MILSIG magazine collar comparsion

I should note that the magazines I am using is an older gen 19 round magazine for both MILSIG and RAP4.     Since the release of the MILSIG Paradigm Pro’s new magazine system, the square head collars, many people have asked the question “What is the difference between the round collars and the square collars?” “How do they operate from each other? Pros and Cons”.

    Throughout the years before the Paradigm Pro square head magazines were introduced it is frequent that people did not really have a clear understanding what the differences are between the RAP4 magazines and the MILSIG magazines. At most people knew they are interchangeable and compatible with each others markers. Thus the question is, what really separates the three magazines in terms of operation mechanics.

    I will start with the new MILSIG Paradigm Pro. The current square head magazines is designed for the Paradigm Pro What is new about the square head collar is the head is constructed from polymer. The only metal parts is collar detent and the spring that holds the detent bar up. The MILSIG square head collar replaces the ball bearing round collar system. There is a bar that runs lengthwise across the farther side of the opening with both ends of the bar protruding out the sides of collar body a little bit. When the magazine is inserted into the magwell; there is a little ramp within that will push the bar down as the magazine is inserted. The balls than are clear to enter the chamber without being hindered by anything.

                                                                 
    In comparison to the round head feedneck collars; the round collars uses 3 ball bearings to hold the balls in place. When the collar is depressed it creates room for the ball bears to “roll back”. With the spring pushing the paintball rounds upwards , the paintballs squeeze through and then is chambered by the bolt. The problem with the ball bearing design is shooting low to mid-grade paintball or paintball that have not been storaged properly. These are the paintballs that are oblong, dimpled or a shape that is not spherical. The problem is non-uniform paintballs get stuck in the ball bearings which leads to either a misfeed or a ball chop. 

    The RAP4 magazine uses 6 ball bearings as opposed to the MILSIG’s 3 ball bearing collar. However, the RAP4 ball bearings are smaller than the MILSIG ball bearings and this leads to problems with smaller paintballs. In my personal experience when storing the magazines upside down (feedneck facing downwards) smaller paintballs in the 0.679 caliber region will roll out past the ball bearings. This is the main difference I have discovered between the MILSIG and the RAP4 round collar feedneck and can lead to problems for some users. The RAP4 has a shorter collar clip and the MILSIG round feed neck has a taller collar clip.

                                                                 
    I hope this helps clear up some confusion between the differences in the magazines. I often hear people wonder what the differences are between the RAP4 and the MILSIG magazines and excluding the internal mechanics, physical differences of the winder and what not, the feedneck ball bearings is the biggest difference.

In the next article I will talk about the MILSIG Paradigm Pro magazine in detail. Stay tuned and thank you for reading!. Visit www.magfedpb.com for more magazine-fed paintball information!

Northshore Paintball - May 6th 2012.

    The weather was peaking beautifully on Sunday. On Saturday I was contemplating if I wanted to go because I was feeling sore from basketball on Friday. However, this Sunday is the first Sunday of the month which means free entry for gun owners. I had to break the trend of being lazy and I figured with the way things have been lately I am going to go. I woke up in the morning around 0800 and looked out to the window I saw the sun shining in.

    However, that morning I'm still feeling sore and did not really want to be running around carrying a marker that weights 3kgs and probably 10lbs on my chest rig. I cleaned my pump off and packed it in my bag and put it into the car along with my Milsig. I arrived at the field around 1100 and parked my car. A fair amount of people already have arrived and I'm thinking today won't go too badly. A group of young kids had a planned a birthday party and a few scattered group of renters. I unpacked my pump, put my knee pads on and then went to air up my tanks. After the air tanks were filled up I went to grab my pump, put my mask on and went to the chrony range. A moment of truth awaits me as I cock my pump and put it over the chrony. HUZZAH! My pump is working! (I will be talking about this a bit more in a different post). After a good year and a half since I put it together. With the help of various friends with their knowledge and experience; have given me insight in figuring out a few extra steps to getting my pump working. This is great because I don't have to run my Milsig setup for the day. Saves me having to lug all that weight around!

    There I am excited to get the day started as some of the regulars start to show up. First game of the day for me starts with Two Fort flag push. We started on the right hand side (facing down the field), Kiernan and I went up the left side of our spawn towards the field exit and it was a mad rush as we started to engage their team. Kiernan is in the front while I am in the rear covering his open side on the right. For the most part he and another team mate (I don't know how to spell his name!) is moving up around the left an all of a sudden Russel pops over the barricade. I see Russel trying to stay tucked in behind a tree as he tries to shoot Kiernan. I line up my marker and fire two shots. I miss a little bit so I adjust my position to be a bit more stable; I wait for a clear shot; just as Russel moved leaned forward I fire a shot and splat. The paintball hits him right in the masks mouth guard. At this point I am grinning massively because not only did my shot hit someone at distance; I hit Russel!. Overcome with joy we finished the game and won via elimination. For the rest of the day I could not stop being joyful. It felt right that after such a long time the pump is finally working. This also meant that I did not have to use my Milsig gear for the day. The game ended and we all met up, refilling our airtanks and the likes and discussed the game. It is always great to start the day with a good game. It gets your mood going and in my case I felt fantastic

    The day went along pretty progressive and nicely. I got out of the house despite being sore and played for good portion of the day. As the field got really busy I decided to take a break and help the staff out. They needed someone to man the air station while they dealt with the front counter. Throughout the whole day I reveled in the fact my pump is finally hitting the sweet spot. All I need to do is fine tune it but other then that it felt great. I hit the field next Sunday and I look forward to putting the pump through its paces. The highlight of the day was smacking Russel in the face with a shot. It feels like a fire has been relit after my pump clicked together. Anyhow, I will have a post more about my pump coming up next seeing as I kept mentioning about it but really that was the main highlight of the day. :P

Winter, Winter. Let it snow, let it snow.

It has started to snow in various locations throughout the Lower Mainland in BC.
Burnaby and SFU mountain has reported heavy snow and this weekend should be even more snow.

I look forward to Saturdays' game in the possible snow.

Take care everyone and DRIVE SAFE!

Shroker

Northshore Paintball, November 7th, 2010

      Paintballing last Saturday was great fun. The weather had just cleared out from the day before and luckily it has only been light rain, nothing too serious.

It was just myself this day but its always fun regardless. I haave gotten the chance to play with my pump Autococker that I assembled with various parts but it has been performing well.

My MilSig Paradigm is going to sit out for the winter season as it takes time to sit down and clean every little bit of it and school keeps me preoccupied from cleaning her carefully.

With that said, I'm hoping to look forward to the next couple weeks of all-weather games.
I should start bringing my camera.

Northshore Paintball: October 16th 2010.

I wrote a long post and then it got fubared. So..screw that....


EVERYTHING IN A DIME.
Dinner was super fun, not too bad but filled with lots of jokes, comments and stories.
Paintball went super well and everyone enjoyed themselves.
We had lots of fun.

Paintball: Frontline Soldier

  Paintball has been quite the thrill lately. Although I have been a little bit busy the past month.
It has been a great source of exercise.

  Richmond Indoor Paintball, In Richmond BC. Was very enjoyable; I went there with a friend and some of his buddies and we all liked it. The Urban city-scape setup made corner assaults very merry.
We managed to go at a time where it was just us four. 2 v 2 battles turned out epic.

  Although their prices are a little bit expensive, if you have the money to spare it is well worth it.
I may be enlisted / invited to the "Shock" Team (Richmond Indoor Paintball's to-be-made) Paintball team.
Quite excited about that, although I have no job. I will have to search for one to support school and recreational activities. However, if the team becomes a source of income along with having a job. That makes it a bigger bonus.

  So all for the hopes!. I've lost weight recently so I am quite happy. Slimming down is one of my main goals and I am slowly achieving that!.

Take care everyone,
Enjoy your summer.

Northshore Paintball : July 17th, 2010

         The weather took shine as I hit the field this afternoon. Around fifty people were present at one o'clock, by two twenty to three there was 120ish people. A good amount of renters played on sight and it got things going.

My left arm looks like an army of mosquitoes bit me, however, 4-5 shots that hit my arm bounced and never exploded, leaving no cuts. Annoying thing? Mosquito bites are more annoying then my paintball injuries.
Rounded out a few good tags today.

Short post tonight, want to get some sleep and I was only there for three hours. Wanted to get home so I can shower and head out for a family dinner.


Next up for home is some CUDA and C++ Reading. w00t!.


Signing out,
Shroker

Northshore Paintball: July 10th, 2010.

Paintball turned out great today. Few scrapes and bumps from thorns and sliding into rocks in shorts is a bit iffy. Probably will be heading out again next weekend. Hopefully I can get some other people to show up.


The sun was beaming and there was a light breeze in the waiting area. I estimated about 80 people present at a given time and counted about 25 female players. On Friday's Northshore offers free entry (and I think rental) for girls! All you have to do is buy paint!.

Because of the summer heat, sweat does not precipitate and drip onto the visor as easily compared to the cooler days, which is a trade off for the heat. Met a few people there and grabbed a few e-mails. Thorn bushes are evil; I have cuts everywhere on my arms and legs from them.

I am hoping to start taking some pictures of the waiting area and perhaps some in-game pictures. We will have to see how that goes. Wanting to get some pictures of me out on the field too. The summer season is starting so will be out more often to get exercise in and hoping to get outside more frequent in general.

Take care everyone!.