wats the deal with the nerve

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what is the difference between the nerve and the ion except the price?

what kind of modes do they have?

are there any upgrades than are a requirement for the nerve?

LP or HP?

[Uziel Gal]

Moved.

Not a lot of point asking these questions to people who don't actually own one.....

The Nerve was SP's answer to the Intimidator, being a high-end ram powered marker with a knock open valve, rather than a mid range marker with a simplified spool valve mechanism. It comes with a quick release bolt, q-lock lever action feed neck, steel backed Freak barrel with steel insert and All American front, Pro-Touch grips, Angle drop forward and on/off ASA as standard. It takes Shocker boards, frames, triggers, solenoids and front reg mounts, and has an Impulse threaded barrel. Like the Shocker, it uses a reflective eye rather than break beam like the Ion. The marker comes with the same Max-Flo vert reg as the Shocker, but with different milling. The marker has an LPR to control the ram pressure. The Nerve trigger has independent adjustment of the front and rear trigger stops and of the return force. It also has adjustable trigger activation, and more unusually, two locations for the trigger activation screw, which can be used either to implement a flipped switch modification, or to change the leverage of the trigger on the microswitch. The Nerve's body tube is all aluminium.

The stock Nerve board is the same as the board found on newer Shockers, with semi-auto and ramping modes. The ramp activation speed can be adjusted to four different values. SP claim a rate of fire of 25+bps, but the board is often quoted as being capped at 24bps. Some Nerve owners have found that their markers are fitted with a different board, referred to as the team board which has more modes and a higher rate of fire cap.

Nerve's were designed to be tournament grade out of the box, and upgrades are more down to personal preference rather than necessity. Having said that, a roller bearing trigger is always nice, and a board with more options can't hurt. Beyond that, there really isn't a lot you need to do. However, if you want to upgrade, New Designz produce a range of Nerve specific parts, and the Nerve's compatibility with some Shocker parts gives you quite a wide range of options.

The Nerve's operating pressure is stated as being between 200 and 280psi (with the LPR extension added, they can go lower if you want), with 230psi being considered normal (again, lower with the LPR extension). As long as you run it at 250psi or lower, and LP tank should be fine. Over 250psi, you'd be better off with an HP air system.

The Ion is a hell of a marker for $200, but quality wise, equipment wise, rate of fire wise, out of the box performance, the Nerve is better. After all, when the Nerve was first released, it was listed at around a $1000, and it is only relatively recently that they have dropped the price, so you are getting a Nerve at half of what it used to cost.

[ion rampage]

less than half now its a steal at 475 but not a lot of people actually know about nerves

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alright thanks for ur help.

[VeXga]

I agree Uziel, For the price you cannot beat the ion. But when compareing a $300 dollar gun (ions releaseing price) to a $1000 dollar gun (nerves releasing price) you'll find that the differences are astounding. Don't let the nerves price fool you, it's a fantastic gun, you don't need to do anything out of the box and it will preform at the level of any gun out there. The $475 dollar price tag has done the nerve some justice because people have been paying more attention to them, but it has also hurt them in the sense that everybody questions them due to the massive price drop. It raises question because not many markers take a $500 dollar price drop and can still be considered "good".