Paintball

[MAKCuMG]

Just recently played sopme paintball and loved it. Ofcourse want to purchase my own gear but am at a total loss. Anyone here into paintball? Help a newbee!!!

PS: went on paintballforum.com and it was very intimidating.

[Jamal]

Love the sport, shame I go through my paintball packs like anything and its quite a expensive sport (well it is for me!).

[MAKCuMG]

Then maybe you can advise me on some new purchases.

Do you have an email address, or would you rather communicate via PM?

My email is MAKCuM@gmail.com, if you have a minute, write there so I can email you back.

Thanks for taking time out to help me man,

Max

[Phork]

Played alot back before i got into cars. Still have all my guns and gear. I need to ebay it all.

[MAKCuMG]

or sell them to me =)

lets get in touch, i need an expert i can count on.

[Phork]

Either way. I can show you what I got. (Need to take some pics though)

[.cOLt.45.]

i play when i can..i got me a stock tippmann 98 custom


dont believe the hype...you dont need some super expensive gun that has all these electronic features and all that...ive gotten out 7 people in one game with my tippmann...start off small with the tippmann...thats my advice

[Phork]

Ive had a Tippman, Spyder and High end Autococker. Ive done tourneys with Timmys and Angels. I suggest Spyders or if you can afford it a Cocker. (Always buy a decent barrel)

[MrBubbler]

guns i own currently are :
cobra angel
buzzard pump gun
invert mini
b2k bushmaster

pbnation . com is a very informative web site if you got questions. if your really into the sport and can afford to play alot i would suggest spending a good amount of money from the start so you dont have to keep upgrading stuff. it seems like everyone starts with a spyder or a tippmann. things you will need will be gun,tank,electric loader, pod harness+pods, mask, upgraded barrel (would suggest scepter 07 barrel kit from ebay 99$) tank cover and well hmm anything else you need to fit your style of play (maybe knee pads or something )

if your not going to play alot then i would suggest going with a tippmann or a spyder but in all honesty go to a paintball store, not your local sports store and hold and fire some of the guns and see what you like.

i fell in love with the mini due to the fact its compact, light, and fast as hell. also the 340$ price to my door off ebay was also very important. research what you like but if you know your going to be playing alot and this isnt just a whym purchase dont cut corners you will have to replace what you already purchased making it more expensive in the end.

[MrBubbler]

Ive had a Tippman, Spyder and High end Autococker. Ive done tourneys with Timmys and Angels. I suggest Spyders or if you can afford it a Cocker. (Always buy a decent barrel)

i would never suggest anyone purchasing a cocker. way out dated and not up to todays level of performance. let alone all the time one would have to spend tech'ing the gun unless you know how to time an autococker and putting up with there silly pms habits i would stick to a gun that is easy to maintain and can be maintained by yourself for the most part. ive owend 2 cockers in my life and both of them where nice guns when running but nothing like the performance of my mini and not even close to as reliable. (owned 98 ANS gen X cocker with hinge trigger and eblade cocker.)

[MAKCuMG]

Thanks for all the feedback, you guys are awesome.

The Spyder MR3 was the most comfortable gun at the store. Can anyone tell me anything about how well it performs and whether alot of aftermarket stuff would need to be bought for it.

So the best companies are Tippman, Spyder, and ION? Any other ones to consider?

Also, are there any online stores that are known for good prices, and reliable customer service (kinda like socialsmoke, hookahcompany, and mnhookah are here).



Phork - i'd love to see what you have to offer. I'm sure you could give me a better price than any store.

[MrBubbler]

actionvillage.com is pretty damn good. never had a problem with them.

spyders have a huge aftermarket selection but if you know your going to pimp out your gun also think that you can get a marker that will vastly outperform that marker for more money but less then all the upgrades. i would look into tippmann x7 if you wanna go non electric. for the price its an amazing marker and the hopper system it has feeds as fast as 100$ hoppers so you kill 2 birds with 1 stone. http://www.tippmann.com/product_guide/mark...x?categoryid=12 also that gun can be customized to high hell haha and you can even make it look like some real guns also. and later down the line if you wanna go electro tippmann will be offering an electric kit for that marker.

if you wanna go electronic and not spend alot look at the invert mini, Dangerous Power Fusion, others. ion's are a very inexpensive way to get into an electric marker but the performance is lacking compared to fusion or mini , but with up's they can be very nice markers.
+'s to the electric side of paint ball are.
-electronic eyes so you never shop paint
-faster trigger response ( slightest touch shoots the marker)
-ramping modes ( pull the trigger more then 3 times a sec and marker will speed up to 15+ balls a second [you can also set it up how fast it ramps up too] you have to keep pulling the trigger 3 pulls a second to continue shooting that fast and as soon as you stop hitting the trigger it stops)
-easy as hell to clean ( i can clean and relube my mini in less then 2 min where my buddy with an x7 needs around 5 and has to take alot more stuff apart, where i take one screw out and out pops the ram, spring and bolt.
the -'s are:
-you have to use compressed air which in turn is less expensive overall where i live to use all the time but i play alot (co2 systems are cheap but expensive to fill, where air is expensive tank and cheap to fill ( most fields offer all day air for 5-10$ where a co2 fill is 5-7dollars a fill [ compressed air also runs better for markers])
-replacing batterys
-buying a hopper that can keep up with the marker ( 80-100$ for a good one) Edited July 3, 2007 by MrBubbler

[staygone]

I LOVED paintball when I was in highschool, at that time there were alot more fields to play at though. When the time to go to college set forth, I couldn't put any more funds towards paintball, also almost every field closed down for some reason. I miss those days...

I rocked a Smart Parts Impulse decked out with all th New Designz goodies. Upgrading my marker was almost as fun as actually playing.

Markers are getting constantly better and better, I would suggest an ION made by Smart Parts. Simple electronics followed by a lightweight, small, and fast shooting marker. They can keep up with a marker that's 10X expensive anyday. You can get these things for around 300, It made my Impulse obsolete.

Since the marker is so cheap and effective, you can get a Halo hopper and a compressed air tank to boot. I have a 72ci 4500 psi stubby tank by Crossfire. it is more compact than a normal 68ci tank which is very nice when tucked in a snake trying to cross it up.

Paintball forums are kind of shitty though, everybody is trying to upshoot everybody with their marker and all that nonsense. I got all my information from looking everywhere I could about paintball. Magazines, online, people at the fields, everywhere. Just got to keep on searching.

QM

[DrunkenWizard]

I haven't played in about 5 years. I have a Tippmann A-5 with a response trigger and sniper barrel. Thing is awesome. Paint costs too much so we used to play with only 50 paintballs per person. Fresh.

[MAKCuMG]

how is the A-5 man? did you need to add alot to it to make it work well?

I just want something that will work well out of the box, I really dont have too much to spend.


Oh and, how is the loader system on it, is it true that it eliminates the need for an electric hopper? 15bps no problem? Edited July 3, 2007 by MAKCuMG

[DrunkenWizard]

It's pretty sweet. I hear a lot of trash talking about it but they're just jealous You do need a barrel upgrade though because the one it came with sucked. Oh yeah, it loads fast enough. Edited July 4, 2007 by DrunkenWizard

[D-szlos]

i used to play some paintball. but i gave it up because the sport was becoming too mainstream and there were too many A-holes at the fields i went to that would wipe etc. plus ammo is damn expensive . soooo i quit and sold off all my paintball gear and got into airsoft. definatly more into the mil-sim aspect of it, and ive found that the community is way more chill. i actually have made many friends that i hang out with off of the field (something i would never do with the people i played paintball with)

any of you ever tried it?

[Big Boss]

thought i'd share... http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddMowxKchko