I got this theory going

[FeelTheRT]

Originally posted by ThePatriot
FeeltheRT dont u be tellin me my thing is inaccurate....once you form a theory about something like this and it is totally correct than u can flame me but until u do what i did, u got no right sayin ne thing

BTW, i wasn't flamming you. I was just saying you can not judge what people like because they have previously owned something. I suppose all the guys on Tippmann Effect love Mags? I've talked to one of them and most of them own just like their custom M98s and their Angels.

again... it's not a theory...

2nd, it's not accurate... I know people who owned Tippanns and liked Autocockers better. I even know people who owned both Tippmanns and Spyders but only liked Autocockers..

[aztecminds]

Black widow pump to VM 68 to Montneel mega Z to minimag. And the story stops there.

[beachboy016]

guns

Umh my first gun was a tippman 98, never really liked it that much. Just felt weird in my hands. Bought a cocker next and that was a sweet gun. Never really got the whole timing on my cocker just right, so i didn't get to enjoy it fully. Sold it and thought i would be able to get out of paintball, but couldn't. I bought a spyder TL plus and that shoots sweet. Im looking for a tourny level gun so now I am building a retro mag w/ black powerfeed body (looking for a black body rail if anyone has one) Maybe ill get a cocker again but who knows. Depends on how much I like the mag.

[Nitroduck]

I've asked a few hundred people these same questions...I've noticed this

If you start out with something simple and durable (Tippmann, and Rays..I know I know, Rays arent the most durable, but they are simple), you tend to stick with the same quality of gun so its somethin like this

Ray>Tippmann>Mag
Or
Ray>Tippmann>Bushmaster
Or
Tippmann>Mag/Bushmaster

With spyder owners...I've noticed that they tend to keep with more compex guns...Being that Spyders are a lil more complex and more delicate than a Tippmann...And keep with the Kingman quality service

Spyder>Cocker
Or
Spyder>Impulse
Or
Spyder>Shocker

There are always exceptions to this rule, but I've noticed that about 50% of Spyder owners go for Cockers (out of about 100 people I asked), the other 50% went with other guns...Maybe 10% mags.

Tippmanns are the same though, its about a 30% Mag, 30% Bushmaster or Imp, then 40% other....

I dont think this is conclusive, but this is what I've seen from asking people for 2 years.

[tarrasque]

Originally posted by AngelBoy
I figured it out:

People that went from Tippman to cocker - They had a gun that they never had to do anything to, and they got sooo bored when all their friends were takin apart their spyders, that when they upgraded guns they went for the gun that you had to take apart and tinker with

People that went from spyder to mag - they got tired of fixing their gun while their friends with the tippmans sat and laughed at em while they fixed their guns, so when they upgraded they went for the gun that never messed up

People that went from tippman from mags - they stuck with the guns that never messed up

People that went from spyders to cockers - they stuck with the complicated guns with 55 billion modifications!

exactly what i was thinking i have a tippmann 98 and am about to get a mag i think cockers are way too complicated and to back up the "55 billion mods" well i looked in the new 888paintball.com winter catalog and there are like 2 pages for tippmann, 3 to 4 for mags and close to 8 for cockers!!!!

[gmag]

I started with a used Alleycat....

[medude]

I am going to a mag from a tippmann.
One of my friends is getting a cocker from a tippmann.

[Vegeta]

Tippman is much like AGD.
1 Both have great customer service. if you need an oring, AGD will be glad to send it to ya, + Stickers.
If you need ayting on a Tippmann, they will send it to ya, most of the time, free. (Hell, I got a bolt and a sear, free, and it wasn't even the problem of my gun.)

2. Durability. You all know the mag's durability. Speaking upon the behalf of the M98, Its a close race.

theres more.. but im hungry. oh.. upgade-ability. Hell, the m98 is upgrade heaven, like a cocker, but I have seen plenty for mags too.

[845]

Stingray>M98>Cocker>Cocker>Spyder>Micromag something like that throw a talon in somwhere.

[justinellery]

both the tippman and cocker have open sights allowing you to sight over the top of the barrel while both the spyder and mag generaly have the power feed. I went spyder, tippman, mag. I liked them in that order also. BUT now I hate SPYDERs ewwwwwe.

[PRO_Ski101]

ACTUALLY,its both for me.see I had a tippmann,sold it bought a cocker HATED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUTTA IT,sold it bought ANOTHER tippmann just to trick out and plat with,sold it bought an automag RT PRo.I believe u have ur theory a lil backwards,BUT as i said i did both.PEACE

[Oregon_pb_]

How many guns Have you owned?

Here's my List. They are listed in the order that i bought them too.

Traccer #1
F2-Illustrator
VM-68
68Automag P/F
Shocker #1
SpyderSE
Traccer #2
Shocker #2
Gen X Autococker
Spyder
Shocker #3
Emag (Still Have, My main Gun)
Shocker #4 (Still Have, is FS)
99 AutoCocker (Milled and Annoed is, FS NOW)
Bob Long Cocker (Just bought)

Unless listed its long gone. wonder who has my used guns now...

Think thats all. Might have forgotten a couple

[Oregon_pb_]

Gunna post gun list on new thread, it be interesting to see what guns ppl have bought.