Have to sell the E-mag, what gun to get next......

[DaveA]

Get an SFT shocker and go remote. SFT will work with co2, but you need to make sure no liquid gets in, just like a mag.

[CoolHand]

Or is that what that dive shop is telling you ?

They won't fill a customers tank ? That's completely insane and they should be made aware of that.

That's not that uncommon around here actually.

What dive shops there are here in the "middle" charge so much for everything they do that a local who dives often actually bought a compressor for less than he was spending on air in a year.

We too found it to be more economical to purchase a 3700 psi Davey compressor than to buy, maintain, and fill a fleet of scuba tanks large enough to keep our group in HPA for a day of play.

AND, on the upside, we're nearly a self contained tournament series now. Just need to find me the spare cash to buy an Ultimate Air field and we'll have it.

Huzzah!

[punkncat]

The viking, as good as it is...I own one, is a bit heavy. They generally don't need work, but if it does and you are not inclined to do it yourself it can be troublesome. With what appears to be the slow fade away of AKA I find myself wondering what future it has. I am not as familiar with the grass roots support for them, such as is available for the mag.

There are many markers that you could look into with the air set up right. As Ryan mentioned almost any marker than operates well below 400ish PSI will have no problems with CO2 set up correctly. This brings to mind many older and fine shooting pieces of equipment.


As a side note you had mentioned using your emag with a classic valve. If you have an on/off that works correctly in E mode, why not just set it up for proper CO2 usage and roll with it?
Classic valves can handle CO2.....

[glickstue]

I know it's been said before but I'll say it again, any of the Smart Parts guns can be run on CO2 with an anti-siphon tube. SFT Shockers, Ions and Impulses can be found online for dirt cheap. Youshould really take a close look at a Shocker if you want to keep the single tube mag feel.

[rkjunior303]

The viking, as good as it is...I own one, is a bit heavy. They generally don't need work, but if it does and you are not inclined to do it yourself it can be troublesome. With what appears to be the slow fade away of AKA I find myself wondering what future it has. I am not as familiar with the grass roots support for them, such as is available for the mag.

trust me, AKA support isn't going away soon. And for the price you could get if you were to PART OUT your e-mag, you can find a DC Viking which is milled down to next to nothing.

[turbo chicken]

ok im hijacking the thread ....

is there a mech AKA marker??? i dislike batteries

[GT]

ok im hijacking the thread ....

is there a mech AKA marker??? i dislike batteries

Merlin, some Works cockers were made with Merlin bodies, and Revenges. I think you can still purchase merlin's good luck finding the other two.

[GT]

We too found it to be more economical to purchase a 3700 psi Davey compressor than to buy, maintain, and fill a fleet of scuba tanks large enough to keep our group in HPA for a day of play.

I've looked at this option in the past, but I dont have the will to fork over 3-7k on a new compressor. Do you guys have any suggestions for good used compressors? We don't need the same quality of air that a scuba shop does, so I am wondering if there are inexpensive alternatives out there.

[RRfireblade]

That's not that uncommon around here actually.

What dive shops there are here in the "middle" charge so much for everything they do that a local who dives often actually bought a compressor for less than he was spending on air in a year.

We too found it to be more economical to purchase a 3700 psi Davey compressor than to buy, maintain, and fill a fleet of scuba tanks large enough to keep our group in HPA for a day of play.

AND, on the upside, we're nearly a self contained tournament series now. Just need to find me the spare cash to buy an Ultimate Air field and we'll have it.

Huzzah!

Hmm , that's crazy to me. I Dive all over and could imagine going into a dive shop and getting told I have to lease one of their tanks and pay $75 a fill.

Oh well , back to plan b then.

[rkjunior303]

Hmm , that's crazy to me. I Dive all over and could imagine going into a dive shop and getting told I have to lease one of their tanks and pay $75 a fill.

Oh well , back to plan b then.

It sounds more like they were talking about a bulk cylinder.

[gibby]

The only marker I ever considered using if my emag wasn't an option....my DC Viking.

[psychowarden]

There have been a couple of people go from x/emags to the fusion and found them comfortable. They are ballanced well, lighter then an emag, and gets 1500+ shots off of a 68/4500 tank. Just another option to look at.

I am one of those people. Cyrus, I'm sending you a PM right now

[Pneumagger]

I'm with Jay... Just get a bulk tank.

Other than that get an AKA Viking and female stab and antisyphon for about $450. That will be just fine.

Personally, I've had my eye on Spyder VS2 just for a fun little toy. Light, plenty fast enough, eyes, and now with LP balanced valve and alot less kick. I'm going to hold off on buying new markers untill I save up for a nice small mill... but after that I suspect a VS2 will be next gun.

[cyrus-the-virus]

I'm with Jay... Just get a bulk tank.

Other than that get an AKA Viking and female stab and antisyphon for about $450. That will be just fine.

Personally, I've had my eye on Spyder VS2 just for a fun little toy. Light, plenty fast enough, eyes, and now with LP balanced valve and alot less kick. I'm going to hold off on buying new markers untill I save up for a nice small mill... but after that I suspect a VS2 will be next gun.

The shop I'm talking about isen't really a dive shop and they don't actually fill the tanks at their facility, they send their tanks to one of their brances over in spokane (2-3 hour drive) to be filled. which is why I can't take my own tank in to get filled.

Trust me I've called every place within a 50 mile raduis searching for comp air. I heard rumor's of some place opening up that would have HPA compressor, but I haven't been able to confirm it.

The only SP gun I would even consider is an ion, and even then most of the part's would be replaced :P shockers are ugly and should just be murdered on sight.

AKA gun's are nice, but I don't have the cash to get it milled by DC let alone buy one from someone.

Psyco I PM'ed you back, lookin forward to shooting that son of a mother.

[glickstue]

The shop I'm talking about isen't really a dive shop and they don't actually fill the tanks at their facility, they send their tanks to one of their brances over in spokane (2-3 hour drive) to be filled. which is why I can't take my own tank in to get filled.

Trust me I've called every place within a 50 mile raduis searching for comp air. I heard rumor's of some place opening up that would have HPA compressor, but I haven't been able to confirm it.

The only SP gun I would even consider is an ion, and even then most of the part's would be replaced :P shockers are ugly and should just be murdered on sight.

AKA gun's are nice, but I don't have the cash to get it milled by DC let alone buy one from someone.

Psyco I PM'ed you back, lookin forward to shooting that son of a mother.

What parts do you feel must be replaced on the Ion? I've got a pair of them running with all stock internals for almost two years now.