Which Gun is Best - Nerve or Pimp

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Nerve or Pimp

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Forum Name: Which Gun is Best
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Topic: Nerve or Pimp

Posted By: GThomas
Subject: Nerve or Pimp
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 8:24pm

I have decided its time to sell my B2K2 and pick up a new electro. I like smart parts' guns, and the Nerve has some nice features. The Nerve on paper looks to be the same as the Shocker, and is a few hundred dollars cheaper then the shocker. The pimp seems like a nice gun, I have heard good things about the pimp. The Nerve is going for about $500 and the pimp for $600. Which one is better performance wise? I am open to other suggestions, however I do not want used gear and it has to be under $700. I don't want to spend a crazy amount of money.

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Posted By: chronic future
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 9:33pm

personally i'd go with the nerve.
it comes stock with:

nerve board
smart parts vision eye
freak barrel system
locking feedneck
max-flow regulator
magnetic trigger
self adjusting LPR

and you can take out the bolt while the gun is gassed up and run a squeegie thru the whole gun/barrel in the event of a ball break. and even if you hate smart parts and their whole "nazi"ism on paintball, theres no arguing that they dont make good guns. all those features and one of the fastest shooting guns on the market for under $500.

Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 10:06pm

the pimp has most of the same features

detinator reg
pipe barrel
can take out bolt and run squiege through
the pimp has a pretty sick stock trigger
comes with ghetto board which has psp and other modes
i think it was breakbeam eyes
the feedneck uses orings but its imp threaded so you have alot of choices for it

Posted By: Pump Scout
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 11:50pm

Pimps are Impulses at heart. Food for thought there.

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Posted By: GThomas
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 12:39am

Pump Scout wrote:

Pimps are Impulses at heart. Food for thought there.

They are, but do they out perform the Nerve? Or are both guns evenly matched, and it basically comes down to preference?

Posted By: Pump Scout
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 8:58am

The one Nerve I've seen around here was nicer than any Pimp I've seen. Never did like that odd angled-back stick trigger on the Pimp. Both guns, of course, are fast, but the Pimps are very tall, and kind of unwieldy.

The caveat about no used guns is sort of the sticking point here. There's some extremely nice stuff out there in your price range that's lightly used. Just browsing another forum - a rather large one - I've come across a 2k4 Dragon for $550, an 05 Proto for $500, an 05 Freestyle for $470, and a Vision Shocker for $500. All of those came with extra items as well, and were just on the first couple pages of their BST forum.

As for new stuff, Freestyle, Nerve, Pimp, Defiant2, 2k5 Intimidator are all within your price range. Out of those, personally, I'd go with the Timmy. Bob certainly knows how to build a gun. Sadly, there's nothing out there these days that will hold its resale value worth a darn... which is why my last, oh, half dozen guns or so have all been used. That, and then the prior owner has had the opportunity to find factory problems before I get it.

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Posted By: Gabster08
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 4:52pm

i am getting a nerve hopefully soon. Plus smart parts is awesome. i think u should get the nerve.IMO, better looking and better in performance, in a sense.

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Setup:
Super Blue Nexus Ego
Ul barrel
45/45 pmi
vlocity

Posted By: djrox
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 5:11pm

I like the Nerves, I don't have much experience with them, I just think they are really underrated.

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Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 8:58pm

Promaster

ICD.

Cant go wrong.

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Sig is WAY too big.

Posted By: Gabster08
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 9:07pm

yea u can. promaster is a waste of money. u have to buy a new reg cuz the stock one sucks, and if u get a new reg then the warranty is no longer applied. so i would get a nerve.

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Setup:
Super Blue Nexus Ego
Ul barrel
45/45 pmi
vlocity

Posted By: Pump Scout
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 9:26pm

Perhaps the Lasoya Promaster, but I wouldn't go for a stock one. I understand that there was a little engineering issue with the standard Promaster that inhibits changing the battery. That's been fixed in the Lasoya.

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Posted By: super_gman
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 10:03pm

Pimp = Impy
Nerve > Impy
Thus, Nerve > Pimp.
Get the Nerve.

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Zerglet.

Posted By: The_GOAT
Date Posted: 14 March 2006 at 4:26pm

Promasters are really nice. The regs are hit or miss

some are good, and some need oiling with new orings, and some suck

but the Lasoya, will be amazing, ive seen pics and i love it

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SP Vision Imp w/ ALL NDZ internals, CP flame drop w/ on/off, Freak-AA tip, lowrise feedneck, NDZ Pro-Mag trigger, tapeworm, NDZ lpr cap, NDZ ti. bolt pin, maybe thats it?
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