Historic Paintball Pictures

[veteranmag]

6 - all decked out

[veteranmag]

7

[veteranmag]

8 - Speedball is not a recent invention

[veteranmag]

9 - neither is the "paintball sniper"

[veteranmag]

10 - a younger Dave Youngblood (of current DYE fame)

[Ter-Me-Nate]

I have everyone of those issue's you just post..

O the memories,

and boy, was dave youngblood every a dork in those days, remember the silver suit he wore in his games,, i even have a old video of him somewere using that same gun...

[Doc Nickel]

Before anyone asks, the consensus is that three-barreled Sheridan was a fake, a last-minute mockup done for laughs during the photo shoot.

It's a PMI-1 DF, with the pump removed, and two more DF or Piranha barrels just being held on the sides (look how the guy's holding it- he's literally holding it together.)

Also note the feeds- you'd think that somebody, even back then, making a three-barrel would have the center tube a center feed.

It's just a joke, not meant to be taken seriously. Kind of like Youngblood's goggles- they're literally spray-painted silver. Looks good, not for actual use. :)

Doc.

[FalconGuy016]

I just realized dave is wearing a suit... and a bowtie... he didnt play like that did he?

[Clockwork_Orange]

That photo of Dave Youngblood cracks me up. He reminds me so much of Johnny from the Karate Kid...LOL

[Judgeman]

Ah yes the mid 1980's - I remember it well. I have a couple of those issues.

Yes, Paintballs were expensive then $0.15 /ball when I started playing. No wonder we kept them in 10 round tubes and shot them like they were gold plated.

And

Yes Dave Youngblood did play in a suit and tie; were talking circa Miami Vice. It was all part of his mojo.

Of course here is where my memory gets foggy. However, I believe the tripple barrel cover was inspired by "The Duce". "The Duce" was a fully functioning 2 barrel pump gun. It was built by one of the guys that played with the Wild Geese of NH.
Big Deal? Lets keep in mind there was no such thing as a semi then, heck there wasn't even "autotrigger" yet.

Ah nostalgia! Good stuff.

[UThomas]

I use to have a deuce about 5 years ago. That thing was HEAVY. It was cool though because one barrel fired half way through the pull and the second fired at the end of the trigger pull.

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And yes - I have lots of old issues too - including Youngblood in a suit with a 22" chrome barrel with silencer on a custom carter! haha! He also used to play with a VM68, 68 special, and of course the cocker.

[veteranmag]

aha! I found it issue No.1 of APG

[skipdogg]

nice post. I have a few old APG's around somewhere. My second gun was a WGP Ranger. It was a very nice pump I thought. Upgraded it to a MAG though long time ago!

[ogre55]

If I didn't know better, I would think that was a squib going off.

Ogre