Modify My Spyder, or Get a New Marker?

[68magOwner]

with the small amount of $$$ you have, id go for a TES or old school shocker, both work great on co2 and are decent markers. BUT, i think preety soon, you will realize that you need alot of money before you even get into tourneys, id say get a new gun, keep playing rec, then when you have money saved up, start playing tournies

[GT]

have your "team" save up for a compressor

How much are compressors? This guys has 100 bones, thats it.


I would stick with the spyder, However allow me to add alittle advice. No matter what gun you own, if you are doing tourneys you need a minium of:

-Halo (b or reloader b)
-Compressed Air setp (crossfire or dynaflow)
-nice trigger job (new microswitch or an adjustible trigger)

Notice that it doesnt matter if the gun cost 1k or 100 bucks these are must haves for tourney's. Note that I didnt list a bunch of expensive mods that dont do much or barrels.

I would also add in your case, a nice inline reg. A stock WGP reg can be had for around 30-50 bucks and works great on co2 or a sidewinder or stab, about 80-100 bucks.

gt

[GT]

old school shocker,

i have had a couple of old skool shockers. everyone i have owned was great. limited to 12bps but super consistant on co2! Usually you can find one for sale sub300's

[peewee]

Spyder mods

Heres a list of spyder mods. Depends on what you already have.
Barrel ( cost effective barrel is J&J or a SP progressive)
Jam bolt to stop chopping kingman has them for all marker types.( cheapest anti chop option)
T board with eyes. ( insane speed & adds that much more protection against chops)
HPA if availabe & feasable. ( you have to look at having a reliable source for you air type)

[The Action Figure]

dude Ive seen good compressors go for like 200 used, If he and his teah saved up they could easily afford it

[Enemy]

unless you plan on playing young guns i would stay out of the tourny scene until you are completly ready!!! definatly if you can go through the young guns class thats a good start and you arent going to be overwhelmed bye the insane amounts of paint flying at you.. keep the spyder and up it only a little.. start saving for something more though if not just for better resale value!! i remember my first tourny i played with a spyder and the rest of my team the nicest gun was an e tippman 98 we got raped!! i got out of tournies to save from being bumped up to novice and now am ready to go back with alot more skill and a better understanding of how tourney ball is played!!! just realize rookies is no joke it is top work alot of those teams have already competed in non affilate tournies for atleast a year if not more!

[ZapTheMad]

I've gone the "heavily" modified spyder route. It was a great learning experience but it costs a lot of money. All I can say is it's not worth it unless you want to keep it forever. I'd take that $100 and buy a good used HPA tank and save another $40 for a decent barrel. Any other upgrades are a waste of money in the long run. Get a good hopper and you can use it on a new gun along with your tank when you decide to go that route.

There are a ton of mods you can do that don't cost anything. Little stuff that helps it shoot better. Check out this web site.

https://www.spyderea.net