Pump!

i've seen people in the nppl with stock class sniper IIs....

meh... its fun, but hard.  it is rewarding to gog someone with a pump though.  

Hard initially, but learn to snapshoot with excellent precision and you're set.

I love playing with my pump, regardless of what I'm up against. It's very challenging when you have to play against a team of paint sprayers and you're armed with a pump but you learn to be much more efficient that way. I went a whole day using only about one bag of paint instead of my normal 2 or 3 and I did some damage still. The biggest difference is that I wasn't lazy like usual and I made use of every shot instead of relying on the fact that I could shoot quickly. I had a lot of fun playing speedball with it too, that was intense. You think you get a rush playing with a semi? Lol, you don't know what a rush is until you try speedball with a pump. Find a cheap pump and give it a shot, you should enjoy it and save some money on paint too.

Here is the thing. I want to get a pump, but i want one that will use a C02 tank, and a regular view loader hopper. I know you dont use much paint, but with as few paintballs as one w.out a hopper will hold, i dont think i would last. The games last too long. If you have seen one let me know.

most pumps can run ca vert feed, just stay away from anything that internally loads a 12gr and you should be good. Stock breeches and 12gr bucket changers can be swapped out piece of cake. If you are just getting into it and don't want to spend a lot, I would suggest a Maverick/Trracer or an SL-68 II. Otherwise you are going to be spending quite a bit more money. If you want to spend over 200 the possibilities really open up and you have tons of choices to make. Might want to check out stockclasspaintball.com they have tons of information and the people are very knowledgable and informative. Good luck.