<*>Ion<*>
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Topic: <*>Ion<*>
Posted By: peachey
Subject: <*>Ion<*>
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:31pm
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can everyone tell me everything i need to know about the smartparts ion please and also what out of 10 would you give it thanx peachey ------------- MY SETUP finaaly i have the smart parts ion smart parts ion Halo b with rip drive 49ci 3000psi dye sticky grips |
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Posted By: peachey
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:31pm
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and what good upgrades i need to get to make it good ------------- MY SETUP finaaly i have the smart parts ion smart parts ion Halo b with rip drive 49ci 3000psi dye sticky grips |
Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:45pm
Here is an older picture of my Ion. It has a Clamping feed neck (Q-lock) $35 Shocktech front reg $85 New Designs blade ball bearing trigger $35 J&J 14" barrel $44 Bullit Drop Forward. $20 (there like 35 now) Halo B with Rip drive. $150 Ion was $285 Total $625 (I now have a different drop.) I think that a uni mount costs like 44 or something. If you don't like drops. You have to run HPA on it. It works fine stock, but I tricked mine out so that I could get every ounce of performance that I could. I'd give it a 10/10 for performance and price. It's the best bargain in the sport if you ask me. As one person once said, " the only problem with Ions is that there are no problems with Ions) They can keep up with just about every gun out there. Great for both woods and speedball. They cap at 17 bps, but trust me, you won't need to fire any faster than that. Good luck ------------- 
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Posted By: peachey
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:00pm
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wot hopper do you reccomend i ave got a reloader sound hopper made by empire will that be to slow or what ------------- MY SETUP finaaly i have the smart parts ion smart parts ion Halo b with rip drive 49ci 3000psi dye sticky grips |
Posted By: tightness79
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:33pm
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Dont buy one of those! Dude for that price you know wat kind of used guns you can pick up??? Buy used off ebay, u can pick up some used vision shockers for less than that with a tank and hopper!! Or u can buy a cocker with an eblade or something thats gonna be better in the long run that you wont wanna get rid of ------------- Ans GX-3 Dye ultra light E2 JAckhammer LPR ANS gen-x 2 reg eclipse QEV's nexus ram Egg 2 68/3000 carbon fiber tank Uni-mount |
Posted By: peachey
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:44pm
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yer i live in england so it is gonna be trouble gettin a gun through ebay to england and they dont sell pb markers on uk ebay ------------- MY SETUP finaaly i have the smart parts ion smart parts ion Halo b with rip drive 49ci 3000psi dye sticky grips |
Posted By: tightness79
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 1:47pm
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ahhhhhh, ok, well than i guess that your best bet is to buy one of those new. Goodluck with it. I would offer you some help with what to buy, but i dont own one or know anything about it, sorry. ------------- Ans GX-3 Dye ultra light E2 JAckhammer LPR ANS gen-x 2 reg eclipse QEV's nexus ram Egg 2 68/3000 carbon fiber tank Uni-mount |
Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 2:31pm
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^^ His best bet would be to buy an Ion new anyhow, <I withdraw this insult>.
From what I gather peachy doesn't know a whole lot about paintball. Thus getting a used gun would not be wise (when you buy used you usually buy problems, esecially with cockers). Your sound loader should be fast enough. You will find out after you use the gun a while. I got a Halo B because I had the cash, do nto feel like you HAVE to get some great hopper. Just has to be able to keep up with 17 rps. -------------
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Posted By: peachey
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 2:40pm
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cheers every1 ------------- MY SETUP finaaly i have the smart parts ion smart parts ion Halo b with rip drive 49ci 3000psi dye sticky grips |
Posted By: tightness79
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:14pm
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Do Ions have eyes, if they dont, you better get a Halo. ------------- Ans GX-3 Dye ultra light E2 JAckhammer LPR ANS gen-x 2 reg eclipse QEV's nexus ram Egg 2 68/3000 carbon fiber tank Uni-mount |
Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:20pm
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Ions have some of the best anti-chop eyes out there. THE BEST.
They fire a beam of light acoss the chamber, not like a photo eye that depends on certain colors to be able to see correctly. Works awesomely. -------------
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Posted By: tightness79
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:32pm
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Then you can use the hopper you have ------------- Ans GX-3 Dye ultra light E2 JAckhammer LPR ANS gen-x 2 reg eclipse QEV's nexus ram Egg 2 68/3000 carbon fiber tank Uni-mount |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:40pm
indeed he can. but if i'm not mistaken, the hopper he has is the empire reloader 2? if it's that, it's like the empire version of the VL revy. it only feeds around 12-13bps. you wont' chop, but you may have alot of misfires. i would get an egg or better. ------------- 
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tightness79 wrote:Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:42pm
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The Ion won't even mis-fire. If there isn't a completely loaded paintball in the chamber it won't fire at all. -------------
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Posted By: tightness79
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:44pm
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I still like my e-cocker better :-D Yea, but if he is short on cash, then he can "get by" with his hopper he has now, until her gets money. ------------- Ans GX-3 Dye ultra light E2 JAckhammer LPR ANS gen-x 2 reg eclipse QEV's nexus ram Egg 2 68/3000 carbon fiber tank Uni-mount |
Posted By: DrunkDriver
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 3:50pm
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You can still buy off of ebay. Shipping will just be a little more. If he doesnt know a lot about paintball, all that more reason to buy used. ------------- http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260991706090alb8rs.jpg"> 
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Posted By: peachey
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:00pm
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anywayz i need to know what would be ideal hpa to use for the ion? like what size tank how many paintballs it takes what price
------------- MY SETUP finaaly i have the smart parts ion smart parts ion Halo b with rip drive 49ci 3000psi dye sticky grips |
Posted By: DrunkDriver
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:03pm
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What position do you play? Front? ------------- http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260991706090alb8rs.jpg">
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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:35pm
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68/4500 is the average tank. You will get about 1000 shots from it. If you want more shots per tank then get a bigger one. ------------- http://www.macdev.net - MacDev Militia http://www.alienpb.com - Alien - Because winning is more fun. |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 6:12pm
oh yeah. /me smack self on head. forgot about that. -------------
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 7:01pm
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The only bad things I have heard about Ions (I have never even seen one myself) are: 1. The stock trigger is a bit sloppy. 2. You have to disassemble the entire gun to do basic maintenance. I don't know if those are true or not, but the overall reviews are consistently very good, and the price is hard to beat. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 8:18pm
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i have an ion now and use a revy(another version of the empire) with my
redz pepper sticks the thing is very acurate.what i recomend is ion hpa tank (a 68/4500 is pretty good for an ion) redz pepper sticks(2 piece barrel) or a kit better hopper trigger then add things like an orange bolt,body kit,qev,board,reg, pretty much anything you want |
Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 8:10am
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Get a new reg before new bolts and such. The kick isn't bad at all, and is easily controlled.
The down side is that you do have to pretty much dissasemble the whole thing to do basic maintenance. But there are body kits out there that help with that. Later -------------
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Posted By: peachey
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 8:11am
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cheers every1 ------------- MY SETUP finaaly i have the smart parts ion smart parts ion Halo b with rip drive 49ci 3000psi dye sticky grips |