What was the reason you bought your Mag?

[Newbie505]

Just wondering? What was the reason that you bought your first Mag?

I bought mine because I wanted to play paintball with my son he has a 98c and loves it. I thought about getting a Tippmann as well, but decided I want something different. I just got on Ebay and looked at what paintball auctions were just about to end and bid/bought my used Mag in three minutes. It was only after I had completed the transaction that I realized I had no idea what capabilites of the Mag were. Luckily for me it worked great, had all stock parts, and matching serial numbers. While I was waiting for my Mag to arrive I finally looked up some reviews and stumbled across this forum. I love my Mag and really appreciate everybodies friendliness and helpfulness on the site.

As a side note, my son wants to upgrade from his Tippy. He wants a Cocker. I'll have to ask my wife if he is really my son.

[Croix71]

I bought my Mag because of it's simplicity, AGD service, and most of all the ease of maintenance.

[ProjectMag]

Simple, effective, awesome customer service. What more can you ask for??

[~Backdraft~]

I actaully got mine becase XspyX and -Son- had a mag for about 1 month or so and just shooting theirs in my backyard and seeing how easy it is to maintain and then going inside and looking at my Spyder TL Plus...I knew it was time to get a mag...It was fairly cheap too so I went for it and i've been upgrading it slowly ever since...I dont plan on selling it anytime soon either.

[Blazingace]

My Minimag

I love my Mini. I sleep with my Mini sometimes. Its a little cold, but what the hell. I bought it because I was getting back into paintball and needed a new gun. My VM-68 wasn't cutting it anymore. I am really suprised that I bought a Minimag as opposed to a Cocker. I usually go with what seem the most popular. I went to my favorite paintball store and saw the rows of cockers and upgraded cockers on the wall. Despite that I was leaning toward a Mag. Down at the far end of the wall was the AGD stuff. Saw a Minimag there and picked it up. Held it and really liked it. The weight, the feel, the size it was what I wanted. All the other things like reliablility, AGD service and ease of maintenance I found out later. Love my Mini!!!!!

[MantisMag]

well i was gonna get a tippy or spyder but then my best friend let me borrow his minimag. i really liked the way it felt and the performance i got even as a first timer. so i researched a little bit. found out that it's easy to maintain and reliable. perfect for me since i didn't really want to have to mess around with it. so i spent the extra money. ok a lot of extra money. and i got a used retro off the forums. now i'm broke but i can't stop playing and i'm so glad the semester is almost over so i can go get a job to feed my habit.

[mikey101]

the reason i bought mine was because I saw it in APG and thought of how cool they looked and decided that i had to have such a wicked gun. so over that summer i got a job and made enough money to buy one off of paintballgear. After finding AGD's store, then this forum is when I realized what a jewl of a gun that I had found. I have been completely happy ever since and don't have one regret with this gun!

[Phil]

I was new to paintball and new absolutely nothing. I bought an RT because I thought it looked cool.

[mrhooie]

Because Quality Always Shoots Straight

[TotalSNAFU]

K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid....That's a big reason. Customer Service is outstanding, and you really don't HAVE TO buy a lot of other things to have a good running marker. For a stock Mag with Nitro, you only NEED a good barrel.

[Psycow]

I baught my RT second hand. Because of our exchange rate even the most basic guns is more than what most people (who don't play) are willing to pay. After seeing a Retro mini in action, I knew I had to get a RT, only problem was they are pretty scarce here. Then one day found a posting for a 2nd hand RT at our local paintball site www.sapaintball.co.za (shameless advertising plug ) wich cost less than what a new mag or normal cocker would cost me. Can't say I regretted buying it once, it is awesome, reliable and the fact that I don't need to upgrade anything is great, since our currency sucks.

[Jason Reed]

My girlfriend got me into paintball. She said she wanted to take me some were one day and that I had to be blind folded. When we got there I felt her put something over my head(mask)and she told me to get out of the car. She walked me down a path and told me to sit right her and placed a gun in my hand(my very first Automag}. I heard a whistle blow and she took the blind fold off and I was in the middle of a paintball game. It was really exciting and I have been hooked ever sense. I thought she was awesome for doing this for me, it was a really good idea, i have the best girlfiend in the world. I know this probably doesn't count because my girlfriend bought me my first mag but I thought it was a cool story.

[Mav D MagMan]

I was brainwashed by this forum...

No seriously I'd owned a Tigershark as my first gun. Simple, fun, and (as hard as it is to believe)reliable. Then I researched some more and saw F4's. Solid, reliable, and fun. So for two years I played with that creature and got it lookin good...

When I decided the time had come to move up it was either a cocker or a Mag. Then I found this forum and whoohee Mags were looking good. My bud's got a cocker, it's a neat gun, really is... but ya know what's sittin on a throne in my room? A brand new Minimag :) Gotta love 'em. Especially with a company like AGD backing them.

Oh btw notice a train of thought in my marker selection? Tough, reliable, easy to maintain... I'm a rough and tumble guy, my marker's gotta be as well.

[mykroft]

I was shooting a Spyder TL, my buddy Brian had a mag. We were at Wasaga Beach and he saw a guy with a Defiant, asked him about it, and the guy let him play with it, so I asked if I could borrow the Mag for a game. Halfway through the game I askked Brian how much he wanted for the Mag, as it was pretty obvious he was going to buy a Defiant (He ended up with a Bushy instead). Loved the trigger, bought that mag, still own it.

Thanks to Chris from the Beach Boys, who was the guy who so nicely loaned Brian his Defiant.

The funny thing is I later tried Brian's Bushmaster, loved it, and eventually ended up with a Defiant.

[Fred]

The first marker I ever shot was a Mag.
The first marker I ever used in a game (Code Name Kourbash: Wayne Dollack 24 hour scenario in 99) was a MAG!

I love them, I'm planning on getting one soon to go along with the pump kit I just got... :)