tell me about vikings

[Big'n slo]

Around the year 800 the Vikings began to travel from their homes in Scandanavia.... from the countries we now call Norway, Sweden & Denmark.

The Vikings were farmers.
When the farmer died the farm was passed to the oldest son in the family.

The Vikings had a lot of children! This meant that there were a lot of people which had to choose between being workers on their brother's farm or going over the seas in search of fame and fortune or new land.

Stories about how easy it was to get rich on such expeditions spread like wild fire over Scandinavia.

Let's go and discover America
"There's not enough room on the farm for all of us.

Let's sail westwards and discover some new land for ourselves... sharpen the swords."

So said the Vikings from Norway.
"We're not working for our brother", said the Vikings from Sweden.

"There's new land and riches to the east ... let's go and trade there ... it's a better way than fighting.."
We're off to Russia!

So the Scandanavian or Nordic people began to explore, trade, attack both to the east and the west. Some of them went a very long way.

arrgh

[dahoeb]

hahaha that was awesome

[68magOwner]

for the record- my viking DOES have LESS kick than my dm4, and, both weigh the same ammount but the viking is balanced better and therefore feels lighter.

[master_alexander]

well this thread is pack with some good info. and that was funny big n' slow.

but can a viking run off of a hp tank?

[Automaggot68]

well this thread is pack with some good info. and that was funny big n' slow.

but can a viking run off of a hp tank?

God damnit

[MicroMiniMe]

well this thread is pack with some good info. and that was funny big n' slow.

but can a viking run off of a hp tank?

As long as it has the stock Sidwinder you can run low or high pre set tanks.
Just don't mess with the LP/SCM

[Pha|anx]

Then only get 7 bps, chop like mad, are so stinking ugly...

Bolt has no orings = suck (Acording to Dye any bolt with less then a bijillion orings is ineffecent [sp?].)

[master_alexander]

i just talked with some of my friends and im shooting one on sunday. also a timmy and a dm4.

[scrumpy]

God damnit

Well said.

[joeschmo]

vikings have more jolt than a DM4 does. Dont know where that came from. What is your LPR setting on the DM?

And yes, vikings are kinda heavy, and boxy. They are wide too. They are definitely fast and shoot smooth for a poppet gun, but do not have less kick than any Matrix. Whoever says that is hyping up their viking, cause thats not true.

Viking Pro:

fast
efficient
consistent
low maintainance
warranty
not too common of a gun



Viking con:

kinda burly and heavy
not very attractive *unmilled*
a bit of kick *(not any more than any other electro poppet system, not unmanagable)
Need a tool kit to set LPR remove ram, etc
04s can have detent problems and chop w/ eyes on


and yes the grip frame is small which wasnt actually a problem. I thought it was very comforable. I liked mine a lot.

[Pha|anx]

Viking con:
kinda burly and heavy
not very attractive *unmilled*

Personal preference period. Has some of the nicest milling jobs ever seen.

a bit of kick *(not any more than any other electro poppet system, not unmanagable)

I do notice some in my new one, but I expect to have to keep the LPR up pretty high while braking it in. You can lower it later on to 70ish psi after broken in.

Glad you liked yours.

[joeschmo]

lower your LPR now. I doubt you will see much a difference. They are shipped at a factory setting of 70 psi now I think. I know in the past that others say 80psi until broken in, but Id go ahead and drop it now. You can turn your dwell up a little to comensate if you have to. It will shoot a bit smoother w/ the lower setting. It wont be a HUGE difference in kick, but it will lower it a tiny bit. It will be somewhat quieter too.

I know someones gonna say......I had my LPR at 60psi and my dwell at 13ms, and it shoots smoother than a DM5...... wrong. all I can say to that is hype. I dont know of any poppet that shoots as smooth as a spooler.

And youre right looks are opinion, it just tends to be a lot of paintballers that think the unmilled ones are not as desirable as milled ones.

[Pha|anx]

I know someones gonna say......I had my LPR at 60psi and my dwell at 13ms, and it shoots smoother than a DM5...... wrong. all I can say to that is hype.

I would have to agree 60psi seems low. I seem to remember a few people that ran their Viking in the mid 60s, give or take a few.

I dont know of any poppet that shoots as smooth as a spooler.

Nor do I know of any spool that is as effecient as a poppet.

And youre right looks are opinion, it just tends to be a lot of paintballers that think the unmilled ones are not as desirable as milled ones.

True but AKA can't do what was done with the Timmys, making a new custom body ever couple of months to please the crowd. So in my opinion they did the next best thing.. Left enough 'meat' on it making it possilbe to be custom milled, whether this was intentional or not I could't tell you.

[68magOwner]

....i have my lpr at 60 and dwell at 13, shoots smoother than teammates dm5.



not kidding

(helps that he jacked his lpr up an attempt to gain effecny so he can play with a 45/45, but, none the less, its a poppet marker being smoother than a spooler, so, there ya go)

[onedude36]

magman007,
the dm4 and the precious little spoolvalve is not the end all for paintball guns. if it was half as "superior" as you make it out to be, people would only buy that marker. i've owned an 04 viking and loved it. it was my favorite gun i ever shot as a matter of fact.

everyones got their own preferences.

I totally agree with you. Oh wait, i bought your gun

My favorite marker definately.

matrixes in general feel lifeless to me. They dont move when I shoot, and that throws me off. I dont like it.