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PMI Storm E Trigger Frame Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
8 |
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Average Rating: |
8.6 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
$140 |
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*2-12 shot burst
*Semi-auto mode
*Full-auto mode
*Turbo mode
*Tournament lock
*LCD display
*Machined aluminum frame
*Adjustable trigger stroke
*Countdown/up timer
*Shot counter
*5-15 BPS programability
*Easy-to-use software
*9 Volt Battery Included |
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| The PMI Storm E Trigger Frame is older, so while it may be available used and in a few cases new, it is not commonly available anymore. |
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Period of
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| 4 years | 5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
JT 6.0 (longer click)
Tribal Electric (hard trigger pull)
M3 Dragun (trigger is sloppy) |
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| Marker Setup: |
2002 Piranha Pro TS G3, 14" tear drop barrel, empire re-load revy, Palmer Fatty Stabilizer, low pressure internals (Boss Bolt, AKA Turbo Valve, Dark Horrizon TItanium striker) |
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| Strengths: |
Short Trigger
Adjustable Trigger Pull
Lightweight
5 fire-modes
No Trigger Slop |
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| Weaknesses: |
Block Shaped
Requires some tweaking
Grips (cheap plastic)
Mako is dead |
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| Review: |
Overview and Strengths: The Trigger pull on this frame is shorter than the JT 6.0, and much lighter than the tribal. Much easier to pull off fast shots. There is no trigger slop, it has a light return spring; I can't stand the Dragun's wiggly trigger. The trigger pull can be tuned and the BPS can be set between 5-15 BPS, max firing rate can be set in semi auto so you don't accidentally out shoot your hopper, has 5 firing modes, can be locked into tournament mode (semi-auto), and the LCD screen lights up! People have complained about battery life, but I don't have anything to campare this too. One battery is good for at least 6000 shots.
Weaknesses: The grips are pretty poor. Dye sticky grips won't work since the frame is too wide and blocky. Mako didn't bother to include rubber seals so don't be using this in the rain. The stock grips comprise of two pieces of brittle plastic that bend around the wiring and battery in the frame; this is a great opportunity for paint to come barging through the delicate electrical components and screw your frame up. |
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| Conclusion: |
Since I bought this frame four years ago, the company that made this trigger frame, Mako, has long died out. I don't recommend getting this frame anymore.
Go with a more durrable and reliable frame like the Pro-E, which also has way better grips. Don't even bother with the Boo-Ya frame, that thing is way old and has even more probelms.
Due to crappy grips, some annoying tweaking, and there no longer being support from Mako, I give this frame a 4, for almost average. |
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| Rating: |
| 4 out of 10 | Last edited on Tuesday, August 1st, 2006 at 8:52 pm PST |
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Period of
Product Use: |
3 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Dragun "The One" trigger frame
A-5 E Grip
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| Marker Setup: |
Pirhana VTL, EVIL regulator, CP Flame Drop forward, All EVIL internals, EVIL Driver Barrel 16'', Halo w/ Rip drive, EVIL SCION 68/5000 |
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| Strengths: |
SUPER FAST! Feels like u r shooting a shocker
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| Weaknesses: |
GRIPS! Funky feeling, and no after market grips for it and stock arent water proof |
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| Review: |
I love this trigger only cuss it can actually out shoot an eggy, and has the turbo mode witch makes tournament play so simple. Works very well with after market valves so your gun doesnt lower air pressure when gettin trigger happy. Try to make custom grips so they are water proof. But other then that way to fast for a begginer |
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| Conclusion: |
Perfect for a speed freak! Said to only go 15 BPS i timed mine at 25 in turbo mode. But u might want to get a new barrel, bolt, and NOS so the gun doesnt freeze. Hope you dot somebody up with this rope shooter, peace. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
3 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Piranha e-force trigger frame |
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| Marker Setup: |
Piranha BLVF
12v Revy
Dye Boomstick
Custom drop forward
MakoStorm trigger frame
Dye Smokestack
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| Strengths: |
- Speed
- Tourney Lock
- Firing mode selectability |
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| Weaknesses: |
- Battery life
- Blocky grips
- Not waterproof
- Safety |
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| Review: |
At first I was a little disappointed with the frame. I had to modify it somewhat to make it waterproof (I added a rubber gasket under the grips). The grips are square and slightly uncomfortable but I got used to pretty fast. I am planning on making some custom grips and have already cut out the blanks using the existing grips as templates.
At first my marker chopped balls at anything higher than 11 bps. After I put on the smokestack I was able to push it up to 13bps and 14bps with higher quality paintballs. It seems that the feed rate for my marker is weather based. I can get a faster feed rate in cooler weather, probably because of the colder weather the paintballs are smaller and harder.
Believe it or not my E-Force frame has a tourney lock on it, but does it work? Nope. The MakoStorm frame's tourney lock works just fine.
Battery life sux, be prepared to change the battery every 1,500 shots or so.
The safety on the MakoStorm frame is selectable, a single external button would be much better.
I'll be honest with you. In tournaments, scenario games, and the majority of pay fields you can't use full auto, or the turbo mode. I usually only go full auto during outlaw games and then only against experienced players, never with a newby. Getting hit with 12 balls in one second at 300 fps HURTS.
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| Conclusion: |
I paid $125 for it brand new on eBay, worth every dime. I timed the E-Force and it came out to 7 bps, kinda neat to toss 12 or 13 bps downfield. |
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ILoveSP |
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Saturday, October 25th, 2003 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
6 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Impulse, ESP Triger Frame, Piranha Trigger Frame |
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| Marker Setup: |
2003 Vision Shocker, 2003 Vertical Max Flow Regulator, SP drop forward, macro line (My gun is in the mail on the way so I don't really have it yet) |
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| Strengths: |
Fast
Tons of Function |
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| Weaknesses: |
Kind of big
A little bit of side to side slop |
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| Review: |
The storm trigger frame is the best for your money. The trigger is incredibly fast. The frame can cycle at 15 BPS. The trigger has a 2mm pull and is adjustable to less. It has only 3.5 onces of resistance and after the spring gets worked in you can walk it like a dream. I somehow out shot my egg even though the frame is supposed to only shoot 15 BPS. Another advantage of this frame is all the functions. There are four different modes and two external function bottons. It is tourny legal because there is a switch that makes it semi only inside the handle. The frames modes of firing are fully adjustable. It can shoot 2-12 shot burst and can be set from 5-15 BPS depending on your hopper speed. |
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| Conclusion: |
This is the best for your money upgrade you can put on any blowback marker. It is much better than any of the cheaper alternatives. THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST UPGRADE FOR ANY NON-ELECTRIC BLOWBACK MARKER. GET AS SOON AS YOU CAN. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
Only tested |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
piranha stock triggers
spyder esp triggers |
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| Marker Setup: |
an upgraded piranha g2 vtl, a 2002 rebel, and a tippmann model 98 custom with a 16' taso winforce barrel and an alley cat |
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| Strengths: |
trigger pull is like a mouseclick
fast |
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| Weaknesses: |
expensive
why would anyone want to charge it in the car??? |
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| Review: |
i like this frame. it has a short easy pull that feels just like a mouseclick and it goes pretty damn fast. do not try to put grips on it. it doesnt work well in the rain. the battery goes down even when you dont use it so you have to keep it on the charger until the very last second until a game. the car charger sucks. |
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| Conclusion: |
its too expensive for what you get. its a nice frame but only if your a rich person with more money than you know what to do with. |
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richk |
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Friday, August 1st, 2003 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
1 year |
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
None |
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| Marker Setup: |
-PMI Piranha Pro TS (Added Storm Electronic Trigger, 14" All American barrel, and Ricochet AK Electronic Hopper)
-Sheridan PGP (Added C02 quick change, wrap-around rubber grips, velocity adjuster, quick loader, and new pump handle) held at my side by a cops911.com tactical holster
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| Strengths: |
Fast. Programmable. Long battery life. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Expensive. Bad design. Requires tinkering to get to work right sometimes. |
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| Review: |
Overall I like this product, but it has some flaws.
The first of which was the price. $140ish is a lot of money. Second, the design could have been better. The grips feel kind of cheap, and it's a pain to take off the grip panel if you have to open it up to do something to it. Also I had to go to the hardware store and buy a metal tap and tap the holes to get my bottom-line to fit, and I had to drill out the 2 holes that attach to the gun itself because they were too small. Don't even think about buying this without getting the charger as well. I went to radio shack and bought a charger that plugged into the trigger, but all it did was blow the batteries apart, even though it was the right one. Also I had a weird problem where if I squeezed the grip panel a little too much the trigger started turning on and off over and over. Some kind of electronics problem I guess. I shoved a piece of paper inbetween some of the circuit boards and the metal frame and that stopped it. If you're not keen on tinkering with stuff this might not be the right product for you. Finally, there's no push-button style safety on it.
However, once I got past all the problems, it works absolutely great. It fires fast, and the trigger pulls are incredibly light. I noticed some others complaining about battery life but I've left mine off the charger for weeks and it was still at half power when I used it. |
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| Conclusion: |
If you don't mind doing some modifications after shelling out some big dough, you can upgrade your Piranha into a very nice gun with this. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Spyder ESP, doesnt compare. |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder Electra w/ a chrome java tuck tite drop forward, DYE ultralite, Progressive, ACI sub zero 4 stadge exspansion chamber, Storm frame, Bandit AMG bolt. |
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| Strengths: |
short trigger, looks cool, its LCD many diffnt modes. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Grips!!! thats it grips are cheap plastic. |
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| Review: |
This is a awsome frame I replaced the ESP frame on my electra this frame is much better the trigger pull is so short and like and has half the click of a ESP frame. There are so many modes of fire 2-12 shot burst, semi, full auto and turbo its awsome!!!. its kinda pricey$$$ but I think its worth it. It will turn any spyder or piranha into a paint slinging machine. |
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Get this frame if you are a exspeirenced player nad want to step up you're spyder or Piranha. Its a bit pricey for a new player but if you are new to paintball the stock frame will do until you get more years of play. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 0 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
spyder Elcd |
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| Marker Setup: |
Vew loder 12 "inch "barrel with E-storm electronic trigger frame. |
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| Strengths: |
This frame has incredible trigger speed, and pull. light as air practically!
so many different modes and so many different ways to set them! The turbo-
action can get you up to at least 18 bps! even though it says in the owners Manuel it only gets up to 15 bps, i could swear it gets more than that when used correctly!you can also adjust the trigger to the point of fire which is really awesome as well! |
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It is really a pint in the but to get completely adjusted to properly fit you gun and work properly a well! when i got myne i had to adjust the solenoid mounting screws one million times piratically i did have to put a couple of shims on the face and the body of the solenoid. but once i did that it was perfect! the only other thing I can think of is the fact that i kinda forces you to buy an electronic loader! but other than that it has proved to be an outstanding piece of equipment! |
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If you are looking for the perfect up- grade fo your gun! don't let other simulations fool you . This is the best right here! Get it you wont regret it! and once you do you'll have your friends whining because you can get out a million shots in the time it takes them to get one out 1 it is kinda funny actually! |
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