Where does your loyalty lie?

[punkncat]

If you had to choose one marker for EVERY possible condition and cost what would you use?


This is assuming the worst of possible conditions, very little availability to parts, having to use CO2 a possibility.

[pachytriton]

c02 makes it tough... in that case probably a phantom. If I had access to compressed air but all other factors limited I'd go with an rt ule or a promaster.

[JOESPUD27]

PPS, with out a doubt.

Jay

[magman007]

i would own a dm, but you should know that by now. with a few oring changes, (change to urethane over buna n) it will shoot on co2 pretty well, sure the noid might encounter an issue or 2, but throw a palmer stab on it, and everything would be fine.

my other reccomendation is a phantom. when i was in chile, and compressed air was scarce, i played alot with my vsc phantom.

[REDRT]

If you had to choose one marker for EVERY possible condition and cost what would you use?


This is assuming the worst of possible conditions, very little availability to parts, having to use CO2 a possibility.

That is simple. A classic mag. Like a minimag. With out the internet parts for any mag would be difficult or be inconvinent for me to fix, but I'd still use them. But then again I like old vehicals that are hard to buy parts for. Finding the correct parts is almost more fun than driving them...

[bleachit]

the old tippmann 98 sitting in my closet.. non electro 140 round hopper...

its a beast, an old beast and it still works beautifully despite the years of my bro owning it and not taking care of it.

[nate2k191]

That is simple. A classic mag. Like a minimag. With out the internet parts for any mag would be difficult or be inconvinent for me to fix, but I'd still use them. But then again I like old vehicals that are hard to buy parts for. Finding the correct parts is almost more fun than driving them...

I agree with redrt -- we are on a mag forum, but i do believe classic mags/minimags are extremely rugged and would be great in poor conditions, it may work if you fall in mud/water/snow whatever, but if it doesnt a 5 minute clean will get it working. and they take co2 pretty well, I think most stock markers don't preform flawlessly with co2.

I bet tippmans are great too, i hear good things, plus they are pretty much the #1 rental gun because they are so rugged.

[usagi_tetsu]

I'm with you BleachIt - 'mags and the rest are nice and all, but when it comes down to drop-dead reliability, ruggedness, and simplicity, my Model 98 Custom (my first marker ever, still got it and use it as often as I can get it into my rotation) beats out everything else I've got in the closet. It may not be AGG, shoot 5billion misses per second, it's ugly, almost as loud as a real gun, but when I pull the trigger, it fires a paintball. It doesn't care what flavor of gas I'm feeding it that day, what brand or size of paintballs I've put in the hopper, it merely shoots all day long. I put a couple of drops of oil in the ASA every day I play with it, and only open it up for a thorough cleaning once a year. The rest of the time, I wipe the paint goo off, give it paint and air, and just yank on that trigger. And in all the years I've owned it and cycles I've put on it, I've replaced the mainspring once. Nothing else has worn to the point that I needed to replace it.

[minimag03]

Viking or Excalibur with duel PPS regs.

[buzzboy]

For ALL possible conditons I would go for a Tippmann SL-68II. I saw a pic of one that had been run over an still shot fine. The good ole tippmann tank.

[Pigpen]

Although I'm a recent conversion to the Automag family (just bought my first Tac One and I LOVE it) I have to go with my trusty 98c. With all the variables above its the logical choice. Phantoms are a wonderful marker, but my friend's 98c was literally run over by a truck, and he picket it up, replaved the crushed hopper and started firing it. They are that tough!

My 98c has performed flawlessly in driving rain, mud, dripping with paint, dried up goo in the firing chamber, you name it! It isn't nearly as accurate or quiet as a Phantom or Automag, but it's like an AK47. Fill it full of crud, point and click reliability.

My Tac One is beautiful, accurate, and quiet but my 98c can run on CO2.

Pigpen
out

[Arstron]

This is simple, becuse I just finished building that mag, it would be my zgriped, warped, minimag with a classic valve, lvl 10, and ULT. I love this new setup.

[ZEROte]

all these people who say mag have never played with one under 50 degree weather on co2. 98c all the way.

[Walrus]

My VM-Magnum. It is a tank and can handle anything and any conditions If it has to be a gun I don't have, then it would be my old 97 Cocker that I sold off years ago. Worked great on CO2 and never had any problems out of it.

[Indignant]

AKA or some kind of Matrix.