Smart Parts Aquired!

[Drix]

If you are up for a giggle... Take a look at a 2007 "Billy Gardner" rant:

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?p=40787300#post40787300

He went on another rant this year before filing bankrupcy (no-where near as big) where he blames smart parts haters for his turn in busniess fortune. I read it and was like "Really now?" The man's a whiney little B.

[Ando]

He went on another rant this year before filing bankrupcy (no-where near as big) where he blames smart parts haters for his turn in busniess fortune.

LOL....Never seen that one. I'm kind of he acknowledge the haters helped in their downfall.

Whitehat better not keep the name if they acquire the company. No mater how well known it is, that chapter needs to be closed and buried forever.

[Drix]

Just gotta carry on the hate to Gi milsim and some of those other companies.

[doc_Zox]

http://www.googlepixel.com/SPtrip/

a trip to the SP all american field last weekend

[John Dresser]

That's the same George Davison that used to play professionally on the All Americans. He's the guy who invented Goggleflauge.

http://www.georgemdavison.com/about/paintball.html

[Skeeter]

http://www.googlepixel.com/SPtrip/

a trip to the SP all american field last weekend

CLASSIC slide show!!! That was good for a chuckle!

[Ratt]

http://www.googlepixel.com/SPtrip/

a trip to the SP all american field last weekend

HOLY COW! You have no idea how much that slide show brightened my day!!!

[factoid]

That's the same George Davison that used to play professionally on the All Americans. He's the guy who invented Goggleflauge.

http://www.georgemdavison.com/about/paintball.html

Wow. Were major character flaws a requirement to be on the All Americans, or is that just a coincidence? The Gardners also came out of that team, right?

[Skeeter]

Wow. Were major character flaws a requirement to be on the All Americans, or is that just a coincidence? The Gardners also came out of that team, right?

IIRC, the Gardners were co-captains and the MAJOR sponsor of that team... Not sure about the "character flaw" question, but it would be fun to research...

How many of the former AAs have criminal records or a history of bankrupcies??? Anyone have the team rosters, from a few years ago?

[factoid]

IIRC, the Gardners were co-captains and the MAJOR sponsor of that team... Not sure about the "character flaw" question, but it would be fun to research...

How many of the former AAs have criminal records or a history of bankrupcies??? Anyone have the team rosters, from a few years ago?

Wasn't AGD their major sponsor at one point? I thought that's where Smart Parts got their start...working with TK and making aftermarket parts for mags.

[Pump Scout]

Wasn't AGD their major sponsor at one point? I thought that's where Smart Parts got their start...working with TK and making aftermarket parts for mags.

The All Americans shot AutoMags in between their PMI-3's and the Shoebox Shocker, IIRC. Not sure if that was a product of SP making lots of aftermarket Mag parts, or if there was an actual sponsorship involved. I tend to think it would have been more in the line of running Mags because they were one of two legitimate tourney guns at the time, and SP could throw more stuff at a Mag than they could at a Cocker at the time.

[rabidchihauhau]

The All Americans shot AutoMags in between their PMI-3's and the Shoebox Shocker, IIRC. Not sure if that was a product of SP making lots of aftermarket Mag parts, or if there was an actual sponsorship involved. I tend to think it would have been more in the line of running Mags because they were one of two legitimate tourney guns at the time, and SP could throw more stuff at a Mag than they could at a Cocker at the time.

During that time frame, so far as I know, there were only two officially sponsored 'factory' teams - Swarm and the S.O.B.s.

Smart Parts approached AGD to manufacture aftermarket accessories and "improvements" (like the so-called faster recharging 8 hole mod or the, increase your range magic box).

As usual, it was not an attempt to partner or improve the brand but a ploy to get inside information so that the company could take advantage of a popular market/product.

I'm sure they called it "sponsorship" at the time, but I think it was more of a business deal, since they were obviously able to purchase product at a good price in order to do their 'mods' and re-sell.

Beyond the changes listed above, they offered splash-anodized dress-up kits (rails, site mount, barrel, grip), figured out that adding co2 and nitro together gave them better performance, seriously pushed remote systems as the answer to the liquid problem and did some funky other stuff to the guns that must have been somewhat questionable since they went absolutely ape when someone managed to steal one during the NPPL Reno event.

What it boiled down to was they figured out a way to force the 'climbing' fps in an on-demand fashion, so while you were shooting at 296 max, they were shooting back at 350 - or so everyone thought at the time.

[luke]

Any new information the WH's?

[Chronobreak]

Any new information the WH's?

i dont think the deal went through at this point