I guess I'm going to paintball again. Crossover XVR thoughts?

[BigEvil]

Ive always been intrigued by the Crossover.. I wonder how it would be if I put a Predator board in one

[Nobody]

You can put a predator board in anything, wasn't that their slogan?

[dahoeb]

Ok, I got the marker in the mail last week. The thing had paint in every corner, edge, nook and crannie. Kinda irritated me. In fact, a lot of the markers I saw posted on Ebay and PBN were still covered in paint; these people aren't even bothering to give the guns a basic wipe down before putting them up for auction. Just laziness. Kind of insulting to the customer. Anyways, I wiped it down, pulled out the guts, gave it a thorough cleaning and re-lubed everything. The eyes were probably not functioning for the last user, they were completely covered in dried, gooey paint. Internally, the valve assembly (if thats what they call it on the crossover), was about as easy to work with as a 'mag. They felt like long lost cousins. Both felt rugged and engineered for the user.

I removed the trigger spring and I'd say I have zero complaints about the trigger or it's feel. No side - side play. I think it's in that nice middle ground that I was looking for.... soft and short enough to walk, but responsive and long enough to fire normally with a good, quick rhythm. I doubt I'll be making many adjustments to that.

I removed the ASA Reg in favor of the inline CP. Put on a small drop forward, got new grips on the way to replace the torn up ones, and ordered the TechT HE bolt. Below is the progress so far. The valve assembly is still removed, when I get the new bolt, I'll finish putting Humpty back together again. Based off the forum's input, I'll be saving myself some money and just using my 12v Revy for awhile. If that gives me issues, I'll probably move up to the Empire Halo in a few months.

[dahoeb]

Oh, and the J&J Edge kit appears to be pretty nice. I like the porting, it's got a beautiful, mirror-like finish for the honing; I see no reason that it won't perform as well as any other nice barrel kit out there. I wish the control bores (whatever they call them) were about an inch longer, but otherwise, I think they're great quality barrels. I also kinda like the fact that the kit came with 12in, 14in, and 16in barrel tips. I'm using 14in for now, but I like having the choice to move down to 12in depending on my mood and what I'm going for.

A part of me still wishes I got the freak kit just because it would save me money if I ever decided to get another gun (just buy 1 new back instead of a new kit).

[paint magnet]

The VMAX 2 has been my favorite loader to date. It's so quiet I can barely hear it, batteries last a long time and it has never broken paint. Super light and super easy to clean. Only downsides I can tell are that it's feedrate is not that great (somewhere in between a Revvy and Halo) and the lid can be a little frustrating (it has to be pushed forward then up to open). Definitely my first choice for a recball loader, especially at $40. Maybe the first generation ones were the ones to give it a bad reputation?

FYI my other hoppers were a 16 year old Xboard Revolution, Ricochet Apache, and a Halo B.