · 04-15-2012, 09:42 PM

http://www.paintballgateway.com/pleccclfeneu.html

here is one.

Nicky T · 04-16-2012, 03:03 AM

Give Gerry Bates a call in our Rhode Island office on (401) 2479061 and he'll get you sorted

Element Paintball · 04-16-2012, 07:48 AM

Thanks Mr. T! Will do.

Jack Wood · 04-16-2012, 08:19 AM

I was going to say, if you call Gerry he'll just replace it for you.
Considering how much force you can put through that feedneck, we get very very few broken composite ones. I thing the added "flex" in them stops them often breaking outright where an aluminium one would just bend out of shape.
Jack

Apewar · 04-16-2012, 03:52 PM

i took a nasty fall on sat in a woodsball game. gun landed about 5 feet from me, and was thankful the only thing that broke was a ball in the hopper. The asa was a little loose but easily tightened

Element Paintball · 04-20-2012, 10:01 PM

bought one from Gerry to save my get out of jail free card for something major, though I really doubt I'd be able to break much on this gun. PE did a nice job of gorilla proofing it.

Jack Wood · 04-23-2012, 04:37 AM

Lol

It's not like a voucher scheme where you only get som many "go's" you know?!?

We'd be happy to give you a replacement FOC for a broken one of those. Like I said, we get so few it's not like one is going to break the bank.
Jack

Element Paintball · 04-26-2012, 07:48 PM

sorry jack, that's what I was told when I called. I was told I only got a limited number of replacement parts, so I had to spend $35 on the feedneck, which is more than a CP metal one. I still prefer to have all PE parts, but I probably should have just bought a metal PE feedneck for that price.

Jack Wood · 04-27-2012, 04:26 AM

That's interesting. Did you speak to Gerry?

Jax_Freestyle · 04-27-2012, 12:37 PM

dun dun dunnnnn

Element Paintball · 04-28-2012, 08:14 PM

Yes. Gerry was the one I called. Its really not a big deal. Any feedneck would break taking a hit like that I'm sure. I wouldn't expect Ford to replace my bumper if I smacked my car into a tire wall at the track.

Right now I'm excited for some prototypes I hope to be getting soon of something I thought might be a good idea...

should cut down on some 'kick', but I can't really tell how it will effect the antichop feature of the stock bolt's weight. Made the inner core removable in case there are sizing issues, kinda like tuning a lvl 10 bolt with its different tips.

Jack Wood · 04-30-2012, 04:19 AM

Nice! The core diameter is critical to velocity. It needs to be a good fit to the internal dimension of the bolt guide. And the inside of the bolt body needs to be a good fit to the outside of the bolt guide. And because of the need for good fit in those areas, it makes the concentricity of the bolt core to the bolt body critical or you will get wear on the parts.
Just a heads-up.

As for the feedneck, I have spoken to Nicky who is on paternity leave at the moment and we both agree that our policy places no limit on number of claims against it. He will be speaking to Gerry when he gets back to clarify this point with him. In the meantime I'm going to be sending you a PM.

Jack

Demondestroyer · 04-30-2012, 03:50 PM

i got an etha for my little brother and a pink lady ego 08 for my girlfriend and i honestly just read the PE threads to feel good about the CS at PE and the backing i get from the company, although for the life of me i cannot find some ego 08 grips or hard case

way to go jack

Fenix001 · 05-01-2012, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Demondestroyer

i got an etha for my little brother and a pink lady ego 08 for my girlfriend and i honestly just read the PE threads to feel good about the CS at PE and the backing i get from the company, although for the life of me i cannot find some ego 08 grips or hard case

way to go jack

If your talking about stock rubber grips: http://paintballshowcase.com/planete...pscolored.aspx

The case you might be able to find in B/S/T. Or you might be able to find a case from another year that would work.

Demondestroyer · 05-01-2012, 08:22 AM

thanks fenix, i was just looking for the stock ones and google didn't turn anything up for some reason, now to find an 08 case... pink ladies didn't come with a specific case did they?

Ieo · 05-01-2012, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Element Paintball

Right now I'm excited for some prototypes I hope to be getting soon of something I thought might be a good idea...

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should cut down on some 'kick', but I can't really tell how it will effect the antichop feature of the stock bolt's weight. Made the inner core removable in case there are sizing issues, kinda like tuning a lvl 10 bolt with its different tips.

Shiny.

Also, Super cool to see Jack sharing info to help make an aftermarket part.

enginerd · 05-01-2012, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Element Paintball

Yes. Gerry was the one I called. Its really not a big deal. Any feedneck would break taking a hit like that I'm sure. I wouldn't expect Ford to replace my bumper if I smacked my car into a tire wall at the track.

Right now I'm excited for some prototypes I hope to be getting soon of something I thought might be a good idea...

should cut down on some 'kick', but I can't really tell how it will effect the antichop feature of the stock bolt's weight. Made the inner core removable in case there are sizing issues, kinda like tuning a lvl 10 bolt with its different tips.

I'm intrigued ... what materials are you planning on using and how are you assembling the two components? Jack's comments make it sound like there was a bit of iteration in the design. Looks like you have a fun project for yourself