Various 'Vintage' finds

[rathbaster]

Sometimes I search the Paintball section of eBay with the word 'Vintage' to see what comes up
Here are some interesting things
None of these are mine

GZ 1000

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125380548028?hash=item1d314355bc:g:ZUQAAOSwquxisi5O

Line SI Promaster

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204008608143?hash=item2f7fdc518f:g:oP0AAOSwhqZiuG72

Tracer Unit

https://www.ebay.com/itm/203974167450?hash=item2f7dcecb9a:g:eq0AAOSw8cZil2zr

I played a night game with these once. Not only was it like shooting a Star Wars blaster but the paint glowed for a second after it splattered. You could paint a tree or a bunker and it would glow for a few moments.

Tippmann Grenade

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284745627758?epid=1300128526&hash=item424c29786e:g:A4EAAOSwtD5iS0S2

I only included this due to fond memories of these being thrown back and forth between two sides, each hoping it would actually go off

PEC Combat

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334317189740?hash=item4dd6db7a6c:g:MQIAAOSwDz1hY0Xa

PUMA

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164429970265?hash=item2648ca3b59:g:ch8AAOSwIP9ffn69

68 special with big siphon tank

https://www.ebay.com/itm/233702365059?hash=item3669bf1783:g:mmoAAOSwIDZfUkXI

"Transfermatic 1000"
No idea what it does...neither does the seller

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164052216344?hash=item2632462a18:g:-KQAAOSwOeBeKNGQ

[DocsMachine]

Tracer Unit[...]
I played a night game with these once. Not only was it like shooting a Star Wars blaster but the paint glowed for a second after it splattered. You could paint a tree or a bunker and it would glow for a few moments.

-I still have several hundred rounds of glow-in-the-dark paint for one of those. Circa '96. Some of the oldest still-good paint I've got.

"Transfermatic 1000" No idea what it does...neither does the seller

-Pretty much what he said. You put a pin-valve depressor on each side inlet, and screw on two tanks. Your remote hose attaches to the center elbow and of course connects to your gun.

There's a simple check valve under each side nipple, so that if one side somehow had a higher pressure, it'd feed to the gun rather than the low side.

Completely pointless, of course, and could actually add inconsistency if liquid did in fact make it through the checks into the center. Yeah, the other check kept it from going into the opposite tank- not that that would have been any kind of a problem if it had- but the first check also kept it from going back into that tank, too. Meaning it could only go out through the gun- IE, as a pressure spike.

They were around for maybe a full 37 minutes back in the day, and never caught on. It's basically a museum piece today, for the ever-growing "failed paintball products" display.

Doc.

[Junglepeanut]

I almost picked up that SI Promaster when it was posted....... Local shop had one when I was a kid and always was intrigued by it. As much as I want it I know I will just fondle it for a few days..... Put it in storage and then sell for a loss In a few months..... MCB is a curse

[XEMON]

Local shop had one when I was a kid and always was intrigued by it. As much as I want it I know I will just fondle it for a few days..... Put it in storage and then sell for a loss In a few months..... MCB is a curse

This is the most true statement I've read in a while ... Velcro is shining down on us!

[Raven911]

Played at Fort Pickett back in the mid 90s when they first came out with those tracer units. a guy was demoing one on a TS-1 on full auto. It looked amazing!