Triggernomics

[Frizzle Fry]

man wish i still had my VM! i had it UL milled by taso back in the day in long beach ca, off the 91fwy and downey ave. UL milled and anode metallic blue it was a pretty nice looking vm68 and you know how ugly they are.

One of my former teammates has a TASO milled VM. I personally just have a fistful of stock ones and a PTP. One hasn't been cleaned or lubed in about 15 years - still fires though. I'm not sure what makes them so funky looking - the huge bolt on feed, the giant trigger/hand guard, or the Michelin Man-style body milling...

I think we'll have to send one to Dan; that's a lot of material to work with.

[athomas]

Whew, that video certainly has put me in a hot spot. At times, I thought about just deleting it and being done with it. I'll be the first to agree that I come off very conceited and full of myself with some of the comments made in that video. If you know me, then you know that it is all meant more in jest than anything else....

I'll be honest enough to say that I do feel like I'm in a league of my own with my work. I don't do this so people can think I'm special. I do it because it's incredibly fun to make metal objects that function in some way. Paintball guns fit the bill perfectly for me, and I can push myself to whole new limits.

The only thing that really gets me riled is people saying that these guns won't work. I've been very straightforward about Mad Cocker Disease not being able to shoot due to structural weaknesses, but all of the others are fully functional. I just can't seem to convince people of that, and I'm not able to do a shooting video of them.

Keep the video up. The only bad publicity is no publicity at all. As long as people are talking about your work, it is getting recognized. I'm sure some of the great artists before our time had many people that didn't like what they did. People will always argue against something that goes against what is considered normal.

I like your work because it is different. You can't just buy an add-on part to customize a marker like that. Each marker is a one of a kind which makes it more special than any other marker around.

[river031403]

vm68

One of my former teammates has a TASO milled VM. I personally just have a fistful of stock ones and a PTP. One hasn't been cleaned or lubed in about 15 years - still fires though. I'm not sure what makes them so funky looking - the huge bolt on feed, the giant trigger/hand guard, or the Michelin Man-style body milling...

I think we'll have to send one to Dan; that's a lot of material to work with.

or the huge field strip screws

[Maghog]

Well if you have noticed, it's been (besides the Sterling) only Mags and Cockers so far. The Sterling was the first gun I ever really fell in love with, and I ruined the grip frame on it. That's pretty much why I did it. The fact that the others are Mags and Cockers is simply because they shaped the game so much and I felt that they needed to be recognized. In the 90's they were the only guns to talk about if you were into semi-auto.
There are certainly other guns worthy of being honored. The VM-68 would be one of them, or of course the Tippmann Pro-Lite. I was never crazy about Spyder's but they definitely made an impact. The Nelspot 007 would also be a candidate, but it's too small to get really involved.
I've got two more Mags on the forge now, and I kind of think that it's going to be over with the guns then. If I ever would do another though, it would be my 2000 LCD Angel. That gun changed the game forever, and there's a lot of metal on there to make something nice out of it.
If I had the time, I'd do this everyday, and make guns till I drop. Hobbies don't pay squat though, so I'm stuck where I am.
It's fun all the same.
Thanks for the words of encouragement guys, they really mean a lot.
Dan

[Spider-TW]

Well if you have noticed, it's been (besides the Sterling) only Mags and Cockers so far. The Sterling was the first gun I ever really fell in love with, and I ruined the grip frame on it. That's pretty much why I did it. The fact that the others are Mags and Cockers is simply because they shaped the game so much and I felt that they needed to be recognized. In the 90's they were the only guns to talk about if you were into semi-auto.
There are certainly other guns worthy of being honored. The VM-68 would be one of them, or of course the Tippmann Pro-Lite. I was never crazy about Spyder's but they definitely made an impact. The Nelspot 007 would also be a candidate, but it's too small to get really involved.
I've got two more Mags on the forge now, and I kind of think that it's going to be over with the guns then. If I ever would do another though, it would be my 2000 LCD Angel. That gun changed the game forever, and there's a lot of metal on there to make something nice out of it.
If I had the time, I'd do this everyday, and make guns till I drop. Hobbies don't pay squat though, so I'm stuck where I am.
It's fun all the same.
Thanks for the words of encouragement guys, they really mean a lot.
Dan

Something that might pay squat would be a sculpted Viking body. AKA fans get as crazy as any of us and there is some meat on there as well. Just to throw some wood on the fire.

[splat15k]

Something that might pay squat would be a sculpted Viking body. AKA fans get as crazy as any of us and there is some meat on there as well. Just to throw some wood on the fire.

Good call. A Triggernomics Evil M would be amazing as well.