Speedball and Hopper research...

[RamboPreacher]

Assuming you actually play speedball, whether for fun or in tournaments; one of the things that frustrates me as a back-player is the lack of a fast "larger" hopper. I have several vl3k's, but I can't really use them, because I can outshoot them with my pumper, let alone my Blazer, and I know I am not the fastest marker around, and really only consider myself average, or just below average for speed.

Consider this: what if there was a fast (say similar in speed to a haloB or eggoII) hopper available and it had a footprint big enough to hold 300 paintballs!

[DiSoRdeR]

big enough to hold 300 paintballs!

Ive seen one that could hold 300 in a magazine, forgot the name of it and which issue it was in...

[xballfan780]

your in luck a 300 round loader and up to 15bps

http://www.viewloader.com/product.asp?item_num=327&fam=Electronic+Loaders

[RamboPreacher]

Ive seen one that could hold 300 in a magazine, forgot the name of it and which issue it was in...

I have half a dozen or so VL3k's as they were called pre-BE. but they were slow. and there is currently no (that I know of) fast 300 bal hoppers, like the lines of the HaloB or EggII.

[RamboPreacher]

your in luck a 300 round loader and up to 15bps

http://www.viewloader.com/product.as...tronic+Loaders

not fast enough.

[xballfan780]

not fast enough.

put it on a warp then

[68magOwner]

i wouldnt, but i play front, but i don think my backs would, to big, to heavy, will throw off balance, my advice is to just practice reloading fast, and/or reloading while shooting

[hitech]

Put it on a warp then

Yup, that would fix the speed problem. And the warp would help hide that huge blimp...

[krafty]

RP,

This would only solve half of your problem, wouldn't it? Sure, you could shoot 300 rounds without reloading, but then you'd go and dump 150 rounds into the hopper. And have to dump a second pod in to fill it up all the way. You'd really need a 300rd hopper and something like a 250rd tube (that way you could load while not completely empty.) These tubes would either have to be fatter than current designs (making you buy a new harness as well) or longer, which would probably get in the way.

[xballfan780]

i wouldnt, but i play front, but i don think my backs would, to big, to heavy, will throw off balance, my advice is to just practice reloading fast, and/or reloading while shooting

Yes , reload when you can , Not when you have to

[JoshK]

I would buy anything from the rambo!! I have no need for a hopper that goes like a evo...(even though i have one, but i am looking to down grade)

[JKR]

First, no I would not buy a 300 rd hopper.

You consider yourself as average or just below average in speed but 15 bps isn't fast enough for you? So the average player can sustain 15 bps? Yeah, uh huh...

If this is for that three barreled monster of yours, do you really think that three hoppers feeding up to 15 bps isn't enough paint downrange?

I have played for nearly 17 years, mostly pump, and I want to see someone outrun any motorized hopper with a pump--even one with an autotrigger.

[GT]

dual q' loaders, when they finally come out with the 140rnd tubes.

[NukeGoose]

I agree with Krafty about the pod/hopper size issue. There's no point in a 300 round hopper, besides the fact that you can hold and shoot 100 more balls at the begining of the game. You still need to reload as often, because the loading is from 140 round tubes. And using different size tubes would create problems unless you could alter a harness or the tubes (perhaps a frankentube that holds 250 rounds and takes up the size of two hormal pods, like welding two pods together at the lid?).

[thelane]

i play front, back, mid, everywhere,yes mabye it would be cool 4 a 300 rd hopper but i get a long with a right feed PURPLE 12 volt revvy.now mabye this is just the poor paintball player that cant afford much paint but theres really no need for a 300 ball hopper and i would like 2 see u out shoot a motorized loader sorry if i was rude jus a little stressed rite now.



-lane the flying skwril