2026 - Blowback Throwback - Saturday June 27th @ Albany Paintball Experience

[Araphel]

I'll be there with a few loaners.

[Araphel]

Then grease me up, woman!

[Hellion360]

And Jonny, I'll try and remember some oil for you

[Jonnydread]

It’s gonna be so goddamned oily I can’t wait

[Hellion360]

I've been going through the guns this week. Tested like 10 blowbacks.
Post some pics of those shooters!

Here is a Bob Long Millennium, getting loaned out to my neighbor BOB.

[ChuckLove]

That thing is so nice!

[Hellion360]

Thanks, BOB just cancelled so you could try it out if you like.

[Hellion360]

My Tippmann 68-Carbine!
The Carbine series represents the apex of Tippmann's quality.

PPS Spiral Port .685 barrel and lots of respringing! (I have another PPS 685 with no ports if you are in the market!)

Weird ass original hardline. Gonna hit this hardline on a rock and explode it for sure!

[Hellion360]

If you know anyone who has never played before but should, then bring them along! This makes a great first day of play for people.

[Jonnydread]

I tried to get a couple curious folks in, but the 3 hour one way drive is making them skittish

[Kit352]

Have you considered chloroform?

[binson]

Change of plans. I won't be able to make it. All my +'s can't make it and i got roped into other obligations.

[Jonnydread]

Dang dropping like flies out here

[GattoDiavolo]

Does APE sell food & drinks? Also, I'll be buying field paint....which grade is recommended?
(It's been awhile since I played last)

[Hellion360]

Usually they offerred Valken Graffiti and sometimes redemption or another high end option. Not sure what they will have now.
I'd ask when you get there as stock varies.

APE does have some drinks, but you should bring lunch and water.

[Hellion360]

The weather is looking real nice tomorrow!

Make sure you bring water, bug spray, and sun screen!
The play in the woods means that ticks are a possibility.

[Jonnydread]

Does APE do prereg or anything online or should we just show up and send it?

[ChuckLove]

Boy you're lucky they have a website. $25 at the door.

[Jonnydread]

Holy shit that’s an ancient one lol

[Hellion360]

No pre-regs. $20 for the event.

[Araphel]

I need a couple elbows; both vertical & 45 deg for the loaners, if anyone has any.

[Jonnydread]

I don't think I have any vertical ones, but I will grab anything elbow-esque. I'm sure capitalpaintball has some

[capitalpaintball]

yea ill pack
some

[JeepDVLZ45]

Dave, can you pack a couple extra for me? I was just coming on to post that I need a straight elbow and a 45 as well.

[Jonnydread]

Following the show off:

Mokal Titan

Fun little cast inline blowback. Like a 98, but way less of a pain in the ass to disassemble (I hate clamshells). Has weird sorta A5/Carbine threading, but the shank is kinda different. The A5 threaded CP works great, but it kills my tism that it doesn't quite thread the whole way in. PMI foregrip and macro, PPS stick feed and that's about it. Shoots surprisingly well!

[Jonnydread]

Classic good ol' 98 custom. Taso Winforce, Stryker hopper and custom paint job by NONOBLITUS

No frills, no fuss, fun and reliable.

[capitalpaintball]

[Hellion360]

OOoh, I'll have to try that Mega-Z.
NIFTY

[Calvin]

That camo annoed VM is pimptastic!

[JeepDVLZ45]

Let’s go!

[Jonnydread]

God that thing is beautiful. I may need to add a fancy F4 to my horde

[Jonnydread]

and finally a marker that I recently acquired to hit that sweet childhood spot. Spyder Xtra. My first "real" marker was an apple green Spyder Xtra that I saved all my lawn mowin' money for bought around 2002 from "Shop4paintball.com" (I would still love to try and source a green Xtra for my collection, please PM me if you have one or know of one for sale!!).

This one has a Trinity feedneck, classic Boomstick and some aggressive re-springing to get it to 270. Have an incoming Freak from Melrosejedi which should help with the chrono numbers. So fun to shoot, fills me with nostalgia. I wouldn't say it shoots well, but that's not the point. Slapped a Mojo on there for shits and giggles.

[Hellion360]

A freaked barrel will make a HUGE difference on a spyder with hitting velocity.