AAA Paradigm/Evol Dust Cover Mod

When I ordered my AAA Paradigm .22 from AoA, I asked them if they had anymore magnetic dust covers for the male foster fill port. They informed me that they were out of stock and probably won't be receiving anymore orders from Ninja Paintball who makes it for them because they would have to place an order in the thousands. I started looking online but noticed they were pretty expensive for just one piece and I couldn't find one that I liked.

The light bulb in my head turned on and I wanted to see if an aluminum tire valve stem cap that I had laying around would fit the male foster. It didn't fit at first because of the inner threads so I used a dremel to grind off the threads. I then inserted a 6mm x 3mm disc magnet with Gorilla Glue at the bottom to hold it in place. I'm not sure if anyone has done this but thought that I would share. I must say, it worked out pretty well.

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That is a really good idea! I like it. I ordered one of the capman covers. I wish I had seen this.

 
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That is a really good idea! I like it. I ordered one of the capman covers. I wish I had seen this.

When I was searching online, I did come across the KapMan from Air Tanks Plus. The only thing I didn't care for was the color red. If I had red accents or accessories on my gun, then maybe. Another issue I ran across is that it cost $12.99 for one and they were going to charge me $378.90 for UPS shipping to Guam. UPS doesn't work out here. They did have an option for $5.00 Flat Rate shipping via USPS but their website is screwed up. It added the $5.00 USPS shipping plus the $378.90 UPS shipping and the item which came out to a total of $396.89. No thanks lol. Maybe I should have called but didn't want to deal with it at the moment.

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I can't quite see how far the O.P.'s magnetic cap sticks out from the Paradigm's air cylinder. I wrote a post a couple of years back when I found some magnetic Foster caps for what I thought was a reasonable price (including the shipping cost, but I wasn't having them shipped to Guam ;) ).

Here is a link to the shop:

https://www.tcpaintballproducts.com/product-page/quikcaps-cylinder

I like these a lot, and they are ready to go as received. They work on all Fosters which are magnetic (but not on stainless ones, like on RAWs). I have these on a lot of my guns, but I especially like them on Daystates - they stay put, but are easier to remove for filling.

Some pics below show how they look/fit on my Paradigm. They stick out more than I care for, but I don't know whether this is any different on the ones the OP made. And anyway they could likely be easily cut to shorten. Lots of different colors available - I chose the ones shown below as they would stand out more in the photos.

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