Who made the first marker?

[WARPED1]

The Rapide was not semi auto, it was double action.

[thei3ug]

from what i heard, the Puma leaked out of every hole in the body, and was a maintanance nightmare.

as for those 707's... jesus christ man, two next to each other? UGH.

[Woodsmen]

uhh ya, I checked my rapide and it is a semi-automatic marking pistol

[WARPED1]

No, its double action. Operates similar to sa, but you pull halfway back(trigger), it cocks, then the rest of the way fires it. Trust me, I was there when they came into production.

[FragTek]

Originally posted by WARPED1
No, its double action. Operates similar to sa, but you pull halfway back(trigger), it cocks, then the rest of the way fires it. Trust me, I was there when they came into production.

This is true, I remember these guns myself. The double action setup it has would make you think that its a true semi-auto.

[TransMan]

that 707 looks exactly liek a Pellet gun i have except the barrel on that is a lot bigger my dad gave it to me its really old.

[TequilaMockingbird]

Originally posted by Muzikman
But I have been playing long enough to have owned a pair of JT Whipper Snappers without ear protection

My first games were Splatmaster/Rapide and Uvex/Woodstalk, and while I don't have any of that stuff, I DO have all my gear from '91-ish in good shape. Black Snappers (the new lenses are sooo much easier), Indian Springs 60-rnd loaders and squeegee, ViewLoader-II, TASO Nice Butt, and Lapco Grey Spirit. Heck, I still play in this stuff when the mood strikes (and the refs let me!)

[thei3ug]

Originally posted by TransMan
that 707 looks exactly liek a Pellet gun i have except the barrel on that is a lot bigger my dad gave it to me its really old.

that's cause it's BASED on a pellet gun design. A crossman/sheridan valve type.

and Tequila, that picture is PIMP. I miss playing like that.

[Vern1]

Greetings,
Actually, the 707 was based on the 150/157 Crosman CO2 pellet pistols.
Here are a couple of shots of my gen 2 150 produced from 1957 to 1967 next to my 707.
From the bottom tube down they are identical internally and externally except for markings - I've had them both apart. The sights are even the same except for radius cut under them where they fit on the barrel.
The 5 different 150's were produced from 1954 until 1967.
This indicates that the 707s were produced BEFORE 1967.
Crosman seems to know nothing about them......but it's clearly Crosman.
Here you go:

[Muzikman]

Very cool.