I tried one of these out a local feild, heres what I have to say about the marker...
Goods- :)
LCD- Give your firing modes on a basic LCD screen. Kinda nifty and you get 'bragging rights' to owning a LCD marker. Fast- Trigger pull was nice after I adjusted the crappy trigger job the kid did to it. He was happy that I adjusted it. Pretty fast, basic mouse click trigger pull all electro-blowbacks bost. Looks Cool- Gotta admitt, this thing does look pretty sleek. Good 1st Marker for the Company- Gotta hand it to raven for their first gun released, not a bad job at all.
Bads- :(
Accuracy- Accuracy... like all electro blowbacks will never be as good as a electropuematic. An impulse with vert reg for the same price will deliver better performance, speed, and accuracy then this gun will. Volume (loudness)- Again, another blowback-electro sideeffect is the volume. Quite loud. Barrel helps that a little though. Price- The price is HORRIBLE! Get an impulse for that kinda price. The impulse will break down more but it will definatly out shoot any one of these guns. Raven, get real, you can't sell guns like this at prices like that. Distance- Like accuracy, distance isnt very good. Recoil- Its just the internals people, too much stuff moving inside causing it to 'kick'
Blowback-
Conclusion:
I would recomend to any player starting out that has the extra 100 dollars the shell twords a better blowback electro. But you will outgrow it fast if you start playing adult-series tournaments. I would rather get an impulse or autococker (stock of course) Both would dominate this marker 2 ways to sunday. I give it a 5. Not bad, not good, nothing amazing.
I would just like to thank the people that voted 'Helpfull" on my review. It helps keep reliable true review at the top so people who want good information on the marker find it easier.
(I HATE dropforwards, once you learn how to correctly hold your gun, you will too) you use your tank as a stock dont you drop forwards are to keep you compact while playing speed ball you want to make your wrist that your shooting with into kind of a goose neck and twist your torso so the SIDE of the tank is resting against your CHEST that way you expose as little of yourself as possible if you have a paintball movie of some sort you will notice all the pros do this (p.s. i know how to hold a gun correctly i have been shooting shotguns+rifles since i was 7)
Recoil- Its just the internals people, too much stuff moving inside causing it to 'kick'
not moving stuff that causes it to kick its the open bolt design and how much pressure it needs to reset the hammer and bolt and stuff if that was true autococker, being the guns that have the most moving parts, would have the worst kick
and they dont i own one
but anyways nice review just informing you on a few mistakes
Last edited on Tuesday, July 1st, 2003 at 5:11 pm PST
im getting sick of you morons saying impulses break down. YOU DONT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO THE MARKER AT ALL. I dont care who you are if your impulse broke alot, you either abused it or you over tinker with it. Mod it do what ever then leave it. jeez you guys are so stupid, its got about 3 or 4 parts that actually move then a bunch of o-rings. The only thing you have to lube is the bolt and hammer and thats after a month of hard play. I dont really get what could possibly break. Either you over gas it and destroy the solenoids, or you blow an o-ring in the marker or reg. There is not thing else. And dont try to BS and tell me i dont know what im talking about when i built my imp from the ground up, never had a problem, and also have a stock one i won a while back that works awesome. Learn your damn topic before you talk.
quote:Originally posted by Paintballpimpin (I HATE dropforwards, once you learn how to correctly hold your gun, you will too) you use your tank as a stock dont you drop forwards are to keep you compact while playing speed ball you want to make your wrist that your shooting with into kind of a goose neck and twist your torso so the SIDE of the tank is resting against your CHEST that way you expose as little of yourself as possible if you have a paintball movie of some sort you will notice all the pros do this (p.s. i know how to hold a gun correctly i have been shooting shotguns+rifles since i was 7)
I personally love drop forwards for the compactnes it gives ur gun i guess it just depends on the way u play dropforwards for me give greater rof and dont say i hold my gun wrong i have ruined in tournys and like paintballpimpin i have been handling guns from a young it is ur preference
Might want to edit this post seeing that you can get this thing for $300 just about anywhere, its a lot better value than most people think, Also you only TESTED it , I OWN one, and with small obvious upgrades like a good barrel, fast loader, and a good HPA source I can hold my own on the local speedball field against all the guys who spent a grand on their cockers and timmies.
quote:Originally posted by pbN00B im getting sick of you morons saying impulses break down. YOU DONT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO THE MARKER AT ALL. I dont care who you are if your impulse broke alot, you either abused it or you over tinker with it. Mod it do what ever then leave it. jeez you guys are so stupid, its got about 3 or 4 parts that actually move then a bunch of o-rings. The only thing you have to lube is the bolt and hammer and thats after a month of hard play. I dont really get what could possibly break. Either you over gas it and destroy the solenoids, or you blow an o-ring in the marker or reg. There is not thing else. And dont try to BS and tell me i dont know what im talking about when i built my imp from the ground up, never had a problem, and also have a stock one i won a while back that works awesome. Learn your damn topic before you talk.
You are OBVIOUSLY ignorant of the truth, Bushys and Vikings are FAR superior to Impulses, They are more reliable and shoot faster, plus they both use cocker threads, which means they are compatable for us cocker owners. I live in the land of the impy, everyone and their brother has an impulse here in STL. And they all break or give their owners problems, I'm glad I didn't buy one, don't leave home without your cocker!
Impies are pieces of crap out of the box. I have heard of numerous ones needing new rams, or new parts(i dunno which ones) Impies never perform like a 500 gun should out of the box, but who cares, certainly not smart parts especially sice they make money off of it.
if you dont like the recoil then just get a lighter bolt that should help. but seeing as you only tested it that doesnt really matter
i own one and once i got on the feild i owned. i ended up haveing to conserve paint in the middle of the game
Last edited on Monday, May 2nd, 2005 at 8:04 pm PST
i own a nexion and no, they aren't serious full-scale tourney markers, that's why they cost $300, and if you ask me, the recoil is manageable, if you have any small amount of fire-arms knowledge, you would know that all you have to do is lean into the marker/gun, (not that its a serious recoil anyway), and on semi, i got up to about 15bps, which is faster that an impulse (whether you like it or not, its true), and with N2, this marker is fairly acceptable, up to rookie/novice tournament standards, so every one, quit you bit**'en
I am wondering how a raven nexion has bad distance. That is very untrue. All guns have the same distance. Its flatline or not flatline. It will perform the same.
In other terms great review. I am with you. Ok gun but much better for equal or lesser prices.
Why do people love autocockers so much? I have seen them (used them and played against them) They are nothing special. Definatly not more accurate than my Diablo Wrath, or my friends ION. Not even close. Stay away from cockers unless you are buying a Karnivore, but if your gonna dop a grand on a gun, get a Timmy or Angel Speed
what gun has better accuracy ? Nexion or Smart parts Ion? and which would you prefer bcz on any sites ions go for 200 bucks and i found on Orderpaintball.com u can get a nexion for 170 bucks...
quote:Originally posted by ssfocus Might want to edit this post seeing that you can get this thing for $300 just about anywhere, its a lot better value than most people think, Also you only TESTED it , I OWN one, and with small obvious upgrades like a good barrel, fast loader, and a good HPA source I can hold my own on the local speedball field against all the guys who spent a grand on their cockers and timmies.
at my local store this buy is sweet and its only 249.99 canadian!! thats a real good bargain
quote:Originally posted by junkietrash21 what gun has better accuracy ? Nexion or Smart parts Ion? and which would you prefer bcz on any sites ions go for 200 bucks and i found on Orderpaintball.com u can get a nexion for 170 bucks...
blowbacks will never have the same accuracy as an ION due to the kick. Empiricly the ION is more accurate.
Dispute: I have Raven Nexion and i think it has good recoil and distance i have shot a shocker and to me their is not that ig of a difference in distance and the recoil i think is comparable to a diablo which i think is good so
Yeah, they are cheap now, my brother got one from big-5 for $83! it was on sale but still, dang cheap. ive shot it and the distance could be better, but other than that its a pretty good gun.
Yeah, they are cheap now, my brother got one from big-5 for $83! it was on sale but still, dang cheap. ive shot it and the distance could be better, but other than that its a pretty good gun.
