The VM-68 Lives again.

[magmanl337]

This beast was lurking in my closet for 3 years, due to the fact i didnt have a barrel. Well, i decided to be DUMB and took my friends phantom barrel, tapped around the threading, making it big enugh to fit into the threading of the VM. Here are some pictures. It's amazingly consistant. 285, 284, 279 at the chrono. Its accurate too. I'll have a video up later.

[Enemy]

haha we have one at the field thos things kick like crazy dont they!!

[Evil1]

My one friend has one of them. It was his first semi auto he ever bought 7 or 8 years ago. It was heavily used when he bought it, but it worked great for the year or 2 he actually used it. We took it this past summer and shot it for the first time again in 3 or 4 years. It to sat in his closet collecting dust. We were all amazed at how much kick it had after we had all been shooting electros for years. The VM didn't leak or anything after sitting. All we did was put somegold cup oil through it and it shot really well but like I said, it kicked hard. I have shot real firearms that had less kick than his VM 68. The kick was probably due to its larger than average hammer. VM 68s probably have the biggest hammer out of any paintball gun ever manufactured. My friend used to use 2 tanks on his. One where yours is located, and one off of a bottomline setup.

[magmanl337]

My friend used to use 2 tanks on his. One where yours is located, and one off of a bottomline setup.

Yea, I've seen up to 4 tanks on one.

[mixwell2]

this is so cool...this was my first semi marker. that think kicks like crazy...and weighes a ton. especially with the 20oz. on the back and a 10oz up front. A few of us were thiking of picking up two or three and taking them to the field just to see the look on peoples faces...especially after we roll them.

My mag doesn't seem like a heavy gas hog anymore.

[magmanl337]

I forgot to mention, i got about 160 shots off my friends 3.5 oz tank. So it'd get 320 off a 7 oz, and roughly 850 rounds off of a 20oz.

[nastymag]

that was the gun i used in my first game of paintball 7 years ago. man the memories.

[Automaggot68]

Oh Snap yo, is that my white Cherry slurpee?

[Creative Mayhem]

MAn... I had one of those as my first gun, then I got my Minimag after carrying that boat anchor for 2 months. I love my mags, but I still miss that bad boy...

Anybody willing to sell one for a decent price PM me ;)

[Vanced]

Yeah gotta love the VM's... one of my friends still has the 2 he had before he got his mags... He even did a Full Auto conversion on one of um...

Creative Mayhem: Reminds me of a good story... last year was out of town and was killing some time and pop'd into a Army Surplus store... And there was 3 VM's * NEW IN THE BOX * never air'd up .... I would of loved to buy one for giggles but they guy wanted $250.00 a piece for um and wouldn't come down at ALL ... said he has had um for years and paid a lot more than that for um and he sounded still bitter about it and wasn't going to sell um for any less it was more of a reminder to him not to deal in paintball stuff... LOL

[RRfireblade]

If you ever want to take it to the next level, I have a bunch of VMX bodies available. :)

[Eric Cartman]

If you ever want to take it to the next level, I have a bunch of VMX bodies available. :)


I remember those. My buddy had one, but could never get it to work properly. He got it used, so who knew what had been done to it. The gun always went full auto whenever it was gassed up.

How much would the VMX body go for approximately?

I'd love to get my old VM back. Never should have sold it :(

[RRfireblade]

Mmm, they're brand new so....between a buck and a half-ish? (Can't post pricing here. :))

[veritas]

Bought one a year after I started playing in 93'...Wow time flies...I don;t miss it though, that thing weighed more than i did... :)

[magmanl337]

I'm guessing no one noticed the ReloaderB =P

[C_22]

Ooooh... those images bringa back memories of yesteryear... :cry: ;)

[magmanl337]

Maybe i should restore her?

[Lee]

i had one of those things years ago. hated it (sorry). traded it for my first mag.

[dwcyong]

I still have my VM-68 with a smarts parts barrel from the early 90's . Three weeks ago, I smoked two kids with Tippman A-5's. Both of their guns had the electronic triggers.

Before the game, they were teasing me on my old school equipment. I told them that it really doesn't matter on the gun, it's all about skill. The VM-68 had not been touched in over four years. I took it out and oiled the bolt and it was ready to go. What an awesome gun. I still shoot the gun when someone tells me that it's the gun just to prove a point.

The funny part is...I have three automags and one autococker and the VM-68 is my favorite one. I recently just added a Dye barrel and hope to test it on the field in the next three weeks.

Thanks for the memories..

[50 cal]

OMG! I haven't seen one of those in years.

[mark_1791]

Bought one a year after I started playing in 93'...Wow time flies...I don;t miss it though, that thing weighed more than i did... :)

WOW! In 1993, i was 2 years old! Y'all are making me feel like such a young'un...

My first gun was my Spyder Classic, its about 5-6 years old...I played with it till i stopped playing about 2 years ago. I recently got back into paintball, and i bought my mag :headbang:

[poolshark5226]

can someone explain what the VMX is? sounds oddly familiar...and intriguing

[magmanl337]

can someone explain what the VMX is? sounds oddly familiar...and intriguing

http://www.vm68.com/vm68/customvms/vmxside2.jpg

[Destructo6]

Yep, I, too purchased a VM68 (actually an EXC-68) after a few years of playing with rentals, which were usually also VM68s. That would have been late 1994.

I regret selling it, only because it was my first paintgun. I don't miss the weight, velocity adjustment and field strip procedures. However, it worked every time and, with the addition of a Smart Parts Venturi barrel, it was fairly accurate.

[UteMachine]

Man the memories. I remember about 12-14 years ago, in the paintball store picking between the vm-68 and the Tippman 68 special. I went with the special, but oh the memories.

[maglover728]

It just goes to prove that you don’t have to own a car to own an engine block. Those things are heavy.

[peewee]

barrela can still be had at proteam. there is also a guy on ebay that has some sort of barrel for them about once a month. I bought an austrailian made scorpion over the VM68. Always loved them first marker that had its own milisim gernade launcher built in.

[Chris42050]

Still got my good ol VM. That thing is a workhorse. The only thing I ever had to do to it was replace the cup seal. That gun always worked. I have sold or scrapped all my old guns except that beast of a gun. Wouldnt get rid of it for anything. Heavy as hell and kicks like a be-ach but I still love it for some reason. I remember playing way back in the day when most of us still had pumps. I busted that gun out and everyone was like Woah. The first time I started to run out of air and the bolt didnt have enough power to fully recock, everyone was complaining saying I was cheating and using my gun on full auto. Good times, good times.

[HoppysMag]

i still got the vm... OLD SCHOOL CLASSIC il never sell it

[XSSPL]

i still got the vm... OLD SCHOOL CLASSIC il never sell it


That ^^^ right there is why they are so hard to find now. Sheridan made nearly 400,000 of the PMI3, VM68 and the Magnum VM68's. There were literally hundreds of mods and add ons for them. THEY WERE GAS HOGS!

I have the "Old School Tri-fecta" right now - I have my Classic mag that I still use weekly. I have an original Tippman "Pro/Am" (b4 the Prolite). I have a VM68. And very soon I will add another OLD SCHOOL marker, but I'm not telling yet :). The old guys will remember it...

[Conversekidz]

I remeber seeing Vm68 when I was in 4th grade I believe or 6th grade (I'm 23 now). The thing was a TANK, i couldn't play with them. I ended up buying a 68 carbine as my first gun and I still have to this day. Its been 9-10 years now I think of owning the tippman. Never rebuilt it and it still works like new (except the detent has been worn down to much).

[OysterBoy]

Welcome to the club (sorry I saw this so late).

My uncle and I are proud owners of 5 Vm's, 3 of which are in alternate setups (One CQB, one "sniper", one "tactical", still figuring out what to do with the other 2. Woodsball is so much more fun when your gun rocks heavy with each shot.

Hooray, :headbang: