My MR1 pistol. (Still a work in progress) pic heavy

[ForeverSpyder]

Ok first you have to understand that me and my family have been trying to move for about 3 months now, everything is in boxes or just laying around. Because of this I couldn't do any paintball modding besides slapping on parts.

With this in mind, I decided to see how I could make a Spyder pistol that is sooo newbie friendly, any kid can do it.

My plan was that this mod would use parts I already had (most of them) and parts I can just order easily and piece it together.

I'll tell you what I used, so you can see what you could use. Then I'll explain my why's.

What I used:

MR1 body
Older Spyder single trigger frame
45 Grip to replace m16
Noxx's Cram 'N Jam 10 round feeder
JCS 5.5" barrel
90* elbow fitting
1/8" to asa adapter
12 gram co2 quick changer

First thing even with something with no modding, draw it out! My plans:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc68/ForeverSpyder/plans2.jpg

Reason I used the MR1 body is;
-1/8" air hose threads, no front block
-Tatical look

You could use a older Spyder as well, the powerfeed might stick higher than the MR1 though.

Advantage to a newer one would be gettign a Phantom feed, and having it closer to the body. But couldn't find a quick easy way with the parts I had, so decided with the the plan above.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc68/ForeverSpyder/mcb.jpg

Easily enough, I took off the foregrip, bottom line setup, double trigger grip. Threw on the single trigger frame and the fittings.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc68/ForeverSpyder/tryingcopy.jpg

A quick photoshop to just look over what it might look like, while I wait for barrel and 12ie changer. Also to double check how the length was going to work out. Almost perfect.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc68/ForeverSpyder/IMG_4942.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc68/ForeverSpyder/IMG_4940.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc68/ForeverSpyder/IMG_4941.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc68/ForeverSpyder/IMG_4939.jpg

Looks pretty good!

First time airing it up, leaked badly. Teflon taped the fittings (again) and tightened them.
Aired it up again, leaked down barrel. Replaced valve and striker O-rings.
Third time, very small leak out of between the 1/8"-asa and the 90* fitting, realized I hadn't tightened it all the way. Instead of just sitting and watching the slow leak, decided to shoot anyway.

Results;

-I got about 20 usuable shots (two ten round tubes) plus a few other. Fixing the leak might help the efficiency. (was leaking a while before I decided to start shooting)

-JCS barrel is very accurate! Shooting monster balls I got in march, they kept straight as I watched them. I won't make up numbers, I have no idea how far it was.

-The feel was very nice, glad I went with the 45 frame. Can easily one hand this. With a classic Spyder body probably more so, the MR1 is pretty heavy!

-Gap between barrel and 12ie changer makes for very quick grip and easy changing!

-Noxx Cram 'N Jam makes for very quick reloading. Yank the tube out, throw it in a dump pouch, shove another in, easy!

So thats about it for now. I'm planning more mods later when we finally move, but won't be for a while (summer vacation, woot!). Basicly to pretty it up.

Another cool thing about this setup is that you can throw on a longer barrel, a stock, and a site of your choice, and you have a very portable rifle setup. Kinda like a cheaper T9.

Hope this helps the newbies of modding out there to build a not-really-custom pistol and still feel smart. ;)

Idea's? Thoughts? Criticism? Feel free :D

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[DFSniper]

20 shots sounds about right.

i was actually helping a guy do almost the same thing with a classic style gun, but he had to put paintball on teh back burner for a while :(

[ForeverSpyder]

20 shots sounds about right.

i was actually helping a guy do almost the same thing with a classic style gun, but he had to put paintball on teh back burner for a while :(

Yup, I knew I wasn't the first to think of this.

I wonder how more shots I could get with a Spyder after disabling blowback? Maybe 30ish? After I get my shop setup, I really want to start making some spumps and bolt action sprifles. Hah, sprifle, catchy :D

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[TheDarkShadow]

looks good!

[Karnivor'sFan]

looks good :) I was doing the same thing w/my mr2 but decided to do a Tactical spimmy ;)

[sneekypete]

Looks great. I may just have to get an other MR-1 and do the samething. Right now I don't want to touch my most reliable marker. It is a great back up gun. It always seems to work no matter what :D

[Karnivor'sFan]

I would personally sand/dremel some of the frame to make it look :confused: tighter i guess? well just b/c .I would also put something on the barrel to make it look like a silencer, like the t8 one, after that paint it and you got a bad ass Pistol

[Griff]

Look good. Inside the 10rnd tube you can add a light coil spring w/ a washer between it and the paint that way it will load a round in any position.

[ForeverSpyder]

Look good. Inside the 10rnd tube you can add a light coil spring w/ a washer between it and the paint that way it will load a round in any position.

I considered having a springfeed, but felt it slowed down loading, and you sacrifice some ball room. Unless you mean make a few ten rounds with spring feed, that's an interesting idea...


edit; I should also point out it feeds well right now, no jamming, but if you were aiming slightly upward, after 3 shots or so (how much is in the feedneck already), you would have to tilt down. A spring feed would make it much less hassle.

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[ForeverSpyder]

I made a video of it a while ago. Figured I should post it here in case anyone's interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zC8iIaCmwE

The gun itself is in pieces and quite different now. I wont go into details but should be pretty neat once finished. ;)

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[aquateenjunkie]

i made one recently, i rigged up the nipple from one of my remotes to the body of my mr1, then i modded a pirhanna usp grip to fit to my mr1 and slapped on a snub nosed 3 inch barrel.

after x-mas i will be experimenting with the e-mr1 grip and a q-loader for mass pwnage.