Becoming a non-gunwhore, need advice...

[Redbeard the Pirate]

So I'm needing to get out of my addiction to buying markers... I'm getting back into truck restorations and it's a better hobby for me

I love paintball, but I really need to sell everything, well, everything but 1 marker, and that's kinda what I need help with.

I want one marker to continue playing, but I want it to fulfill of my other markers rolls I've limited it down to the following:

Electro-pneumatic
Air efficient
Quiet (ish)
UNIQUE
Light (ish)
Not a "series" or I guess "yearly" marker (ego, dm, pm... etc...)
Not SP

My original thought was going to be a viking, but milling those suckers down (at least from quotes I've seen) is SPENDY!

Any other recommendations or am I stuck with the viking?

I love mags, but they're kinda out because of air efficiency They do stand up to most electro's out there, but I've had better luck with eyes then I have with Level X...

[Sumthinwicked]

pgp!

[lasrsktr]

How about an Emaggo...

Electro pneumatic AutoMag!

The bad thing is its still a mag, but thats still the best thing about it

Eyes can easily be added if you wanted to drill into the body and then you would have unlimited(limited by valve and hopper) ROF....

And its a very fun marker.

[MAGslinger]

I love mags, but they're kinda out because of air efficiency They do stand up to most electro's out there, but I've had better luck with eyes then I have with Level X...

Wrong! Except for the X-Valve (which guzzles gas like a Tippmann), both the Classic and the Minimag have a internal regulator preset to 450 psi. I'm able to get 1,100 shots with a 72 ci 3000 psi tank, that's as efficent as the Mag allows. Weather you have a level ten makes no big difference. Short-stroking causes chops and a slow BPS feed rate is also why Mags chop (which is why I use a Halo B with my Minimag). Good luck on your search

[Warwitch]

Ok, advice on not being a gun whore. First off you need to......um...er.....well I guess I got nothing to contribute. But if I was going to pick only one it would have to be an AKA (sorry).

[flyingpootang]

Wow you eliminated a lot of great markers. For ease of maintenance, unique (cause you don't see them anymore), and cheap. I would go with a Cyborg...

[Redbeard the Pirate]

Ok, advice on not being a gun whore. First off you need to......um...er.....well I guess I got nothing to contribute. But if I was going to pick only one it would have to be an AKA (sorry).

Hahaha, I'm not HUGEly opposed to using an AKA marker, I'm just worried about the custom work cost to make one entirely unique... would definitely want to mill the crap out of one to make it as light as possible, but I can't personally mill... gah!

[MAGslinger]

I'd suggest a free membership to gun-whores anonymous.

[DUFF MUFFIN]

e-blazer! i wish i had one....

[Zone Drifter]

Believe it or not, the most efficient marker I ever owned was a JT Excellerator 3.0/4.0

I mean, it's just a mech spyder clone with no eyes or any type of aanti-chop system (unless you install a spyder acs bolt) but the gun could fire all day on a 9oz. Seriously, it was the perfect money saver, and i could somehow still fire the little thing damn fast thanks to the trigger being so comfortable to pull.

Other than that, can't help ya there. It seems like if you want high bps then you're gonna eat air no matter what gun you use. Hey, if it's free fills all day, most of the time I run out of ammo before i have to refill my mag's 69/4500 tank.

[s00per_n00b]

how about an alias timmy? They shoot nice, arent a "series" type gun, and I'm pretty sure their pretty efficent since its a poppit style gun. Plus you can find them used for around 350, which is not too bad if you ask me.

[Texas Trigger]

Vice. Or other Bob Long.

[seekandestroy78]

any aka marker would stand out now a days. a basic no mill in black is all i would have if i was going to just pick one gun and forget about it.

[phizz]

tippmann c-3 can't get more efficient then that.

I have to say I would stick with a viking or excal. Though any of the MACDEVs are nice. Droids and borgs.

[Dawg047]

I was just in your position. I have always been a mag fanatic. I have been here and have seen it all. I love them, and I have always had one or 2 in my colllection. I just recently downsized from 10 markers in my personal collection to 3 now (not including the guns I am selling). I have my PTP Unibody Micromag, My custom Sheridan SB, and my 06' Eclipse Ego. Let me tell you. I have heard this hipe going around about Ego's at my field. I picked one up and will never put it down. I had it sent away and annoed Dust Gold and it has an Aurora CCU kit on it and I shoot a UL back with Stiff tip. I have never had a marker custom annoed in the 12 years I have been playing and the 100+ guns I have owned I liked it that much. It is amazing, just right for me. It is very air efficient, easy to clean, reliable, and the Aurora against the dust gold blings in peoples faces and is very unique. So, take it from a guy who owns a store and has had every gun imaginable. I really like the Ego and I would consider it highly. Vikings and Excals are nice though, bulky but they shoot nice. I would say Ego or AKA. Macdev makes good stuff but I have heard some beating around the bush about them and another company, *cough* and I just don't think there quality is as high as it used to be. I would love to tell you to go with an Emag but just had one in my hand and I would have to say I like my Ego a bit more just beacuse of weight and simpleness. Thanks and good luck, hope you find the right piece for you.