first semiauto?

[magman007]

wasnt the P1 out in like 1989? then the p2 after that in like 90 then P3 and p4 in 30, and the mag in 92? there was a lvl 5 mag, it was the one with the integrated breach, that thing was cool....Also Tome electro mag was cool, i think that was the first non production electro, im not quite sure tho

[paint magnet]

Someone told me that the ACI F-1's or F2's were the first successful ones but I don't know if he was right. When did the TPI Pro/Ams come out?

[lopxtc]

Pro-Ams were about 93 I believe ... the field I played at had one for rent and it was always being checked out ...

The rule at the time was only 1 semi for ever 5 players ... so 1 per side on 5/5 games and 2 per side on 10/10 games ...

Man this brings back memories of the great "Should semi's be allowed in tourneys" debate ... *L*

Aaron

[cphilip]

This is directed at Glenn...Camille was badder than Hugo. Intensity wise...

Hugo cost more to fix but was a category four and Camille was a Category Five. Camille was the second laregest one ever seen to hit the US and the only one to top it was a previous unnamed storm in the Floriday Keys 1935...Just hit a cheaper area of the US at the time is all. I was there. It's estimated that if it hit now it would break all records we have ever seen. That area is rebuilt to the hilt now with Casino's and such. We don't learn much do we?

All this is according to the Nation Weather Service!

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/deadly/Table4.jpg

HEY YOU BROUGHT IT UP!!

[Tom Sparkman]

Originally posted by lopxtc
... Anyone remember the APG article where they shot the 'ray with a .22 to see if it would still work.

Aaron

Yes. Although they removed the guts of the marker and only shot the shell. Then drove over it with a truck, IIRC.

Tom

[hitech]

Originally posted by cphilip
Hugo cost more to fix... I was there.

Were you there for Hugo? Where were you? My sister in law was in Summerville when Hugo hit! Talk about Mr. Toads Wild Ride! There were times she thought she wouldn't make it. As I understand it was one nasty storm. It just kinda sat on Charleston and chewed.

[cphilip]

Oh sorry I was near BOTH of them as a matter of fact. I was in the upstate of SC during Hugo. Most of the people from down there were up here too. And I was in North West Florida when Camille came through.

[hitech]

As I understand it the big deal with Hugo was that it just sat on top of the Charleston area for a long time. The eye passed over the subdivision in summerville that my sister-in-law lived in (that I also lived in breifly). I have no memory of Camille. I was only 9 and lived in CA.

BTW, I never knew that Camille was named after a hurricane. You would think with as many times as I have talked with him I'd know that. I never asked. I think I just assumed it was named after some girl/woman.

[battlegroup]

Tippman's .68 special was out around 89. A guy at the field I played at in orlando had one and I bought it from him in '90. I then got my Pro-am in late '91- early '92. The VM-68 came out around 90-91. The .68 special was definetly out first. The SMG .60 was a full-auto paintgun but it used strip clips. You had to load every paintball into the clips by hand. They also used .60 cal paintballs that had a shorter range. They were cool but also a pain to play with and find .60 cal paintballs.