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Brass Eagle Afterburner Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
28 |
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Average Rating: |
6.5 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
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| The Afterburner sets the standard for value priced, metal, semi-automatic markers with features that include a lightweight aerospace grade aluminum alloy receiver, a newly redesigned field strip pin, a self-locking velocity adjustment, vertical feed, two panel grip, double finger trigger, laser engraving and newly redesigned top cocking bolt. The Afterburner is designed to play a defining role in this new semi-automatic marker category. |
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| The Brass Eagle Afterburner is newer, so it should be commonly available, both new and used. |
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Period of
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| Only tested | 10 of 16 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
stingray(pretty bad) |
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| Marker Setup: |
pmi sts pf g3 , stage 4 expansion chamber, drop forward, j&j ceramic 14'', 12oz , on off valve |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
barrel , front grip or expansion chamber, dropforward |
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| Strengths: |
cheap,materials are good and strong, egronomics, stock features |
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| Weaknesses: |
barrel,trigger pull,. being a brass eagle youll get made fun of |
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| Review: |
the gun broke 5 balls out of the 200 round hopper, the trigger pull is long which precludes to slwer shot rates, the guns is durable and the bottomline helps with egronomics
barrel is loud and not too good but it is ok to play with if you are a casual player |
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| Conclusion: |
if this gun is upgraded it could become a very nice piece of equipment,if upgraded properly you can beat all the people who have made fun of you bc of it being a be |
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The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 7 of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
triton 2, marauder, stingray 2, i have used most of all the brass eagle material |
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| Marker Setup: |
my current setup is a spyder elite w/ a compact trigger frame, 14 ounce tank, 14 inch. view loader barrel
have the after burner as a back up |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
longer barrel(most viewloader barrels fit), and a bigger tank then the stock 9ounce |
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| Strengths: |
pretty accurate, gas conservity is great, cheap |
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| Weaknesses: |
other than the silver barrel not much, pretty good for Brass eagle |
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| Review: |
this gun is a great piece of material for the price, it shoots well, looks pretty good and is great on gas consumption. you might want to buy a longer barrel but the stock one works great. the marker is only 100$ at walmart and works great. thats right Brass Eagle finally made a marker that works well |
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| Conclusion: |
i think if u want to get into the sport of paintball and dont want to spend alot for a descent gun this is the one for u. it comes with a electronic hopper which is cool |
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dude14 |
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Saturday, April 10th, 2004 |
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Period of
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| 1 year | 6 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
VL orion( same price, little better)
any cheap spyder |
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VL orion
20 oz c02
14"PMI razzor
VL200 |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
DEFINETLY, a new barrel ( PMI razzor, sp teardrop, something....)
An electronic hopper if you have quick fingers
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| Strengths: |
Cheap
Durable
Gas efficient
Accurate with new barrel
Decent range |
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| Weaknesses: |
Cruddy stock barrel
Low feed rate
Loud
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| Review: |
ok, this is actually a decent gun. The stock barrel on mine was unbeleivably crummy. It broke lots of balls. If you are too poor to buy a new barrel, use tough paint like blue streaks. If you do have the money to buy a new barrel, get either a PMI razzor or some kind of cheap barrel ( Demon, various sniper barrels) off ebay. The feed rate is crummy, if you shoot more than 4-5 a sec, you will break paint on the bolt, thanks to brass eagles wonderful feed design. I think that an electronic hopper, even a cheap one, would help greatly. This is an accurate gun with a PMI razzor, and it has a decent range, i'd say further than the average 45$ BE. I like this gun. shoots great with new barrel. Great backup.
*EDIT*- reliability is a problem. The thing had to be cocked back every time yesterday, dunno why, it wasnt the co2. It still shot far though, even though it was single shot. It was weird. I just fixed it by taking it apart, oiling it, and changing the 0-rings. Actually, im beginning to get a little annoyed with this gun. Its low quality and weird. Oh, and i got a spyder stock barrel for it. It shoots great, but loud. I thikn im gonna lower the rating of it, its not reliable and the stock barrel sucks. |
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| Conclusion: |
This is a good gun for beginners and intermiediates alike. It shoots nicely and very accurately with a new barrel, and it is kindadurable. There are better guns out there though, but i like it anywayz. Just change the o-rings and oil it alot. |
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| Rating: |
| 7 out of 10 | Last edited on Saturday, February 12th, 2005 at 7:24 pm PST |
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The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
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Period of
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| 3 years | 5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Angel G7
Dye DMC
E-mag
NONE COMPARE |
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| Marker Setup: |
BE AfterBurned,24oz Nitrogen, dye ultralite, dye stickies, anti-chop lv 10 bolt, duel optic custom laser eyes, custom regulator, custom metal frame, sweet spot trigger. |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
All of the above |
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| Strengths: |
Fast, accurate, quiet, easy to customize, never chops |
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| Weaknesses: |
NOTHING, this gun can easily sqish an Angel, DMC, E-mag, etc |
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| Review: |
Omg, this gun looks SO cool first, off, i called it love at first sight. When i took it home, for cheap, i tested it out, and immedeatly knew she was the one. She can hit anything i can see, i took her out to the ocean and hit a guy in the ass that was walking along an oil barge three miles out. I can walk her alot easier than any Angel ive owned, and i cant even hear her when i fire, it is the most amazing gun ever. It is impossible to scratch, i threw her off a building, she wouldn't even scratch. |
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| Conclusion: |
ZOMG buy it, it will be amazing for you for ever!! This is the gun Jesus would use if he had to Light people up in speedball
I give it 100,000 out of 10 |
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| Rating: |
| 10 out of 10 | Last edited on Saturday, June 10th, 2006 at 8:14 pm PST |
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Jarlath |
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Saturday, November 15th, 2003 |
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Period of
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| Only tested | 4 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
BE Avenger - Almost Identical. |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippman A-5 w/o RT
Flatline Barrel
Collapsing Stock
Remote Coil - 20oz CO2 |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
Barrel - SP Progressive is good for that. |
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| Strengths: |
See Review. |
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| Weaknesses: |
See Review. |
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| Review: |
Strengths:
1. Lightweight
2. Cheap
3. Overall Strength (Metal body)
4. Decent looking
5. Excellent grip
6. Holds loaders solid in vertical neck
7. Quick Pin stripping for fast cleaning.
Weaknesses:
1. Accuracy, stock barrel is pretty poor
2. Needs a drop forward if using larger tanks (20oz is in the way)
3. When it chops paint, it is all over. Ball detent leaks paint, barrel ports drip it.
4. Cocking lever cycles in front of view making for a possible annoyance when using.
Hey looks alot like my Avenger review. That is because the Afterburner uses pretty much the exact same internals and barrel as an Avenger. The major differences are as follows. Quick pin internals release allows for much faster internal cleaning but I recommend a full takedown every couple thousand balls or so. Color is better now with the black versus Avenger's bright red (personal preference). The cocking lever is in motion during firing right in you field of vision which may be a distraction to some players. Also the Vertical Neck is a bit higher than the Avenger's so has a slightly larger profile. So it's both better and worse that it's predecessor. |
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As I only used this in testing I cannot say if the newer layout would be superior to the Avenger or not in quality or reliability, but since all the insides are basically the same I will give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it is on par with the Avenger. A good starter marker for beginners and for indoor arenas (Non-Speedball), with a cheap but better barrel it's most likely equal to well used Tippman 98 rentals at most fields. Another solid 8 from me for it's cost/performance/intended market. |
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Period of
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| Only tested | 3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
super soakers |
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Orracle with some stuff on it |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
a garbage can to put it in |
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| Strengths: |
people might think it was in Top Gun cause of the name |
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| Weaknesses: |
everything Ice Man |
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| Review: |
This gun is hilarious. My friend bought one and i think he shot it zero time before it started to fall apart. And i mean literally fall apart, co2 was coming out of cracks and screws would shake loose from the earthquake force this thing produced. What else can i say, this thing is a piece. |
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The only reason this gets a 2 is cause it was so funny watching him play and the way he threw it into the woods at the end of the day. Wait no, it still gets a 1. |
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Period of
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| 1 year | 3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
spyders |
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| Marker Setup: |
afterburner
co2
spyder stock barrel |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
barrel FOR SURE |
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| Strengths: |
Accurate wit new barrel
Powerful
Gas efficient |
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| Weaknesses: |
Horrrible stock barrel |
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| Review: |
I got this gun asa bak-up and i like it alot. It holds its own agains spyders and other higher-priced guns. its the first good BE gun since the rainmaker. Good job BE. haha, well the stock barrel is unplayable, get any new barrel. i slapped a spyder stock one on there and it shoots awesome. |
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| Conclusion: |
Get it anda new barrel. i like it alot. JUST GETA NEW BARREL AND YOU WILL SEE A WORLD DIFFERENCE!!! |
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Period of
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| 3 years | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
spyder Xtra, brass eagle raider |
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Spyder TL-R with folding stock and electronic trigger i use the stock afterburner as a backup. |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
New barrel, new spring kit. |
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| Strengths: |
Very CO2 efficient, dosn't break balls much, easy field striping. lightweight, strong, durable, cheap. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Long trigger pull, slow shooting, inaccurate, can be weak, have to oil a lot. |
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| Review: |
I once went to play paintball with my friends for about 4 hours and i used about 16oz of CO2 . It is a very strong durable gun made mostly of steel (except trigger). the stock barrel can be very inaccurate highly recommend a new one. it never really shot very hard with me. i then got a spyder spring kit and it worked fine after that. i bought it for about $100 and it came with a 9oz co2 tank, mask, and squeegee. its very reliable. |
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| Conclusion: |
Its good for how much you pay for it. Recommend for beginners and a little for intermediate players. Good long lasting gun. Not rated that good because it seems to be a primitive gun now that i own an electronic gun. |
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Period of
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| Only tested | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
spyder victor, they are similar |
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| Marker Setup: |
diablo wrath ltd. Halo B . j&j full tilt ceramic 12" |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
a new marker |
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| Strengths: |
Price. |
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| Weaknesses: |
The whole marker. Every part. |
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| Review: |
i tested this and i realized that rental markers were better. I am not sure why anybody would actually spend money on a marker that is not as good as a rental. It makes no sense. The accuracy is terrible, and it only goes about 2 bps. By the time you upgrade this marker to be half decent you could have bought a much better marker. |
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Save your money, or use a rental. This is not a hateful review, just helping out new players. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
i never used it so i wouldn't know |
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Warped Dark Timmy
shocktech supa fly bolt
CP short reg
CP asa on/off
14" Stiffi barrel
Egg (soon halo need one bad lol) |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
don't buy it just to see if you like pb |
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| Strengths: |
Cheap |
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| Weaknesses: |
Cheap and brass eagle |
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| Review: |
This gun is good for te price i got mine for 50 and later on that day i traded it for 100 i thought it was a really good idea. a few weeks later the dude i sold the gun to (ben) and me got a few friends and went to play at a feild not to far from my house. he loved the gun but then again he never go really big into paintball either he never bought anything over 200 but he played with the after burner for a couple of mouths and then gave it to his lil brother i played with him a few times and it looked to me like the gun shoots straight enough and is great just to see if you wana take paintbal to the next level |
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| Conclusion: |
Get it if your not sure about paintball |
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