Proto Paintball’s PM7 Are now on sale for $649.99 in all colors.  Get them while its hot, we’re not sure how long this sale will last.

PM7 are fast, light markers made by Proto Paintball which is a DYE Precision (maker of the Dm7s) subsidiary company.

These days it seems that there are no more innovative idea’s to be brought into the paintball world.  With Pro Team products reticently in the news for being awarded a few more patents to their ever growing list.  It makes you wonder whats next?  Is their any other place to go from here, as far as paintball gun designs go?  The Invert Mini has a completely new valve/air system which makes it super small, but other than that I think we might have to take 2 steps backwards to take 5 steps forward in fresh idea’s.  Hopefully gun prices will still keep falling.

We have a ton of customers who Play in the Global Paintball leagues (GPL) in and around the NY/NJ Area so you can see the field layout for event 4 here.
We love this circuit, its the only tournament that offers great prizes and very hard competition. Not just the same old “local teams”. If your team is “serious” about paintball, instead of spending $1500 or more on one National Circuit Event when it rolls into town, your better off playing the entire GPL Circuit and seeing if your team can sink or swim against real competition. I hate to be brutally honest, but if you can’t place top 3 of the GPL, you shouldn’t be doing national events.

Smart Parts the makes of the Shocker and Ion Paintball guns give their site Smartparts.com a new face lift.  The site is much more functional and less confusing than their prior site.  Players can easily navigate the site for information or to request a RMA to send their smart parts product in for service.  Its a bout time SP did something about their site.  Their last paintball site was embarrassing hard to navigate through.

Empire Reloader B Hoppers are going on sale this weekend.  Keep an eye out.  They are a sound activated force fed paintball hopper which can hit about 25 bps.  It also holds about 160 balls.  We should have them for Under $100.  Pick up up they are a lot better than the halo w/victory

Check out the New Designz Mini Upgrade bolt. Its like night and day how much lighter it is over the stock Mini bolt. The Delrin bolt is almost weightless. I installed the delrin bolt in my gun, off the bat there is no kick tot he gun at all. The bolt is the only thing that really moves inside the Mini, so when you install a bolt that weighs almost nothing, you don’t feel it move back and forth. I installed the bolt dry (no lube on the bolt). We’ll see how it goes. So far its way worth the $19

Hey check out our paintball TV show we sponsored about a year ago.  They finally got the clips online.  The show itself we didn’t plan and is a little on the corny side, but it Aired on New England Sports Channel.  Tony the phone guy is featured in a few of them talking about paintball guns and playing in a few games.  You can check out the show here http://www.commandosink.com/

In the past few years paintball has exploded in growth, these days the growth has leveled off.  With growth you have new companies entering paintball offering new products, and trying to make a buck, mostly trying to make a buck.  Even the older established companies are more geared toward making money than putting out a solid product.  These days its not uncommon for a company to come out with a gun and 1 year later, discontinue the gun (flavor of the day) and not offer support for that gun.  So a player ends up spending $300 or so for a brand new gun a year ago, and this year not be able to find a core part to keep the gun working.  Nows hes stuck with a paper weight and has to buy a new gun.  I think this issue is mostly consumer driven by always wanting the newest and “best”.  Just because a product is new, do not assume its better than something else.

Smart Parts, Planet Eclipse, Tippmann, Ben Tippmann, WDP, has always been reputable paintball gun manufacturers.

We just got some new WDP Angel Jersey, ANGEL Paintball Pads, and Angel Paintball Pants in. Check them out, they offer cool styling, good durability and great comfort. Best of all they are priced cheaper than most. I think there a great deal for any player.

If you are interested in checking out the new Eclipse Shaft 2 barrel kits you can check them out on ETV.

The kits are highly recommended.

Unified burst disks is a 1 piece safety device for paintball tanks (air or CO2) which prevent them form becoming over pressurized.  They replaced “burst disks” which were a 2 peice system.  We will still refer to the newer unified burst disk as a burst disk.  Co2 tanks have 2 burst disks, N2 tanks will have 2 burst disks.

The burst disk markings can very by manufacturer.  Usually they are 1.8k, 3K, 5k, 7k.  Some manufacturers will mark “operating pressure” on them while others will mark burst pressure.  I belive there is talk now to standardize this.  1.8k=3k, because the 1800 psi pressure marking is operating pressure verses the 3k burst pressure. The 3k is the max pressure it will burst at.  I could burst anywhere from 2200PSI-3000 PSI.  On a normal day outside, a co2 will output 850PSI.
CO2 tanks will have a 1.8k or 3k marking burst disk.

N2 tanks have 2 disks.  1 To prevent the pressure vessel itself (tank) from bring over pressured, the other to protect the gun in case of a regulator failure.  The tank burst disk will be a higher rating, for a 3000PSI tank it will be 5k marking, for a 4500PSI tank it will be a 7k marking.

The n2 regulators burst disk will be the same as a CO2 burst disk marked at 1.8k or 3k.

Of course if you have questions call your tanks manufacturer before you do anything.
When in doubt always replace your burst disk with one of the same marking and never use a higher rated burst disk when you should be using a lower rated one. Thats how accident happen and it could seriously hurt or kill someone.

If you have to replace a burst disk, you do not have to seal the treads with teflon tape or thread sealant.  It will just screw in hand tight with a wrench.  If it leaks a little give it a little extra nudge.  Do not over tighten it.

Check out the Eclipse EGO 07 Expansion Board. It adds a beeping game timer, a vibrading alarm, and allows your Ego07 to work with the Pulse Loaders RF chip. Its a cool, practical upgrade to make your gun more functional.

I guess a lot of paintball stores were complaining to Tiberius Arms that our prices were too low. I guess someone from Tiberius sent us a couple of email and now we have to raise the price on all of their products to just below our competitors. Tiberius Arms makes the Tiberius 8 Clip Fed Paintball Pistol . What ever happened to competition?

We have a bunch of new products posted today, everything from stuff from Tiberius Arms, Proto Rail Parts, and new Epiphany colors to check out.

We just got some cool looking Events Paintball Goggles  in stock. They are digi camo and come in a few cool colors. They provide great anti fog properties and come with a clear and smoke thermal lens.  Plus they are super comfortable.  You will love these goggles!