AO opinion thread (pumps)

[maniacmechanic]

I have a VSC Undercocking Phantom , I shoot it just like a pistol , 1 handed , cock it step out shoot , step back cock it , ect & then I also have all the stuff to set it up for open class
For me it's great , fulfulls all my pump needs

[going_home]

Ok AO

I am going to buy a pump to get back into paintball . Stock class. My short list:

Phantom

Buzzard

Grey Ghost

Opinions?

Only pump I ever shot that I liked was a CCM Series 6.
Of course its open class not stock but with a 13ci tank and a Sport Shot its very nice.
I think the new CCM T2 will be available in stock class though.

[secretweaponevan]

It should be cheap and easy to convert an Azodin KP pump into stock class.

Just throwing it out there.

[Lohman446]

Where would one buy a bucket changer and stick feed for an autococker if I happened to buy one?

[behemoth]

I used to use Wevopaintball.com exclusively, but i'm told they're way backed up, or are having some issue thats taking orders forever....

It could be fixed by now, but i'm not sure.

Try stockclasspaintball.com and mcarterbrown.com for alot of pump parts.

Any phantom feed can be made to work, and any bucket changer can be made to work.

The only thing about running 12ies on an autococker is, you're going to either want a pre 99 (smaller air passeges, less room for gas to expand, more shots per 12ie) OR get a WWA Devolumizer (makes 2k passages smaller for same purpose)

I tried the whole 12g thing for a while, and they're expensive and annoying. i got a small 13ci tank, and called it a day. (then a 22ci, because the 13 wasnt long enough for me...)


But its your call.

[Lohman446]

I ordered a grey ghost from someone on MCB that gave me a pretty good deal on it and the other stuff I would need. There helpful over there BTW. I think this winter I am going to try a custom sniper build - but I am going to start from scratch and build it to be just what I want.

The comments on the Buzzard threw me a bit, so I stayed away, I wanted to try something other than a Phantom.

[behemoth]

Hey, if you dont like it - hock it off!

Thats how i've found what i liked, and gone thru 4,624,942,543 guns (or something like that.)

Sniper builds are the best

I wish i wouldve taken pics of ALL the snipers i've built, instead of just some of them

[Lohman446]

I will build me a Sniper stock class - I beleive off of a pre 99 once I find one

I built an Automag stock class once using an AM stock class feed tube off an illussion, this can't be far from it

[Jaan]

This is the stock class Sniper I built...



I actually took the stock off to make it a pistol.

It's technically not "pure" stock class since more than one ball rests over the feed, but nobody cares. It's nice that you can pop off a couple of shots without rocking it. It's also nice that I can go back to a hopper if I so desire.

The feed system is a Pro Team Products aluminum warp feed adapter, and a Phantom stock class feed gate. I just take my 10 round tubes and jam them in there. Works like a charm.

I'm not even sure how many shots I get out of a 12 gram. A lot. In fact, I had trouble getting her under 300 fps.

P.S. I love my Phantom pistol precisely because she's so light. But there ya' go.

[Jaan]

Better picture of the feed gate...

[Lohman446]

Bucket changer - I just ordered a Sniper 2 - no reg. Where do I get a bucket changer? I did google it, and got nowhere

[Spider-TW]

Bucket changer - I just ordered a Sniper 2 - no reg. Where do I get a bucket changer? I did google it, and got nowhere

I think a lot of the new ones start their lives at CCI

Does anyone here play with a stock class tube sticking out the side of their marker? In the way back, if you had a fancy direct feed and box feeders were not allowed, people would just put a stick feed on. Is that just too much target?

[Zygote]

Wherever you get the bucket changer, you can probably also find a phantom stockclass feedblock, feedtube, and feedgate. I've also heard good things about the palmers lt valve for running snipers off 12 grams.

[Lohman446]

I hate you all

So, I ordered a grey ghost and got it. Really liked it.

Then a deal came by on an old Sniper - so I bought it - not so much my thing but this one also is a project marker for later.

So then a deal came by on a VSC Phantom in urban camo - I had to have it, I really like it too.

So... now I have to ask. Where are all the Palmer Super Stockers hiding? I want to try one but I really don't have this great desire to give Palmers $500 for one.

[punkncat]

I have to admit man, pump was really not my thing.

I love to play semi hopper ball with a cocker. I figured, as "pure" as that is, trying out pump would only be better. And on the recommendation of quite a few folks, I picked up a ss-25 from a member on another forum. I played with it a half dozen times. I REALLY liked the marker's action, and how it felt...the autotrigger was nice.

I started playing paintball right about the time that semi's were standard fare...say about 97ish. Electros were unheard of at that time, and most everything was either a stacked tube blowback, a clone of it, or a Tippmann of one sort or another. So, to us, a group of unknowing woodsball players, new to the scene and oblivious to the history of the sport, pumps were that cheap starter gun that Wal Mart had. What were they, a razor? lol

Anyway, having started out that way, and played that way so long, I just couldn't wrap my head around having to recock the marker each shot. My style and tactics are just too engrained for me to relax, think about what I was doing, and play with the pump.

I have to say though that I am fasinated by all of the different pumps, and particularly stock class markers, and just how nice some of them are. I wouldn't mind having a duck just to look at......