The CCM Stock Class Feed:

Parts:

The CCM Stock Class Feed comes in five parts:

The Front Cap: A tapped portion that is ramped and forces the ball from the main tube into the chamber. The tap potion accepts a caphead screw (with an ring) that attaches the cap to The Block.

The Block: The block has two holes in the top and two coordinating countersunk holes in the bottom. The bottom portion is chamfered to accept the body of the SS-25 marker. Once the block is attached to the body the cap can be attached to the block. The block is also made so that it can be reversed on the marker in case the owner likes a rock back feed style.

The Tube: The tube along with the block and the cap, to fit 13 balls. It is threaded on both ends to fit into The Block and the End Cap. It is not slotted to allow you to see how much paint is left in the tube. This tube comes in two lengths. 13 balls and 25 balls - the normal 13 ball tube is exeedingly rare - the 25 ball tube is so rare that I have only seen one - the one I own. Bill from CCM was gracious enough to send this one to me.

The End Cap: The end cap is tapped to accept the Tube and it slotted to accept a sock holder (ball retainer). This ball retainer is the standard used on CCI markers as well.

Attaching the CCM Stock Class Feed:

Using a 5/64th Allen key attach the Block (with the tube and end cap if wanted) to the body of the marker. Once attached use the same 5/64th Allen Key to attach the front cap.

Thoughts:

This item is perhaps the simplest portion of the ss25. There is very little to say. It was expensive to machine and perhaps it over complicated and over engineered in its conception. It never caught on on the pump scene too much (mostly because the SS25 was an open class marker by design and was never made to be efficient or run on 12 grams) and so very few of them exist. They are well made and well executed and only perhaps lacking ball slots in making this a perfect piece for the SS25. The only thing that is left is cosmetics - which seem to be in the eye of the beholder.

I am not a huge fan of its looks but it does not offend. I think it looks better than the CCI Stock Class Feed that is often modified to fit the SS25 - but I don’t think it looks great either. Overall, I will not sell this piece for some time to come but I wonder (as I also have a S6P) how much use it will get.