Bad wrists but want to play

[AdrenalineMag]

*POOF*

[manike]

I think your post was uncalled for If you actually read the guys post you will see that this is a bit more of a serious issue that affects his everyday life rather than the few occasional bumps and bruises you have subjected yourself to.

manike

[BgGrizzly]

I would suggest either a spyder with a remote line, or a mag with a zgrip and a remote line. The mag with zgrip would be heavier but maybe more comfortable and easy on your wrists than the 45 grip

[InfinatyBPS]

well I find my teammates mag very light here would be a nice light set up...

Powerfeed Mag
Z grip(puts ur wrist at a comforbale angle)
32* Carbon Fiber Barrel(very light)
and a Small Fiber Wrapped Nitro Tank...
that should be very light and comfortable...

[theraidenproject]

my suggestion, z-gripped mag w/ superbolt, remote 48/45 on a redz belt (just cuz theyre so comfortable ) i dont know about light barrels, i have a SS one

[paintsprayer]

ok, here's what you gotta do, and i'm not just making this up, after i read your post i went out and tried this. i took my old spyder TL with an 9oz tank, and i used electrical tape to attach the tank to the bottom of my forearm. when holding onto the grip, it looked normal, but i could completely let go of the grip with my hand and the gun would stay in place perfectly. basically all i had to do was pull the trigger. this also made the gun seen very light. i think you should do this.

[martlet1]

velcro

I really kind of brace my gun with my tank. If you could imagine the top of the tank on the bottom of your forearm, velcro around the tank and your forearm. Your wrist will be relatively still. My micro is really light until you put the tank and hopper on. I mean realllly light. Good luck!

[tysonmachado]

The heavy Automag is a MYTH!

I have two things to bring to this argument:
-more paintball paintball stuff sitting in my basement than should be there
-an accurate kitchen scale

I have said many times that the Automag is not significantly heavier than other paintball guns. I even said this to the boyfriend of Tempestwolf earlier this evening. After reading through this thread I decided to perform a little experiment.
I took two guns:

AUTOMAG 68 powerfeed left with tournement legal thumb adjuster, stock composite grip frame, AGD rubber wraparound grips, brass air line elbow, and nickel plated male quick disconnect fitting. No barrel, no foregrip, no dropforward.

PIRANHA G3 VTL with stock composite grip frame, stock plastic grip panels, beavertail sightrail (so the rear cocking knob doesn't smack ya in the face), aluminum asa to 1/8 NPT adapter, and nickel plated male quick disconnect fitting. No barrel, no foregrip, no dropforward.

I weighed each of them on my kitchen scale:

The Automag weighs 2 pounds even.

The Piranha weighs 1 pound 15 ounces.

Since we all know that there are 16 ounces to the pound we can see that the Automag does weigh more by a whole whopping ounce!

At this point, those of you who are reading this and are quite clever are saying, " but when you remove the barrel of an Automag you also remove the breach, and that is added weight which your experiment does not account for!"
This is true. Fortunately, I just happen to have a 14 inch All American barrel with stainless steel back for the automag, and I also just happen to have a 14 All American barrel with stainless steel back for the Pirahna. Since stainless is about the heaviest material barrels are made from, the steel backs will best accentuate the difference in weight. If both of these barrels were aluminum the difference would be less. Putting each in turn upon the trusty kitchen scale we see:

The Automag barrel weighs 11 ounces.

The Piranha barrel weighs 10 ounces.

Now we have another whole ounce difference between them, added to the first ounce it is plain to see that when each gun is set up with the minimum amount of equipment to run on a remote line, and when each is using the same barrel with stainless steel threads, the Automag weighs 2 ounces more than the Piranha. To put that into pwerspective, a Viewloader hopper elbow with thumbscrews weighs just about two ounces.
So is two ounces really enough weight to slow you down? Is the Automag really such a monsterous beast of a gun? Or do we just hear rumors about how heavy the Automag is, then look at the stainless steel valve and body and think "it must be heavy...it IS heavy...how can someone carry ALL THAT WEIGHT?!?!"

[rx2]

I have pretty bad wrists, and it is really something a lot of people take for granted. Fortunately, I can still play fine, but as a musician, there is nothing worse. Anyhow, I have used a z-grip fitted micromag with a remote that was quite comfortable to use. I think that that the mag kick is somewhat overstated, so I don't think that a remote on a mag would really cause any problems as far as jarring goes, although the added mass would dampen the vibrations. However, if your wrists are that bad, the crisp trigger pull of a stock mag might be problematic. Perhaps an electro would be better in that respect. It is quite a dillemma.
Whatever you choose, I would recommend staying out of the woods when you play, whenever possible. There are too many things to trip over, and unless you have perfected breakfalls and rolls, you would probably jam your wrists, if you happened to fall.