wrath i bought one from my cousin for i think $50.....it wasa stingray painted all camo and had a tubular red dot laser sight on the top. the first shot i took with it is the reason i bought it. i hit the squirrel right in the head while it was wrecking the bird feeder. the laser was on the face and it hit there. i was prolly 15-18 foot away, but it also dealt well with unruly wood chucks and thuroughly pissed off some mean olds racoons. i would say the stingray was effective and cheap, but the local team guys only use $2000 guns that are fully automatic and they only shoot each other no varmits, so stay cheap

oh and also the stingray is made by Brass Eagle. and i have a buddy on the local team who can usually get deals on paintballs and such so if you want me to check on any supplies for you with him, let me know

ahhhh i found the gun...it doesnt come with the CO2 tank or the hopper, but it does include the elbow to the hopper though. the CO2 tank is placed vertically in front of the trigger on the bottom of the gun

retail is about $58.00 on the net

 

buy a kingman hammer pump, its cheap reliable and super lgithweight. i also can hammer out shots as fast as a semi-auto with it, only drawback is the barrel but seeing as how it retailed for 100 bux my 18" sniper barrel wasmore affordable then

if ya wanna get a semi though, damn kids and there shots per second, go simple and get a tippman carbine or something liek that. they arent terribly expensive and they take a beating.

 

Stay away from Brass Eagle... They make cheap junk.
I've been playing for a few years now and have a Tippman 98. Tippman makes extremely durable markers, with the 98 being the most popular. It is very accurate, and can be easily upgraded. I got mine at Walmart of all places, for $149 including mask, air tank, marker, hopper, and barrel plug.
Shop around for the best deal. Check paintballonline.com and thepaintballstore.com

 

Re: I know some of you are paintball enthusiasts..

www.888paintball.com has package deals.

i run a tippman 98 with the flatline barrel. probally could pick up the tippman with accessories for under $150. any paintball related stuff if u want to buy i can sell cheap. i got alot of crap i'll let go to get somone into the sport. if u need something paintball related send me an email.

theo/stuper

 

Sparty , squirrel + paint ball gun = Dead squirrel

By the way nice flag in the back of the truck!

 

if you keep your fps down squirrel + paintball gun = stunned squirrel not dead usually. when i was stupider and younger i found this out.

 

Do not, I repeat, do not buy anything Brasss Eagle. They are absolute crap. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a Stingray. And don't buy a Sheridan (which is owned by Winchester I think). Just as crappy. For what your looking for, get a Kingman. They make very reliable paintball guns. You could easily score a used Kingman Spyder Classic for under a 100 dollars. Also look at their new Spyder Sports. They are about 100 dollars. They look pretty shnazzi.

 

Now this is an area I do know.......

I have been on a team for about 3 years. I haven't played in the last 2 (which would mean I could have 5 yrears under the belt) I started out with a Brass Eagle Stingray. After 1 week I tossed it in the garbage. It wasn't even worth me selling. I bought a Kingman Spyder. I put that gun through the ringer. It never let me down. Only problem I had was in real cold weather (below 40) the gun would not fire fast and would break balls inside. This was mainly from the CO2. When I switched to Nitrogen this corrected the problem. After about 9 months I bough a 2000 Auto Cocker. Damn fine gun. I would recomend to anyone in the game.

......as far as varmit, a gun that can shoot straight will be a plus. Cheaper is not always better (you will get pissed when you miss all the time)


Just my 2 cents.

 

I agree, the Spyder is a great marker, and not too expensive.

 

I have a gun my friend gave me . I can't rember the name but it does suck it's green I do believe it is a Brass Eagle . I will check and let you guys know.

 

i think we've all boiled it down for ya pretty well.

tippmann or kingman marker. if its for varmints get a pump itll be more sporting, give em a chance woulda, plus if ya wanna get into the sport it sharpens ur aim a lot more. belive me i appreciate my semi and full auto a lot more after a day of bunkering ppl with a pump... an empty pump usually lol

 

Give this one a try "movie"

 

This may be a little off topic and useless but my little brother has a paintball gun. Don't ask what kind cuz i'll just say silver. He bought it off a friend who needed $$$ for drugs so you know it wa cheap as hell. He likes to wake me up with it. Also he learned to shut my alarm clock off with it when it wakes him up. *****

 

Paintball is fun, but don't be fooled into thinking it is 100% safe. If you were hit in the eye, it could permanently blind you. I'd stop my brother from doing that if I were you.

 

I know it's not safe and can be a little painful if you sleep naked. I always get him back by wetting his bed for him and fooling my whole family into thinkin he has a bedwetting problem. It's gonna be kind hard to explain that one when they catch me pissing on him while he sleeps.

We put the fun back in disFUNction.

 

hahaahaha that is both evil and hilarious i love it.

and yes paintball can be quite scary when played improperly. i met a yougn guy early twenties at a local field who plays for a semi pro team who lost a peice of his ear to a shot from a jacked up gun in a tourney. i myslef have received cigar burn 2" raised welts up my entire back head to toe from a pissed off sore loser during a public game bc we beat his team by over 7000 points.

 

Around here its just another way for me and my buddies to be ********

we mostly have ...Brass Eagle...
I have a Talon Ghost, picked it up at a walmart 2 years ago, for $25 everything still works good, i have no complaints. For what i use it for, its definatly good for the money.

 

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After about 9 months I bough a 2000 Auto Cocker. Damn fine gun. I would recomend to anyone in the game.

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How are Cockers. Are they fast enough for someone to play mid field? I wanna start playing speedball rather than woodsball and I want a higher grade gun than my Shutter.

 

Cockers are good, but pricey. I've seen a few of them on the fields I've played. I think the best all-around markers are the Tippman 98, or a Spyder. They're both high quality, easy to modify, and won't set you back too much $$$

 

Yeah I love my Spyder Shutter. Has never let me down.

 

if you were serious enough into the sport a cocker would be perfect. my dream gun used to be a tricked auto STO i've seen plenty of them and other cockers around including some very impressive bob long autocockers, from before he made his own line outside of the cockers. only prob with em is the cash it takes to make one.

 

I have about $450 into my cocker and I think it was well worth it. I have layed both in woods and indoor. I have been able to shoot extremely fast with it. I have no use for a full auto, (waste of money in my opinion) when I can shoot about as fast with the Cocker. Get a tank, different barrel(whick the stock does just fine) and run Nitrogen instead of CO2 and you are all set. Nothing fancy and if you are good, the gun will perform. Don't thinmk if you get the cocker that you will be better than others. I have seen someone with a gun that shoots one shot and you reload kick major a$$.

If you are looking to go into tourney's and play competitively then the cocker will keep up with you.

 

The paintball field here is having a 24 hour scenario game this weekend. I may have to check into it

 

I'd like to do one of those 24 type scenerio games. I'm hoping to get one set up in the summer with a few guys I know. I wanna build a shanty town out in the woods and play. I think that would be awesome.

 

24 hour games kik ass. of course after my first i ran out to buy my nvg's tee hee. talk about an advantage bahahahha

but yeah i have and probly still could whoop someones cocker shootin rear-end with my lowly lil pump. a good gun is worth dirt if the aim and brain behind it arent worth squat. besides i went from 2500 rounds in 4 hours to about 800 in the same amount of time when i switched to my pump.