After playing today. I'm starting to consider the idea more and more about buying an electro "tournament" style marker. Something with eyes yada yada yada. I know a handful that use Geo's and egos. But what markers tend to be the most reliable user friendly and cost effective? Yes this is a mag forum. But it appears a lot here use other markers as well. Or are at least around a lot more styles than a guy from southern IL.
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2014 Axe.
Upgradable with Inception Designs bodies (a bolt upgrade is not needed).
Reliable, easy to maintain.
Quiet, very air efficient.
Low pressure operation.
And the big one, used ones are fairly inexpensive.
Note: get one with the Redline OLED board, much easier to change settings with a screen.
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Isn't that what you have in the for sale section?Comment
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axes, egos...pretty standard fare. you can find 08/09 egos for $300 or so.Comment
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HUmmmm. Guess I need to decide if I want to sell/trade my project marker then....Comment
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GEO's are good as well, easy to maintain. My personal preference is single tube guns as I'm used to mags so the aiming point doesn't change too much.Comment
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The big thing I struggle with is finding a decent reliable electro that can be customized, but you won't lose your ass if you sell it.
I understand you'll lose your ass with any customized marker, and I love axes, but damn. $300 for a donor axe, $250 for an inception body, add ano to that and you still have a $300 axe.
Anyone have any insight into building an Evil Ehm to avoid this? It seems like those still fetch a grand on the used market, despite basically being a macdev cyborg and equivalent in design to an etek. Definitely still tournament level for an electro and simple.Comment
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I'm not to concerned with it being all that custom. I won't be getting rid of my old RT. And while not real custom it might as well be since nobody knows what they are since they are older than most players.
It's funny that my limited info had me thinking Geo or axe. And them appear to be 2 of the key options. I like the single tube idea for the same reason laku. I hate dealing with spyders. And the ego reminds me of that with the stacked setup. I lean more toward an axe because I really don't want a huge buy in. And the axe would be a lot closer to the flip value of what I would be getting rid of for the electro to take its place.Comment
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The days of flipping a gun, especially used for what you paid for or more are long gone unless you find someone who is well, stupid.
The great thing is, you can pick up an axe, use it and unless the old owner did something stupid(Pootie bolt, dicked with all the settings, etc and so forth), the guns will shoot and shoot and shoot. You do not need to do anything with them. You do not need an ID body, or Numech frame, or anything else. Sometimes you can find axes at $150-200. Remember, it just needs to shoot paint and be reliable. You don't need to make it a show piece.
Not a cyborg. More like a B2K(which was the first stack tubed electro design, but i digress), imho. Anyway. An Evil Ehm, is Viking that uses a Merlin extrusion(hence the the phonetic M name) for the body, all Viking internals, a frame of your choice, and total custom milling that you can design or allow DC help you with the choices. It is a total custom gun, not counting anno, that has a following. You generally either buy up someone's project or a completed gun, that people are asking for the money they put into it. So its kinda like having XMT mill a body, then sending it to Tuna to turn it into an Emag. It can get expensive real quick.Comment
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Sorry. That question was more a question of... Don't you have one of them for sale? I take it you pulled it off the market? I knew anytime electros came up axes and minis were considered sound markers that held there own in a nice price point.
Out of curiosity why do you say the axe suits my needs better than a used Geo? Simple buy in point? Or something else?Comment
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What about the Bob Long insight and Onslaught? They seem to be an excellent value on the used market if you want something a little different then an Axe (not that Axes are bad, just that everyone has one). Plus the Insight and Onslaught are available in some cool ano's.
The Cyborg was a Merlin extrusion as well, so Cyborg frames are popular for the conversion. Basically if you put a 2 liter and somehow retapped the lpr for an SCM the only thing that would differ from an evil ehm would be the cartridge ram of a Viking. Which, as cool as the ehms are, make it hard to justify the price considering Cyborgs go for under $150 these days.Comment
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I don't want to get off subject with the Axe I have for sale.
While it's true, for ease of maintenance, the Geo parallels the Axe, but unless you get a geo 3 or above they tend to be somewhat inefficient.
They seem to be a bit louder too depending your barrel.Comment
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Ah! Yah geo3 compared to an axe pro is a small price difference used. Let alone a geo3 compared to a normal axe.
Since I will be shopping used I will be at the mercy of the seller for ano colors. So that isn't a big factor here.
Guess I really need to decide if I want to pull the trigger and post my "finally functional" project marker for sale....
What barrel threading do these markers use. In all my net skimming I guess I've missed that.Comment
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