Mags are NOT "high end" markers

[VFX_Fenix]

I believe he is saying his Emag is about a pound heavier than his friends Shocker.

Cheers to that! Yeah, My E-Mag weighs somewhere around 4 or 5 lbs. I can't recall exactly. BUT I'm not using any ULE bottom end stuff, it's all stock E-Mag lowers that I bought off of AO like 5 months back. The Battery along is pretty heavy and that's where I get a bit of weight from considering the weight difference between a 9V and the 16.8V pack. And the only CCM bit I have on my E-Mag is a No-Pro feed-neck, it's pure seks with an Evo II.

One of these days I'll get some lighter bits for her, but for the time being, she'll have to make due with being a little on the chunky side. Which is just fine by me

[Lohman446]

I believe he is saying his Emag is about a pound heavier than his friends Shocker.

Stock an 03 Shocker weighs 1 pound 14 ounces... if your a pound lighter it puts you at 14 ounces...

[Aslan]

i think that, in general, people in this sport have become obcessed with speed to the point where they feel that that is the most important feature. this is a big part of the reason that we see kids with no talent or skill using ions and wraths and intimidators and matrixes talking about how great they are at paintball simply because they can shoot fast.

Thank You. It's amazing to go to a field and watch what happens when one of those kid's gun breaks and they get convinced to play with a back-up mechanical. They have usually have zero skills on a woodsball field and last like 3 minutes. It's not just the poor camoflage of their Red Dye jerseys...it's also their reliance on speed over tactics. Usually these kids quit playing after the first game and either go home and have daddy fix their gun...or they convinve daddy to buy them another one.

[Aslan]

they are not high end b/c they can not compete with the rof that true high end markers have. they are overpriced and they also weigh alot. when i think of a high end marker i think if weight, looks and performance. mags weigh alot, dont look that good and are not that fast( yes e-mags, x-mags and LEGAL mech mags are not that fast) with TONS of kick. shoot a high end timmy, DM5, EGO, or Speed and you will feel and notice a huge differenct. they are very good for the rec player or a player who playes in a few tournies but if you want to be serious and play lots of tournies then you need a high end gun to keep up and a mag will not do that.

edit: maybe the new Devil mag can b/c it has the Pred board in it.

I guess if I was such a bad player that any rec player with a Tippmann scared me...I would probably totally base my determination on speed and looks as well.

I'm not sure which has been worse for the paintball hobby...electronic markers, ions, or speedball in general. I also don't know what I'm more sick of hearing about...the runaway bride...or how the ion is the end-all be-all of markers.