New Sterling Pump ?

[going_home]

I was trolling Ebay (did I say that ?) and I came upon one I'd never seen.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Sterling-STP...QQcmdZViewItem

An auction for a new Sterling pump marker.
I never heard of them. Anyone held, seen, or shot one ?
After some Googling I found the companies website :

http://www.arrow-precision.com/stock_class_stp_page.html

Anyone seen, held shot one of these or know anything about them ?
Post your opinions.

[wjr]

I read about them not too long ago in APG. I've never shot, held, or seen one in person though .

[PumpMag]

ads in paintball mags

I saw a full page ad for it in the newest APG magazine.

Pump play is getting really popular again!

[going_home]

Semi Auto too

Sick looking semi auto too.

http://www.arrow-precision.com/new_infernos.html

[etjoyride]

Yes, they're for real, i almost bought one a few days ago. if you go over to SCP a few people have them. They're just a slightly restyled sterling (internally) with a 12g changer and a SC feed. pretty nice huh?

[CoolHand]

I was trolling Ebay (did I say that ?) and I came upon one I'd never seen.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Sterling-STP...QQcmdZViewItem

An auction for a new Sterling pump marker.
I never heard of them. Anyone held, seen, or shot one ?
After some Googling I found the companies website :

http://www.arrow-precision.com/stock_class_stp_page.html

Anyone seen, held shot one of these or know anything about them ?
Post your opinions.

Oh.
My.
God.

Home, I cannot believe that you have never seen a Sterling before.

They are one of the nicest (if not THE nicest) pumps ever sold.

I've got two newer Sterlings that are vert feed, and an early '90's right feed. All are of excellent quality.



Once you stroke a Sterling, you won't be able to look at a Phantom again, there simply is no comparison.

[Maghog]

Oh yeah?! Well wait until my Sterling is done! It's coming along nicely.
I agree with you Coolhand, the stroke of a Sterling is unbeatable. I'vd heard good things about the newer generations too, but I don't understand why there's a vertical feed on there. When it comes to pump play, I always need to sight down the barrel. But that's just me. I'll stick with my two old Sterlings and be happy.
Dan@Triggernomics

[RRfireblade]

Oh.
My.
God.

FTW



And yes they are still avaialble. (kinda)


I have a few here at the house. Again , great marker. Famous for it's stroke albeit a little in effecient stock and limited in accessories (feed options) and such. Also not a fan of the air input location but there are fixes for that.

[Pneumagger]

How is a sterling compare to a CCM SS-25 or the Series 6 Pumps?

IIRC, despite it's appearance, isn't a sterling more of a stacked Nelson type operation, not a sheridan style operation.

[RRfireblade]

Smaller and lighter. Less 'high end' feeling if that makes sense.

Performance right on par tho.

It a nelson sheridan hybrid basically.

Functions like a nelson but vents air upward thru a port in the valve , into the bolt.

[SR_matt]

i havetn felt these sterlings but i have felt a few of the older versions. IIRC they have a harder pump action but they are still nice. the operation is a stacked reversed nelson. http://www.zdspb.com/media/tech/animations/sterling.gif barrel pointed right side. http://www.zdspb.com/media/tech/animations/nelson.gif nelson and http://www.zdspb.com/media/tech/animations/sheridan.gif sheridan

-matt

[SCpoloRicker]

I need to take photos of my custom, dual pump-rod Sterling...

[peewee]

My brother had one of the old sterlings. Ran his wife $475 back then gift. Great pump smooth action never any issues.

[paintballmarshaltn]

We were sponsored by them last year.They asked what could be improved by me and Action Bob. The only thing we told them to change was to use a bronze valve guide to maximize the shot's per 12 gram. Hopefully they took it to heart. I own 4 myself .From early prolines to a limited model built for us to use last year.SS-25 to a sterling is like compareing apples to oranges. A ss25 is a over-rated/ over-priced sniper. A sterling is a hybrid of nelson and sheridan valve train. They took the very best from both valve trains and built it into one bad arse pumper.I get 6-8 bps from mine.

[don miguel]

there's a review on that on SCP, go check it out there.