What spare parts do you take to the field for your mags?

[MANN]

think has to wiegh a ton

thats what I am tring to prevent. I would like all of my gear to fit in the trunk of my wifes camery. we have our own speedball and woodsball fields so I am already bringing 4-5 scubas 1-2 20lb co2 tanks, chrono, etc. I would like my gear to be minimum.

[Zone Drifter]

I just take an extra gun and tank, along with a gravity hopper. I'm no rope shooter, so a grav hopper is fine for me as a backup. Actually... I've been wanting to have a pistol as a backup in case something is wrong with my main marker.

[seekandestroy78]

usually its like this

locktite
teflon tape
allen keys
electrical tape
some batteried for my hopper

[paint magnet]

I carry a Plano tackle box full of miscellaneous parts. Mostly macroline, fittings, gauges, loctite, allen wrenches, etc. The botttom of it is full of parts from guns I no longer own (I think there's a 'cocker spring kit, an Angel LED bolt, and a stock lpr from a 99' cocker).

I have learned the hard way though that it is much better to have a backup gun than to try and hastily fix something at the field. I have had way too many expensive gun parts that got dropped in the dirt, lost, or had tool marks as a result of me trying to hurry up and get ready for the next game. If I make changes to my primary marker (like new internal parts) I always make sure to leave my backup alone, just to make sure one works so I don't waste any playing time.

I do carry a full parts kit for my .68 AutoMag, but that's only because it takes up so little space. I've never actually had to replace anything on it other than the bolt and sear, which were damaged when I received it in a trade.

As for spares, I take:

Backup/Loaner gun
Spare hopper and batteries
Oil

I quit trying to fix other people's guns a long time ago. I don't mind helping a friend out but lately there are too many people who just mooch off others for free parts. I didn't pay a field fee to sit out in the heat and fix someone else's gun.

[GoatBoy]

Once you've decided on a gun (which might pose a problem for some of you), your backup should be roughly the same type of marker as your primary gun.

For instance, it would make no sense to have an automag as a primary gun, and an autococker as a backup, seeing as the two practically share no common parts.

My primary is a ULE mag with X-valve and HPA; my secondary is a classic valve mag with CO2.

Most likely, what will happen is the place I go to won't have HPA. So I pull the x-valve out of my primary and swap in the classic valve.

[Storminnorman]

I just bring my camera, because if my mag breaks down there is something wrong in the universe and its telling me not to play paintball. Maybe thats why I don't have that many pictures. :rofl: .

[warpfeedmod]

I've got 3 of these

http://s3.supload.com/free/Tacklebox-21011035.jpg/view/

I keep allen keys, a small screwdriver with interchangeable tips, lube, o-rings and some misc tape and whatnot.

For the mag it's mainly o-rings, I'm not replacing springs or bolts or what have you on the field.

For the cocker it's springs, orings, some hose for the pneumatics, etc.

If anything else goes wrong with both markers in the same day, I'm done for the day.

I put those boxes and my markers in a duffel bag and keep my tanks outside the bag and thats all I have.

Most fields I play at, the staging area is the parking lot, meaning you setup out of the back of your car/van/whatever.

On the occasion I do have to walk to a staging area I don't have more than a bag, maybe a case or two of paint and my tanks to carry.