Main Set up: PMI Pirahna STS G3, SX grips, 12v Revvy w/ x board, custum drop
Stock Set up: Old style PGP with home made parts
Vintage gun: VM-68 with internal X-chamber
Crap Gun: XJ40 .40 cal pistol lol
Recommended Upgrades:
home made internal X Chamber (doesnt do much but is cool)
barrel
bottom line
lighten bolt/hammer
bore out the valve
stock
45 round hopper
annodizing
lighter trigger
the upgradeability is endless, (this is only a small list of upgrades)
Strengths:
accurate
more durrable than a tippman
simple design
custumizable
Weaknesses:
heavy
if u play speedball, its got a heavy trigger
low BPS (not an issue)
Review:
Wow, i got this gun for free and it needed some work. I fixed it up for free and i love this gun. It is more reliable than a tippman. It is more custumizable than any other paintball gun on the market. You can also make many of the upgrades yourself with a drill press and a hack saw.
Conclusion:
If you can find one that works for under $50, its a good deal, buy it, custumize it and woop some angle ass with it.
VM68, 16" SmartParts, Turbo Micro Boost exp.chamber, GasThruStock, remote line (and still heavy)
Recommended Upgrades:
barrel...
and more stuff to lightening :)
Strengths:
reliable, just like AK-47 (in my country it was known as paintball-Kalashnikov)
Weaknesses:
heavy.... heavy.... hard to find some upgrades (other than barrel)
slow trigger...
heavy :)
Review:
this is my second marker :) (first was BrassEagle Tigershark)
Me and many friends have plenty of fun playing with VM :)
I upgrade my VM to a nearly all available parts and... sold out and buy a Automag :(
overall...
this marker is not for beginners - required to much of work with his (cleaning, lubing, adjusting)
This is marker for player-hobbist, who's plays for fun, regardless of Angels, Shockers and other elektric devices playing on the same field
Conclusion:
as above - good marker for museum, and old skul players, and for telling some stories from early semi's years
Gtv 1,Homemade wood grip,Smart Parts Progressive 14 barrel
Recommended Upgrades:
You can do so much upgrades........Take a look on www.vmempire.com or www.vm68.com
You can see there, what you can do with this gun.
Strengths:
Design, and fact that is VM.
Weaknesses:
I just tested it, so I really dont know weaknesses of this Gun(maybe weight)
Review:
You can make lot of upgrades on this gun.You can cut the body on a half, and make it smaller,or you can just make your own M16 replica or make some paintball rifle.You will be king of game, when others look on it.If you want play with this gun on the competetion, just forgot it, this is jut delicious thing in paintball.
Conclusion:
It has very heavy look, and it is just oldschool, every more experienced paintballers played with this gun few years ago, and it is the first gun for some of these pb players.
BT-4 Iron horse
BT E-grip
Apex barrel
Ricochet AK loader
Mamba fighting sling
BT magazine expansion chamber
Palmers Stabilizer
Recommended Upgrades:
Phaze 2 lower bolt, venturi or Starfire upper bolt
barrel upgrade or a cocker adapter
Air America x-chamber ( if you can find one)
AirAmerica Black Rain reg ( if you can find one)
Strengths:
It's BEAST. Get as dirty as you want.
Weaknesses:
Hard to find upgrades and after market parts anywhere but Ebay.
Review:
I always wanted one of these markers when I was a kid. Never could afford one til now. So I went on Ebay and got a vm-68 with a few upgrades on it for the low low price of 60 bucks.
It came with an Armson swirl barrel, AA x chamber and a VERY rare Black rain reg. Also a pro team's feedneck, and a trigger shoe.
I didn't have the valve tool so i had to take the barrel off to adjust the valve, which was kind of a PITA but not that big of a deal. Once I got the valve adjusted it shot like a dream with co2.
I was shooting eight inch groups or thereabouts at about 40 feet. I really need to get a stock barrel and see if the Armson spirals were hurting or aiding my shooting.
Trigger pull is fairly heavy, and don't expect to be walking the trigger. This marker shoots like a real rifle, has a bit of take up and let off in the trigger.
All in all I enjoyed the experience, and this is my play marker now. I wouldn't take it on a speedball field unless everyone else was playing stock class, but in the woods or in a scenario game this is a fine machine.
Conclusion:
It's not the lightest thing in the world, and it's loud, but it's decently accurate, and it's nice to shoot a piece of paintball history that still works after all these years.
most spyders older ones
tippmann 98
any basic guns
Marker Setup:
sheridan vm 68
after market berrel (i got this gun used i dont know the brand names but its not stock)
after market expaiton chamber
Recommended Upgrades:
expantion chamber (its horizantal not vertical)
Strengths:
duribla some what accret single trigger (preferance)
Weaknesses:
heavy many weaknesses if compaired with high end semis its bad
Review:
its a old gun but is still ok. for the money its a good gun it depends on were you get it but uselay aobut 100 maby less. i got it for 30 but it was used and i the guy had 2 others he got this one for free so it was a steel.
Conclusion:
good gun for the money. list of guns to buy for classes
