Switch to .50 cal.

[robo1]

Alot of new markers are going to a smaller size .50 cal instead of .68, where is this gonna leave us? Is AGD gonna match this or are mag users going to be truly outdated?

[jade_monkey07]

dont worry, .50 is a fad that will pass

[Smoothice]

all these 50 cal threads are making my head explode...

[Coralis]

all these 50 cal threads are making my head explode...

Yeah no doubt, I can see why the industry would push for it, but the players

[CatoRockwell]

haven't they pushed 50 cal before? I seem to remember several years ago worrying about the same thing and then nothing ever materialized from it.

[Pump Scout]

.50 will be an option in addition to .68 caliber. There's absolutely no reason to think that the entire industry will abandon .68 in favor of .50. Don't worry, the vast numbers of Mags, Cockers, spools, poppits, and blowbacks are going to be well fed with .68 for a long time.

[warbeak2099]

That's ONLY if Rich Italia doesn't get his way. Make no mistake, he and the Gardners are going to be pushing for universal 50 cal eventually.

[robo1]

That's ONLY if Rich Italia doesn't get his way. Make no mistake, he and the Gardners are going to be pushing for universal 50 cal eventually.

Smart Parts and Kingman are both coming out with several new markers, all based on the .50 cal paintball. Previously it was just a few, but now the push is heavier. Part of it is due to airsofts popularity, and a lower impact.

[Pump Scout]

That's ONLY if Rich Italia doesn't get his way. Make no mistake, he and the Gardners are going to be pushing for universal 50 cal eventually.

Sure. It's been tried before, and even by the same parties. The Gardner boys tried the "industry standard" ploy before with Impulse/Ion/NXT/Luxe threads. The rest of the industry didn't bite.

And I'm one of the Mulder types on .50 caliber. I want to believe... but I'm not blind to truth either. If 50 really winds up being better, great. If not, that's cool too.

[Frizzle Fry]

haven't they pushed 50 cal before? I seem to remember several years ago worrying about the same thing and then nothing ever materialized from it.

.55 caliber was released by PMI in the form of the Maxx55 (Pirhana) and by PCS in the form of the US55 (A5). Both were marketed as cheap field guns with good air efficiency; both flopped so badly that you could buy a marker, tank, and 2 cases of paint in a package for $50 last year.

Want a laugh? A friend of mine was there when Richmond Italia saw the drop tests comparing GI .50cal to .68cal Monster ball... Guess which was more successful?

It's a fad and it won't last. Keep in mind that NO company other than GI has produced anything more than a rough prototype of a .50cal system... People blew up about the Ego kit and Jack Wood clarified that they hadn't even planned production yet, let alone made anything more than a rough mockup of a kit.

[druid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZabfFBZ0bQ&feature=sub

and

http://mcarterbrown.com/50ballistics/

Yes you can argue that lack of chrono showing and other "empirical" testing items were mis-performed [on video] but it shows exactly what I've been saying all along...the .50 cal sucked 20 [well, 15] years ago and it still does.

I rest my case.

[fishmishin]

It's a fad and it won't last. Keep in mind that NO company other than GI has produced anything more than a rough prototype of a .50cal system... People blew up about the Ego kit and Jack Wood clarified that they hadn't even planned production yet, let alone made anything more than a rough mockup of a kit.

I spoke with Ledz at World Cup and he told me then that the .50 conversion kits would be available for sale in 6 weeks. That sounded like they had plans for production to me.

Don't get me wrong I hope .50 falls on it's face, and I think it will in due time.

[SSP-SheiK]

Alot of new markers are going to a smaller size .50 cal instead of .68, where is this gonna leave us? Is AGD gonna match this or are mag users going to be truly outdated?

im sorry, did you say outdated? mags will never be "outdated"... poor newb

[JKR]

The jury isn't out on the .50 cal debate. They have already deliberated and are ready to sentence...guilty of poor performance.