around here theres 3 paintball stores:
South 94 Bait and Tackle- a sporting goods store that has a paintball department. They keep most major blowbacks in stock, paint, parts kits, tank valves, co2 tanks, even some nitro tanks. a few barrels, remotes, etc. Not many actual upgrades though(id bet money they have nothing for a cocker...even with all the upgrades avaliable). They also have an automag RT on the wall by an RT Pro...both been there a while. i saw a few classics the other day too. And i think my friend saw an impulse there. Obviously they make their money from the blowbacks, fills, and paint
Paintball Outfitters- A paintball store that relocated to a sporting goods store that had a small paintball department. Nice deal actually. Imagine the above w/ cockers, an angel or 2, etc. Throw in some good techs and a couple cocker upgrades, and you pretty much have this store. Theyre also partners with my local field(which only had crap paint, have to drive farther then the field...much farther...to get good paint. net beats that most of the time)
Gateway Paintball- probably the best paintball store in missouri. Also has a field(including sup'air) down the road a bit where they have basics at, parts kits, paint, squeegees, etc. The actual store has 2 walls of guns, 1 for used(they have some nice ones) and 1 for new. They stock mainely blowbacks, but have a large selection of cockers, and used to have every mag in production(until they sold theyre one e-mag). Great customer service and techs, they have most paint, any barrel in most threads(cept impulse) and give a discount for buying paint in bulk. They have some upgrades, most for cockers, they might have the intelliframe...havent been there in a while. Order anything you want there also, and theyll send off guns for annodizing and milling. Biggest problem is that once we add gas into the cost of anything i do get there, its usually not worth it.
the first 2 are ~1 hour away, while gateway is ~1 1/2-2. (if anyone knows where Troy, MO is, and is looking for a place to build a paintball store/field, great place, lotsa people play...closest field is 40 min away, store is 1 hour)
its not worth it most of the time to drive that far to get something. Little stuf like parts kits i get offline, but when i got my gun(and when i FINALLY get nitro then a 'mag) I got it from a store(gateway). Gotta support them, and customer service is nice. But paint, its about 50/50. If im in the area, i stop by and get a case, and maybe some tank o-rings, if im low. If im not, net wins.
the biggest innovation in paintball would be a way to have stores and fields all over, without them going out of business. Maybe a main store in the city, and branches out in places like troy. Order what you want in troy, and the big store in the city will send it to you. If something like this isnt in paintball's future, then stores and fields just might die out altogether.
South 94 Bait and Tackle- a sporting goods store that has a paintball department. They keep most major blowbacks in stock, paint, parts kits, tank valves, co2 tanks, even some nitro tanks. a few barrels, remotes, etc. Not many actual upgrades though(id bet money they have nothing for a cocker...even with all the upgrades avaliable). They also have an automag RT on the wall by an RT Pro...both been there a while. i saw a few classics the other day too. And i think my friend saw an impulse there. Obviously they make their money from the blowbacks, fills, and paint
Paintball Outfitters- A paintball store that relocated to a sporting goods store that had a small paintball department. Nice deal actually. Imagine the above w/ cockers, an angel or 2, etc. Throw in some good techs and a couple cocker upgrades, and you pretty much have this store. Theyre also partners with my local field(which only had crap paint, have to drive farther then the field...much farther...to get good paint. net beats that most of the time)
Gateway Paintball- probably the best paintball store in missouri. Also has a field(including sup'air) down the road a bit where they have basics at, parts kits, paint, squeegees, etc. The actual store has 2 walls of guns, 1 for used(they have some nice ones) and 1 for new. They stock mainely blowbacks, but have a large selection of cockers, and used to have every mag in production(until they sold theyre one e-mag). Great customer service and techs, they have most paint, any barrel in most threads(cept impulse) and give a discount for buying paint in bulk. They have some upgrades, most for cockers, they might have the intelliframe...havent been there in a while. Order anything you want there also, and theyll send off guns for annodizing and milling. Biggest problem is that once we add gas into the cost of anything i do get there, its usually not worth it.
the first 2 are ~1 hour away, while gateway is ~1 1/2-2. (if anyone knows where Troy, MO is, and is looking for a place to build a paintball store/field, great place, lotsa people play...closest field is 40 min away, store is 1 hour)
its not worth it most of the time to drive that far to get something. Little stuf like parts kits i get offline, but when i got my gun(and when i FINALLY get nitro then a 'mag) I got it from a store(gateway). Gotta support them, and customer service is nice. But paint, its about 50/50. If im in the area, i stop by and get a case, and maybe some tank o-rings, if im low. If im not, net wins.
the biggest innovation in paintball would be a way to have stores and fields all over, without them going out of business. Maybe a main store in the city, and branches out in places like troy. Order what you want in troy, and the big store in the city will send it to you. If something like this isnt in paintball's future, then stores and fields just might die out altogether.
, at least unless he complains. Makes me sound almost important too, doesn't it? lol
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