buy a nerve?

[Lohman446]

If AKA had REALLY wanted to continue producing vikings, they could have continued producing vikings. They were just to stubborn to settle for what SP offered/ had no desire to continue further into the paintball market

or too smart. Does anyone truly beleive they are simply building old stock? Or did each part that they had in inventory count for the right to produce one more? Face it, SP and AKA worked out some sort of deal that let SP win and did not destroy AKA.

[DoomWithAnXmag]

nerve

I had a nerve for a while. I have also had an Xmag, Karni, G7, Ion way upped, ULE mag, Upped Nasty shocker and have used several other guns. The nerve was in the running with any of them. All of the guns had their strong points but the nerve was all around a great marker. The only reason I sold it was to get money for an Angel One. With the nerve you get a great barrel stock, the newer ram and the back is ported so you do not need to buy a ported back plate. The eyes and feed neck all work very well. The only think you would ever have to do and it would only be personal taste would be a board and a trigger. The stock trigger has a hump and squared edges which I personally do not like but many others think its fine. My nerve shot VERY fast smooth and consistantly. The gun is pretty efficent to boot and the settings are easy to master with a simple button on.off. The whole ballance and feel of it in your hand is comfortable and well ballanced. I had a couple issues with mine breaking paint. Neither instance was the fault of the marker. I either had bad paint or hopper issues. As for maintenance the nerve is simple. Twist and remove the bolt, wipe it off, clean breach and reinstall. Once in a great while you can take the gun apart and clean the ram etc but I never had to do anything other then clean it. All in all for $475 which is the going price new the Nerve is a great marker. As people have stated you can but this or that used gun for the same price but why when you can buy your own NEW Nerve and not be getting some one elses screw ups or problems. Honestly I think the babble about nerves are problematic and this or that gun is more reliable is BS. In my exp the Nerve was just as reliable as other markers if not more so then many. Also because it has an enclosed bolt and smooth milling it is very easy to clean and there is not prob with getting stuff into the works. Something else I just thought of is the bolt removal. Like exposed bolt guns aka Timmy,Ego the nerve is super easy to clean with a pull through squeegy on the fly. Twist and remove the bolt, pull through Squeegy and reinstall bolt.

[DoomWithAnXmag]

nerve

I had a nerve for a while. I have also had an Xmag, Karni, G7, Ion way upped, ULE mag, Upped Nasty shocker and have used several other guns. The nerve was in the running with any of them. All of the guns had their strong points but the nerve was all around a great marker. The only reason I sold it was to get money for an Angel One. With the nerve you get a great barrel stock, the newer ram and the back is ported so you do not need to buy a ported back plate. The eyes and feed neck all work very well. The only think you would ever have to do and it would only be personal taste would be a board and a trigger. The stock trigger has a hump and squared edges which I personally do not like but many others think its fine. My nerve shot VERY fast smooth and consistantly. The gun is pretty efficent to boot and the settings are easy to master with a simple button on.off. The whole ballance and feel of it in your hand is comfortable and well ballanced. I had a couple issues with mine breaking paint. Neither instance was the fault of the marker. I either had bad paint or hopper issues. As for maintenance the nerve is simple. Twist and remove the bolt, wipe it off, clean breach and reinstall. Once in a great while you can take the gun apart and clean the ram etc but I never had to do anything other then clean it. All in all for $475 which is the going price new the Nerve is a great marker. As people have stated you can but this or that used gun for the same price but why when you can buy your own NEW Nerve and not be getting some one elses screw ups or problems. Honestly I think the babble about nerves are problematic and this or that gun is more reliable is BS. In my exp the Nerve was just as reliable as other markers if not more so then many. Also because it has an enclosed bolt and smooth milling it is very easy to clean and there is not prob with getting stuff into the works. Something else I just thought of is the bolt removal. Like exposed bolt guns aka Timmy,Ego the nerve is super easy to clean with a pull through squeegy on the fly. Twist and remove the bolt, pull through Squeegy and reinstall bolt.

[MicroMiniMe]

or too smart. Does anyone truly beleive they are simply building old stock? Or did each part that they had in inventory count for the right to produce one more? Face it, SP and AKA worked out some sort of deal that let SP win and did not destroy AKA.

AKA is selling 'old stock' just as much as AGD is still selling Emags. At the time of the SP AKA 'agreement' AKA could fininish off its current production run. Well late 03 and early 04 was showing enough upswing that AKA was projecting with a pretty sizeable production run. Something like 2000+, probably closer to 2500+ when factoring Vikings and Excaliburs come from the same three tube extrusion. So at the agreement only a fraction of the last production run was even fully milled and ready for assembly. They are still selling 2004 stock currently. The 'lifetime guarantee' has been nerfed once or twice and doesn't fully emcompass everything (but the board originally) anymore and their staff and techs are gone or at a bare minimum.

AKA also undercut its few dealers without notice last year on the remaining stock. Anything that happens to AKA is by their own design in my book. Late 90s they went to court over the Merlin/Focker design (and won), I just don't think they wanted 'in the game' any longer. Back to just being LEADS for production and let AKA die slowly. All the brains of AKA went to STD anyways.

[HuD1Ni]

thanks 68 and mirco, for filling me with some aka history

[Teamslayer76]

For around $500 you can look into Dm4's, Shockers, Promasters, Emags, Timmys even some 2k5's, there are lots of markers. Hell if you wanted to spend like $700 you could get a Dm5 with a UL frame if your lucky! If you want a marker you can go with and it doesn't break down get a Timmy or Promaster, plus they are fast and easy to clean. Go for it.