Paintball Expo in Pomona CA

[orpheos]

Went to the Paintball expo this weekend. Fun stuff. Found a couple new things, and bought them :-)

Lots of Scenario stuff there. It was kind of funny to see SmartParts being empty almost the whole time I was there, except for the promo video they did at 3:30. For a majority of the time it was the only really empty booth. Got to meet the guys at AKA. Great bunch of people. Glenn Palmer was a blast to talk to. Definately getting another Palmer in the next year.

Sadly, guess who wasn't there? Haven't figured it out? No Airgun Designs. I did see Paintball Daddy there. Had a great conversation with him. But to see every other major paintball organization there except Airgun was dissappointing. Especially since I can't get anything for my Mag in San Diego due to no local vendors carrying AGD products. Maybe next year?

[RoadDawg]

Originally posted by orpheos
Went to the Paintball expo this weekend. Fun stuff. Found a couple new things, and bought them :-)

Lots of Scenario stuff there. It was kind of funny to see SmartParts being empty almost the whole time I was there, except for the promo video they did at 3:30. For a majority of the time it was the only really empty booth. Got to meet the guys at AKA. Great bunch of people. Glenn Palmer was a blast to talk to. Definately getting another Palmer in the next year.

Sadly, guess who wasn't there? Haven't figured it out? No Airgun Designs. I did see Paintball Daddy there. Had a great conversation with him. But to see every other major paintball organization there except Airgun was dissappointing. Especially since I can't get anything for my Mag in San Diego due to no local vendors carrying AGD products. Maybe next year?

Contact RogueFactor. He can hook ya up with AGD parts.

[1stdeadeye]

Did they have the challenge matches going on this year?

Did you take any pics? Post them?

I read about this in a paintball magazine. This is like the third or fourth one right? Looks interesting, how big was it this year?

[Jack & Coke]

Originally posted by orpheos


Sadly, guess who wasn't there? Haven't figured it out? No Airgun Designs. I did see Paintball Daddy there. Had a great conversation with him. But to see every other major paintball organization there except Airgun was dissappointing. Especially since I can't get anything for my Mag in San Diego due to no local vendors carrying AGD products. Maybe next year?



I agree. Socal gets no AGD love...;)

I even brought my Tunamax for a software upgrade, but there was NO westcoast representation. This place is truely cocker country. There were tons of WGP related gear and booths.

At least I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting at length with paintball OG pioneer other than TK... Glenn Palmer.

Interesting guy indeed!

An Old timer, with lots of old skool stories, both paintball and real war stories (Vietnam).

I hung out at his both and got to look at a lot of his custom guns. Very cool stuff. I will definately be picking up a Blazer in the near future. Maybe even one of his other guns too. But first I'll have to sell one of my guns... possibly my GZ Clammy :)

I got to meet Capo as well! (highlight of the weekend;))

[MMM]

We didn't take any pics but www.beayoungs.com has some posted. It was much larger this year than the past few years, pretty cool. On Saturday there was a line around the building to get in. We went on Sunday and managed to avoid the rush thankfully.

[vdo_game_junkie]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke


I agree. Socal gets no AGD love...;)

I got to meet Capo as well! (highlight of the weekend;))

Ditto.

I did watch some of the games though. I lost my interest when I saw one player from the "Pro" team shoot an opposing player in the face a point blank range. I think he was angry that their team lost the previous game and wanted payback. :(

[RoadDawg]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke


I agree. Socal gets no AGD love...;)

I even brought my Tunamax for a software upgrade, but there was NO westcoast representation. This place is truely cocker country. There were tons of WGP related gear and booths.


Should of gone up to the NorCal vs SoCal game. They flashed software and TK was there. Can't be all places all the time. Jack & Coke why don't you come to our SoCal get togethers?

[Jack & Coke]

I'm trying to... believe me, I've spoken with DB on the phone, and I want to go!

...but when you have a 10 month old baby, free weekends are very hard to come by... ;)

When I'm able to go, there's no socal AO day.

When there's a socal AO day, I'm not able to go...

LOL! fatherhood and responsibility... argh! ;)

[RoadDawg]

Ahh I understand now. Well hopefully next time you can make it.

[blakdragon21]

yeah i was there too. It was an ok expo, some cool stuff, thought things would be cheaper but whatever. It did hurt my eyes though cause there was alot of cockers. Would have been cool if AGD was there to represent, but I think I did see if my eyes were right an AGD rep by the name of Clare, unless it was some other beautiful angel (correct me if I am wrong though).

[Jack & Coke]

These guys were at the expo:

http://www.rap4.com

http://www.rap4.com/images/banner_468.jpg

http://rap4.com/images/A2-SHORTY.jpg

http://www.rap4.com/images/m4_gear.jpg

http://www.rap4.com/images/shelleject.jpg

They fire .40 and .43 paintballs at 220-320 fps (adjustable) @ 50 rounds / 0.4 oz CO2

Effective range ~ 175-200 ft.

neato!

[tyrion2323]

time to add another name on the list of companies that scare the crap out of me....:D

[islandboi]

paintbal shells weird...

[ZAust]

i cant find the pictures on bea youngs site.. can someone link me?

[pbzmag]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke
These guys were at the expo:

http://www.rap4.com

They fire .40 and .43 paintballs at 220-320 fps (adjustable) @ 50 rounds / 0.4 oz CO2

Effective range ~ 175-200 ft.

neato!

They were pretty nice. They are a 1:1 replica. I think it was made of the tougher plastic but would have prefered metal. I would have loved to shot it in their test cage but they ran out of co2. :mad:

The one thing that I got was this (http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121422&perpage=30&pagenumber=2). Look about 3/4 ways down the page. :D

[MMM]

Originally posted by ZAust
i cant find the pictures on bea youngs site.. can someone link me?

Go to WWW.beayoungs.com and at the top there's :
The Paintball Expo was a humongous success bringing in 4500 people
JUST from the Southern California area alone! More...



Click on the more part

[MMM]

Jack&Coke
My husband is so going to own one of those evil things. Our baby girl is going to become way too aclimated to firearms....

[pbzmag]

Originally posted by ZAust
i cant find the pictures on bea youngs site.. can someone link me?

http://www.beayoungs.com/pbexpo.htm

[Jack & Coke]

Originally posted by MMM


The Paintball Expo was a humongous success bringing in 4500 people JUST from the Southern California area alone!



Looks like AGD missed out on some good exposure.

I recall a lot of scenario related booths, and they all were jammed pack full of people interested to see what was going on. It would have been a great way of introduce the TAC-One to the scenario masses.

[Jack & Coke]

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[Jack & Coke]

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[Jack & Coke]

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[Jack & Coke]

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whew!

all done...

My appologies to all you 56ker folk out there...:p