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  • wthomas333
    MCB Member
    • Jul 2020
    • 577
    • AL
    #1

    Craigslist VM-68

    So I spotted this last week and was able to snag it with all the junk that they had with it for a pretty good price of $95 shipped and I got it in the mail today. Looked even better in person than the pictures. Can’t find a single problem with the anodizing. I’ve had a couple VMs over the years, but never one like this.
    So I was just curious if anyone can tell anything about it as far as who may have done the milling and anodizing?
    Apparently it’s a John Gross Florida Paintball Center marker. Thanks to Bacci and Ecapnation for the info.

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    Last edited by wthomas333; 12-08-2020, 09:02 AM.
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    • Lt. head-shot
      Perpetual builder
      • Jul 2020
      • 722
      • Denver, Co
      #2
      Holy cow! If that's not a contender for "score of the year" then I don't know what is. The stock being used as the rear sight... SO COOL!

      Sorry I'm no help as I know nothing about VM-68's, but dang that is just too cool. Nice pickup!

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        • Chaos
          I'm Comin' To Getcha
          • Jul 2020
          • 861
          #3
          That's amazing! Needs to be shown on the VM Empire Group on FB for sure ... Hit me up if you want to sell it

          Looks like it was Annodized by whomever did PTP anno... Pattern is very similar to theirs

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            • wthomas333
              #3.1
              wthomas333 commented
              12-07-2020, 11:44 PM
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              I already sent Forest at PTP an email just to ask. 👍
            • Rusty Brass
              Mostly harmless
              • Jul 2020
              • 415
              • Portland, Oregon
              #4
              Wowwwww. That's amazing. The ano totally looks like PK Selective's work and the machine work is just awesomely old school. That's badass. Nice f***ing score, man.

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                • infamoussmiley
                  .
                  • Jul 2020
                  • 629
                  #5
                  Wow! Always wanted one of those. It does look like PTP had their hand in this. The body looks like a Carter or something Gabe Tyler would drum out in his shop. Beautiful marker.

                  Best,

                  Smiley

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                    • Ecapnation
                      MCB Member
                      • Jul 2020
                      • 4342
                      • South Central Long Island
                      #6
                      If you look on your feed neck it is stamped FPC that is the biggest tale of who did the customer work on this.

                      FPC stands for Florida Paintball center, and is the machine work of John Gross. This is the second VM 68 he has done I own the first. He's mostly known for doing automags and autocockers and some pretty funky work among them This looks like he finally got comfortable with the VM 68s and something really strange.

                      Attached is my John Gross FPCVM
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                        • wthomas333
                          #6.1
                          wthomas333 commented
                          12-08-2020, 08:58 AM
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                          I emailed Dan Bacci last night and he got back to me and said the same thing. I noticed the engraving on the feedneck but didn’t know what it meant until Dan emailed me back. Cool to see another one, I really like the grip frame on yours.
                        • scottieb
                          Member since 2004
                          • Jul 2020
                          • 4215
                          • Lincoln, Nebraska
                          #7
                          This is amazing. And at $95!
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                            • OpusX
                              Still pumpin'
                              • Jul 2020
                              • 1465
                              • KCMO
                              #8
                              You have obviously appeased Velcor to be granted such a find.
                              Velcor will save us...

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                                • Alexndl
                                  MCB member
                                  • Jul 2020
                                  • 3533
                                  • Montreal, Qc, Canada
                                  #9
                                  Very nice milling on it, lost a lot of metal there
                                  and the anodising...
                                  Nice find
                                  💀Team Ragnastock💀

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                                    • MrKittyCatMeowFace
                                      MCB Member
                                      • Jul 2020
                                      • 2386
                                      #10
                                      Looks amazing!

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                                        • netsurferdude2
                                          MCB Member
                                          • Jul 2020
                                          • 879
                                          • North of Bawlmer
                                          #11
                                          That is the coolest VM I have ever seen. Well maybe it is tied for first place with bored383 VMX.

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                                            • bored383
                                              #11.1
                                              bored383 commented
                                              12-09-2020, 01:17 AM
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                                              no that one is cooler. seriously.
                                            • lew
                                              Devious Dirtbag
                                              • Jul 2020
                                              • 1035
                                              • WY
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by netsurferdude2
                                              That is the coolest VM I have ever seen.
                                              Wurd.

                                              Both of those VM's look amazing. The stock on the first is really clever.
                                              “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” -Krishnamurti

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                                                • Ecapnation
                                                  MCB Member
                                                  • Jul 2020
                                                  • 4342
                                                  • South Central Long Island
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by lew

                                                  Wurd.

                                                  Both of those VM's look amazing. The stock on the first is really clever.
                                                  That iirc was an early Taso item

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                                                    • Hp_lovecraft
                                                      MCB Member
                                                      • Jul 2020
                                                      • 375
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Ecapnation

                                                      That iirc was an early Taso item
                                                      I remember back in the day, there were all sorts of cool stocks that attached to the rear plugs. Wire stocks, t stocks, thompson stocks, car stocks, etc. stocks in general went away as people moved away from front and vert tanks, towards bottom lines. But as most of my guns are vert or front tanks, I try to have a nice stock on just about everything own.

                                                      I first thought that VM was palmer-milled. One of has techs, Dan Debone, did many in the 90s, and looked like this. But I guess if you are going to try and trim as much metal as you can.... the end result is probobly similar

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                                                        • Ecapnation
                                                          MCB Member
                                                          • Jul 2020
                                                          • 4342
                                                          • South Central Long Island
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Hp_lovecraft

                                                          I remember back in the day, there were all sorts of cool stocks that attached to the rear plugs. Wire stocks, t stocks, thompson stocks, car stocks, etc. stocks in general went away as people moved away from front and vert tanks, towards bottom lines. But as most of my guns are vert or front tanks, I try to have a nice stock on just about everything own.

                                                          I first thought that VM was palmer-milled. One of has techs, Dan Debone, did many in the 90s, and looked like this. But I guess if you are going to try and trim as much metal as you can.... the end result is probobly similar
                                                          I had a debone vm..... Very different

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