Paintball Pistol
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Topic: Paintball Pistol
Posted By: Ironicsniper
Subject: Paintball Pistol
Date Posted: 04 March 2012 at 8:47pm
| I have a chance to buy a PT Extreme for $20. Is that a good deal? I know they have lots of leaking issues but it seems that 20 bucks is too god to pass up. Thoughts????? |
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 04 March 2012 at 9:30pm
Don't do it. Had one. It had the following issues:
And those are just the ones I can remember from quite a few years ago when the pistol was new. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ironicsniper
Date Posted: 04 March 2012 at 9:37pm
| My buddy bought one right after they came out and had uber issues with it. Thanks for the advice !!! |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 04 March 2012 at 11:13pm
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if its only $20, i'm sure it already has loads of issues. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 05 March 2012 at 7:37am
We had issues with them straight out of the box at DD when I was teching there. Bad CO2 seals, bad cup valves, ill fitting feed tubes, the list just goes on and on. It'd be a $20 paper weight most likely. |
The Guy wrote:Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 05 March 2012 at 9:36am
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As dumb as paintball pistols are, I always secretely wanted one of the Zeus G2s. I thought it would be hilarious to have one to goof off with. Plus, you could get them in gold. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 05 March 2012 at 12:12pm
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For $20, I would buy it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 05 March 2012 at 7:25pm
I play paintball with a teen that uses two USPs on occasion. He, my niece (using a 98C with R/T) and I (with original SL 68 II) took on 4 teens (all with at least semis) a while back. I got two and surrendered one before being eliminated and he did a Quigley down under move to get the last one. He gave me at two of my eliminations by getting the full attention of our opponents by doing John Woo-style strafing runs on them. -------------
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 05 March 2012 at 7:42pm
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Stuff like that would be my main motivation for wanting a pistol. I've had some of the most fun playing with my 98c and a 45rnd hopper, or my SL-68 (both my I and II) with limited paint. It forces you to be smart and take chances to be effective. Switching to an A-5RT with a HPA system later in the day always proved fun. You show up with the pump and leave the heavy in the car when they're picking teams and keep quiet, bring out the big gun after lunch. I do however, suspect I'm not as fleet of foot as I was at 17, when I last played often. Thinking about it, I haven't played since I hit my 20's, so limited paint might hurt me a lot more now. I know my knees make a lot more noise. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 05 March 2012 at 8:38pm
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I bought a Crosman 3357 just for the sake of using one in RecBall. -------------
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 05 March 2012 at 9:06pm
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I ran a TPX last year for the second half of all the scenarios I played. Durring the first half it was a side arm which I'd switch to when I ran out of paint on my primary. Pistol play is more fun do yourself a favor save up for a TiPX. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 06 March 2012 at 9:29am
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^^^ Yeah . . . pistol, or pump, play can be more challenging and fun . . . but you want a decent marker to do it with. (Hint--the PT is not a decent marker.) -------------
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