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Stealth · September 24th, 2013, 10:48

Functionally, ProWin mechboxes required the use of a Hurricane metal body otherwise modifications to the receiver need to be made. But the power-handling capabilities at least made the endeavour worthwhile.

At the time (circa 2007), the ProWin mechboxes were $250 USD overseas - IIRC, they were $350+, if not $400 landed in Canada (via ILLusion). And the internals were sketchy at best by today's standards. ProWin stopped making them because they deemed it not worthwhile for the CNC machine time. For it to be re-released today, it would be around the $350 USD mark overseas and then you'd still have to upgrade the internals. So you're looking at $450+ for something that can be considered high-calibre. Hell, I can't even say I would buy it for that price, but I'm not in the majority of users. I recognize that these are purely speculative prices, albeit educated guesses.

I'm rambling a bit here, but the bottom line is that the ProWin box was and still is overbuilt for most users. Lonex boxes in their current state can handle over 550fps (we haven't gone past that yet) and they take all industry-standard parts - so it begs the question - what's in it for Lonex or another company to re-innovate and over-engineer the wheel in order to satisfy a small minority of users in the subset of situations where they would only swap the spring without servicing the internals?

September 24th, 2013, 10:48	#154
Stealth Mr. Silencer Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto	Functionally, ProWin mechboxes required the use of a Hurricane metal body otherwise modifications to the receiver need to be made. But the power-handling capabilities at least made the endeavour worthwhile. At the time (circa 2007), the ProWin mechboxes were $250 USD overseas - IIRC, they were $350+, if not $400 landed in Canada (via ILLusion). And the internals were sketchy at best by today's standards. ProWin stopped making them because they deemed it not worthwhile for the CNC machine time. For it to be re-released today, it would be around the $350 USD mark overseas and then you'd still have to upgrade the internals. So you're looking at $450+ for something that can be considered high-calibre. Hell, I can't even say I would buy it for that price, but I'm not in the majority of users. I recognize that these are purely speculative prices, albeit educated guesses. I'm rambling a bit here, but the bottom line is that the ProWin box was and still is overbuilt for most users. Lonex boxes in their current state can handle over 550fps (we haven't gone past that yet) and they take all industry-standard parts - so it begs the question - what's in it for Lonex or another company to re-innovate and over-engineer the wheel in order to satisfy a small minority of users in the subset of situations where they would only swap the spring without servicing the internals? Last edited by Stealth; September 24th, 2013 at 10:55..