Switch to pump.....

[magmonkey]

I played for a month this summer on under 30 with the vsc at a field i was helping out at

that is such a great feeling,

[Thordic]

12g's aren't that bad.

http://www3.888paintball.com/888product.asp?plid=AIR+SYSTEM&icid=CO2&scid=&csid=14954306060578503730147868576063276955533331226782&andor=OR&lookup=12g&code=38%2D1%2D12GR+CO2+P+100&xt=srch

$40 for 100. 100 can last you a long time depending on how much you shoot and what gun you use.

[Vern1]

Greetings,
Rule #1: Don't get discouraged.
You will get owned the first few times.
You will get better, quicker!
If you go directly from semi to SC, you have taken the hardest road there is!
Start with a hopper and CA.
Work on your game, tactics, and above all snap shooting.
After you get snap shooting down pat, you can move on to SC if it's still your goal.
I play mostly with an Illusion with a revy for positive feed, not speed and a 47/3K tank.
I play with and against anything and don't worry about it.
I seem to win a lot more with my pump than my semi.
When you do go back to semi, it WILL BE A CAKEWALK because now you know how to shoot and not hide behind a wall of paint!

The one quick snap shot gog 'em "in the grizzle" is the GREATEST FEELING in paintball.

I sponsor a local semi team and got them into pump play.
Now, the practice with pumps against semis and then play semi in tourneys.
They are in first place in Novice in APEX and headed to SD for the weekend.
Time will tell how they do there!
GO BUNKER BOYZ BLACK in SD!!!!!

[Chipper]

Sorry I haven't answered any questions yet, I haven't been on my computer.


I want to get a Phantom, and I wanted stock class because I'm sick of hopper hits and liked its profile and look. I also didn't mind the caplets because I would buy them in bulk and not worry about it, plus I can't find a 3.5 oz tank.

[TDonovan]

Buy a 100 pack of 10rd tubes from 888paintball.com

I did and they sent me 100 12g's instead of the tubes, but I wasn't charged any extra cost OR shipping. Good deal!

Stock class phantoms are the way to go. Just pick up a 3.5oz or 4oz co2 tank so you won't HAVE to use 12g's. I love mine!

[Tyger]

SC Phantom has the advantage of you CAN go direct feed, if you want to. It's a matter of changing the body out, which is VERY simple to do. And oyu can go from SC to DF between games if you so desire.

then again I've had my Phantom for... wow... 8-9 years now?

-Tyger

[Muzikman]

Even buying 12 grams in bulk they are not all that cheap. a small tank and being able to refiill it is so much cheaper and a lot less to worry about as a player new to pumps.

Jumping from the world of semi with direct feed and large tanks to stock class can be frustrating. Every 10 balls needing to reload paint, every 25 (or so) balls needing to change a 12 gram, needing to remember to rock and cock the gun in an intense fire fight. it all adds up. This is not to discurrage you, but you will get frustrated I am sure. I have seen a lot of people try and alot of people come out of it saying they hate pumps and are going back to semi.

[Mosfet]

Normally I like to lay covering fire. It helped that I usually had some good electros (heavily modded BKO's, Excalibur, Shocker, Timmy, etc) but recently I decided to sell off all the electros and get a mech mag.
I also picked up a use Tippmann SL68-II pump for $50.

Then to further limit my paint usage, My friend and I split one case for the whole day.
And to make things even more interesting, I decided that when I take the mag out, I'll take only the hopper and no pods!

Doing that kinda teaches you to conserve paint fairly quickly. :P

Now for the pump, I was using the Tippy with 10 round sticks (sitting vertical) and an HPA tank.
I got owned a bunch, and I don't think I got a single person out, but it was so much fun, I now have a Phantom VSC (Vertical Stock Class)!

I still have my mag (which now has a spyder ESP frame on it), but I'll be switching back and forth.
I think if you can do the hopper only trick on the semi/electros, you can take both a semi/electro and a pump out, and have loads of fun on little paint.

One of the problems with going pump is paint gets more expensive per ball when you buy paint in smaller quantities. For me it costs just as much to split a case in half (1000) with a friend, as it does to buy 500 rounds by my self.

So with that price I might as well have some semi and some pump fun!

of course, I did notice its much easier to mooch 10 rounds off someone in the field, then it is to bum a full pod. :P