Who was your first?

[zondo]

I couldn't tell you what the first marker it was when I first played, but suffice it to say that it was enough to get me to buy my own--I still have it. All ca. 1994-95.

• Tippmann Pro/Am
• Stock barrel and foregrip
• Powerfeed
• Smart Parts 14" splash anno'd progressive barrel

Be cool to find an e-trigger and replace the main grip, but it shoots darts anyway.

[kurtisqpublic]

I figured I would list them all in order....
1. Sheridan PGP
2. VM68 (This one started the arms race with my buddies)
3. Minicocker
4. Minimag
5. Custom Autocker (still own)
6. Classic RT
7. Invert Mini

[jrod]

I couldn't tell you what the first marker it was when I first played, but suffice it to say that it was enough to get me to buy my own--I still have it. All ca. 1994-95.

• Tippmann Pro/Am
• Stock barrel and foregrip
• Powerfeed
• Smart Parts 14" splash anno'd progressive barrel

Be cool to find an e-trigger and replace the main grip, but it shoots darts anyway.

That is a sweet marker. I'm feeling quite meloncholy, reading about all these old markers.
I'm kicking myself for abusing and losing the markers I've owned in the past.

After my splatmaster, my parents bought me a KP2. I later added the constant air option (remember that term? ). Unfortunately, I abused that marker and I don't remember what happened to it.

Soon after, I bought a BE King Cobra. Being the teenager that I was, I abused that also. Again, I don't remember what happened to it.

After that, I bought a Tippmann 68 Special. I got a lot of use out of that beauty. Can you imagine, true semi-auto!!!! The feedneck developed a crack and I sold it to a co-worker for next to nothing.

After that came the Tippmann C98. I still have that, and I'll never get rid of it.

Then came the A5. I loved that marker, but kind of grew out of it (remember the old A5OG - what was that moderators name? - is he still around?).

That's when I finally got my Tac-One. This is still my primary, although I did take a brief departure with a Blazer.

While using the Blazer, I let my son (10 yrs old) use the Tac One. I decided to sell the Blazer and buy the boy (he's 12 now) a Mini. So the Tac One is mine again. I think it will always be my primary.

Lastly, I'm building a ULE Automag with Xvalve and L10. That will be the backup.

[Spider-TW]

That is a sweet marker. I'm feeling quite meloncholy, reading about all these old markers.
I'm kicking myself for abusing and losing the markers I've owned in the past.

My first game was a rental nelspot without a pump handle in 89. I lost enough skin off my knuckle to go buy my own piranha long barrel. I eventually loaned that one to my future brother in law and never saw it again.

I went through the unibody phantom and F-1 illustrator (still have that one) until I got a mag in 92.

I still have pieces of that mag on three different builds, but I don't miss the phantom or the nelspot.

[FreakBaller12]

dm5 got it for cheap off a neighbor
second was an 04 viking before i even knew what vikings were ( got it at a garage sale) and didnt find out it's true capabilites until almost a year later lol

WELCOME TO AO 187 !

how the F do you find a viking at a garage sale?

[afortuna]

My first few games were with the old green box loader pistol. I can't remember the name. Each tube in the box held 4 or 5 shots. You had to turn the box after the tube ran out to get the next few shots.

First marker I purchased was a Kingman Hammer. You truly can learn how to play the game better with a pump.

I moved up to the first Kingman Spyder released. I walked on to a semi-pro team with that marker. The all had Auto C ockers. They started the day laughing, but didn't end that way. I was asked how it was possible to to always take out 5 of their top guys on their best 10-man team with only using half a hopper of paint. Goes back to that pump thing.

I eventually brokedown and purchased my friends Automag from him. That was the best marker (IMO) on the market when it came out. Unfortunately, I played one game with it, sodl it, and left paintball.

[Carapace]

My first few games were with the old green box loader pistol. I can't remember the name. Each tube in the box held 4 or 5 shots. You had to turn the box after the tube ran out to get the next few shots.

First marker I purchased was a Kingman Hammer. You truly can learn how to play the game better with a pump.

I moved up to the first Kingman Spyder released. I walked on to a semi-pro team with that marker. The all had Auto C ockers. They started the day laughing, but didn't end that way. I was asked how it was possible to to always take out 5 of their top guys on their best 10-man team with only using half a hopper of paint. Goes back to that pump thing.

I eventually brokedown and purchased my friends Automag from him. That was the best marker (IMO) on the market when it came out. Unfortunately, I played one game with it, sodl it, and left paintball.

Small Deviation from topic, But my feelings are still hurt for you not selling me that 5peed :'(

God you could've wittled me outta some cash there...

[Watcher]

Sorry I can't be more nostalgic, but I played my first game in 2006 with a JT Tac 5. It was an incredile POS... So my first buy was a Tippmann 98 Custom.

1) Tippmann.
2) 32Degrees Delta .68.
3) PMI Piranha STS E-Force. Nice little electro sear tripper I got for $60 and fixed up. (no longer own).
4) PMI Trracer. Love it!
5) SP ION. Traded it without playing a game with it.
6) AGD RT classic I rescued, fixed up, and am loving!
7) AGD RT Pro I got for the ION + change. My current primary.
8) Psycho Ballistics Lightning 'Cocker.
9) On the way is a 2005 WGP Superstock.

And on the "wanted" list is an E-mag and a VSC .45 Phantom. And I always enjoy the oldies and want a Nelspot, PGP, Piranha Long-Barrel, Palmers Typhoon, Tippmann 68 Special, Tippmann F/A, Nova, a classic 'Cocker, a .68 Automag, and probably more...

[wetwrks]

My first few games were with the old green box loader pistol. I can't remember the name. Each tube in the box held 4 or 5 shots. You had to turn the box after the tube ran out to get the next few shots.

Rapide by splatmaster.

[Old School 626]

Brass eagle Jaguar - Oi!

[thegrayghost]

in 89 went with my son and nephew to our first and only game....i believe nelspot 10 shot veticle feed, rental.....then 10 years later was given, Christmas present of my first marker, BE Tiger Shark pump, still have and modified a little...went to a game a found out i was out-classed by semi's....have been playing since 1999, and have been one of the oldest players in Northern Ohio, 65 years old...

markers in order:

1. B E Tger Shark Pump, still have
2. Tippmann 68 Carbine, traded
3. Piranha STS (2) still have
4. old "shoeboxes" (2) still have
5. Classic Automag, still have
6. AKA Viking (unmilled)
7. Kingman Hammer Pump, just got it

thats the arsenal, old, but so am i, lolololol, they all work...a side note, i had a Ule/RT/UMF Automag that was just sweet for a mechanical...i hated to trade it, and see it go, but i got the Viking in trade....could not afford the best of 2 world's....have a nice Christmas and New Years to all....

kenny (thegrayghost)....

[Zone Drifter]

[Chris]

My first time playing was with a Trracer (pump) and Stingray (semi).

This was back in '93, we later added an autococking kit to the Trracer, which was always problematic.

[halB]

http://www.cheshirefishing.co.uk/images/shop/guns/vulcan.jpg

The vulcan. I went and played in the woods by my house. I got 4 of them, I still have one.

BTW: I would gladly pay 10 bux to buy a samurai if anyone still has one. Now those guns were classy!

[Yudanja]

My first game ever was Christmas 1994 with my Karate group, indoor paintball place and I shot a VM68. For that christmas, Santa brought me a F2 illustrator. Played a while with that and moved to a outdoor field, everyone shot mags. I got a Crown point/power feed mag that came with a VL200 hopper and 12oz C02. I was the man with that mag, I loved it.

I bought a autococker after a break from the game. Dumped tons of money in that and played with that for a while. I recently picked up a classic RT that is giving me troubles and just bought a G3 (well in may).


So, recap.
1. F2 illustrator
2. Mag
3. cocker
4. classic RT
5. G3