In your opinion, whats the best manufacturer overall?

[camoman5000]

Just wondering what you all think the most economical paintball marker company is (Tippmann, WGP, ect.) By economical I mean
The price
How well their guns work
Looks ect.

Just wondering what everybody thinks in their own opinion.

[curt]

AGD

is the best by far. they make stuff for the millitary and law enforcment. so the have to comply with very strict standers. wit some guns the tallerences will be very sloppy. with automag/ emags the tallerences are very tight like withen thousands of an inch. the air components are stainless steal.

all around. as far as stock goes. The make the best qualaty parts and guns.

[Henry_the_Lion5]

Overall Winner-
Spyder

Price-
1. Tippmann
2. PMI
3. Spyder

Working Order-
1. Tippmann (there guns almost never don't work)
2. Spyder
3. WGP

Looks-
1. WGP
2. Spyder
3. PMI

Just in my Oppinion

[Guillotine]

I would have to say spyders

the compact is only like 100 and IMO, spyders are very reliable.

and as far as tippmanns go, very strong, sturdy, but IMO, not the best stock. on CO2 they sputter a lot if you fire too fast. especially with response triggers I have noticed that wihtout an x chamber they sputter a lot.

[MINDofSIN]

Price: PMI, Brass Eagle(they work don't they?), CCI

Reliability: Tie. Tippmann/AGD for low end and AKA/WDP for high end.

Looks: I don't know. All Spyder clones look the same. Tippmanns are ugly. Mags and Cockers are sexy in their own ways.

[paintballdiablo]

Overall? WGP.

[Dr. Isotope]

Tie!!

1. AGD. You could play a tourney with a stock Mag, or play recball your whole life with one. Ingenious design and great reliability.

1. Older PMI. I mean the double-tube brass stuff. Hell, my gun is 15 years old. They must be doing something right. Effortless simplicity.

[SEPHIROTH_086]

WGP is best at advertising their products, but I dont think their guns are very reliable IMO

[Henry_the_Lion5]

Sure your not new to the cocker arena? They are very relaible, You only gotta take care of them. Do that then your cocker lives a long a happy life, and you get much enjoyment out of it. Do it not and then it will be your worst nightmare, YOu can't treat em like Tippys...;)

[SEPHIROTH_086]

First off I dont have a tippy, and didnt you read where I said IMO(in my opinion) cuz in my experiance with em their not reliable and maintenace sucks, with me I fixed one thing then right after than something else brakes or leaks, maybe that was just my cocker but either way my opinion is their not reliable, out of all the people I know with cockers a my field not all of em are totally satisfied

[MINDofSIN]

Originally posted by Dr. Isotope
1. Older PMI. I mean the double-tube brass stuff. Hell, my gun is 15 years old. They must be doing something right. Effortless simplicity.

I know a guy that still uses his PMI-1 D/F sometimes for fun. It looks like crap but it still shoots.

He was telling me about the old school Brass Eagle guns like the King Cobra. I can't believe BE made stuff that worked.

[SEPHIROTH_086]

Anybody have pics of those old BE guns?

[MINDofSIN]

Look for a pump or stock class owners group. Maybe WARPIG has some stuff.

[SEPHIROTH_086]

Time to search:(

[133+ Player]

CCI By far, then aka and Bob long are tied

[MINDofSIN]

AKA? Are you crazy? The Excalibur costs about $1900 Canadian.

Although AKALMP is very high quality, it isn't very economical.

[SEPHIROTH_086]

That they arent but I shot one the other day and damn are they accurate and consistent

[Gangrene]

Palmers Pursuit Shop

Noone builds a gun by hand like they do.

[Letchworth40]

Overall?? I know their guns suck but id have to say JT. They make goggles (spectras are the paintball standard!), Guns, barrels, paint, jerseys, and field equipment. I know their stuff isn't the best quality but look at everything the company makes. Its a buch of crap. makes you think dont it :confused:

[cocker kid 2k2]

smart parts!!!!! i love thier shockers and pulses they got the best barrel kit on the market and the best nitro system imo i love all their stuff and they take the gold they are the best

[jfreak]

Overall, I would have to say AGD. They have come out with a ton of innovations for the sport, and not just in guns either. They developed that quick change 12 gram thingy(great concept, just short lived due to bulk co2 tanks coming out) Helped pioneer compressed air regs for paintball, had the mag up, running, and reliable way before WGP produced a cocker that could claim the same, warp feed, magnetic triggers, the list goes on.

[edspyder]

i'd have to say core and tippman, cheap, but great products

[SPS16]

i don't like saying this but spyder is probably the best while there are lots of others that produce great guns. Such as
1. WGP
2. Air Guns desgins- great customer service
3. ICD- bushmaster only good gun they make
4. JT- They haven't been around for a while but it looks like
they've made some winners.
5. Theres others like tippmann, Smart Parts, Bob long and wdp- i guess
All of those are pretty expense compared to kingman guns

[green_goblin]

PMI makes some really nice quality cheap markers, and have EXCELLENT customer service, but tippmans are like rocks, they always have the advertising that they can drive a tank over a model 98 and it wont break, thats a pretty accurate representation of the tippy's strength,

i personally dont like kingman, they mass produce markers like no other, ya gotta wonder if they put any time into em, in the last few months theyve released like 24355223 markers, the E-99, FLASH, Esprit, Imagine, Em1, AMG, not to mention the non-electros, they sorta look more boxy than piranhas too i guess its just personal prefrence though

[AK47]

haven't found that out yet.