Speaking of Autocockers, Inception Designs makes some pretty amazing Autocockers. They do other stuff too, like upgrades and modifications for the Eclipse EMek. Simon and company’ s Eclipse EMek upgrades include their metal, adjustable Fang trigger and the cut and carved aluminum FLE body kit that is delivered with a low-rise clamping feed neck, matching metal detent covers and a multi-piece, ported aluminum Stella barrel with the front matched to the body. Available in a long list of anodized color and style options like matte and polished finishes and splashes to suit anyone’ s style, the Eclipse FLE EMek body kit caused a big ripple through mechanical paintball when it was announced. The question, then, becomes an obvious one: the Eclipse EMek is a hell of a gun for the money, and Inception cuts a nice chunk of metal, but is the sum of an EMek upgraded with all the Inception parts and pieces more than the sum of its parts, or just a five hundred dollar, two hundred dollar gun?
The most affordable of the Inception upgrades for the Eclipse EMek is the Fang Trigger. Cut from aluminum and available anodized in basic black or a sharp, deep red as an accent piece, the Fang has all the extra metal cut from it and is slightly longer than the stock trigger for increased leverage and runs on precision bearings and a new pin for the smoothest pull imaginable. Adjustable for front stop, trigger activation and trigger stop after“ bang” happens, Simon took his time on this one and once installed, which is surprisingly easy, the activation point set screw is at perfect horizontal alignment with the EMek’ s trigger pin for a perfect pull and no binding. An installation video is available on Inception’ s website that makes the process simple and quick with basic tools, taking only a few minutes, and Simon’ s voice is very soothing throughout the undertaking.
While we had the EMek taken apart for Inception Fang trigger installation, we pushed all our chips into the middle of the table and went all-in with the FLE body kit. This part was actually easier than installing the trigger! The body latches and drops right onto the grip frame assembly of the EMek and, obviously, the Gamma core beating heart of the EMek threads right back into its new, aluminum home. It took almost as long to thread the three pieces of the included Stella barrel together as it did to install the body, which by the way is cut of all unnecessary metal and is extremely light. We were afraid to leave the FLE body unattended on the workbench as it might float away.
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