Custom hybrid P90?

Ok so i had a crazy idea while talking with Jarhead999 76 65 about a possible GBB P90. As some of you may know i have a big background in paintball, which will really help me. There was a company out there that made paintball P90s out of airsoft gun bodies so my idea would be first to acquire one. All i'd really have to do is strip off the barrel mount a Hop-up unit and P90 airsoft barrel into it. Real trick would be to seal the gap between the paintball guns breach and the Hop-up (may of found part to do this and include a Hop-up. Again with my background it shouldn't be hard at all to tinker around inside and get the gun shooting lower since it's designed to shoot a paintball at 300fps. What do you guys think? Any ideas for mounting the Hop-up unit?


Oh the gun internals are from a nice mid-end level electro pneumatic gun so ROF and performance should be pretty sweet.

iliveforthis99 wrote:

Ok so i had a crazy idea while talking with Jarhead999 76 65 about a possible GBB P90. As some of you may know i have a big background in paintball, which will really help me. There was a company out there that made paintball P90s out of airsoft gun bodies so my idea would be first to acquire one. All i'd really have to do is strip off the barrel mount a Hop-up unit and P90 airsoft barrel into it. Real trick would be to seal the gap between the paintball guns breach and the Hop-up (may of found part to do this and include a Hop-up. Again with my background it shouldn't be hard at all to tinker around inside and get the gun shooting lower since it's designed to shoot a paintball at 300fps. What do you guys think? Any ideas for mounting the Hop-up unit?


Oh the gun internals aren't from a nice mid-end level electro pneumatic gun so ROF and performance should be pretty sweet.

How about just using existing internals from say...a KWA MP7 or something...then just throwing em in a P90 body? That was the first thing to come to mind when you proposed your idea. But definitely, I'll keep an eye on this project...

That is a good idea but i actually already have the body, breach, and bolt assembly of the paintball gun i would be using. That'd only leave me to get some air lines, wires, air fittings, and the electronic control board. Most of that stuff i know where and how to get cheap except for the board which will run around $100 if i buy new.

I do think i've solved the sealing factor between the Hop-up unit and the guns breach though. I'm not even going to try if i can fit them inside inline. I believe since the paintball gun is capable of shooting a much larger and heavier ball at 300fps, even not being sealed it should have plenty of power to shoot a .20 6mm BB out of the Hop-up at very high speeds. Maybe enough to even warrant a drastic weight increase.

Edit: I'm estimating around $220 to get all the parts, base gun, and air source. Since for now i'm only working on seeing if the concept will work i can get away with a cheap $30 P90 and gut everything but the barrel and Hop-up. Also found a whole PB gun assembly with board, hoses, and fittings i can just drop in for a $100. So hopefully i can get the gun body and Hop-up inline without running out of room. I'm going to shoot for getting this thing assembled a little at a time over the summer when i have some spending money. Also will probably confer with a buddy who has an AS P90 to see if this will work.