Nostalgic Evening (Stingray 2)

[Sheepdog]

After a great night of testing some new things, I had a pretty dead tank. For S&G, the Stingray 2 I got brand new back in 2000 caught my eye. Haven't shot it in years. Thought, why not try to air it up and see if she would cycle? I was quite surprised with the result. The plastic body was as clunky as I remember, the trigger pull still arduous, and the fire rate atrocious. That being said, didn't leak a drop of air and fired 100 balls or so with 1000psi in the tank. I was speechless, laughing hysterically like my 13 year old self. In the back of my mind I always thought, mehh cheep junk when I moved to better markers. Funny how perspective changes with age. Sorry for the rambling. Just thought I'd share a nostalgic experience.

MCB, If you feel so inclined, share a nostalgic experience you have had in this wild world of paintball!

PS. Looks wild as hell with the 68/45 and a revvy.

[Morgenstern]

Ah the fun that could be had if you could convince everyone to play with just a pump or Stingray-level semi. These things are tanks and I can’t believe how bad some of them can look inside and still work

[Sheepdog]

Had one come in a "lot". Aired it up after shooting mine. Same results..

[Chaos]

They are severely underrated markers that get a ton of flak ,but honestly they are durable as hell

[Jimmydee]

Man… my first marker when I was 13 was also the stingray 2 with the 12in barrel. I would play with my cousin in law in a home made bush ball setting where he would rock an autococker. That was what hooked me 25 years 💪.

[COB]

I lack the intelligence or ego to care what people think. Playing with the Expandable group of misfits allows me to be my crazy self. So, I often field some of the most maligned vintage markers. Yes, I have played with BE Eagle 68, Stingrays, Tiger Sharks and Vulcan plastic pumps. I have fielded a Splatmaster at Super Game. There is nothing more satisfying, than competing with these relics. Sometimes nothing more fun than getting an elimination with a marker that everyone is sure is a pos. Dig out that old favorite or very first marker, clean it up, air it up and go play like you are 12 again.

[Jordan]

A buddy in highschool had one - it was a tank. It finally stopped recocking after many weekends of abuse at our little outlaw field we'd built at another friend's house, but a liberal application of some oil (10w30, maybe?) we found in a shed got it going again.

BE built lots of great stuff.

[dartamon]

Sometimes I wonder how life would be different if I first had a Stingray instead of a Raptor.

[Sheepdog]

Probably not much different, we both landed on MCB. HAHAHA

[Brokeass_baller]

I dug out my old Stingray (the OG model with the barrel sheath) about 3 years ago. It had visible rust on the hammer, the cocking screw was seized, but everything else seemed in order. So for shits, I dropped some oil in the ASA, and some on the hammer through the window for good measure, and the damn thing cycled like it was brand new.

So I did what you did. Shot about a hopper of paint through it, laughed in disbelief, then put it back away so I can see how it does in another 20-something years.

[Sheepdog]

Hell yea brother! The involuntary l laugh in disbelief is a special one indeed. Had another one last night with a project I finally got working properly. Gotta love the paintball life.

[dartamon]

Yeah, but paintball led to my engineering education, if I tinkered with Stingrays more, maybe I would've become a machinist.