What is it that draws you to a particular marker.

[coyote]

Something old enough the young bucks at the field feel less than threatened.

At least that's what Velcor tells me

[Jordan]

I buy stuff that I find interesting... could be the challenge of repairing it that interests me, or maybe a project that I can envision.

Lately I've been focusing on owning stuff that lets me play vs. having to tinker with to be able to use. I still have a few to play around with, they're just not part of my usual rotation.

[lew]

Sometimes you can find a marker that checks each box, but it can look like a brick if I know it'll work more often than not coming out of the bag.

And so my shoebox Shocker collection exists.

[bassninja]

I just want my gear to be as simple and as reliable as possible. I haven't taken the bolt out of my Emek in the three years since I've had it, and only had to lube the switch once. I also love the pal loader, since it means I don't have to deal with batteries for an electric loader to feed it. My sniper I built to be very reliable, but I didn't like how fussy the macroline was, so I got the nummech frame and now it's rock solid as well. Having cool, unique markers may be fun, but I just want to know that the next time I go to play, I won't have to deal with any issues.