what is the rarest gun?

[xen_100]

there is a guy in our club that works as a supervisor at a machineshop. he made his own supernova. every part is a custom part. I guess a one-off is pretty rare.

[squidboy69]

wow... I have 2 eagle .68's though one is in pieces at the moment... maybe I'll shelve them now.

[BobTheCow]

what is the rarest gun?

A working cocker??

[Doc Nickel]

Originally posted by squidboy69
wow... I have 2 eagle .68's though one is in pieces at the moment... maybe I'll shelve them now.

-The black plastic "Eagles" are a different animal. Those are the cheap BE semiauto pistols made long after the Canadian Brass Eagle guys sold off to Daisy (the US airgun maker) in about '91 or '92. Heck, the "Division of Daisy" Brass Eagle may have bought itself back and split off from Daisy by the time they came out with the Eagle .68, which was about '95 or so, as I recall.

No, the original "Eagle" semiauto is totally different: if you've ever seen a Nightmare longbarrel, the Eagle looks just like it, except for a different trigger and no pump.

Doc.

[Doc Nickel]

Originally posted by BobTheCow63

A working cocker??

-I can understand why you don't like them, since they do take a little intelligence and skill to keep in top shape, but since there's approaching a quarter of a million 'Cockers out there, one can logically assume that one of them works. Just like we can assume there's a 'Mag somewhere that doesn't chop.



Doc.

[Muzikman]

Originally posted by xadamx
The PnueVentures Cyber 9000 is pretty rare. I don't know how many where made though. My friend had one( he just sold it for 650 dollars). They are the first electronic gun with an LED screen.

Ok, all I want to know is who is he, how much does he want and where did he buy it.

In my book the Cyber 9000 is very rare. Thought it never made it into full productions I know of 5 that were out there and worked. The rumor has it that there was enough parts for another 25 to be built...but no one knows where the parts ended up.

I have been looking for one of these ever since I passed up the chance to buy one. I am willing at this point to pay just about anything for one as long as it's in original condition and still working.

[Muzikman]

I have seen and even held HaveBlue's Satco at Shatner's game last year. It is a cool piece of work and it came in one hell of a nifty box. These are the finds on Ebay that I am never lucky enough to run into.

[BobTheCow]

Originally posted by Doc Nickel
-I can understand why you don't like them, since they do take a little intelligence and skill to keep in top shape, but since there's approaching a quarter of a million 'Cockers out there, one can logically assume that one of them works. Just like we can assume there's a 'Mag somewhere that doesn't chop.



Doc.

*ouch* yeah I deserved that... although, as they say: ignorance is bliss!!

(translation: I have zero cocker experience, other than my friend's choking in the middle of a game)

[Dragoon]

Originally posted by Doc Nickel


The Rebel Executive and the side-tube PG pistol mentioned are excellent candidates for "most rare". I'm told there were supposed to be quite a few Executives made, but only a few, possibly three, actually were created- it might be just one that got put in the briefcase setup. The PG pistol was the first paintball gun Sheridan made, and the side-tube configuration supposedly got dropped in short order in favor of the vertically-stacked three-tube. (Those are tubes, Tom, not "barrels". )

Doc.

A friend of mine has one marked with serial #4. He got it only because he was one of the financial backers of the the company that made them.

Have you come across one in your travels Doc? You are one of the first to seem to even know of the Executive.

Douglas.

[Mr.Minus]

my vote goes to the desert duck as the rarest....

[bryceeden]

Originally posted by Quickling
what about SMG 60s and crossman 3557s?

I personally own about 30 of the crossmans, so they can't be very rare.

[Doc Nickel]

The Jaguar/Barracuda/Mini-11 was a double-action made by the same first-gen Brass Eagle, and had the trigger pull of a rusty staplegun.

But it was still a "production" gun- the very first group of people I ever played with had both a Jaguar and a Barracuda. Again, you may not see many, but that doesn't mean they're rare.

The "Mac-10" looking thing was the Para-Ordinance Model 85, and fired a .38 caliber ball out of a primer-powered shell. Again, they're rarely seen, but hardly rare- PO made thousands, since it was specifically designed for military and police training.

Shells, paint and parts are impossible to find, but the guns themselves are surprisingly numerous.

The only experience I have with the Executive was an old Paintball Sports International article, probably '89, or maybe '88. I'd heard a few snippets of info since then, but not much. RebLine put too much money into developing an add-on "autococking" system called the Trojan, that worked a lot like the PMI "Chameleon" kit for the Trracer. As far as I know, they folded or were bought out when that tanked.

Doc.

[Cristobal]

here's a pic of a Desert Duck... from a 1991 article entitled "Time Warp"




Also, while splatmasters aren't particularly rare, I wonder how many extended barrel versions are still in existence today. I'm thinking about making an adaptor so I can use my AGD MicroCA II with my extended barrel splatmaster... now that would make a doubly rare custom :)

[kemikos]

Originally posted by AGD

The third rarest gun I know of is the 007 steel barreled paintgun with the Crossman frame. No one is really sure where these came from but they are speculated to be the first batch of Daisy 007's.

You're talking about the 707, right? The one with the paint tube mounted on the side rather than the top?

Saw one of those on Ebay once. If I'd had a hundred bucks or so to spend at the time, I bet I could have had it.



Kenn

[Webmaster]

While Duck are probably the most SOUGHT after collectable gun... according to my sources, there are 500 floating around. I believer from "Yar" who used to work with Carter - I can dig up the reference if need be.

You need to look for the low run production guns for rare - like that Satco 700. Or the Legend/Nemisis.

Our sport is FULL of guns that never took off for one reason or another. You all know I collect old stuff and there is just a ton of stuff out there - and even more setting in some guys garage who hasnt played in 10 years.

While not Rare, Grey Ghosts have a following, as do WGP and Line Si, and PMI/Sheridan guns.

My "gem" I want is a desert duck, as well as a Sniper 1 with wood thompson stock.