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Podbod:
I also think trying to tell him how he should do it is rather silly. This guy just did what we all wanted and did it all by himself. Its an amazing achievement and I'm sure he knows exactly how he wants to proceed.
Titchgamer:
--- Quote from: Podbod on September 09, 2020, 10:46:09 am ---I also think trying to tell him how he should do it is rather silly. This guy just did what we all wanted and did it all by himself. Its an amazing achievement and I'm sure he knows exactly how he wants to proceed.
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Well yeah hes got it this far, I am sure he has plans :)
SammyWI:
Got my lightguns today. Just under a week (over a holiday weekend) UK to US is not too bad at all. Didn't have long to try things out but I did get one up and running in Mame. Had to tweak some things to get it working on the projector. Even in the basement with no lights or windows I still had to bump up the camera brightness and contrast manually. It's an old used projector that I may think about upgrading now.
Quick first impressions: My biggest concern for any lightgun is the accuracy and so for this seems great. I didn't see any issues moving or changing positions. But very little time in. Gun shells: Well I shoot real guns so I'm pretty opinionated here. Overall, I'd say they are good for a light gun. But I also think most light gun shells kind of suck. The grip is fat (too fat) and I don't care for the finger grooves. The finger grooves I can grind off with Mr. Dremel pretty quick but the size and shape of the grip would be a lot harder to modify. Luckily it's not so bad that I can't live with it. The trigger is OK but I do wish it had a distinct click. The sights are alright, the rear notch could be wider for my taste but fine overall. The top rail looks OK but I haven't had a chance to try a red dot on it yet. Other buttons feel good, not awesome but good quality. The pump is on the small side with a short action but it's smooth and I'm glad he fit it in. Last item is more of a missed opportunity: I wish he had an attachment point for a rifle stock. This is a thing in the real gun world these days and all it would have taken is to put a vertical section of rail at the back of the gun shell. Looks like I'll have to come up with a mod to add a stock on my own.
exibar:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on September 07, 2020, 03:30:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: Titchgamer on September 07, 2020, 09:03:13 am ---Hmm not sure about cloned aim traks.
I believe the act labs guns were the same but never owned one so not sure.
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LOL. Act Labs were old school CRT guns. They worked (and performed) exactly the same as the original old arcade and console guns. Completely different animal.
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I stlil have a pair of Act-Labs guns :-) they needed a VGA or S-video box to function :-) I havne't touched those in years.... there was another brand that used the IR light bar... I'll ahve to dig through the cobwebs to remember the name... it was pretty popular back in the day
Mike B
Titchgamer:
--- Quote from: SammyWI on September 10, 2020, 07:07:39 pm ---Got my lightguns today. Just under a week (over a holiday weekend) UK to US is not too bad at all. Didn't have long to try things out but I did get one up and running in Mame. Had to tweak some things to get it working on the projector. Even in the basement with no lights or windows I still had to bump up the camera brightness and contrast manually. It's an old used projector that I may think about upgrading now.
Quick first impressions: My biggest concern for any lightgun is the accuracy and so for this seems great. I didn't see any issues moving or changing positions. But very little time in. Gun shells: Well I shoot real guns so I'm pretty opinionated here. Overall, I'd say they are good for a light gun. But I also think most light gun shells kind of suck. The grip is fat (too fat) and I don't care for the finger grooves. The finger grooves I can grind off with Mr. Dremel pretty quick but the size and shape of the grip would be a lot harder to modify. Luckily it's not so bad that I can't live with it. The trigger is OK but I do wish it had a distinct click. The sights are alright, the rear notch could be wider for my taste but fine overall. The top rail looks OK but I haven't had a chance to try a red dot on it yet. Other buttons feel good, not awesome but good quality. The pump is on the small side with a short action but it's smooth and I'm glad he fit it in. Last item is more of a missed opportunity: I wish he had an attachment point for a rifle stock. This is a thing in the real gun world these days and all it would have taken is to put a vertical section of rail at the back of the gun shell. Looks like I'll have to come up with a mod to add a stock on my own.
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WOW its great they made it over to you so fast! :)
The stock attachment would be a good idea, Maybe he could get a clip on style attachment made?
Its not something I would use personally but still a cool idea.
As for the other stuff I did a little physical overview and tried the scope off my paintball gun on it which clipped on fine.
I agree about the handle being a little fat, Its just about comfortable for me and my medium hands but think you would struggle with small hands.
Its chunkier than the prototype!
I do seem to remember Andy mentioning something about having to thicken the shell up in places for strength so I would double check before taking a grinder to it heh.
As for the sights I was of the opposite opinion I would of liked a smaller gap but these things of course are personal preference :)
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