I just read the articles on 68Caliber about the new cocker. You can get them
here, http://www.68caliber.com/news/industry/story04348.php
and here, http://www.68caliber.com/features/ed...story04352.php and
I've got to say I agree with Jeremy Garret in the last article that this may
be the death of the cocker. If production has moved and the guns have been
redesigned to integrate the three way then it's obviously a dumbing down of
the design in an attempt to snag Wal-Mart buyers and the like. His point
about the cocker being outdated is also pretty valid considering the
direction that the sport is moving in. Of course I believe there will be a
need for a mid to high end mechanical marker so in that sense the cocker
will never truly die, but with this new design WGP has taken themselves out
of that arena. I believe the aftermarket companies who continue to make
traditional cocker bodies will fill the gap WGP has left open by providing
upgradable milled bodies and parts unlike the 05's extruded and integrated
design.WGP itself has gone the way of the newb's and players packs in an
attempt to fatten up K2's bottom line.

here's one thing that has yet to be made clear to me...are they
discontinuing the cocker as we know it and moving ONLY to the trilogy...or
are they going to keep producing a fully 2k+ compatible gun? and what about
the karnivor and STO series then? surely that's not gonna be replaced with
that shitty little faded one...I contacted WGP via email to see about
clearing this up, but have yet to get a response...hopefully this is all
just a big PR nightmare and they aren't killing the occker as we know it...

Ken
"Gypsy06" <Gypsy06@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I just read the articles on 68Caliber about the new cocker. You can get
>them
> here, http://www.68caliber.com/news/industry/story04348.php
> and here, http://www.68caliber.com/features/ed...story04352.php and
> I've got to say I agree with Jeremy Garret in the last article that this
> may
> be the death of the cocker. If production has moved and the guns have been
> redesigned to integrate the three way then it's obviously a dumbing down
> of
> the design in an attempt to snag Wal-Mart buyers and the like. His point
> about the cocker being outdated is also pretty valid considering the
> direction that the sport is moving in. Of course I believe there will be a
> need for a mid to high end mechanical marker so in that sense the cocker
> will never truly die, but with this new design WGP has taken themselves
> out
> of that arena. I believe the aftermarket companies who continue to make
> traditional cocker bodies will fill the gap WGP has left open by providing
> upgradable milled bodies and parts unlike the 05's extruded and integrated
> design.WGP itself has gone the way of the newb's and players packs in an
> attempt to fatten up K2's bottom line.
>
>