Mako Storm Elcd Trigger Frames

[therasman]

A little wile ago I purchased a RAS Intruder. I want to turn it electric with a MAKO ELCD Grip. (took over from Boo-Yaah). I dont want to spend the extra money for a brand new eclectro gun. I can get one for $310.00 canadian including tax. What should I do:confused:

[UTLadiesMan]

310 + resale of your gun is almost enough to buy an impy. Check out http://www.e-paintballoutlet.com/ . You will not be disappointed with an impy.

[Ebonclaw]

I have a Storm. I promise, you won't be dissapointed with it either, and you get all the cool firing modes, NOT found on the Impy.....doesn't take Shicker lube either, just good ol' gold cup oil. Far simpler design to use and maintain, yet just as effective from what i can tell with my Shutter/Storm.

[Richy_C]

Well, one will actually work when you want it to, has usable upgrades, comes stock at 180 psi, has real customer service, the backing company has more tournoment placings than any other in history, the modes (or lack of) will actually allow you into NPPL events, has vert feed, and has less kick. But since the storm frames are so "excellent", i won't mention it. ;)

[Codestar20]

Hey UTLadiesman, he said $310 Canadian. An Impy is lot more than that. Anyways, therasman, what other upgrades do you have?

[Ebonclaw]

The storms are usable in tournys. They have a tournament lock. Look, all I'm saying is that it's a good frame. I own one, my experiance says it rocks, and personally I like my electro Shutter better than my friend's Impulse, and not JUST because I own the Shutter.

[therasman]

My uprades on my RAS are a drop forward and a new slapstick barrel. Its not much which is one of the reasons I would like the a Storm. Ive started a team, and I would like a really fast shooting gun. I figured this would do the trick.

Im gonna stick another question in here;) . I was talking to my local pro shop about one and he said that they were too expensive and that I could get an impulse for 600 bucks including tax. Gimme some advice please. I cooouuld sell my RAS for 200.

[Ebonclaw]

Well, it all depends. Personally, (maybe it was just the individual Impulse that I shot), I didn't like the trigger, though I'm sure you could have a trigger job done. It was kind of mushy.....
The Storm Frame, however, is like a gentle mouse click that barely involves moving your finger. It's short, crisp, and, in my opinion, perfect. The Storm also offers all sorts of different firing modes, so if you're out playing with your friends, it'll rain paint. Remember, Turbo is still usable in tournaments, and you don't get Turbo with an Imp unless you buy the Turbo Impulse, which is like an extra $200. And when Turbo becomes illegal (and I bet it will) you'll be stuck with a gun that you can't play with. The Storm, however, is not only Tourny Lockable, and has all the firing modes, but installation is as easy as unscrewing your old frame and putting the new one on. No dwell settings or anything. Just screw it on, plug a battery in, and you have an electro gun. I'm gonna argue this once again:
Your opponent can't tell if that's 13 BPS coming at him from an Angel or an RAS Intruder in this case. Accuracy is as good as your barrel/paint. In general, the frame does the same thing a higher end gun does, it just does it in a much simpler manner. I must be the only one on here that would choose the frame over an Impulse, but I figure my gun performs as much like an Impulse (if not better IMO) and I have $200 left over. Bad Company shoots Spyders with E-frames (and recently beat Avalanche), so there's proof that they're tournament worthy. I guess it's a choice of style really. You can buy a Toyota and put a V8 in it, or you can buy a Vette for more money, but you get identical performance. It's just you now get the pride of owning a beautiful car. Is anyone gonna drool over an Intruder with an e-frame? No. but I guarentee, when they're on the receiving end, they won't care.

[Richy_C]

The only reason BC beat Avalanche is because they lost a whole load of awesome players.

Tell your friend to get an eclipse trigger, stocks are nasty. They stopped producing Turbos, and no mode other than Semi is allowed in tournoments. You may get electronic trigger control, but you don't get electro Pneumatic control. Your markers trigger is better, but it's other flaws still remain, the blowback, the kick, the lack of customer support, the sound signature yadda yadda yadda.... If electronic spyders were as good as Impulses and bushmasters, neither would be selling so well, we'd be all over the spyders. Good to hear you have 200 left over, now you can go get all the squiggees you'll be needing.

[nucl3arboNg]

well i have a piranha ext pro g3 and am thinking of putting the storm or mako frame if they arn't the same. For those of us who's mommies arn't buying them new guns every 3 months it seems like a good way to get an electro. This is my first gun and have only had it for a month, but have already added a 14" all american, 12v revy, and 68ci fiber nitro. Living in Canada paintball gets very expensive, and if i can make a gun i like a lot an electro i think that is the best way to do it. I could not give a damn how many placings this gun had and what pro players are using it. Who really cares, do you richy c? I guess that is obvious to your posts. therashman if you are happy with your gun, and it is working well for you stick with it. Don't bother putting out more money for a stock gun you are going to upgrade anyway, it is an endless cycle. Just my 2cents.

[Richy_C]

Well, mommy never gave me a cent for my gun, and i never get a new gun ever 3 months. I was saying that the preformance is not the same, and the true high preformance come from true electros.

[Codestar20]

Hey Richy, I have nothing against you but why are you always saying that blowbacks suck and it's not worth it to put an e-frame on them? You and Ebon have had the same debate going on for a while...:eyes:

[Ref]

Whats the URL to the MAKO website?

[C4pyro]

Hey Richy....when is anyone here gonna play NPPL. You know the majority here don't, so why worry about NPPL rules.

[TheZephyr]

The problem is, lots of local tournies follow NPPL regulations to the letter.

[Richy_C]

I prefer markers to do what they were made to do. Would i pull out my electronics, and getto rig a spring and sear to my bushmaster? No, because it was made to preform much nicer. Blow backs are cheap because they aren't made to go above 5 bps, they are made to get into the game, get people likeing the sport, shooting paint, and upgrading to better equipment. Would you expect a cargo truck to race? No, and thats not a bad thing, it wasn't designed to. Would you expect a sports car to haul coal? Nope, and it wasn't made to do it either. Every gun has it's place. The vice president doesn't run the country, and blowbacks don't out do electro pneumatics.

[Codestar20]

I agree. However, a properly upgraded blowback will perform on the same level as a high end gun, even though it would end up costing more than just buying an Impy or Bushy. Just look at Hsuve's Spyder.

[-RuShPB227-]

Originally posted by Ebonclaw
The storms are usable in tournys. They have a tournament lock. Look, all I'm saying is that it's a good frame. I own one, my experiance says it rocks, and personally I like my electro Shutter better than my friend's Impulse, and not JUST because I own the Shutter.

U cutting down my Impulse Mike? Let me ask u a question..... who is the captain of our team? lol j/k. I like your storm frame.

OK well here is my INPUT on the storm. Its a great frame my friend has one but i personally like my Impulse better than my friends shutter (*cough* mike *cough* ebonclaw *cough*)....j/k:D . Actually both really kick some ***. You will love the storm frame. Its got a nice little crisp trigger pull, quite like about all other E-frames.