New Member/Guns
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Topic: New Member/Guns
Posted By: Widow Maker
Subject: New Member/Guns
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 2:21am
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Hey all! Newbie reporting in. I have been paintballing now for about 3 weeks. I bought my first gun the day I started as I fell in love with the sport. I bought a used Spyder Aggressor XT for 20 bucks as it had some issues. $4.37 later and some new rings it worked flawlessly. Then I decided that I wanted to upgrade so I bought an A-5 earlier this evening and bought the Double finger trigger. No E-grips or response triggers for me...I did 4 years in the Marines firing one good shot at a time. So, hope you all like. I painted the Spyder the 3rd day I had it and that is what you see here. I painted my mask the same day.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 2:53am
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wow. better warn 56k users... good start so far. i most definately like the mask. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 7:28am
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Get a barrel for your A-5. I vwould suggest a Lapco Bigshot. ------------- 
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Posted By: EmperorGix
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 8:26am
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First off: Welcome fellow "new-to-the-forum" person, and also, welcome to paintball (it ain't your momma's airsoft game!) Second, nice-looking markers. Interesting paintjob on your mask. Tell 'em what's gonna happen before you even walk on the field. ------------- "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagh'nagl fthagn." IA! Cthulhu! IA! Azathoth! "I am the greatest that humanity has to offer, and the lowest." - Fatman |
Posted By: Shadowminion
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 9:14am
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Welcome to the forum and the sport !
You stole my markers name !! Grrrr !! He-he , NP ------------- SL68-II , micro honed and polished .688" bore . Tuff Enuf . Widowmaker , under construction |
Posted By: OOshanis
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 9:50am
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nice guns...when i started i had a 98c that was stock for like 6 months...so, so far your doin alot better than me... hav urself a good time with all of this ------------- 
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Posted By: Widow Maker
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 11:01am
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Thank you all... I plan on getting a barrel as I can get them at wholesale. I play woodsball and am thinking of a flatline but have not made up my mind. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 12:19pm
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I like the Flatline, but it is more for long-range surpresion fire than accuracy. If you are looking for accuracy I would suggest a Lapco Bigshot, or a barrel kit. -------------
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Posted By: azncowboy
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 12:35pm
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Welcome aboard! Hey in your second pic in the top left corner is that one of
your meds? Man... you gotta take more care of your druuugs ------------- Ride it like you stole it... |
Posted By: Widow Maker
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 1:00pm
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LOL...one of my daughter's toys... |
azncowboy wrote:Posted By: Stoz
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 2:31pm
She plays with pills? 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 2:35pm
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it looks like one of those little capsules you put in hot water and it turns into a dinosaur or something like that. i used to love those things! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Sairen Blitz
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 2:48pm
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 3:27pm
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good start and marines are awesome ------------- 
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: paintballworm
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 3:50pm
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welcome to the game ------------- i aint as good as i once was but i'm as good once as i ever was |
Posted By: Widow Maker
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 4:37pm
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LOL...it was the top of a sucker of some sort...don't ask. Yes, I as well remember those as well...remember the T-shirt disks? You got them wet and it was a t-shirt? You couldn't ever get the wrinkles out but they were cool. I think Virgin Music had them at one point! I was thinking of going with the 14 inch Bigshot from Lapco. Anyone have this barrel? Can I get some pros and cons? Any other companies I should check out? |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 4:51pm
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J&J ceramic barrel. one of the best for the money. only 30$. if you somehow manage to chop a ball, just shoot through it. self cleaning. plus, its accurate. i remember those shirts, and i was at academy once and i saw the same things, except they were boxers. i should have bought them. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Widow Maker
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 5:08pm
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After reading some info on the JJ, it seems pretty sweet. I am looking for accuracy and silence. Hmmmm...I have a decision to make now. ------------- If you only do what you always did, you will only get what you always got!!! |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 5:14pm
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likin' the camo a-5
------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: Widow Maker
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 6:24pm
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Since I got the gun for free, I figured to get the more expensive one! HAHA ------------- If you only do what you always did, you will only get what you always got!!! |
Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 6:24pm
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nice gun looks good so far welcome to the froums and welcome to the great sport of paintball ------------- 
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Posted By: stealthy2
Date Posted: 05 May 2006 at 1:21am
I have a Bigshot. I love it. What I would suggest you do is find out what paint you will be using the most, find out what the average size is of that paint, and base what barrel you buy off of that. You can get a lot of accuracy through a good paint to bore size match. The Lapco Bigshot has a rather large bore, so, you can shoot just about any paintball through it without it breaking due to too tight of a fit, but you wont get the best accuracy unless you use slightly larger paints. Also I'd like to mention that the Lapco Bigshot I ordered was one with a bead blasted finish. I was simply amazed at the durability of it. If you want a durable finish, the bead blasting is the way to go. Once I was wiping rust/metal off of the barrel where the barrel had scratched a metal frame... No damage to the barrels finish though. Now, how many other paint jobs would do that? |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 05 May 2006 at 8:26pm
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i like the jj cause its cheap and accurate but lapco bigshots go father and are slightly more accurate. i would go with the better bang for more buck ------------- what? |
Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 05 May 2006 at 9:53pm
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I use the 12" Bigshot and the RPS Big Balls shoot perfectly through it. Wal-Mart carries that paint.
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Posted By: Widow Maker
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 4:04am
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We have a Wal-Mart here and Kremers Guns, which sells Nightmare paint. I was thinking of trying Zap out. Any of you ever try that? On the point of the barrel, do I want the ball to be as close to the diameter as possible, or further apart? ------------- If you only do what you always did, you will only get what you always got!!! |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 8:28am
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get a jnj, theyre better, no speciality paint, and they work jus as good as a bs
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