Ok this is a stupid ? but plz answer!

[Newbie4eva]

Is there any way on earth that a "newbie" could manage, and maintain this gun?

thanks

[AutocockerFreak]

With it being electronic i would strongly not recomend it. Piranha STS G3 is $220 now and u could get a boomstick and you would be set. If you want more get an automag(they will never break) Electros are delicate and in the wrong hands alot of **** can happen

[pr0kch0p]

of course. there isnt really much too it. it is pretty much the simplest true electro.

there are many manuals to read out there, the impulse FAQ is great. you could always come here if you are having problems, the biggest thing to remember is that if it isnt broken, then dont fix it.

[-RuShPB227-]

yeah pr0kchop is right i think. I am SORTA new to electros. Just read the manual and do what it says. If you cant understand that, read the online FAQ on Impulses. They are very simple. Not much harder to understand than a spyder except for the electronics. I know my way around inside my Impulse. Its not hard. Very easy to learn.

[Impy4335]

well, like John Hammond said in Jurassic Park "We have the problems of both a major theme park and rides, and of the zoos( the dinosaurs" with an electro you have possible circutry problems, switch problems, and batterys, AND mechanical probs, unless you have owned a gun already and took good care of it, and know how to operate your microwave, and tv, and are willing to follow several instructions exactly(only DOW grease for example, go with a cheap mechanical gun

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[Killer Kat]

Originally posted by pr0kch0p
it is pretty much the simplest true electro.

you could always come here if you are having problems,

the biggest thing to remember is that if it isnt broken, then dont fix it.
pr0k, well put!
I'd like to ask who's buyin it? If you are, do it! You'll want to take care of your investment!
If it comes from Mommy & Daddy! You ain't ready! Ya gots to learn it, Ya gots to earn it! That way you'll respect it, and take better care of it!
Hey I realize there are exceptions to my rule, and maybe you're one of them! Let us know! ;)

[PaintballCartel]

I agree with prock chop and Killer Kat. It's a fairly simple gun to own and maintain. If it's going to be from Mom and Dad, get a Tippman or a Spyder. But, if you've got the dough to blow then go for it.



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[Weasel00]

The mecanical part of an Impulse is probable just as simple as a Spyder. Then you add the reg and all the electronics and the compicity (sp?) becomes even more. I think a newbie that has friends that know what they are doing could own an Impulse as long as they took it to a friend to fix or their friend taught them how to take care of it. If you and your friends are just starting out, get a spyder, tippmann, pirana. I have teammates that have had several guns before there Impulse and they still mess s*it up. Then It comes to me and I have to fix it.

Jared

[anchorite]

the impulse is not the simplest electro marker on the planet... but it is pretty damn near it. the matrix and the mayhem are a tad bit easier to maintain.

but the impulses are great.
just clean them after every day of playing. lube them before every day played.
all you need to know is how to work the maxflow (a 2 year old can do that) and how to adjust the dwell.... you have to adjust the two into unison. so it will be per****t.

I would say... dont waste your money on a lower end marker.

get the impulse... then learn to play competitevley. then rip up the feild.

with the impulse... you wont need another marker for years.... considering that after a while the marker eventually gives out.


impulses are great. buy it.
or get a matrix. I love mine.

but than again... with the price difference... I dont know if it is exactly worth it. my dad's impulse is per****t. he is ripping up the feild now. he is a realitive newbie... been playign for a little over a year now.

now he practices with amature teams... and almost keeps up with them.


get the impulse. you cant go wrong.

god, I am not entirley "all here" now... if you understand where I am commign from.

I am gonna sleep now.

I wouldnt listen to anythign I jsut said.. unless you think you should.

I am god.

college is fun...

goodnight.

I love you all.

paintabll forever.



forget about it... I'll shut the **** up now.

late.

[PBSouLjAh]

i beg to differ. haha, 90% of the time, its better for a newbie to start out with a much simpler gun. any piranha, spyder, or tippmann will do. i got my tippmann when i was 13, and when i first got it, opened da box, opened da gun up, and i just cocked it...and found out how it worked. of course im a bit mechanically inclined but dats how easy a tippmann is. u unscrew da screws, then u lift off one half, and u can see everything. a spyder and piranha different in design, but also very simply to understand. unless ur really good with mechanics, and ur mechanically inclined, i dont suggest an impulse just yet. i say get a lower end gun, get good, use da money u have for paint and play play play! then get an impulse and raise all h e l l

[Double--Digets]

im in the same situation, id say get the impulse, instead of paying 220 for a piranha, and upgrading it with another 200 bucks, you could of got an impulse, and you would of been much happier, and when you go to sell them, the impulse will sell much better

[Weasel00]

This is an example why newbies shouldn't have an Impulse.

I was at a tournament yesterday and this kid I know had his Impulse. He frequents one of the forums a lot so he has seen just about everything. He comes up and says he is getting bolt stick real bad. He was shooting balls so I know there was back pressure. I asked him what pressure he was running and he said 120 psi. He has owned a blowback before he owned this and learned all about them before he bought it. I saw another guy that had been playing for 10 years with an Impulse at another tournament this summer. He was having problems. He was trying to run his Impulse at 225 psi. I think a kid should at least own a low end semi before he goes for an electro.

Jared

[Double--Digets]

Ya but, if you do your research you should be fine, I know a fair bit about the Impulse because I have done all lot of research on it.

[Chandler]

Get the TKO mag. They are nice. Only like 270 and easy to maintain. I was gonna get it after after my millenium but then i decided to get the impulse. Impulse is great and the mag is too but the mag is cheaper and IMO better fit for a first gun.

OH yea and the only place i could find the tko is at pbgear.com

[FOM]

Teh Impjlse is easier to mantain then most markers. Frankly, while I love the M98 and it is one of the first guns i reach for when someone aska for a recomendation in the $200 range, the Imulse is easier to mantain then the M98!

The most common matance on the Impulse is simply pullin the pin, droping out the bolt, wiping it off, putting a couple of dabs of dow on the o-rings, put the bolt back in and put in the pin. Thats it!

maybe once a month, you will unscrew the hammer assembly and lube it.

Maybe twice a year you will remove the valve and lube it.

The day to day mantanice on a Impulse takes more to time to type about then to do!

The only "problem" with the Imulse is getting it sat up correctly in the begining. If you you get it from a full service dealer, they will set it up for you and you can basicly just pull it fron the box and run with it.

Where the Impulse becomes more complicated is when you add goodies which have adjustments (like the trigger) AND SCREW WITH IT.

when looking at the Impulse as far as operation-- think of it a "a Spyder without the hammer spring"

FOM