Project PGP:
                                     Modification Test-bed.  

        Welcome to the Project PGP page.  Project PGP is a forerunner to Project 'X'.  It's a chance for me to improve my skill as an airsmith and to test out a few ideas before I graduate to more challenging projects.  I wanted a trick, small, marker for Paintball Cities still under construction Indoor Field.   I didn't want to dump a lot of cash into it.  What better choice than a PGP?

        Nothing new about converting a PGP to semi-auto.  It's been done to death.  So I'm not kidding anyone about that.  Project PGP will be a semi-auto PGP.  Where Project PGP will differ will be some of the performance hop-ups I will perform on it after the conversion.


        First area.  Rear-cocking.  It's probably been done but I'm going to do it again.  The standard hammer will be replaced with an Autococker model.  In addition, a nelson spring kit will be installed.  This modification will necessitate a simple cocking block be constructed.  Probably nothing more than a flat plate.

        Second area.  The first really 'trick' modification.  I'm calling it 'Tailwind valve modification'.   I talked about this some in the Venturi rant.  The original gas port will be plugged.  A new port will exit the side of the marker and be piped to a location further back from the feed port.  A new bolt will be constructed.  Probably from Delrin.  The new bolt will feature a longer gas path.  Theoretically this will result in less turbulence and a reduced tendency to 'hook'.  Plugging the old port and constructing a totally new bolt seem like the only difficult parts of this operation.  It may be possible to modify the PGP bolt or use one of the longer models such as those found in the PMI 1 and 2 or the P-68 markers. 

        UPDATE  12/5/98  I am in the process of working with Pro Team Products to have the above modification performed on their Micro'Cocker.  

        Third area.  The king daddy of tricky modifications.  I have an idea for a special trigger system.  a 'Split 2 finger trigger.'  Looking like a two finger trigger, it is actually two triggers.  The upper trigger fires single shots, just like an ordinary trigger.  The lower trigger is a 'responce' trigger, firing one shot when pulled, another when released.  I've just about got the mechanism worked out.  It will be difficult to make but I think that the commercial application of such as system certainly justifies the effort.  The lower trigger will be lockable to disable the responce mode for fields and tournaments where it's usage is not approved.


        Stay tuned for more details.  Work should begin soon.
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