spyder victor

They are pretty crappy.

I keep a check on all of my friends' spyders, and they never go down.  Just keep them well oiled, and take care of it, then there will be no problems.

When my one friend first got his, the gripframe screws came out, so middle of the game, the gun fell apart.  It was rough finding black screws in the grass.

well the gun is mostly for if a friend is playing and doesnt have their own gear. I was thinking about putting some $$ into it and making it my designated speedball gun (which won't get used very often) but is that just a waste of time leading to certain dissapintment? If so What gun would make a decent speedballer for a reasonable price since i usually only play in the woods?

you're probably missing the flat washer and rod-guide that allows the RVA in the rear of the kingman markers to actually compress the spring and up the dwell of the valve leading to a better velocity. It could also be a matter of a worn-down or clipped main spring or too stiff of a valve-spring. Either way, it's an easy fix. Also, if you get a chance, pick up a couple of cup-seals for the valve. Those tend to be the culprit 99% of the time when you have a valve-leak on a spyder. Not that it has happened, but chances are, some day it will.

You really also could define "crappy" to get a good answer.

When you say "crappy" do you mean you can't really slap a stock and sites on it very easily and have it look like an AR?

I have a Victor I bought for about 15.00 at a garage sale and modded it with all stock parts + a reg. and 2 Madman springs to operate at 260 psi.  Shoots like a charm.  Again there's really not much that can go wrong with them.

 

My complaint with Spyders and Tippmanns the same.  Very heavy moving internals at high pressure with massive recoil.  Internals just don't need to be that heavy and big.

Edited by Lightningbolt - 28 September 2007 at 8:24am

Victors are cool.  But for 40.00 then start dumping money into it.  Don't do it.

Edited by Lightningbolt - 28 September 2007 at 1:32pm

They are great beginner guns or guns for outlaw play.

They are durable and you don't even need to do anything to maintain mech syders to keep them running.

Not to mention, they have great value.