Why keep upgrading when your old stuff gets it done?
Hello AO,
In my long absence from these forums I have decided the following:
"The Automag RT Pro is the greatest pure paintball marker ever manufactured"
I had been looking forward to all sorts of new inovations from the vibrant and homegrown aftermarket community here on AO.
Then Tom sold the company.
Then AGD stopped making Slugs at any usefull pace
Then PTP decided only they could make air assist triggers.
Then they decided not to.
Just before the "Smartpocolypse" the future had seemed so bright for we the few. Mags where on the verge of resurgency. Not that it was the fault of Smartparts. Apparently AGD, like many companies, had put to many of it's eggs in the electro-basket.
I have never thought electronics where the solution. My brief ownership of an E-Mag taught me of my own distaste for batteries. A great marker to be sure, but not for me.
So I was thrilled when I saw the infamous hAir trigger demo video. I dreamed of a blue-black faded, Q-Loaded, hAir triggered, Karta RTP. So light! So Fast! So Hot! So mechanical! I could drool.... I did......
I took a break from paintball to start a family, expecting that my return would be flanked by AGD's return to pre-eminance. "Pure Mech" and "Batteries not Included" would be all the buzz. Other companies would be scrambling to get the wires out of thier markers. What a dream it was.
The state of Magdom is not what I had expected to be sure. And the shortfall of the "mechanical revolution" I had hoped for has left me with precious few options going forward.
What to do? Should I mourn? Should I give in and by an ION!? Should I send Nicad scores of E-Mails begging for him to hAir my RT on the DL? Or should I dust of my old Lv.10, Blue-Black faded, Intelliframed, PF left Stainless RTP?
So I dropped some oil in the ASA and that's what I did. I poured a pods worth of RPS marbs into my Blue HALO B with Rip Drive. I turned up the input preasure on my 45/4500 Nitro Duck adjustable to 850. I slipped the appropriate insert into my EQMS barrel system and twist locked it into place. I set up a few targets and practiced against imaginary opponents.
I have to say, it was awefully satisfying. "What more do I need" I wondered.
This was a great tool the day I pulled it out of the box. I spent a good chunck of change correcting problems that, in reality, existed in the margins (lv.10 excluded).
It shoots paintballs, everytime I pull the trigger.
It shoots them very quickly.
I puts the trigger back in my finger well before I'm ready to pull again.
It never breaks.
It never breaks paint.
I don't even think about it while I'm playing.
The industry has us right where they want us, scrambling for the next overpriced upgrade to give us some kind of marginal edge. Me, I'm going to stop upgradeing my marker, and start upgrading my game.
(until Nicad agrees to hAir my trigger on the DL
)
In my long absence from these forums I have decided the following:
"The Automag RT Pro is the greatest pure paintball marker ever manufactured"
I had been looking forward to all sorts of new inovations from the vibrant and homegrown aftermarket community here on AO.
Then Tom sold the company.
Then AGD stopped making Slugs at any usefull pace
Then PTP decided only they could make air assist triggers.
Then they decided not to.
Just before the "Smartpocolypse" the future had seemed so bright for we the few. Mags where on the verge of resurgency. Not that it was the fault of Smartparts. Apparently AGD, like many companies, had put to many of it's eggs in the electro-basket.
I have never thought electronics where the solution. My brief ownership of an E-Mag taught me of my own distaste for batteries. A great marker to be sure, but not for me.
So I was thrilled when I saw the infamous hAir trigger demo video. I dreamed of a blue-black faded, Q-Loaded, hAir triggered, Karta RTP. So light! So Fast! So Hot! So mechanical! I could drool.... I did......
I took a break from paintball to start a family, expecting that my return would be flanked by AGD's return to pre-eminance. "Pure Mech" and "Batteries not Included" would be all the buzz. Other companies would be scrambling to get the wires out of thier markers. What a dream it was.
The state of Magdom is not what I had expected to be sure. And the shortfall of the "mechanical revolution" I had hoped for has left me with precious few options going forward.
What to do? Should I mourn? Should I give in and by an ION!? Should I send Nicad scores of E-Mails begging for him to hAir my RT on the DL? Or should I dust of my old Lv.10, Blue-Black faded, Intelliframed, PF left Stainless RTP?
So I dropped some oil in the ASA and that's what I did. I poured a pods worth of RPS marbs into my Blue HALO B with Rip Drive. I turned up the input preasure on my 45/4500 Nitro Duck adjustable to 850. I slipped the appropriate insert into my EQMS barrel system and twist locked it into place. I set up a few targets and practiced against imaginary opponents.
I have to say, it was awefully satisfying. "What more do I need" I wondered.
This was a great tool the day I pulled it out of the box. I spent a good chunck of change correcting problems that, in reality, existed in the margins (lv.10 excluded).
It shoots paintballs, everytime I pull the trigger.
It shoots them very quickly.
I puts the trigger back in my finger well before I'm ready to pull again.
It never breaks.
It never breaks paint.
I don't even think about it while I'm playing.
The industry has us right where they want us, scrambling for the next overpriced upgrade to give us some kind of marginal edge. Me, I'm going to stop upgradeing my marker, and start upgrading my game.
(until Nicad agrees to hAir my trigger on the DL
)
There were things newer markers could do and the trusty emag couldn't (Shocking I know 
). Instead of jumping ship like many do, I have Up'd the emag to be the most up to date it can be. I feel better doing that than ordering up something new. The same old emag with a new attitude. 
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