Posted by: Gotin_Drachenhart on January 21, 2003 at 15:12:59

I picked up a Sport for the wife so she could get into the sport. When they first came out there were NO parts for the Sport. After a few months I started calling Kingman and found a fellow there who was cool. Long story short: Kingman does not make any hop-up parts for the Sport. I was also informed by the Kingman rep. that the Sport's bold diamiter is not the same as the normal Compact/Spyder bodies and it will NOT accept ANY aftermarket stuff made for the normal markers. The only thing I've been able to do with it is to cut threads into it's vertical so I could mount an adaptor and use an expansion chamber. Was also able to drill out the ASA a bit. And it mounts standard Spyder barrels so I got a better one on there. Otherwise, it sux man. You can't even mount grip frames because it's not the same! As for the bolts in general. I've only had a chopping problem with the sport when someone goes bonzai on the trigger. Just ease back your ROF and you should do fine IMO. The wife has a Shutter now and I'd say only the Sport has a large gap between the OD of the bold and the ID of the tube it rides in. It's led to shells getting stuck between the bolt and body before which, is a pain but not too bad. You might look at the Lightning bold made by AKALMP ( www.akalmp.com ). Their stuff is typically very tight on tollerances. Problem is their stuff is also a bit expensive :( Gotin

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