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People living with HIV and AIDS now have another tool to help manage their health needs and medications: their smartphones.
A variety of downloadable applications for cellphones, as well as computers, are aimed at helping HIV-positive people keep track of when to take their medicines and record health data to share with their physicians during doctor visits.
Two of the earliest options were PozTracker and iStayHealthy, which was recommended by Poz magazine.
The HIV and Your Heart app uses research and guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American Academy of HIV Medicine to provide suggestions on how to live healthy with HIV.
Drug giant Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. has created the My Health Matters and My Positive Agenda mobile and desktop apps. The digital tools help users track symptoms they incur from their HIV treatments and allow for the creation of reports that display those symptoms users can then email to their doctor.
Merck introduced the apps last year around the same time as the company teamed up with Project Runway contestant Mondo Guerra, who revealed his HIV status on the show's Season 8, for the national I Design campaign. This year it has engaged San Francisco-based photographer Duane Cramer, who splits his time in Manhattan, to join Guerra as a paid spokesman for the campaign specifically to promote usage of the apps.
"I want to encourage people not to be victims but to really be victorious," said Cramer. "It is 2013, and when it comes to HIV, we now can use online electronic tools to better manage our health."
Cramer, 50, is a well-known black gay man who has been a longtime advocate for people living with HIV and AIDS. He was first diagnosed with HIV in October 1996, a decade after his father, Joe J. Cramer, Jr., Ph.D., an accomplished academician, died from AIDS.
Merck purposefully chose today, Thursday February 7, which is National Black HIV Awareness Day, to officially announce Cramer's participation in the campaign. In a phone interview last week with the Bay Area Reporter, Cramer said he had already downloaded the apps and has begun using them to track his own health.
"They are easy-to-use tools," said Cramer, adding that in terms of his own health he is "doing fantastic. My viral load is undetectable."
Through his involvement in the I Design campaign Cramer is particularly focused on reaching young black gay and bisexual men who continue to be at alarming risk for contracting HIV.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black gay and bisexual men account for more than a third of the nearly 30,000 new HIV infections each year among men who have sex with men. Young black gay and bisexual men continue to bear "the heaviest burden," accounting for more new HIV infections than any other group in the U.S., adds the CDC.
"There is such high prevalence of HIV in the black MSM community that my personal mission has been to really focus on not only all people living with HIV but black MSM and black women in particular," said Cramer.
A key to HIV prevention these days is making sure those with the disease know their status and are in care. Studies have shown that suppressing viral loads can reduce HIV transmissions.
Cramer sees the new HIV apps as an easy way for HIV-positive men to maintain their treatment regimens and monitor their health.
"I figure if we have time to go on Facebook, Grindr, or other apps we can click onto My Health Matters and input some info so when we get to our doctor appointment we have updated info," he said. "I would have certain issues with things I might feel in-between doctor visits and when I get to my doctor again forget about it. With these apps you don't forget anything."
As for privacy concerns, the apps' names are purposefully generic so as not to be easily identified as having to do with HIV. Those with concerns should carefully read the privacy policies used by both Merck and Apple's iTunes store before choosing to enable the apps.
Asked about the issue, Cramer said he feels his personal information is secure.
"It is all encrypted. No one is mining the data or scanning this info, it is really just for the individual," he said.
The apps have helped him monitor his medications, said Cramer, since he has struggled to adhere to the required dosages in the past.
"It is really exciting to be able to track and monitor your own personal progress. These things make it easier to do it," he said. "I love having reminders to take my meds on time and knowing when I have exactly taken them. I am more adherent to taking my meds when I am supposed to take them and how to take them."
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Norwich officials consider how to repair rink, which could reopen in the next two weeks
Norwich - The Norwich Municipal Ice Rink is expected to open within the next two weeks using a rented chiller from the Carrier company, and may never need to replace the damaged compressor cooling system that caused an ammonia leak and forced the evacuation of the rink last week.
The leak, which occurred last Wednesday evening, sent a salty liquid into the compressor system, causing damage to the equipment.
As rink officials and contractors flush out the estimated 4,000 gallons of contaminated liquid and install the temporary chiller this week, the Ice Rink Authority is poised to vote Thursday on whether to go forward with a $1.1 million proposal to build a geothermal heating and cooling system at the city-owned rink.
During a special meeting on Saturday, the authority decided to rent a temporary chiller at a cost of $14,000 per month to reopen the rink as soon as the damaged system can be flushed, the ice subsurface repainted and the new ice formed.
Rink Manager Mia Sanca estimated Monday it could take another 10 to 14 days before the rink can reopen. Meanwhile, the rink is losing revenue from planned hockey tournaments, hockey practice sessions and other skating programs.
Authority Chairman Francois "Pete" Desaulniers said Monday that the authority is expected to vote Thursday on the proposal from the Michigan-based geothermal system company Thermo Source to make the Norwich rink the first in New England to use its technology. A rink in Plymouth, Mich., and one in Jamesville, Wis., currently use the technology.
The authority meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the rink.
Desaulniers said it likely would be cheaper for the rink to continue to rent the chiller system than to repair the damaged system, estimated at anywhere from $25,000 to $50,000 depending on the extent of the damage.
If the authority accepts Thermo Source's proposal, installation could take eight weeks. The plan calls for drilling 15 feet down into the ground near the rink and extending the geothermal line horizontally for 500 feet beneath the rear parking lot.
City finance officials, however, said the proposal would have to be put out to bid before the rink could accept a specific company's proposal.
The authority did get some good news over the weekend. After testing the brine, officials at Norwich Public Utilities determined the liquid could be accepted at the city sewage treatment plant, avoiding the need for expensive disposal costs. NPU spokesman Michael Hughes said the utility will store the liquid and release it slowly into the sewer system at no additional cost to the utility.
Desaulniers said he does not have an estimate from NPU on the cost of the disposal to the authority. He also asked the city Public Works Department to clear snow away from the ice rink building to allow contractors easier access to the building to install the temporary system. Public Works will bill that work to the authority as well.
The leak and equipment damage came at a time when the financially troubled rink was turning the corner after years of losing money. The rink was expected to turn a small profit at the end of this fiscal year.
The city's insurance carrier is reviewing the equipment damage and loss of revenue during the shutdown. Desaulniers said he did not have answers yet on those inquiries.
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Carnage reigns: We will take a look at it for the next update. I don't think it should be a problem.
Keep the ideas coming.
Carnage reigns: We will take a look at it for the next update. I don't think it should be a problem.
Keep the ideas coming.
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A private message thread should look more like a text message or a message in bubbles than the multiple boxes that show the back and forth. After a while the first messages in the conversation get way too skinny to read.
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link to the articles installed below top banner... and we're not doing chat?
To leave feedback: Click seller/buyers name, Click feedback score, Click leave feedback
Ok, it's official, we need an "Automag Finds" subforum for ebay listings, craigslist ads, and markers listed on other sites...
Most forums have them and they're really helpful.
Any other ideas?? I'm currently working on another update that should be ready by the end of the month.
Yeah - I have a program to use for this purpose. I ended up moving several states away recently and it TOTALLY derailed any progress that I've been able to do here. With all of the "honey-do" projects, my time is limited.
Will try and get something up and working this weekend.
This could only mean one thing.
How about separate "Automag Markers" and "Automag Parts" subforums in the B/S/T? It works over on Custom Cockers.
Just adjust the "Markers" section to "Other Markers" and you're all set... We are, after all, an Automag site, and this would make it easier for people to find the mags and mag parts that they've likely come here to look for. Perhaps the "Automag Parts" section could include other AGD products, or there could be an "AGD Products" section for Flatlines, Warpfeeds, MicroCAs, 6-Packs, etc.
True... It's be like moving a pile of sand with a pair of tweezers to move existing threads to the new forum. I guess you could start them up and let people slowly add threads, and let the automag threads in the "other markers" forums die, but that would take a while and leave some inconsistencies when searching through old B/S/T threads.
Anyhow, just a though I had kicked around. Thanks for looking into it.
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Small Update: Added AO logo for iPhone users.
Open Safari. Press the "share" button.
Press "Add to Home Screen"
Rename it if you would like.
It made my iphone look like doo doo.
The fix for buyers looking for just AGD products is to simply search for those terms within the current Markers or Misc. subforums. That is, if those products aren't already showing up on the first page. Most anything that slips to the second page and beyond is sold anyway.
Just my opinion on the subject.
I like this idea
A WTB forum could work. That's a little different, because it flips the roles. Buyers post, and people who may be lacking the motivation to post a sale thread can browse. Sounds good to me.
Spelling error. It's "category", not "catagory". Misc FS forum description.
WTB forum set up.
I really like the Curators Corner on PBN. How about something like that here?


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People keep asking me why I recorded Sergei Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony for my first CD release in my new post leading the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra. The simple answer is that it just felt right. But in thinking about it, I can now see many parallels — at least for me — between Prokofiev's music, the city of Sao Paulo and the country of Brazil.
Sergei Prokofiev consistently bucked the prevailing trends, both musically and personally. As artists were fleeing the Soviet Union in the 1930's, Prokofiev did the opposite and moved back to his homeland. A couple decades earlier, when composers gravitated towards massive tone poems, Prokofiev offered a light-hearted symphony (his First) just 15 minutes long, modeled after Haydn.
I have always admired that maverick quality in Prokofiev and it's the kind of approach that perfectly captures the essence of what drew me to Brazil. Brazil is a country of massive contradictions, yet it is entirely genuine; a country that embraces and celebrates its diversity, a country that marches to its own drummer, making no concessions to anyone.
Today, Sao Paulo is routinely listed as the world's third largest city. It's not one of outward beauty, to say the least, but there are sudden, breathtaking moments of exquisite beauty that come out of nowhere and feel overwhelming. Just like Prokofiev's sweeping Fifth Symphony.
There's an edginess and angularity in Prokofiev that can dissolve instantly with the appearance of a sudden beautiful melody or unexpected harmonic turn. In Sao Paulo, a city of hard concrete and steel, wounded with the tattoos of graffiti, you turn a corner and run into a stunning building by Niemeyer.
The slow movement of the Fifth Symphony is the ultimate balancing act. A suspended high melody, offset by an accompaniment in lowest instruments of the orchestra, passes precariously from one section to the other, creating an exquisite fragility, opening a window into Prokofiev's soul.
There's nothing fragile about Sao Paulo's manic energy, which can border on demonic, especially following a soccer game. It's the type of energy that fuels Prokofiev's second movement — driven and possessed, like a city that never sleeps.
But Sao Paulo is also a city of poets. Everyone I meet has a hidden talent and a passionate love of life. Everyone is hungry to connect and eager to share.
It feels completely natural for me to record this music with my newfound friends in Sao Paulo. I hope you enjoy meeting them, at least on CD.
What's the fascination many composers seem to have with fifth symphonies? Ever since Beethoven and those four famous notes - duh-duh-duh-dum - composers have seemed to strive for monumental fifth symphonies. A new recording by the Sao Paolo Symphony features Symphony No. 5 by Sergey Prokofiev.
SIMON: The symphony is led by its newly appointed principal conductor, and, of course, our friend here on WEEKEND EDITION, Marin Alsop, also music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She joins us from the studios of the BBC in Sao Paolo. Nice to talk to you again, maestra.
MARIN ALSOP: Nice to talk to you, too.
SIMON: Before we talk about Prokofiev, how did you end up working with this wonderful group of musicians in Sao Paolo?
ALSOP: You know, about two years ago, I came and guest conducted for a week and fell in love with the orchestra, the most beautiful concert hall in the world and incredible management team and enthusiastic public. And it just felt like a dream come true.
SIMON: That's wonderful. Well, let's talk about Prokofiev and try to put his fifth Symphony into context.
ALSOP: Well, as you said in your introduction, fifth symphonies seem to be enormous turning points for so many composers. I mean, Beethoven sort of set the standard. But then you think of Mahler, Shostakovich, Prokofiev. This is a monumental change in his whole output. He was born in 1891 in the Ukraine and was somewhat of a doted-on young child and sort of the apple of his parents' eye. He was basically a spoiled brat, I would say.
ALSOP: And, you know, he carried that through. He was known as kind of the bad boy, misbehaved, arrogant young man. He was the youngest student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He entered at the age of 13. And when he was a young man in his 20s, he wrote a symphony, his first symphony. And it's kind of a cheeky, you know, sort of thumbing his nose at the symphonies of Haydn.
SIMON: This is a tongue-in-cheek exercise almost.
ALSOP: Absolutely. And, of course, it garnered him terrific attention but also a reputation for being a bit of a rebel and doing the opposite of what everyone else was doing. And that became a hallmark of his entire career. But when you look just a couple decades later toward this fifth symphony, there's a complete change. I mean, you still hear this kind of maverick quality about his work, but the context is so different by the time he arrives at his fifth symphony.
SIMON: Marin, that sounds like the music we'll be hearing at the end of the world.
ALSOP: It does, doesn't it? It's an epic gesture. I mean, this is a major symphony that has depth and gravitas. And it really is predicting the future in many, many ways. And, of course, it was written at a momentous time in history in 1944. When it was premiered in 1945, Prokofiev conducted it himself, which was highly unusual for him. He rarely conducted. But at this premiere, he had to stop because the audience could hear the artillery firing, celebrating the victory over the Nazis. So, you can imagine how emotional this was.
SIMON: And yet I gather it has a much quieter, lighter opening.
ALSOP: Well, this is also a hallmark of Prokofiev's music, this enormous emotional range. This symphony begins in a very intimate, simple way - unison winds at the very opening.
SIMON: Now, hearing that and knowing when Prokofiev conducted this in Moscow, somehow in my mind it's fitting into the time, the three or four winters of war, which the Russians had been through, in which they had barely survived, in which almost every Russian family, Soviet family have lost someone that they loved. And yet at the same time, there must have been a feeling of victory and renewal.
ALSOP: Yeah. I think you can hear the melancholy, the nostalgia, the sense of loss, but also there's a thread of hope through everything. And, you know, Prokofiev was a fascinating character because he always marched to his own drumbeat. When everyone was really leaving the Soviet Union, Prokofiev decided to go back because he missed the kind of adulation he had as a child. And he was hoping to rekindle that almost unconditional love he lost, you know, when he left his parental home. And so he's one of the few artists that goes back to the country and really invests in being a Soviet citizen.
ALSOP: Of course, when he went back to the Soviet Union, things weren't nearly as idyllic as he had anticipated. And the conditions were terrible. You know, friends and colleagues disappeared overnight. And so there's a biting irony and sarcasm that you can hear in his music, particularly in the second movement of this symphony.
ALSOP: But, of course, with Prokofiev, nothing is straightforward. And from this ironic quality emerges this almost sense of nobility and it just comes out of nowhere.
ALSOP: But it's important to know that Prokofiev never really outgrew that spoiled brat quality and being very childlike. I mean, how many people write the greatest piece for kids when they're nearly 50 years old, which is what he did with "Peter and the Wolf." And throughout the symphony, you can hear this mischievous side to Prokofiev.
SIMON: You're flabbergasted just by sitting here and listening to this all at a stretch; the number of moods he's able to create.
ALSOP: Yes, it's amazing, isn't it? That sounds like just a raucous party suddenly broke out in the middle of this monumental fifth symphony.
SIMON: And the way he changes melodies.
ALSOP: You know, this is also a hallmark of Prokofiev's music. He was able to write absolutely gorgeous melodies. They're unexpected because they're often scored for very high and very low instruments simultaneously. But if you listen to the melody itself, it's quite stunning, particularly in the slow movement of this symphony.
SIMON: So, Marin, after in the audience we've been to the abyss, to the top of the mountain, the clowns have come out of the Volkswagen and we've been in the clouds, what does he do for the final movement?
ALSOP: Well, it's absolutely brilliant, as you can well imagine. Prokofiev is now going to bring together all of these disparate emotions, moods, melodies, structures. So, he opens the finale with this very, very quiet opening again.
ALSOP: But, of course, you know, mischief is not far away and most of the last movement is just a playful romp.
SIMON: Now, I hear you're going to be recording the entire set of Prokofiev's symphonies with Sao Paolo, right, for Naxos?
ALSOP: Yes. We spent today working on the second CD, so we're well underway now.
SIMON: Why did you start with the fifth?
ALSOP: Well, it was a bit of a bold move in a way because it's the - I mean, the fifth and the 1st are probably the best-known of his symphonies. But I felt that it would be great to just come out of the box, you know, swinging. And I think the orchestra sounds fantastic and did a great job.
SIMON: Marin Alsop, principal conductor of the Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra, music conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, the Cabrillo Music Festival and gosh knows what else - noted swing musician - joining us from the studios of the BBC Brazil. Maestra, thanks so much.
ALSOP: Great to talk to you.
SIMON: And you can hear more of Prokofiev's fifth and read Maestra Alsop's essay on the symphony at our website, nprmusic.org. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.
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Jury convicts man charged with driving more than 100 miles an hour with 3 pounds of marijuana, D.A. says
A medical marijuana card didn't prevent a Taft jury from convicting a man of of illegal possession of marijuana, speeding and driving under the influence of marijuana.
Che Carter was convicted in Taft Branch of Kern County Superior Court on Tuesday of the three misdemeanor counts, the Kern County District Attorneys office announced.
Carter was arrested on I-5 on Feb. 26, 2011 by the California Highway Patrol after he was stopped for driving more than 100 miles per hour, District Attorney Lisa Green said.
Carter was charged with driving under the influence of the drug and with possession of more than 3 pounds of marijuana, Green said in a news release.
The defendant said he was not impaired by the marijuana and could legally possess the marijuana because of the medical marijuana card, Green said.


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The mercury officially topped out at 98 degrees in Boulder on Thursday -- and crept up to 99 at Boulder Municipal Airport.
But that was well shy of the 104-degree record for July 11.
Friday's high is expected to hit 94, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasts call for a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3 p.m.
There also is a chance of showers Saturday afternoon, when the high is expected to be near 90. Sunday also should see temperatures top out around 90, with mostly cloudy conditions and a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.
It's not as dramatic as tearful services for 19 Arizona firefighters or aerial footage of hundreds of incinerated Colorado Springs-area homes in the most destructive blaze in state history. But the fiery face of the new American west can now also be glimpsed through a new interactive online tool.
Climate Central, based in Princeton, N.J., on Thursday introduced a Web-based map that highlights the correlation over the past 42 years between increased wildfires in western states and rising spring temperatures and declining snowpack.
"I think what seems most important to see in the data is that it's completely true, that years with higher temperatures in spring and summer and lower snowpack tend to be the years with the most fires," said Alyson Kenward, a senior scientist with Climate Central.
Based in Oakland, Calif., Kenward was speaking from the embrace of the foggy cool as she drove across the Bay Bridge on Thursday. Boulder, meanwhile, was sweltering at 98 degrees. Just north of Boulder County, fire crews were battling two small blazes linked to a Tuesday lightning strike.
"It doesn't mean that every year with lower snowpack or higher temperatures will be a higher fire year, but there is definitely a trend there, that when we see higher temperatures and lower snowpack, the risk of it being a big fire year is there."
'This is a tool'
Colorado is one of 11 western states whose data is incorporated into the interactive map, utilizing fire and springtime temperature data dating back to 1970, and SNOTEL snowpack data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service going back to 1980.
With the map -- which you can see at dailycamera.com -- people can roll over individual states, and review year-by-year data that reflects the number of fires on U.S. Forest Service land of 1,000 acres or more, juxtaposed with each state's average temperature for March, April and May, and its average snowpack for April 1 of that same year.
The map shows, for example, that in 2012, the hottest spring and summer on record for Colorado, when Colorado's average springtime temperature was 49 degrees, the state recorded nine such fires. That's more than any other year in the study period except for the devastating fire year of 2002, when there were 14, including the Hayman Fire.
"This is a tool, it's not a forecast," Kenward said. "However, when we see that years with hotter temperatures and less snowpack tend to have bigger fires, it looks like a risk factor for bigger fires.
"Other research has shown we can expect higher temperatures going forward in the west, and we're also seeing that, consistently, spring snowpack is decreasing across the west. It's a hint of what we can expect" in future fire seasons.
'Much more complicated'
But Janice Coen, a project scientist at Boulder's National Center for Atmospheric Research who studies the effects of weather on wildfire behavior, cautioned against drawing too much from the broad outlines of the historical record offered by Climate Central's mapping tool.
In the study of wildfires, Coen said, it is as if some are focusing only on the trunk of an elephant, while others are examining elephants' toenails, while all are proposing to make broad statements about the whole animal.
"The worst part of this is, if you try to look at one metric, like drought, it could have the opposite effect in different ecosystems," Coen said.
"In certain places, for example, in an alpine forest, drought in the past year or two contributes to bigger fires. However, in grasslands, sustained drought does not lead to bigger fires. In fact, increased rain in the past year would lead to bigger fires, because it causes a lot of grass to grow and makes it more amenable to fires this year."
She pointed out that with Colorado's four most destructive fires since 2010 (in total homes burned) having occurred during years marked by drought, each of those blazes was exacerbated by coinciding "anomalous" weather events such as downslope winds.
Referring to the Climate Center maps, Coen said, "These big-picture looks are one perspective -- and one part of the problem. To anticipate what is going to happen, at any particular location, it's much more complicated."
The Natural Resources Conservation Service snow survey showed the state's snowpack on May 1 of this year at 83 percent of median, a 366 percent improvement over the levels reported at the same date in 2012. Nevertheless, more than 500 homes were destroyed just last month in the Black Forest Fire near Colorado Springs.
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Beta testers,
Report your results here now that we have some units out in the field. We had a first report from Brian123 on Swarm and he said the system rocked in another thread.
Beta testers,
Report your results here now that we have some units out in the field. We had a first report from Brian123 on Swarm and he said the system rocked in another thread.
Do not post in this thread unless you're reporting results from testing LVL 10.
Things we'll be looking for:
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
-The type of gun you're using it on
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
-Any problems you encountered
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-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
It took around 15 minutes to setup.
-The type of gun you're using it on
E-mag #00601
Seemed to be around the same maybe a little LESS efficient.
(flatline tank pressure guage was wrong)
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
0 chops 0 breaks Nelson Anarchy Paint. Over 6,500 rounds run through the marker on Fri + Sat.
-Any problems you encountered
OCCASIONAL tiny leak down barrel that went away when I 'hit' the side of the mainbody near the bolt.
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
The guys from Pride that went to the factory to get their lvl 10's installed spent about 3 hours fine tuning everything. This was before Tom had the "tweeners" so we had to go thru about 7 carrier o-rings each to find the right fit. Once we had the parts down, I'm able to install the kit within 5 min.
One thing you will have to keep in mind is that you will need to have your output pressure from your tank set to approx 800psi and you may have to crank your velocity nut up much further than you had it set at using the old internals. I found that since my tank was set at initally 600psi output, it was starving the gun when I rapid fired. Easily fixed.
-The type of gun you're using it on
E-mag w/ Warp + 12volt Revy. 4500psi 68cu Flatline
I'd have to agree with the123 on the efficiency. It seems that the gun is a little less efficient but this is not very noticable, perhaps a loss of 100 - 200 psi overall.
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
I played today at Paintball Sam's scenario game and I had 2 breaks down the barrel, no chops with about 1000rds shot. This was using Diablo Blaze that had a pretty thick shell. It was roughly 3+ bounce paint.
-Any problems you encountered
One of the issues that I had was that when the barrel would flex, (ie. resting your barrel on top of a chrono), I would get a small leak down the barrel. This was fixed by replacing the o-ring in the carrier to another with a tighter fit and replacing the barrel o-rings.
-Other general comments
All in all, I am amazed with the way that the lvl 10 worked today. I managed to place my gun in weird positions that I knew would chop a ball using the old internals (ie. all the way on its side), only now to hear a "pssst" whenever the bolt caught on a ball.
Using an E-mag in combination with a warp and the lvl 10 upgrade is definately going to give any player an advantage over their competition.
It took me aproxamately 1/2 hour from start to finish to get the level 10 running, and working well.
the level 10 was installed ina 1995 micromag 2, running a PVI maxflow, shredder, and an oldschool lapco barrel.
I didn't get any efficancy numbers...
As for chops... I did manage to get the gun to fire 2 balls at once a time or two due to short stroking... but that's it. not a broken ball in the 500 I shot tonight. Half the paint was paint from blitz... tough paint. The other half was Polar ice that didn't get the last step done to it so it was disgustingly fragile. it would crack from a 4-6' drop.
There has to be a better way to get the o-ring carriers out of the gun. At least in my AIR they stick in there REALLY REALLY well...
Update: I took the micromag to badlandz this weekend (the 14th) And I handed my micromag to a newbie for the day. As if it's a change :-) the only thing that was dirty was the OUTSIDE of the mag. So that puts another 1000 rounds through the level 10. this time chronyed at 290. medium spring too :-)
Last edited by nerobro; 07-17-2002 at 02:17 AM.
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-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
About 20 minutes.
-The type of gun you're using it on
Automag #CF02704 AGD double trigger, Halo-B on top
I could get at least 4 pods and a hopper with a 45/4500psi tank. Same as before.
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
0 chops 0 breaks, 1500 balls shot, Nelson Challenger paint
-Any problems you encountered
I short stroked 1 time and had 2 balls come out. No biggie.
-Other general comments
I feel special being on the field without a squeegie.
Less weight to hold me down
It took about 10-15 minutes to get it installed and running properly in my E-Mag on Saturday. I had to work the booth all day so I didn't get the chance to put it to the test 'til Sunday.
I couldn't comment, yet, on the efficiency but I was throwing tubes of paint in the ice chest to get the paint as brittle as possible and then hammered on it to TRY to pinch some paint. That's hard to do with a Warp but I managed a few with NO ball breaks. This gun just rocks.
Steve D
AGD Lions
Wow! I just spent the last three days at AGDE going through some milling stuff and fine tuning the new C&C's (saw the first production intent anno'd one BTW and it looks stunning!)
Anyway some beta test level 10 kits arrived on Monday Morning and I got the first one out of the box (my arms are longer than Johns's and anyway he was slow from having been up until 4.00m running test files on the mill)
John installed it on my old original RT (with vert feed body) and with a stock CF grip frame (I'll put my sprung loaded trigger frame onto it at some point... ). It took him about 20-25 minutes because he wouldn't RTFM and because too many cooks were trying to get their hands on the parts (John Bonich was over also)
I think he tried 3 different carriers and two bolt springs (used the stock one by mistake to start with) before getting it up and running properly. Ended up with the longest spring and it was shooting at just under 300fps.
No idea on the efficiency because we were low on air. It definitely runs out of power more abruptly though. You don't seem to get as much shootdown when using the gun as it runs out of air. It's all seems ok, and then suddenly you are out of air and don't get any more shots.
So onto the shooting test (s). We were using some very brittle paint which would break first time from waist high. The gun shot it fine when used normally, so the hopper was turned off and I tried to shoot as fast as possible while tilting the gun from 90 degrees on one side over to 90 on the other. It shot several hoppers of the paint without a break. It must have stopped on about 20 balls at least and you hear a little 'pst' sound but it makes little difference to your rhythm when you keep firing. Sometimes when a ball is pinched it would then double load but fire both out cleanly on the next shot. (a small price to pay!)
My Vert feed RT is a very early prototype body and it has a vent hole on the side where you can look into the feed tube and breech. I could hold the gun on it's side, roll a ball half way into the breech and then pull the trigger Usually resulting in soup with any paint... not this time. I would pull the trigger 3-4 times resulting in several pinches before the ball would be pulled in and fired straight out without breaking! And this with paint that would break first time when dropped from waist height...
So onto some even more brittle paint... This would break first time from knee height! same test with hopper turned off and tilting the gun on it's side. Again lots of nice 'pst' noises and no chops! We put several hoppers through of this paint until I finally managed to get a chop, It was after pinching probably 20-30 of the balls that I found one fragile enough to break.
So we wondered how some other guns would fair shooting the same paint? Out comes a Sov II and my Spearhead Autococker, both set up to be as gentle on paint as possible. They would both shoot loaded balls fine but when tilting the gun over and purposely causing misfeeds the Autococker got out about 5 shots before chopping a ball. The Sov was shooting it fine but as soon as a ball didn't feed it made one hell of a mess!
When taking the hopper off the Sov some paint fell from about 4 feet onto the grass... and broke! We put the remainder through the RT with quite a few 'pst's but no breaks!!!
Ok, so now we were scouring around for some very brittle paint. All the old crap and rubbish that we could find... and then John put it into the freezer A few hours later we took it out to see how brittle it was (it was freezing my fingers). A ball dropped from waist high, broke first time, A ball from knee high broke first time, a ball from 1 foot broke first time and a ball dropped from 6"! broke first time! In fact all balls would break from just over a foot. If it didn't break on the first contact, on the second smaller bounce back up it would... So into the gun it goes and I let lose. The RT is shooting it all fine so we try and force misfeeds. The now familiar 'pst' was heard but then we did eventually chop one. I laid the gun on it's side and tried misfeeding balls one at a time, it would stop on 2/3 balls that would otherwise break when being dropped from less than a foot!
You should have seen the grins on our faces! John had to almost restrain me from emptying the rest of his paint store through my RT!
For the next 'scientific test' I sacrificed my finger to science. To get an idea of the bolt force in the different guns. I must admit I was suprised by how much force the RT still had on my finger, it was more than I was expecting but not enough to hurt. And then I put my finger in the Sov II, which had significantly more force than the RT now! My cocker, which will normally stop on Hellfire paint also had significantly more force than the RT. (my cocker is normally comparable to a matrix with trinity mod). WOW!
So anyway I want to check what velocity we are getting, so we take an e-mag with the kit over to the chrono... first shot was 299 and John goes to turn away happy that we were at tourny velocity levels, and I'm like 'no fire some more' second shot was 299... and john goes to turn away before I complain again, he turns back and the third shot is 300fps! I was simply stunned.
We must have shot at least 4 cases through this gun, trying to chop the whole way!
All in all a great day and my RT has a whole new lease of life. Can't wait to put an Iframe on it and start handing it out for others to try. Any Europeans who want can try and find me in Toulouse and you can use it for yourselves!
problems encountered? They wouldn't give me enough kits for all my guns and all my friends that have mags
Oh and we also put it to use in conjunction with the eye on an Extreme. This is the ultimate combination in my opinion, no breaks and no 'psts'. Just one long stream of extremely brittle paint... Can't wait to get my gun, some hellfire and go play a tournament!
p.s. the manik-e-magbody got machined on Monday also and boy does it look better in real life than the virtual image. No piccies till it's annodised and finished though The body now weighs 5.5oz It started off at 11.25!
Boy was that a long post! Shartley eat your heart out
I got my LX today too! (Thanks Manike!)
I think I'm the first one who's posted who's actually putting it on an old (REALLY OLD) PF Mag instead of an emag/RT/Pro.
Edit: NeroBro put his on a Micromag, but I'm still sure this is the oldest mag so far... (SN: ProMag0271)
I have air & paint to try, but no chrony. Hmmm. That'll have to wait until sunday!
We managed to get the LX mod installed in about 20 mins. We used the 2-stripe o-ring carrier, the biggest mainspring and 2 shims.
Some things we noticed from dry-firing...
1. The trigger pull seems a little harder than before.
2. It seems a little less efficient, although I only had about 1.2k in my dive bottle to test on... enough for maybe 100 or so shots on a 0.9l tank.
3. We still get the odd little hissing leak when there's no pressure left in the tank.
We dont know the velocity 'cause we dont have a chrono (and also 'cause jon forgot to bring some barrels!), but it feels like it kicks the same as before.
We tried the 'Dollar bill' test but it's a little hard with a powerfeed.
We also tried the 'Dangle-ball' test, and it worked flawlessly; didnt break a single ball.
So Far, so good.
More after we try it on-field this sunday.
Last edited by JanStah; 06-25-2002 at 04:12 PM.
He's not the messiah! He's a very naughty boy!
-30 min to install in emag/warp
-1.5 carrier and middle bolt spring
-efficiency seems to be the same
-shot 3/4 of a case of blaze, 0 chops. The paint was not very brittle but I shot the gun gangsta style the whole time. This kind of shooting would have chopped all kinds paint with the old setup.
-I had the same prob with the barrel that Scooter had
-This thing is awesome. I cannot wait to shoot some brittle paint with this thing.
"Shoot straight up in the air and hit the other team on top of the head...European teams do it all the time" D.A. 2001 Gettysburg
30min. install in my e-mag
10min. in my RT
Once you know what you're doing it goes pretty quick.
Efficency- Maybee a little less but nothing to complain about.
Breakage- Nothing in the e-mag after about 1000rnds I was at Sam's on Sunday with Steve and put some blaze on ice for an hour and shot it through my e-mag with a revy on top (no warp) and it still shot fine. I have 500rnds through my RT and since I haven't shot it in a while I short-stroked the crap out of it and still couln't break anything.
I love the Lv10. It is simply unbelievable!!!
Factory Team AGD Pride
Butterscotch Yo
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
3 hours (including on field to adjust the velocity)
-The type of gun you're using it on
E-mag with warped feed
estimating less (look in general comments)
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
0 chops of 1000
-Any problems you encountered
changing velocity and others (look in general comments)
-Other general comments
When got to the field i realized that i forgot my sear pin, so i invented something that worked. I had to rent a tank (with a broken guage) and when it was filled they filled it differently every time, so i dont know for sure if it is less efficiant, but it felt like it was. I had my power feed missadjusted so i had to push each ball in and many balls got stuck between the breach, BUT NO BREAKS.
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
20 minutes total - 1.5 carrier, 2 shims, and the long spring
-The type of gun you're using it on
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
0 chops, 0 breaks, marballizer
-Any problems you encountered
No problems, except maybe the fact that you have almost no warning (besides obviously the gauge) when you run out of air...it just stops...
Last edited by complicationjack; 06-30-2002 at 09:37 AM.
minimag with retro valve lvl 10 -- 10" dye ss -- intelliframe -- kapp dropzone II + gas thru -- 12volt revvy -- 68ci n2
Level 10 is SOOOO Cool! Just installed it in my sons Classic Mag. I have a Superbolt in my Emag, so I wanted to hold on to it until I saw how Level 10 worked. Besides I haven't chopped or broke a ball in my Emag since I got my HALO B back.
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly.
45 minutes with an additional 10 to set velocity. Carrier is 1.5 with the longest spring. 2 shims.
-The type of gun you're using it on.
Classic Mag, Dye double trigger grip, Flatline 68/3000, Armson Stealth barrel.
Slightly less, I used to get 7-800 balls per fill, got just about 650, but I had some dry shots while setting velocity, so only slightly less.
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used.
Couldn't get it to chop or break paint down the barrel, including turning the Revy off and shooting as fast as I can. (Maybe 7-8 BPS) AllStar Advantage paint.
-Any problems you encountered.
Pay very close attention to the shims when you install the tip. I used the Level 10 for dummies version instructions, and slightly tilted the valve, one shim slid in the way and got bent, this took me a little while to figure out, so I think I can install the next one in 10 minutes, and then set velocity.
-Other general comments
Suggestion, make the shims a little bigger diameter so they can't slide in the way. Include a few more shims of the current size until they can be resized. Just for the BETA versions. The Street versions need to have the bigger diameter versions.
Finally: WOW, Tom you are a genius!!
Input Pressure: 800 PSI
Last edited by Bwaites; 07-03-2002 at 08:38 AM.
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but they better not show up to play paintball with me!!
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
Donno, done by AGD-E on my Emag C&C.
-The type of gun you're using it on
Emag Extreme C&C + ACE + LVL10
Slightly lower, very slighly.
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
0, nada. Test done with very old paint (Tornado), Severe and the latest Zap Chronic. Paints were 3-4 bounces before break, and 0 bounce comming from the freezer for one of the test hehe.
I shot around 2000 balls.
The real test will be Toulouse, of course.
EDIT: Over the 5 cases of paint shot at Toulouse, no shop, even with the battery dead on my revo , and that was with the ACE disabled.
-Any problems you encountered
Not the smalest one.
I tend to go with the comment of Manike about the shootdown just before you run out of air. With the mod 10 it seems the marker works perfectly, then just stop firing. That's not a problem of course.
-Other general comments
The kickback I had with my old Emag is gone, as are the shops.
Incredible improvement of the mags!
Last edited by Pand0ra; 07-11-2002 at 06:34 PM.
Intimidator Shocktech with Technatrigger.
AGD Emag Extreme C&C Lvl10 ACE.
"Pandora, that is the FIRST C&C Extreme to ever be sold." Manike
"Destruction and reckless abandon. And you all helped to create it!
WAY TO GO!" The EVE Online Team
First practice with LEVEL 10
For the setup see my previous post except i put the longest bolt spring in.
-efficiency-about 800 shots out of a 68 4500
-# of breaks- ZERO (aprox. 1500 rounds blaze paint) I tried to make it chop.
-problems- the bolt stuck on me acouple of times during the first two games. I turned the air off and on and it started working again. Then I ran a little oil through it and didn't have a problem the rest of the day.
-comments- Awesome. I broke alot of paint with the emag before this mod, that seems to be a thing of the past. It is like a completely different gun.
At practice today I put my e-cocker aside and used my RT with level 10. Now this gun is set up with a stock single finger Carbon fibre trigger frame and let me state 'that I can no longer shoot single finger trigger frames on mechanical guns'
I've been corrupted by double triggers (have been using one since they first came out over 6 years ago!) and electro triggers. So my technique with a mechanical trigger and using just one finger sucked! I managed many short strokes and would normally have been breaking my share of paint.
I didn't break one ball all day! Even when fluffing the trigger there were still no broken balls. Puts an end to short stroking worries!
What makes this doubly amazing is that I was using 2 year old hellfire! yep two years old . It's stuff that I have had in my garage and spare room and attic and forgot about, I couldn't use it before because it was just too brittle and made a hell of a mess. Today, apart from the fact that it was sweating and some of it covered in a white powder it shot beautifully! (ask Jan and Jonneh hehehe) I shot a case and a bit of it with no problems or issues.
I wasn't using my Halo B either, just a normal rev with low batteries (didn't bother to change them as it was more of a test).
Several of the guys used to shoot RT's and were stunned. I asked one to put his finger in the breech and pulled the trigger, he jumped a mile before realising how little force there was. Their comment was 'wish they'd done that years ago'...
ok, a few issues have arrived with my set up though. I find the main tank reg needs to be giving a higher pressure to keep it all running right. I'm feeding it at about 800psi (which my AIR isn't too happy about... can't wait to get my Armageddon tank back from test).
Also to get the velocity I think the gun is now running very close to the relief valve pressure. Sometimes (with both of my RT's that I've had the level 10 in) the gun starts venting out the back of the velocity adjustment screw. By running at a little lower velocity it solves this but not always. Every now and then it starts venting again. I wonder if maybe you could increase the relief blow off point? I don't want to change to a shorter spring, if that means the bolt force is increased... (not sure if that would help this problem anyway?).
Also sometimes I get a slight leak down the powertube, by putting a very slight pressure on the trigger the leak then stops... I'm thinking this means that the little hole on the bolt plunger is very close to the carrier o-ring positions and pulling the trigger pushes the bolt back just slightly (before releasing it) and thus pushes the hole back behind the o-ring... now I'm thinking I could fix this by taking out a shim... only I don't have any shims at all in my RT set up
Other than that this does feel like a whole different gun! As Pandora points out the kick is seriously reduced over a normal RT also.
I use a vert feed body and there is way less blowback than the old set up also.
I can't wait for my extreme to be back from the annodisers! I also need to get an inteliframe for my RT, with a blade double trigger my vert feed RT will be perfect the perfect back up (and loaner) to my extreme e-mag!
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
less that 3 hours (no field adjusting was required)
-The type of gun you're using it on
Emag with warped feed
unnoticible change
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
0 breaks or chops out of 2000 paintball i found in my basement that are atleast 6 months old. types include JT, RP Premium, BigBall, RP thermal (what ever the name is, the kind u use in winter), and a few types i couldnt figure out what they were
-Any problems you encountered
one double feeding which broke a few feet from the barrel
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
15-20 minutes, #2 carrier, stock spring, approx. 800psi
-The type of gun you're using it on
E-mag with Classic Valve #02704 (about 11yrs. old, still had a spring for the PT spacer), #2 carrier and stock spring, Warpfeed w/ dual 9v's in Parallel, Halo Hopper
Slightly less it seems.
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
Friday: 1300 cheapest Challenge Park Xtreme paint (Blaze I think, if anyone else knows, speak up) 0 and 0
Saturday: 1100 Nelson Challenger 0 and 0
Sunday: 1000 Nelson Nel-Splat 0 and 0, 600 RPS (2 years old, non-dryshell formula, shooting in runaway hybrid mode 16BPS) 0 chops 3 breaks, then used a straight shot, then put 300 nelson challenger 16bps runaway, 0 and 0
Monday: 300 Nelson Challenger 1 chop 0 breaks (another runaway demo for a friend of mine)
-Any problems you encountered
Tiny leak down barrel that goes away when I tap the side of the mainbody with my hand, or when I cycle the marker.
If the N2 tank output pressure is set too low it seems the gun will not shoot. A problem, only if your N2 regulator is inconsistant.
-Other general comments
I never thought my E-mag could go into runaway in Hybrid mode with the CLASSIC Mag valve!
My warp batteries are dying, i've put about 10,000 paintballs through the same batteries. This last test on monday pinched about 10-12 balls before chopping that single ball.
The past 3 weeks, i've shot close to 6 cases of paint, and with only 1 chop and 3 breaks with the Level 10 setup.
Everyone that has this kind of luck with THEIR Level 10 should send AGD a Thankyou card.
For real your using an AIR valve in a E-mag?Originally posted by the123
E-mag with Classic Valve #02704 (about 11yrs. old
I'm just curious, why?
Conversion emags used whatever stock valve you had. thats my guess here...Reminder though...DO NOT POST HERE unless reporting actual install experience! But I will leave this as a reminder. use PM or start a new thread if you want to ask questions to an individual user - cphilip
LOL! nice signature insert!
Last edited by cphilip; 07-02-2002 at 06:57 AM.
I just got my Level 10 and I didnt have time to FULLY explore its potential - but this is what I found out:
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
About 20-30 min
-The type of gun you're using it on
Mr. Orange - My Emag
Didn't shoot it enough to reach a conclusion
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
See report below
-Any problems you encountered
none (other than low on air)
-Other general comments
OK - I was very short on time - and low on air. But I took out the parts and got to work. It took about 15-20 min to swap the parts out - partly because I took it real slow as to not screw something up - and partly because I was distracted. I was doing this at my local store (the new warped sports in KC) and was showing of the new bolt etc to anyone who was with in 5 ft of me.
I put it together per Toms "fast start" instructions. Gassed it up - no leaks - no shooting either. Cranked the velociy probably a full turn or two (Tom - what is the operating pressue of the mag now with the level 10? Does this change the optimal length for barrel acceleration?)This resulted in the gun shooting. Took it out back with some free - but crappy "rec" paint. Chronoed 290-300ish. OK - good to go.
The Test!
Took some electrical tape and one of the rec balls. It was 2-3 bounce paint - not real brittle - but average for what you will find on many fields. Used the tape to put a ball in only 1/2 way. HOLY COW - THE BOLT BOUNCES OFF THE BALL! YAY IT WORKS! IT WORKS!!!
I dont know about everyone else - but I had LOW ball breakage in my emag w/warpfeed and pre BE Rev. BUT - I did managed to break ALOT in tournies due to A) not turning on the rev or B) not stopping when the rev was out of paint. No doubts - I would break if I managed to screw up and misfeed my gun.
My "idiot" test I ran was using the warp, emag on 16 bps semi, and turn the rev *off*. I jiggled the gun while fanning the trigger. It sputtered and burped and shot - but it got rid of the hopper with NO breaks!
I then decided to just rip a hopper with some paint at 16bps - out running the rev - but still having fun. Now here - I had about 3 barrel breaks - and the reason was I was LOW on air - i would get a ball stuck 1/2 way in the barrel and the second ball would smack into it. Im sure of this because I slowed down and watched this happen. It wasnt chopping!
I hope to this weekend go out and fine tune it to shoot paint thats so brittle from being frozen - more report to follow!
great job Tom - its a keeper!
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-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
45-60 minutes.
-The type of gun you're using it on
RT w/Inteliframe
Seems similar to before, but when I turn off the flatline, I get two shots, then nothing. No leak, no hiss, no anything. Guess that flatline gauge is really important.
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
0-500 RPS stored in my closet for the last few weeks.
-Any problems you encountered
I apperently didnt seat the oring in the carrier correctly, as the fit felt very tight, until I tried to fire. At first it wouldnt, until I cranked the velocity up, and then after four or five shots it started leeking horrendously.
-Other general comments
Rippin'. I would install the ORing, and try all of the carriers to see which two or three are the best. Then, check the markings to see sizes, if one is way off the others, dont consider using it.
It took me about 15 minutes to get it up and running. 5-8 of them were trying to figure out what the diff. parts were. (I printed out the instructions but forgot to print the diagram outlining the parts).Originally posted by BlackVCG
Do not post in this thread unless you're reporting results from testing LVL 10.
Things we'll be looking for:
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
-The type of gun you're using it on
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
-Any problems you encountered
-Other general comments
I'm using my Minimag (Alice) with a evil reactor valve which does nothing. (Shows it works even with evil aftermarket parts)
For the Efficiency I did see a dropoff a little. It wasn't extremely noticable, but I get my tank topped off after every game.
I shot 1000 rounds of JT Maxim, and 1000 rounds of Inferno, I got zero breaks from chops/barrel
I didn't have any problems, and was overly happy when I thought that I would test it out hardcore, and took off my warp and revvy and finally found a use for that VL200 we get when we buy a new mag. Put that on the top and even though it didn't even come close to keeping up while I fanned the trigger, it didn't chop once! I was also using the Plastic nubbins if that also matters, I didn't double feed as others have.
Once you have shot and eliminated someone, you have established your position towards them. In a sense, the next move is up to them...
See ya in the dead box!
Results so far with the LVL10 are outstanding!
Since the team has upgraded 2weeks ago we have gone
through approx. 20cases of various brands of paint
and all types of feed systems from warps to vert.highrise
and there have been no chopping issues what so ever!
Gun types from RT's to Retro's and Emag's
There is aprox.a 10 to 20 percent loss in effeciency, however
the accuracy seems to have improved by at least 10 percent with the new super bolt so its definately an acceptable trade off not to mention NO CHOPPING!
Excellent work AGD!
It took me about 45 minutes to set it up in my minimag (with AIR valve). It took awhile because I had some issues with the main spring (see below). I followed the "Fast start" instructions, set it up with the 2 carrier, had barrel leaks, so I then switched to the 1.5 carrier and no longer had barrel leaks.Originally posted by BlackVCG
Do not post in this thread unless you're reporting results from testing LVL 10.
Things we'll be looking for:
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
-The type of gun you're using it on
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
-Any problems you encountered
-Other general comments
I've only fired it in my backyard a little bit so at this point I can't really comment on efficiency or actual game performance, however I really enjoyed sticking things into the breech and seeing the bolt bounce off.
I ran into some problems with velocity. I started with the clipped spring that came with the kit, and eventually switched down to my old bolt spring, which is the shortest one I had available. That was the only spring with which I could get the mag to fire without the regulator venting. Even then, my range of velocity adjustment was limited. What can I do to either A) increase the range of velocity adjustment with that spring, or B) get it to fire with the other springs, and without the regulator venting?
The regulator venting has been a slight issue with my gun. But I was using the longest bolt spring and trying to set it as softly as possible while staying right at the velocity limit.
I'm curious as to what carrier everyone is using? Is it worth a seperate thread? (mods if it is please cut this out and start one) if not it would be nice for everyone who hasn't already stated it to do so.
I am using carrier 1.5, I was using 2 but brought it down (and thus tighter) after a slight barrel leak.
After more tuning, I switched to the 2 carrier, and using my old mainspring, got a sufficient range of velocity adjustment that I think should be fine for indoor or outdoor.
For those who haven't yet tested, make sure that you really wear in the powertube o-ring that goes in the carrier.
Manike, I think people can just state in here what setup they used. Again, my setup was the 2 carrier, with my original mainspring.
I used the 2 carrier, longest spring, with 900psi pressure, and the closest screwed in reg nut where it wouldn't blow off.
Hey guys, I got my level 10 kit on the first of July. Here is the ghetto testing setup:
� Classic Automag- CF63652
� Z-grip
� Standard/classic feed (which ever you like to call it)
� Co2 with smart parts on/off valve
� (Ghetto(if you know what I mean)heh)
Anyway I had just got my tank filled earlier that day, around noon. At about 5 or so the ups man came and brought me my package. (I hate ups they don�t come to my house till 5) I opened it up and took out a bag and inside that bag was a box with 3 springs and a bolt and another bag with some baggy stuff in it. I couldn�t get on the computer because my brother was on. So I waited. When I finally got on I got the instructions and I followed them good.
Some problems that I faced:
� Once I got it set up it took me about 3 guesses to guess which carrier to use.
� When I got it in there, the velocity was too low and I had to jack the velocity up quite a bit. The trigger was pressurized but it wouldn�t shoot.
� When it was finally cycling, I tried to put some paint though it, but the setting was on so light it wouldn�t shoot. It would should like its pinching and it pushed the ball past the nubbin and it wouldn�t work.
� After that I talked with Cphilip, I put in a longer spring and again I had to turn up the velocity some more. Not a big problem. But then when I was dry firing it about 3-4 balls per second it would stop cycling after about 3 shots until I stopped shooting for about 10 seconds. Sounded like shoot down but I don�t really know what shoot down sounds like.
� Phil said to put in the shortest new spring so I did. Every thing sounded okay when I dry fired it but then I went outside to put some paint though it and it kind of sputtered a little and then quit. I started to panic and I took my spyder and screwed on the tank and then it was out of air so then I was relieved
� I am now out of air.
The next day...
Today I got my tank filled. It was fun but it took a long time. When I got home I gassed it up and shot about 10 shots. Air was leaking out of my air fitting so I reteflon-tapped it and its good now. I was about to put my finger in the breah but then I put a pen in and it look like it hurt the pen so I was like �It�s too much� and then I put in the middle spring and it was all good. I shot about 300 shots but I am about to go out and shoot some more. I had 0 chops or breaks. I was using about 4 week old PMI premium. Then I shot my finger and I felt that the foamy was gone so I didn�t have a foamy in there but it still shot about the same.
Here are the questions answered.
-How long it took you to get it installed and what your configuration was to get it working properly
about an hour.
-The type of gun you're using it on
Its up there
It appeared to be less.
-Number of breaks/chops and type of paint used
0/0 4 week old PMI Premium paint
-Any problems you encountered
Look up�
-Other general comments
Noting really, but the trigger pull seem to be a little bit harder or I just didn�t notice how it was
One of the best upgrades for your mag! I highly recommend it.
EDIT: i forgot to say thanks to cphilip and jonneh!! thanks guys
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(Mods I'll delete this once you've had a chance to see it)
The one thing that people haven't been saying that i think maybe beneficial is what input pressure people are running. Manike had noted earlier that sometimes the gun starves without enough on the input side...so i was just wondering whether or not that also might be beneficial to Tom.


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John H. (J.H.) Boettner, 90, of Rock Port, died Nov. 12, 2012 at the Pleasant View Nursing Home, Rock Port, Mo. He was born to Carl Chalmers and Lyda (McGuire) Boettner on Nov. 6, 1922, in Rock Port.
John H. (J.H.) Boettner, 90, of Rock Port, died Nov. 12, 2012 at the Pleasant View Nursing Home, Rock Port, Mo. He was born to Carl Chalmers and Lyda (McGuire) Boettner on Nov. 6, 1922, in Rock Port.
J.H. graduated from Rock Port High School in 1940 and the Aeronautic Institute, Lincoln, with an associates degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
On July 12, 1942, he married Deana Moore at the Wilshire Wedding Chapel in Los Angeles. They celebrated 70 years of marriage this past July. For a short time, J.H. was employed by Lockheed-Vega in Burbank, Calif., before entering the Army Air Force to serve his country during World War II. Following his honorable discharge in 1946, J.H. and Deana returned to the Rock Port area, where J.H. was employed as a buyer for the Wilson Company in Tarkio.
In 1948, J.H. and Deana began farming the family farm north of Rock Port, where they lived for the remainder of their life together.
J.H. was a former member of the High Creek Baptist Church and a current member of the Rock Port Baptist Church. He also was a lifetime member of the Ralph Greer American Legion Post #49, Rock Port. J.H. enjoyed golfing, working on crossword puzzles, reading and playing bridge with his friends. He loved spending time with his family and friends and was dedicated to his church where he was a deacon and served on numerous committees. In addition, he served on the Grange Hall Cemetery Association board for 25 years.
J.H. was preceded by sisters Marjorie (Lee) Fowler and Dorothy (Carl) Muller.
His survivors include his wife, Deana, Rock Port; sons Jay (Marge) Boettner, Los Alamos, N.M., and Steven (Cynthia) Boettner, San Jose, Calif.; grandchildren Danita Boettner, Albuquerque, N.M., Scott (Amy) Boettner, Columbus, Ind., Erin (Chris) Blume, Wichita, Kan., Jason (Erin) Boettner, Campbell, Calif., Travis (Kimberly) Boettner and Kelli Wing, all of San Jose, Calif.; great grandchildren Kaitlyn, Corey and Aimee Blume, all of Wichita, Luke and Addison Boettner, Columbus, and Jackson Boettner, Campbell; brother-in-law Oscar (Margaret) Moore, Rock Port; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services are at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, Rock Port Baptist Church with burial at Grange Hall Cemetery, Rock Port.
Memorials are suggested to Rock Port Baptist Church or Grange Hall Cemetery.
Online obituaries and condolences are at www.minterfuneralchapels.com.
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Nebraska to Host Two BTN Primetime Games
Two Nebraska home games in 2013 will be played in primetime and televised nationally on BTN, the network announced on Monday.
The Huskers' season opener against Wyoming on Aug. 31 will kick off at 7 p.m. CT, and NU's home game against Southern Miss on Sept. 7 is set for a 5 p.m. CT start.
"Memorial Stadium always has a great atmosphere, and kicking off the season with two home night games should bring even more energy to the stadium," Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini said.
BTN will televise a total of 12 primetime Big Ten games during the 2013 season.
The 2013 season will mark the seventh time since 2002 that Nebraska's season opener has been played under the lights at Memorial Stadium, but the first time since 2010. Nebraska has won each of the six previous games, including victories in home night games in Pelini's first three season openers as head coach in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
With each of the first two games of 2013 in the evening, this season will mark just the third time in school history Nebraska has opened with a pair of home night games. The two previous occurrences came in 2002 and 2005.
Nebraska is 37-5 all-time in night games at Memorial Stadium, including victories in each of its past 11 night games, dating back to 2008.


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Fatigue likely a factor in double-fatal crash, UHP says
02/18/2013 7:20amInvestigators believe fatigue was the main factor in a crash that killed two people on I-80 in Tooele Monday morning.
Tales from the ER: The incredible adaptability of the human body
02/18/2013 10:15amSometimes in the ER, things happen without much warning. ER nurses are trained to know how to react in every possible situation at any given time, because we never know who will be talking to us one minute — and try to die on us the next.
Leading the charge on a new frontier of battery innovation
02/18/2013 11:33amBatteries have become an essential part of everyday life, but they have their positives and negatives. Researchers at the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative are seeking to minimize the negatives and innovate the positives by leading the charge on a new frontier of batteries.
U. research could lead to speed-of-light computing
02/18/2013 11:46amComputer engineering is already hard enough — few of us out there know how that laptop we carry around all day actually works. Add Dirac fermions moving around a two dimensional electron gas in a spin-momentum locked state and boy, you've got a bit of a computational pickle on your hands.
Mystery of found wedding, baby photos solved
02/18/2013 2:49pmWhen Scott Campbell first unzipped the main compartment of the worn red camera bag he won at a police auction, he knew he held in his hands more than he had bargained for.
Photos show solar halo above Northern Utah
02/18/2013 4:36pmA large part of Utah was covered in an even layer of clouds Monday, leading to a noticeable solar halo in cities throughout the Wasatch Front.
Man returns to Utah to face charges of child rape
02/18/2013 6:25pmA 20-year-old Kaysville man was sent home from an LDS mission to face accusations of child rape.
Weber Canyon wind may soon be profitable for nearby residents
02/18/2013 6:38pmThe City of South Weber is considering an ordinance that would allow homeowners to put wind turbines on their property. One man who has already gained permission said he's certain his investment will pay off.
Bill: Officers not liable in high-speed chases, deaths
02/18/2013 6:56pmA Utah lawmaker is looking to remove liability from the officers involved in high-speed chases, regardless of what happens to the driver being chased. But a Utah mother who lost her teenage son wants to make sure this doesn't happen.
Folic acid before pregnancy could help prevent autism, study says
02/18/2013 7:07pmAn important new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that women who expand the use of folic acid may reduce the risk of autism for their babies.
Same gun legal and illegal under proposed ban
02/18/2013 7:54pmGun rights activists are taking aim at the proposed assault weapons ban in Washington, now pointing out a number of inconsistencies in the measure.
Destined for deportation, family begs ICE to let them stay in Utah
02/18/2013 8:44pmA Utah family held a press conference Monday, pleading for U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement not to deport them to their homeland of El Salvador. The mother of the family said if they're forced to return, their lives would be in danger.
Latest batch of snowstorms looming
02/18/2013 9:02pmTurns out the warming temperatures and clear skies over Presidents Day weekend weren't marks of spring, but precursors to another winter storm.
Read a book, get a Slurpee: Provo 7-Eleven offers tasty incentive to kids
02/18/2013 9:38pmA 7-Eleven in Provo is helping champion literacy in Utah County, one Slurpee at a time.
House fire rattles West Jordan neighborhood
02/18/2013 9:49pmA West Jordan neighborhood was shaken up after a police officer's home caught fire Monday afternoon. Some reported hearing explosions coming from the house.
50-year-old Layton man dies in carport collapse
02/18/2013 10:45pmA Layton man is dead after apparently being caught in a carport collapse Monday morning. Now John Eaves' family is trying to cope with his unexpected death.
Parleys Canyon graffiti has police asking for public's help
02/18/2013 10:46pmSalt Lake County needs help to clean up a graffiti problem at the mouth of Parleys Canyon. Just as soon as workers clean it up, the vandals tag it again; and that means more work and more money to keep cleaning the same place regularly.
13-year-olds arrested after Twitter message about drugs
02/18/2013 10:57pmPolice arrested two 13-year-old girls on drug charges after being tipped off by a parent who saw a suspicious Twitter message.
Jazz assistant coach arrested in NC
02/18/2013 11:27pmUtah Jazz assistant coach Sidney Lowe was arrested Monday on charges of failing to file state tax returns for three years.
Utah County family sticks together to fight the odds
02/18/2013 11:29pmMore than one in a million — those are the chances of being born with a rare and terminal genetic disease called leukodystrophy. Yet three of Aaron and Emily Campbell's five children have been diagnosed with the disease.
Utah man wanted in alleged assault, death arrested in California
02/18/2013 11:40pmCalifornia police arrested Mario Alfonso Lucero Monday morning after discovering he was wanted for questioning in connection with a deadly assault on a St. George resident
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Athletics - 400 110 000 - 6 11 2 Red Sox - 212 000 21x - 8 11 1Clay Buchholz (4.2-8-6-2-5, 99) allowed four runs on five hits in the top of the first inning and his teammates shrugged it off, erasing Oakland's lead and taking the lead after three innings.
After the A's rallied to go ahead 6-5, Carl Crawford and Jarrod Saltalamacchia knocked in the late-inning runs that gave Boston a win and snapped the team's four-game losing streak.
In the bottom of the first, Jacoby Ellsbury singled, stole second, took third on a wild pitch, and scored on Adrian Gonzalez's grounder to second. Kevin Youkilis doubled and David Ortiz singled him home.
Mike Cameron reached on a two-base throwing error in the second, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on Ellsbury's sac fly. With one out in the third, Youkilis walked and scored the tying run on Ortiz's double off the Wall in left. Then Flo scored the go-ahead run when Jed Lowrie singled to center.
Trailing 6-5 with one out in the seventh, Gonzalez doubled off Joey Devine, Youkilis was hit by a pitch, and Ortiz walked. With two outs, Brian Fuentes came in from the pen and gave up a full-count single to Crawford that gave Boston a 7-6 lead. Salty contributed some insurance by leading off the eighth with a dong over the Red Sox pen in right center.
Tommy Hottovy (#68) made his major league debut in the top of the sixth. Coco Crisp was on first with two outs. After a throw to first, Crisp stole second on ball one to David DeJesus. DeJesus then looked at a strike before grounding out to Pedroia to end the inning.
Bobby Jenks allowed a leadoff double in the seventh. After a strikeout, he balked the runner to third and issued a walked before getting an inning-ending double play. Daniel Bard pitched the eighth, giving up only a two-out single. Jonathan Papelbon made quick work of the A's in the ninth (F9, K, P6). After Buchholz left, five relievers put up a 4.1-3-0-1-2 line.
Gonzalez had three hits, Youkilis was on base four times and scored three runs, and Ortiz singled, doubled and walked. ... On the minus side, Dustin Pedroia was 0-for-5 and Ellsbury fouled out to the left side of the infield three times.
A pitcher named Outman!!! This will be his third start since returning from Tommy John surgery.
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Fundraiserfor firefighters wraps up Saturday night in NashuaBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent March 15. 2013 10:21PM
NASHUA - Bagpipers and firefighters tending bar will highlight the end of a two-week fundraiser benefiting firefighters at the Peddler's Daughter restaurant Saturday night.
With some of the money dedicated to the Nashua Fireman's Relief Association and the rest going to the Leary Foundation, event organizers said the money will be going to a good cause.
Deputy Chief Kevin Kerrigan, who is also president of the relief association, said that actor Dennis Leary started the Leary Foundation after he lost friends in a Worcester, Mass., fire. He added that the nonprofit does an excellent job of purchasing equipment for departments that can't afford it.
For a minimum of $1, patrons can purchase a small cutout of a fire helmet, which is then mounted on the wall of the restaurant. Peddler's Daughter Manager Tom Douggan, who said he is not sure how much has been raised so far, said, "It's been going well, the community has been very receptive, and it goes hand-in-hand with the fire department."
Douggan said fireman helmets are plastered on the walls all across the restaurant.
Kerrigan said the money would be very useful for the relief association, which is designed to help firefighters and their families when someone is hurt or killed on the job.
"It is just a small monthly amount, not very much, it is just meant to help each other out, almost like small insurance for local firefighters," Kerrigan explained.
Kerrigan added the relief association also operates soda and candy machines for firefighters who are on duty and can't leave the building, maintains the department's honor guard, and helps raise money for the Nashua Children's Home and local soup kitchens.
"We raise money for us but we also give back to the community," Kerrigan said.
He added he was very appreciative to the staff of the Peddler's Daughter.
"I think it's great they are willing to do stuff like this and sponsoring events down there. They are very good about supporting the community," he explained.


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The University of Saint Mary men's basketball program will be hosting a youth clinic next week.
Scheduled for Feb. 13 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., the USM players and staff will work with boys and girls from the ages of 4-13 at the Ryan Sports Center.
Registration cost is set at $35 per participant.
At the USM Basketball Clinic, campers will receive the following:
A free camp basketball
Individual skill and fundamental development
An autographed media guide by the USM players and staff
Free tickets to the Spires home game against Southwestern on Feb. 16
Shooting and other basketball contests
3-on-3 and 5-on-5 competitions
One can mail registration payment to the University of Saint Mary, MBB Office - Jon Bishop, 4100 S. 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048.
Check, cash, or money order are all acceptable forms of payment.
Campers can also pay on the day of the clinic at 5-5:30 p.m. inside the Ryan Sports Center.
Final payments must be made before the camper can attend the clinic.
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The University of Saint Mary men's basketball program will be hosting a youth clinic next week.


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Jaymi Hensley, Member of British Boy Band, Comes Out
A member of the British boy band Union J, finalists on British reality show the "X Factor," announced that he is gay last weekend, British tabloid the Sun reports.
Jaymi Hensley, one of the four members, told the publication that his mentor on the show, Irish entertainment manager Louis Waslh, encouraged him to come out. "Every boyband has got to have a gay one! And Louis just said 'do it,'" Hensley, 22, said.
Hensley revealed that he has been in a relationship with a 21-year-old hairdresser for three years and said they plan to tie the knot and have children. Other members of Union J, Josh Cuthburt, George Shelley and Jamie Hamblett, have know about Hensley's orientation since the group was put together.
"They have always supported me with doing this," Hensley told the Sun. "I didn't want to do it in five year's time when I have a career. I don't think anyone should have to hide who they are."
He doesn't believe his announcement will negatively impact the band.
"I'd love my career to take off to the heights of One Direction," he said. "But not enough people in the music industry are open about their sexuality." He went on to say he did not want his personal life to be judged while on the "X Factor" but "wanted to set the record straight." He says his coming out is "not a big thing for me" and revealed that he told his family that he is gay when he was 14.
"It is a brave move. There could be negative people, but they are just sad and stuck 20 years ago," Hensley continued. "I hope the reaction will hopefully be, 'OK, we kind of knew, but well done on coming out.' I don't want people to think I have hidden this to gain votes because I am so proud of who I am. I hope people respect me for being honest."
Hensley added that he was inspired to come out after a young fan tweeted him. "He said he really wished I could be out because he didn't have anyone to look up to and was finding it really hard to fit in and tell his parents," he said.
Hensley isn't the only out competitor on the U.K. version of "X Factor." Rylan Clark, Lucy Spraggan and Jade Ellis are also openly gay.


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Michelle Obama, Jerry Seinfeld, Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake will be among Jimmy Fallon's first guests when he takes the reins of "The Tonight Show."
NBC on Monday announced the full guest list for Fallon's first week as host of the late-night program, beginning Feb. 17.
As previously announced, actor Will Smith and rock group U2 will drop by on Fallon's premiere night in the show's New York City studio.
The other guests are as follows:
Tuesday, Feb. 18: Jerry Seinfeld, Kristen Wiig and musical guest Lady Gaga.
Wednesday, Feb. 19: Bradley Cooper and musical guest Tim McGraw.
Thursday, Feb. 20: First Lady Michelle Obama, Will Ferrell and musical guest Arcade Fire.
Friday, Feb. 21: Justin Timberlake.
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" launches following coverage of the Winter Olympics at midnight Feb. 17-20, with the Feb. 21 telecast to air in its regular 11:35 p.m. ET/PT timeslot.


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Ayotte seeks hearing into the Joint POW-MIA Accounting CommandBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 18. 2013 12:51AM
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, is calling for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing into the workings of the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), after a second government investigation has found that Pentagon efforts to account for fallen troops missing overseas are inefficient and in need of overhaul.
In a report released Wednesday afternoon, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) summarizes that the biggest problem with the Pentagon's efforts to track down and identify American soldiers missing in action is essentially a lack of leadership.
The report states that responsibility for the mission is assigned to many sections throughout the Department of Defense (DoD), with no single body in charge of overall personnel and resources.
In a letter sent Wednesday to Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Ayotte writes that the GAO report "details serious problems within JPAC that are hindering efforts to locate and bring home missing persons from past armed conflicts...it underscores the need for the Committee to hear directly from JPAC officials about these disturbing findings and to ensure proper steps are being taken to address these problems."
More than 83,000 persons are missing from past conflicts in Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and World War II — including 49 missing service members from Vietnam and Korea from New Hampshire alone. In 2009, Congress mandated that DoD increase its capacity to identify missing persons, with the goal of accounting for 200 people per year by 2015. Over the last decade, the annual average was 72.
Recent published news reports have focused on an internal DoD study that described JPAC as inept, mismanaged and even at times, corrupt.
The GAO report released Wednesday states, "While the Department of Defense has made some progress in promoting communication among the several organizations responsible for accounting for missing persons — known collectively as the accounting community — DoD's capability and capacity to accomplish its missing persons accounting mission is being undermined by longstanding leadership weaknesses and a fragmented organizational structure. Leadership from the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD Policy) and U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) have not been able to resolve disagreements among accounting community members, thereby impacting DoD's ability to meet the mandated goal of increasing its capability and capacity to account for 200 missing persons a year by 2015."
"Our nation has a solemn responsibility to find and bring home the remains of American military heroes who served overseas, and we owe it to our fallen and missing soldiers and their families to do everything in our power to fulfill that promise," writes Ayotte. "It is with this commitment in mind that I request a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee as soon as possible to investigate GAO's findings."
Sen. Ayotte intends to raise the issue with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, during today's nomination hearing, said spokesman Liz Johnson.


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It's no surprise in the town of Smyrna that the downtown area and the town as a whole are in a redevelopment phase. While it may seem like the area has been trying to redevelop for quite some time now, the fact that Smyrna is trying to move forward is one reason why the owners of start-up organization Legacy Distilling, LLC want to bring their business to town.
It's no surprise in the town of Smyrna that the downtown area and the town as a whole are in a redevelopment phase. While it may seem like the area has been trying to redevelop for quite some time now, the fact that Smyrna is trying to move forward is one reason why the owners of start-up organization Legacy Distilling, LLC want to bring their business to town.
If approved, Legacy Distilling will be the first standalone, independently owned and operated craft distillery in Delaware and will specialize in gin, vodka, whiskey and brandy. The state of Delaware recently passed legislation allowing the owners to build the company, sell spirits, and offer tastings and tours onsite; they can only produce up to 750,000 gallons a year.
Ron R. Gomes and Mike Rasmussen, the owners of Legacy Distilling, were drawn to Smyrna for a variety of reasons. Rasmussen said they read about the town trying to reinvent itself and they wanted to be apart of that. They were also drawn to Smyrna because of it's proximity to Route 1 and Route 13, it's closeness to local agriculture and the quality of the town's water.
"There's something really attractive to us of being in a town that's actively thinking about what it wants to be and we would like to be a part of that," Rasmussen said. "All of that came together really well and made Smyrna really attractive to us."
Along with selling spirits and doing tours, Gomes and Rasmussen are hoping to use the facility for much more including social gatherings such as art shows or charitable events. They hope to work with the local farmers and restaurants to build partnerships in the community.
"We see our space as being something that is hopefully more than just a place where you go just to do a tasting or a tour. We conceived our space as something that's useful and kind of part of the community," Rasmussen said.
Gomes and Rasmussen are in the process of securing a location at 13 West Commerce Street with the idea of building a 5,000-square foot facility.
"We see the distillery as an opportunity to showcase the brand. To be a place that people want to come to, to sample in-house our products, and hear our story and the stories for each product from it's owners," Gomes said.
Even if the Commerce Street location doesn't work out, Gomes said the plan is to come to Smyrna and they'd find another location: "We are very comfortable saying we want to set up shop here."
The goal is to start construction in July and open by the end of the year. Along with securing a location, the two still need to get a state and federal license.
Addressing concerns
Although news only recently broke out about the possibility of Legacy Distilling coming to town, residents have already raised concerns about the business, all of which Rasmussen and Gomes have addressed at a recent town council meeting; town council approved some utility discounts and waivers that helps them as a new business.
Concerns raised by residents vary from increased traffic to whether the business will give off a smell.
Rasmussen and Gomes said they're a small business so traffic won't be a concern and the only smell is the fermentation process, which smells like dough rising.
Prior to council's 6-0 approval of the waivers at the council meeting, Councilman Anthony DeFeo addressed Rasmussen and Gomes.
"Thank you for choosing Smyrna as the place for opening your business and welcome to town," he said.
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