II. Bodies

There are many variations of bodies available for the Automag, both from AGD and also from aftermarket manufacturers. I’ll cover the most common from AGD. The main difference among all the different types and styles of bodies is the type of barrel that is accepted by the body. The two most common types are twist-lock and Autococker-threaded.

A. Twist-lock style bodies:

Early Automag bodies use a twist-lock design, where the barrel slips into the body and is held in place by a guide pin. Two o-rings slip over the outside of the barrel to help keep a snug fit. The early barrels also use a nubbin to act as a ball detent. Wire nubbins were used in earlier models, but have been replaced for updated plastic ones, which are less prone to bending and failing.

Some common types of twist-lock bodies:

1. Standard feed right: The feedneck comes out of the body at a perpendicular 45 degree angle to the right. Usually made from stainless steel.

2. Standard feed left: The feedneck comes out of the body at a perpendicular 45 degree angle to the left. Usually made from stainless steel.

3. Powerfeed, Hopper Right: The feedneck is angled 45 degrees across the body, tangent-like. The feedneck opening is along the left side of the body, making the hopper sit on the right hand side. Usually made from stainless steel. Uses an angled plug at the bottom opening to route the incoming paintball into the chamber.

Example of a powerfeed, hopper right body:

4. Powerfeed, Hopper Left: The feedneck is angled 45 degrees across the body, tangent-like. The feedneck opening is along the right side of the body, making the hopper sit on the left hand side. Usually made from stainless steel. Uses an angled plug at the bottom opening to route the incoming paintball into the chamber.

* A note about the powerfeed design: This unique design was introduced to eliminate paintballs from "bobbling" back up into the feedneck. In the early designs of the bodies (when standard feednecks were used), when the marker would shoot, the paintballs in the feedneck would be pushed back by a small blast of air. The powerfeed corrected this by using a parabolic-faced plug. When the next paintball would be pushed back, the ball would actually bounce off the plug and be redirected into the chamber.

5. Center feed or Vertical feed: Just like most center feed bodies that are common today, the feedneck sits vertically, across the center of the body.

B. Autococker-threaded bodies:

Many of the later bodies were designed to accept the widely-used Autococker style barrel threading. Most came in the following configurations:

1. Ultra Light Engineering (ULE), vertical feed: The feedneck sits vertically, across the center of the body. Made from aluminum, these bodies are much lighter than stainless steel bodies. All ULE bodies use an Angel-threaded removeable feedneck and ball detent.

2. ULE, warp right: The feedneck is at a 90 angle to the body, coming out of the right hand side. Due to the angle of the feed neck, a force-fed hopper must be used with this body to get paintballs into the breech.

3. ULE, warp left: The feedneck is at a 90 angle to the body, coming out of the left hand side. Due to the angle of the feed neck, a force-fed hopper must be used with this body to get paintballs into the breech.

* Note - the warp bodies were developed to use with AGD's Warp Feed loader system, described in detail further down this page.

Example of a ULE warp left body:

4. Tac-One body: Has several Weaver-style rails to allow items to be mounted onto the body. Comes in vertical, warp right and warp left configurations. These bodies are machined from an aluminum slug. All Tac-One bodies use a removeable Angel-threaded feedneck and ball detent.

Example of a vertical Tac-One body: