By Request: My First Day Out With X-Mag #213
Well, this was an exciting day of paintball, I must say. I pulled up to the parking lot of Regulators' Outpost in Dalton, GA about 10:30am. The 1 1/2 hour drive seemed to take longer than that, but it was just the anticipation!
I walk up and greet Gary (Sinistarr) and his wife Julie. As I go about the introductions, all I hear is Gary asking 'Where's the X-Mag?' So I wander out to the car and grab it. He is wowed, and so is the crowd. Not one kid asked if it was a Spyder!
I go to register and find out the don't take Credit Cards!
So the guy tells me that he'll run a tab for me and I can hit an ATM at the end of the day. That was really cool! :) I paid up at luch time, not to be a welch or anything. When I go to pay (at lunch) the lady at the counter (different person than when I registered) says 'So you're David Jones' to which I responded coyly, 'Yes ma'am, what's that supposed to mean?' Apparently Gary has been talkin me up to the locals... No pressure or anything.
I walk down to the chrono station to get legal and the ref 'Ooohs and Awes' at the X-Mag. After chronoing with single shots, Aaron asked me to 'Sound it off for me'. So with cold fingers I 'tap, tap' it then I rip off a string of about 20 shots or so. Not only is the ref impressed, but the crowd behind me gave it up for the awesome power of the X!
So, while standing around for teams to be choosen, ANOTHER local walks up to me (Scott) and asks 'Are you David Jones?' to which I replied 'Yes'. He then introduces himself. This is starting to get wierd...
Finally, to the field. Game #1 with X-Mag, didn't fire a shot. Hit on the break in the shoulder going into a forward bunker. Heve to laugh that one off!
Game #2 goes much smoother. All day you could hear me 'tap tap' the trigger, then ripping on it, scaring all the noobs!
In the third game we played on a woods speedball field. I'm working on this guy in a standup out the left side of my bunker. Running the CF breech, I simply lean out the left side and rip on him. Later that game, we're down to one opposing player and Scott signals me indicating the guys has a pump (azzkikr and his pump mag). So I tear rear down the left tape and get on Fred's 3 o'clock. I let a few shots off as Scott runs a bunker tags him. I appologize profusely for tagging after he's hit. He happily tells me no problem. Great guy! (Sorry!)
So I let one of the local players swap his IR3 with my X for a game or two. He LOVED it! Offered me his IR3, 45/45 Angel AIR, and Eggo2 + $200 for just my gun. Later he bumped the offer to $600. :) I politely declined. Next game Gary played with it, and well he liked it. Told me I wasn't going to be able to make it home with it. He's a good bit larger than I, so I started to get nervous...
An aside: I played a game or two with Ricky's IR3. While I wasn't overly impressed with it, being an X-Mag owner, it was a nice gun. I did like the Space Frame. It made left hand shooting much more comfortable for someone just learning to do so (me).
I also got to sit and shoot the breeze with Bob, The Angel Guy. He's an all around good guy. We talked about AGD, the X-Mag and the E-Mag in general. He said he hadn't seen an X-Mag since he saw Tom's, so I let him take a look at mine. I gave him a quick once over and answered his questions (as best I could). He was quick to compliment me on the gun. That was cool!
Incidientally, I did manage to shoot Gary left handed that day, with the X. He has yet to get me!
Well, I gotta say, my Pewter X-Mag with 68/4500 Flatline and HALO B will be the last paintgun I ever buy. The TL63 trigger cannot be matched, and she's gorgeous to boot.
I gotta give props to Tom, Manike, and the team at AGD. You've got a real winner with the X-Mag! Congrats!
Later ~ Dave
I walk up and greet Gary (Sinistarr) and his wife Julie. As I go about the introductions, all I hear is Gary asking 'Where's the X-Mag?' So I wander out to the car and grab it. He is wowed, and so is the crowd. Not one kid asked if it was a Spyder!
I go to register and find out the don't take Credit Cards!
So the guy tells me that he'll run a tab for me and I can hit an ATM at the end of the day. That was really cool! :) I paid up at luch time, not to be a welch or anything. When I go to pay (at lunch) the lady at the counter (different person than when I registered) says 'So you're David Jones' to which I responded coyly, 'Yes ma'am, what's that supposed to mean?' Apparently Gary has been talkin me up to the locals... No pressure or anything. I walk down to the chrono station to get legal and the ref 'Ooohs and Awes' at the X-Mag. After chronoing with single shots, Aaron asked me to 'Sound it off for me'. So with cold fingers I 'tap, tap' it then I rip off a string of about 20 shots or so. Not only is the ref impressed, but the crowd behind me gave it up for the awesome power of the X!
So, while standing around for teams to be choosen, ANOTHER local walks up to me (Scott) and asks 'Are you David Jones?' to which I replied 'Yes'. He then introduces himself. This is starting to get wierd...
Finally, to the field. Game #1 with X-Mag, didn't fire a shot. Hit on the break in the shoulder going into a forward bunker. Heve to laugh that one off!
Game #2 goes much smoother. All day you could hear me 'tap tap' the trigger, then ripping on it, scaring all the noobs!
In the third game we played on a woods speedball field. I'm working on this guy in a standup out the left side of my bunker. Running the CF breech, I simply lean out the left side and rip on him. Later that game, we're down to one opposing player and Scott signals me indicating the guys has a pump (azzkikr and his pump mag). So I tear rear down the left tape and get on Fred's 3 o'clock. I let a few shots off as Scott runs a bunker tags him. I appologize profusely for tagging after he's hit. He happily tells me no problem. Great guy! (Sorry!)So I let one of the local players swap his IR3 with my X for a game or two. He LOVED it! Offered me his IR3, 45/45 Angel AIR, and Eggo2 + $200 for just my gun. Later he bumped the offer to $600. :) I politely declined. Next game Gary played with it, and well he liked it. Told me I wasn't going to be able to make it home with it. He's a good bit larger than I, so I started to get nervous...
An aside: I played a game or two with Ricky's IR3. While I wasn't overly impressed with it, being an X-Mag owner, it was a nice gun. I did like the Space Frame. It made left hand shooting much more comfortable for someone just learning to do so (me).
I also got to sit and shoot the breeze with Bob, The Angel Guy. He's an all around good guy. We talked about AGD, the X-Mag and the E-Mag in general. He said he hadn't seen an X-Mag since he saw Tom's, so I let him take a look at mine. I gave him a quick once over and answered his questions (as best I could). He was quick to compliment me on the gun. That was cool!
Incidientally, I did manage to shoot Gary left handed that day, with the X. He has yet to get me!
Well, I gotta say, my Pewter X-Mag with 68/4500 Flatline and HALO B will be the last paintgun I ever buy. The TL63 trigger cannot be matched, and she's gorgeous to boot.
I gotta give props to Tom, Manike, and the team at AGD. You've got a real winner with the X-Mag! Congrats!
Later ~ Dave
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