Palmer markers?

[magking1971]

Anyone own or has owned a palmer?
Are they reliable and low maint?
And do you have to mess with them like a cocker? (timing and all that crap)
I was thinking about getting a typhoon and know nothing about these guns and nobody around here owns one.
Thanks for the help.

[shartley]

http://www.paintmagazine.com/cgi-bin/cutecast/cutecast.pl?forum=8

[edweird]

Palmer is quite possibly the most respected man in all of paintball honestly... The man has done more stuff for the paintball industry than anyone else I can think of. Oh and Glenn is quite possibly the most intersting person I have ever had the pleasure of speaking to at or around a paintball event. I mean hell... this is the GUY that invented pneumatic automation as we know and love it today in the autococker brand of paintball gun!

But on the case if I know about the maintenance and care of palmer markers... I personally dont own a palmer gun[yet] and thus cannot give you every detail about them. But I do know several people that do, alot of which are regulars on this board.

[this is where Muzikman, Evil Preacher, RamboPreacher, Shartley, and other palmer owners come in singing the praises of palmers goods]

Now the thing with owning a 'phoon is finding a feild that will let you play with it... we all know its not the 18+ bps was monster but feilds have insurance policys and some of the policys prevent use of markers that fire more than one ball per trigger pull.

[Dayspring]

Only the Nasty Typhoon is double barreled if I'm correct...

[edweird]

see this is what I get for having eccentric[aka crazy... but with money!] friends Ive yet to see a Typhoon that wasnt double barreled but im sure they exist now that you point it out.

[personman]

Ive yet to see a Typhoon that wasnt double barreled

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[50 cal]

Get a Palmer gun. You won't be sorry. They shoot fantastic. Very little maintanence.

[deathstalker]

Typhoons are awesome! Got to use one last year in a Big Game because I was waiting for my gear to come back from a vacation in Florida. One word of warning: if you don't work out, you better start. Those things are heavy! The weight, however, makes it very stable and you feel hardly any kick.

A group I play with uses either Mags or Palmers as their primaries or backups. I've played with a Blazer, Stroker, and Typhoon and I had a great time with all of them. These guys have never had to time them. They've only had to replace a few o-rings here and there.

[magking1971]

I really really want a blazer or typhoon but I hate to spend $400 or so on a gun I have never held or shot and won't know if I like it untill I get it.
AARRGG this drives me nuts!

[shartley]

[magking1971]

Sure, make it worse by posting pics
I am not worried about weight I had a classic e-rt with a 114 4500, warp and halo and never had a problem
But what is with the timing thing? is a big problem? happen often? easy to set or just better to send to palmers to have done?

[hitech]

I also have a stroker. It was built in 1991 and sometime around 1998 or so the 3-way orings started to leak. Took me forever to figure out what it was. Keep some of those on hand as they are hard to find from anyone other than PPS. Seven years seems like long enough before replacing any orings. I've since replaced all the orings. Seemed like a good idea after more than ten years.

The only caution I would add is that working on one is more involved than a 'mag. If that is what you are use to, it will seem much more difficult.

BTW, they really are tanks. A stroker will make your RT Pro seem very light. My eMag is WAY lighter than the stroker.

[Muzikman]

Palmer guns are simply amazing. When I first bought my SB Stroker (looked a lot like Sam's when I first got it) it was the best craftsmanship I had ever seen in a paintball marker. Palmer has come a long way over the years, yes they still sell all the good 'ol brass based guns that weight as much as a cinder block, but they also have the Blazer. This is MUCH lighter and directly competes with most non electro cockers. It's fast, light, and very reliable.

This all being said, Palmer markers are not for your part time tinkerer or the person who wants to buy a gun then put 1000 aftermarket upgrades to make it look pretty or in their mind, shoot better. The key to Palmer markers are to play with them, clean them, oil them, store them. If you do just this, the gun will sing for years and never need more than the LPR and velocity adjusted. If something should break, it will more than likely have to be sent back to Palmers as not many shops understand them well enough to fix them and also most shops do not carry parts for them.

I currently own 4 Palmer guns (SB Stroker, Houndstooth, Hurricane, and Typhocker (Palmerized miniCocker)). Except for the Hurricane (which needs a rebuild) the only problem I have ever had with any of them is the safty on the Typhocker broke.

[PaintballSmurf13]

Anyone own or has owned a palmer?
Are they reliable and low maint?
And do you have to mess with them like a cocker? (timing and all that crap)
I was thinking about getting a typhoon and know nothing about these guns and nobody around here owns one.
Thanks for the help.

i've never really had to mess with my cocker in my year and a half with it. ...palmer's guns are incredible though
-Ryan

[UThomas]

They're cool but know that its an old school thing. They haven't changed much in the last 5 years if at all (verticle feed is all I can think of).

Don't get one (at least a typhoon) and expect a 45 frame, interchangeable barrels, delrin bolt, clamping feedneck, electro upgrade path, etc. So just know that going in. If you are easily bored don't get one.