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  • Vex
    Superiorly Inferior
    • Jun 2001
    • 1871

    #1

    Question About Drops...

    Okay, so why is everyone moving away from drops (or moved away)?
    Isn't the point of using one to make your gun weight more centered, and to be overall more comfortable?
    I don't see how having a big-assed tank coming right off of the butt of the trigger frame can be very comfortable.
    Having an HPA tank right off of a bottomline-type set up has to be cumbersome.
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  • Automaggot68

    #2
    Originally posted by phazeshifter
    Okay, so why is everyone moving away from drops (or moved away)?
    Isn't the point of using one to make your gun weight more centered, and to be overall more comfortable?
    I don't see how having a big-assed tank coming right off of the butt of the trigger frame can be very comfortable.
    Having an HPA tank right off of a bottomline-type set up has to be cumbersome.
    Drops were to make it easier to tuck into your bunker and shoot-making an otherwise long gun 'smaller'
    After a while people strayed away because it's easier on the wrist and arm to acieve a higher Rate of fire, with a rail/On/off combo.

    I at first didn't like it, and after a few games, I LOVED it.

    Drops aren't for everyone, but alot of people like them.
    Try it sometime.

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    • Arstron
      fusionowners.org

      • Mar 2005
      • 2347

      #3
      I love my drops, and use them on all of my guns. I like being able to ballance my gun with only my left hand and right elbow while my right hand only has to pull the trigger. Then again, thats why I like my warp also, I can lay it right on my left arm and shoot all day long.

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      • Automaggot68

        #4
        Originally posted by Arstron
        I love my drops, and use them on all of my guns. I like being able to ballance my gun with only my left hand and right elbow while my right hand only has to pull the trigger. Then again, thats why I like my warp also, I can lay it right on my left arm and shoot all day long.
        Lol, Dont you have a uni-mount on your Mag? (The blue one, if you have others)

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        • WARPED1
          I'm a pirate, ARRRRRRRRRR!
          • Nov 2001
          • 7458

          #5
          I love my drops, the "pros" can bite me.
          [Something Cool is Here]

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          • Vex
            Superiorly Inferior
            • Jun 2001
            • 1871

            #6
            Originally posted by Automaggot68
            Try it sometime.
            Try...using a rail and an on/off mount over a drop? Or...try using a drop?

            I use a small drop right now. I'd have to get a rail in order to mount my Flatline if I were to try it that way. I'll look--maybe I'll find something.
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            • Vex
              Superiorly Inferior
              • Jun 2001
              • 1871

              #7
              Originally posted by WARPED1
              I love my drops, the "pros" can bite me.
              You know, I wondered if it may have something to do with the pros. Is not having a drop just the thing to do because the pros do it?

              Are paintballers really sheepish enough to forgo their personal comfort so that they can be set up like the pros? (a little bit rhetorical)
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              • WARPED1
                I'm a pirate, ARRRRRRRRRR!
                • Nov 2001
                • 7458

                #8
                Originally posted by phazeshifter
                You know, I wondered if it may have something to do with the pros. Is not having a drop just the thing to do because the pros do it?

                Are paintballers really sheepish enough to forgo their personal comfort so that they can be set up like the pros? (a little bit rhetorical)
                Hmm, I think we just figured out paintball!
                [Something Cool is Here]

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                • Vex
                  Superiorly Inferior
                  • Jun 2001
                  • 1871

                  #9
                  Originally posted by WARPED1
                  Hmm, I think we just figured out paintball!
                  Great work, Watson!
                  "Otaeri wa doko desu ka?"
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                  • Arstron
                    fusionowners.org

                    • Mar 2005
                    • 2347

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Automaggot68
                    Lol, Dont you have a uni-mount on your Mag? (The blue one, if you have others)
                    I lost the short screws for my unimount to bolt to my drop and I was in a hurry to try it out until I rembered I was out of air. But yes I do have a black drop waiting to be installed on that frame.

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                    • can'tthink of1
                      Sniper
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 544

                      #11
                      I can't play with a drop. It hurts your form I think, and its a lot more comfortable to play without a drop. It makes everything easier, snapping, running and shooting, and so on.


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                      • WARPED1
                        I'm a pirate, ARRRRRRRRRR!
                        • Nov 2001
                        • 7458

                        #12
                        Originally posted by can'tthink of1
                        I can't play with a drop. It hurts your form I think, and its a lot more comfortable to play without a drop. It makes everything easier, snapping, running and shooting, and so on.
                        No no, it hurts your form, it helps me.
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                        • FallNAngel
                          Registered User
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 1076

                          #13
                          Originally posted by WARPED1
                          it helps me.
                          Well.... that's because you're weird...


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                          • WARPED1
                            I'm a pirate, ARRRRRRRRRR!
                            • Nov 2001
                            • 7458

                            #14
                            Originally posted by FallNAngel
                            Well.... that's because you're weird...


                            HEY! You're.........you're right.
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                            • Bear_Claw
                              Grease Monkey
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 399

                              #15
                              For me it depends really on the gun its going on.

                              I Love the small drop i got on my crabine and it balances it out nicely and puts it in a more comfortable position for me

                              BUT i HATED the feel of my mag with the same drop it made it awkward and hurt on the wrists after awhile so i MUTCH prefer its current ON/Off ASA setup.
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