WGP Sniper or Custom Rainmaker
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Topic: WGP Sniper or Custom Rainmaker
Posted By: DeTrevni
Subject: WGP Sniper or Custom Rainmaker
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 2:16am
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okay, i already have a bone stock 04 vert cocker and a bone stock rainmaker. I also have about 200 dollars to blow. now, ive always wanted to play pump paintball, but dont particularly want to buy a phantom. and i love taking older guns and making them rip. so what to do first? here's a final rundown on planned out parts in my pricerange. Cocker/Sniper: Rainmaker ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 11:53am
I'd go with the Sniper. SCP is the bomb and I'm so glad I play. It's much more challenging imo, and it helps with other types of play. Once you get some more money, you can up the RM and when you play, you'll dominate due to your SCP experience ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 3:20pm
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i would also go with the wgp sniper...
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 4:29pm
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id go sniper, but i love all autocockers, so, im biased dont hate me, but, i dont see what the big uproar is about the rainmaker ------------- 
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 4:34pm
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MeanMan wrote:Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 5:08pm
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do the rainman, if you make it like this-
i laughed when i saw it, it says itll do 16bps and has LCD display -------------
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 5:10pm
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whats to laugh at? i dont particularly like the frame, but that brass eagle rips face! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 23 June 2006 at 7:01pm
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probably one of the only good brass eagles around, or ever made...
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 24 June 2006 at 10:26pm
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put a pump kit on the rm.... lol... actually don't, the rm wouldn't make a great pump marker due to it's weight. i'd go with the sniper... it will make you a better player.... and you'll get the most out of your rm due to stock experiance... ------------- X |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 24 June 2006 at 10:42pm
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heh. yeah, ive seen the pump kit. on a lighter, sadder note, i took the rainmaker, along with the cocker, to the field today, and was stuck using the cocker. the rainmaker has a sad, desperate leak, and when it vents, it gives off this noise. it sounds so sad... anyway, im still trying to see what rainman can do for me. hes to rainmakers as doc nickel is to cockers... so far, its all walls and barricades to most suggestions. anyway, im probably gonna order the pump kit for the cocker soon. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Paintball101
Date Posted: 25 June 2006 at 12:11am
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If you REALLY do not want a Phantom I would suggest the cocker. With around 200 you could go on ebay or the Phantom Owners Group and get a nice used Phantom. While the rainmaker represents a long time ago, so does playing pump and stock class. Not only will you be able to find parts easier for a cocker, you can go semi or pump with it.
I am considering selling my Phantom and semis and getting a nice cocker and pump kit, as a way to condense my marker collection and make the gear bag a bit lighter. I think the CCM pump kits looks nicer than the WWA ones, but they also cost more. ------------- CCI Phantom... yes it's pump 3.5oz co2 Impulse Eggy II 45 4500 fiber 98 Custom |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 25 June 2006 at 4:54pm
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 25 June 2006 at 5:30pm
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Can't you put a pump kit on a cocker?
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 25 June 2006 at 6:07pm
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the cocker worked fine, but the cocking rod kept sliding out. it irked me. yes, the sniper kit is a pump kit i wanna put on the cocker.
oh, and by the way, id like to offer an official apology about the whole "t&o" thing... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 25 June 2006 at 8:24pm
as for the apology, i accept ------------- X |
... in a sort, i did the same with sneaky... and he's not that hated anymore...Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 2:14am
omg if you put a warp feed and an egg hopper on that id say thats the ugliest gun ive ever seen. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 2:30am
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you can do the warp feed and egg thing. and beauty is in the eye of the beholder... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Awesomeman
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 2:34am
| Dude, if i had that gun id burn it |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 2:38am
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actually beauty is a lightswitch away... does that apply to paintball? ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Awesomeman
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 2:39am
| haha, duh it does! :P |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 3:22am
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OMG! can you say "stock class?" ive decided to sniper out my cocker, and im gonna pick up the wwa premium kit, and de-volumizer. that should give me maybe 20 or so shots out of a 12 gram. but i need more... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 3:49am
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i have a crazy idea... but there is a 90% chance it won't work... some phantoms use a gadget that allows you to shoot while actually changing the 12g... i think how they do this is they make it a "one way" valve of some sort... so air goes in, but won't come out... this should keep the pressure built up in the sniper... but the chances of it fitting are slim.... i can't remember what it's called... edit: also, have you considered a female stabilizer? ------------- X |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 3:57am
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check valve. wwa makes some on their phantoms. you know, that might work. i wonder if the best spot would be the vertical asa. like an asa/check valve. heck, if that works, i might get doc to make me one.
got this on WWA's site. edit: i dunno. i think any reg will just weaken a 12. but a female would hold air (i think), so it might work like a check valve when im changing 12s. that might be better than the check idea... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 4:04am
edit: wow... my firewall blocks animations... that's weird... ------------- X |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 4:07am
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well, the less room to expand, the more shots ill get, but the greater the velocity spikes. theres no pneumatics in a sniper, so a blowout isnt a concern, just massive velocity spikes. i need a way to work around that. the check it valve is a dang good idea though... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 4:18am
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i wouldn't try this... but maybe if you put a handwarmer, or even just an insulator, over the 12g changer to regulate the temperature would eliminate velocity spikes... but i would worry about the 12 gram getting too warm and blowing too much gas into the marker and blowing out an oring... but like i said, i wouldn't try the handwarmer idea...
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 4:29am
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just a sec, im drawing the reg layout over paint... edit: there we go. like this?
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 5:24am
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yes!... wow, that's a good look for a sc sniper... ------------- X |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 1:46am
Not very good stock, but with some mods rainmakers can rule. Plus you get all the funny "Thats a weird looking shocker" comments. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 2:08am
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im actually sending it in to rainman to fix it, cuz i cant seem to do much with it. i might get him to add some "niftyness" while its down there. i think ill spend half my money on the sniper, the other half on the 'maker. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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