Palmers shop will be closing

[1snowridr]

Many have speculated but unfortunately it's been confirmed, Palmers Pursuit is all but done. Sad times.

[latches109]

is that what Craig said?

[1snowridr]

yes

[RAZRBAKK]

What a sad way for it to end.

[Riot]

Welcome to the party…

[1snowridr]

I was holding out hope that Craig could salvage it.

[DocsMachine]

Me, too.

Doc.

[Blackmagic71]

What happened?

[1snowridr]

history repeated itself

[Blackmagic71]

I haven’t really followed any news about PPS other than I generally liked their autococker pneumatics.

Any details for those of use that are not up to speed on current events?

[Ecapnation]

So leaky blazers and typhoons are the new Spyder got it.

[BrickHaus]

Ill keep buying them for sub 100

[XEMON]

The "issue" with Palmers guns is more in the crap design of the LPR body in the lower tube than anything else ...

[Ecapnation]

@docsmachine

Rams can't be rebuilt and not off the shelf... Crappy timing methods which degrade or break over time. Hell the BBT typhoon I have the plastic bits used in the trigger mechanism recent crumbled.

A Spyder can be repaired by a zit covered teen.... A palmer is going to require specialist knowledge. I can fix them to a degree but when the weird bits break. They are junk

[iamthelazerviking]

Surreal when a name that's been around for so long is done for

[ketzer7]

Sad day

[Carp]

Many have speculated but unfortunately it's been confirmed, Palmers Pursuit is all but done. Sad times.

There is nothing offered as a "Confirmed" announcement. Other than... Taken from here

Nope, just know.

Are you a disgruntled customer?

[1snowridr]

Quite the opposite, I'm a big PPS supporter. If you don't want to listen it's fine, you'll get the general public notice shortly.

[Carp]

I'll just have to wait for a credible source then. Because,you have offered nothing viable here....thanks!

[WilD]

I'd say it's the end of an era, but it feels like it already ended a while ago.

[DocsMachine]

Rams can't be rebuilt and not off the shelf...

-Neither could any of the old Clippard rams. So?

And Typhoon rams are, in fact, off the shelf. I don't have the part number on hand, and I don't know of Clippard still carries them, but somewhere around here I have an old Clippard catalog with them listed in it.

Crappy timing methods which degrade or break over time.

-None of which is unfixable. I've made a handful of aluminum bellcranks over the years. You're right in that it's not an ideal design by any standard, but it's also by no means unrepairable, unserviceable or unworkable.

Hell the BBT typhoon I have the plastic bits used in the trigger mechanism recent crumbled.

-Some plastics do that. Like AGD 4500 seals, Sledgehammer seals and old feed elbows. None of which, again, is irreplaceable or irreproducible.

A Spyder can be repaired by a zit covered teen.... A palmer is going to require specialist knowledge.

-Just like Angels, Intimidators, Excaliburs, early Novas, Tiberius pistols, Ions, old Shockers, Sandridges, Karnivores and about a hundred other markers over the years. There is nothing overly unique about a Palmer that makes it any more or less difficult to work on than any other marker.

I can fix them to a degree but when the weird bits break. They are junk

-Well, next time you run across one you deem unfixable, send it my way. I'll give it a good home.

Doc.

[Jordan]

You're right, Clippard should have a ram, but PPS used Humphreys rams if it matters. Otherwise, an off the industrial shelf pneumatic ram.

[DocsMachine]

You may be right, I may have been thinking of a Humphries catalog. It's been a good while since I looked at either of those.

But in any case, rams are probably available, or something close can be adapted. Just because Palmer Brand™ Factory Authorized Rams® may no longer be available, doesn't mean the markers are suddenly junk.

Doc.

[SETHZILLA!]

Sent you a PM Doc.

[Chris Mader]

Last time I took apart a PPS gun it had an off the self Bimba ram in it. Granted that was more than 15 years ago so I don't know if that changed over the years.

Anyway, very sad news about PPS.

[SETHZILLA!]

Wasn't sure if the order would go through or not, but got some parts i needed and they arrived about a week later. Not sure if he's just liquidating current inventory or shutting down the storefront/shop to keep overhead down?

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[Jordan]

Last time I took apart a PPS gun it had an off the self Bimba ram in it. Granted that was more than 15 years ago so I don't know if that changed over the years.

Anyway, very sad news about PPS.

Chris Mader! That's a name I haven't seen in a long time.

Welcome back!