Blast from the past: 68 Carbine

I was walking by a Garage Sale and saw a box with "PAINTBALL 50$" written on the side. In it was the 68 Carbine, 3 tanks, a mask, various cleaning tools and parts, and some other odds and ends. The gun worked fine but the gas line had a leak and it was pretty gnarly looking. I stripped it, cleaned and oiled it, replaced the old gas line with a new one, it had the stock plastic .45 grips so I added some split grips, a new barrel, and various screws and hardware from the Tippmann parts website since it had accumulated alot of rust.

It's atleast 8 years old. I took it out for the first time with some friends and I absolutely love this thing.
Here's a pic:

That looks nice and clean now.... Its great that the body is not scratched up to bad! Great find! Like the barrel!

So i am guessing that you have the Feed Neck for it?

I'd like to get an old Tippmann for that price

Tec13 wrote: All and all you can pick up a 68 carbine or Pro Lite up for usually less than $50... However most of them do not look as good as Grayson's dose for ones that come up this good looking you may have to pay a bit more... It is awesome that you found or they had the plastic cap that goes over the cocking knob. Just need a forward grip and the barrel tip sight and it would be almost factory!....lol...

Yeah, it still had the rubber cap on the cocking arm. I have the stock barrel with sight tip and the rubber shoulder rest for the 12oz tank as well. It was completely stock with the exception of the foregrip when I got it. The trigger was nasty and had rusted a bit so I sanded it down and then finished it up with a polishing wheel on the dremel. I throughly disassembled and cleaned everything.

Edit: Stock parts on, with the exception of the gas line and brass saftey.




Edited by Greyson - 03 August 2011 at 2:42pm

It looks great!