Thunderpig or SL-68 2 for first pump?

[Zac with a H]

Looking to get a pump marker and I'm partial to vintage markers. Having a hard time deciding between a Thunderpig and the Tippmann. Any thoughts?

[Headshotted]

Is a Trracer or a Maverick too new for you? Fairly modern friendly, cheap, you can find a 3d printed detent for them somewhere to make them small paint friendly.

[Axel]

You really can't go wrong. SLs take proprietary parts while the Thunderpig (I think) will take more of your standard Nelson-design components. But I don't think either one is all that hard to keep running.

I love Nelsons. Most have 3 seals, tops, depending on your air setup. It's so stupid-simple to tech (which is a plus for me)

I am curious how you limited yourself to those two, however. There's nothing wrong with them, but pretty much any single-tube Nelson-based marker is going to put you in the same ballpark, so why just those two?

[Chuck E Ducky]

I love the SL68II only downside is the lack of off the shelf barrel options. I know a few members that contacted Deadly winds and got CF barrels made for there’s. They are rock solid reliable shooters but todays paint is small so if you don’t have a good barrel your going to be dealing with a lot of rollouts. Something an experienced pump player can work around but probably not the best idea for a first time pump player.

Old Trracer or maverick would probably be a better option with more barrel options readily available. The phantom being one of my favorites with limitless setup options if you want to stick with Nelson. Otherwise a Sniper with AT will net you the best learning curve.

There are lots of great deals on older phantoms. I think a few members snagged some extra ones they are tuning up for resale.

Here is a Trracer for $50 with dummy detents can’t beat it at that price to.
https://www.mcarterbrown.com/forum/b...racer-jt-tac-5

[Axel]

Oh yeah, the bore sizing is a good point. Nail polish detents if nothing else

[Zac with a H]

Hey Axel, I could only remember the 2 old school pumps off the top of my head from a old paintball mag, guess it was nostalgia. I'll check out the Trracer and Maverick. I did try bidding on a lot of 2 Phantoms on EBay a while back but I lost, of course. Thanks for the suggestions y'all

[Axel]

Ah, that makes sense. I ended up here searching for the guns that I had liked when I was a kid but couldn't afford them, and there's several others with the same story. Welcome to the addiction 😁

[Jonnydread]

You want old school and class try and find a Line SI, those things feel so good

[Zac with a H]

Line SI? I'll look into that