left handed marker (lefty’s only!!)
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Topic: left handed marker (lefty’s only!!)
Posted By: ninjasolid
Subject: left handed marker (lefty’s only!!)
Date Posted: 28 May 2007 at 6:45pm
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ANSWER ONLY IF YOU ARE LEFT HANDED!!!!!!! (if your not left handed you will ruin the poll!) i cant stand it when my hopper gets in my line of sight. I dont care what any one say's I HATE IT and i would actually spend alot of money on it to!! So come on all you leftys!! lets ban together and STAND UP for the left handed society. And for those of you left handers out their who dont really care if the hopper is on the right (i mean if you have really thought about it and it really does not matter to you), put zero on the poll and tell us why as long as you are a lefty! Understand my goal is to show if Tippmann should make left handed guns or not. it really does not matter if they put them on stock because i will get one some how!!! |
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 28 May 2007 at 7:11pm
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You do know that Tippmann's and a few select Spyders amidst other extreme low ends have a feedneck that is not a centerfeed right?
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Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 29 May 2007 at 8:58pm
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I shoot left and have never had a problem other than Cockers. In fact I'll go so far as to say that an a-5 is better for lefties. Contrary to what many believe a left hander should play the right side of the field which forces right hander to shoot left handed against you. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 31 May 2007 at 2:29pm
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I feel that left handed has an advantage as far as profile. When a right hander tucks, the hopper will jut out the side(assuming they dont compensate), but a lefty the hopper is within the body. |
Posted By: wackiislandboi
Date Posted: 01 June 2007 at 9:30am
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I like my x-7. because of the low profile hopper and the fact that it does not get in the way ot the sights of the gun because it is flat on one side. I dont agree with the whole lefties should play the right side because it is quicker to move your sights to the right then to the left. ------------- Tippmann x7 w/ no MODS |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 01 June 2007 at 5:14pm
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Hmmm. The field of fire for a left hander is centered on 9 to 12 o'clock. I'm curious how you come to this conclusion. OS is a lefty maybe he'll chime in. |
Posted By: wackiislandboi
Date Posted: 01 June 2007 at 9:59pm
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Because if you are on the right side and hiding behind a bunker. you would have to shoot over the right side of the bunker. because if you shoot on the left side of the bunker you are exposing yourself to the whole left side of the playing field. i dont know about you but if you are a lefty i would rather pop up on the left side of the bunker because i could stick my gun up first and have accurate fire. (trust me i do it for a living) but if anyone else has a different idea please enlighten me because i am new to the sport and absolutely had a blast the first time i went out and played. i loved it soooo much i went and bought me a 300 dollar paintgun. hahaha ------------- Tippmann x7 w/ no MODS |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 01 June 2007 at 11:32pm
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You do it for a living and you're new to the sport? Sounds to me like all you're doing is covering the tape line from the back. In doing this you're not helping to cover the middle of the field as effectively as you could. If you play the right tape you will be at the same disadvantage as a right hander countering you down the tape line(he must shoot left-handed). From the right side, if you are playing angles across the field, which there should be alot more than just playing the tape and will be more helpful to your team, you will have an advantage over right handers because they have to shoot left-handed to counter you. Give it a try |
Posted By: wackiislandboi
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 2:17am
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I do it for a living because i am in the army. not paintball for a living. oh ok i see where you are going with this. I will try it next time. thanks for the info. ------------- Tippmann x7 w/ no MODS |
Posted By: Gunchicken
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 9:29pm
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ninjasolid wrote:Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 10:49am
I'm left handed, but this doesn't really apply to me, since I've been shooting righty, ever since I learned how to pull a trigger. Problem solved. 
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Posted By: Ghost-Rider
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 11:53am
Problem worse is more like it. You need to aim with your dominant eye. I wouldn't spend any more then $10 for a lefty gun, i been shootin real guns since i was younger and some lefty guns are a hassle, easy to just shoot lefty with a righty gun especially in paintball you don't have to worry about hot brass hitting you. ------------- 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 6:07pm
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Wouldn't the logical thing to do be learn how to shoot with both hands like most paintballers?
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Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 6:54pm
| Easier said than done for nubs like us Jet P. I shoot goofy-foot but it works for me. I always trigger with my right hand whether I'm shooting left or right. It's actually pretty fast to switch that way. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 9:47am
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Negative. Despite being left handed, I am right eye dominant, so 'Problem solved' still stands. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 2:32pm
I love you Reb. Just figured I should throw that out there.  ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: e-rok
Date Posted: 15 June 2007 at 12:23am
| ooooooooohhhhh. i posted and im a righty. but istill think it would be expencive as hell to have a lefty gun made. so learn to love your gun as is, and it will love you back |
Posted By: e-rok
Date Posted: 15 June 2007 at 12:29am
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since it seems to me i was totaly wrong i changed my post into an apology, when im wrong ill be the first to admit it so sorry you ppl r right |
Posted By: Nagash1959
Date Posted: 15 June 2007 at 11:17am
Will you please READ before posting? USAF said: You do know that Tippmann's and a few select Spyders amidst other extreme low ends have a feedneck that is not a centerfeed right? He is refering to other cheap guns without going into name specifics. However even if he flat out said "Tippmanns are low end guns" He'd be right...because Low End isn't an insult. Low/High end refers to the overall level of technology and engineering. A Tippmann is extremely well designed to work simply without a ton of tiny bits and pieces. Thus Tippmanns are low end markers. And if anyone is in a position to call a gun high or low end it would be him...as he works for Tippmann. ------------- 98 Custom Cyclone Double E-Trigger Polished Internals Freak kit X-chamber CP Drop w/On/Off |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 June 2007 at 11:25am
Same here. Left-handed, right-eyed. Shoot rifles (and bows) right-handed. Pistols confuse me. To OP: In addition to vertical feed guns, there used to be a variety of guns that had left feeds, and you could use those old bodies. Old powerfeed-left bodies for Automags, for instance, would work with newer valves, giving you a left-handed fancy new Automag. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 15 June 2007 at 7:06pm
Don't I know it. I used to get yelled at when I reenacted dismounted cavalry, I'd wear my pistol holster on the left, cross draw it with my right hand, then switch hands to shoot. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 16 June 2007 at 5:15pm
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you can still find power feeds for tippmann 98s that swich the hopper to the left side of the gun. (i have one)
some older autocockers are left feed or powerfeed left. automags come in left, right, center, pf left, pf right, warp left, warp right and spring fed tube... solution buy an automag... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 16 June 2007 at 10:58pm
Not to mention, I've played X-ball at a competitive level iwth those tippmann's that have a "butt load pourd into em." But gee whillakers, guess what billy joe bob? It still isn't the same. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: xXDemonXx
Date Posted: 10 July 2007 at 10:34pm
you have one screwed up body LOL :) |
Posted By: scrumsguy
Date Posted: 21 July 2007 at 5:47pm
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I'm a righty but i can change hands depending on my bunker it ususally helps the profile in a medium firefight ------------- Help support the Youth In Asia! Member Of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Posted By: jrhodes0014
Date Posted: 21 August 2012 at 11:56pm
i am not at all left handed, but i am left eye dominate.. this really sucks. but yes i would like to find a lefty gun. i hate the ambidextrous setup. the hopper gets in the way, at least for me.
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