[MOTM] January - Your Favorite Marker

[Myrkul]

Nothing crazy or fancy, some really nice parts, and lots of nice little homebrew touches like a magnetic trigger, a ported ram and a BMC ramped and "o" ringed stock bolt, and a drilled out VA. It shoots amazing. Its prior owner had a huge hoard of b2ks, but he did mention that this one was actually his go to tournament marker and had won him his last tournament in 2016.

245 on the HPR, 65 PSI on The LPR.

[scottieb]

I love it.

[jetenginekyle]

My first sniper

[Tinybear]

My simple classic mag. Just holds a special place cause I bought it new in the late 90s as my second ever paintball gun and have just always had it in some guise or form since then. Have had many flashier and “nicer” shooters, this one’s always been there always reliable and always fun to shoot. This is the one I will never sell even if I never play again this will remain on the wall as a great memory of the joy the sport had/has brought me over the decades.

nothing much to write about it.

AGD 68 Automag Lvl7 bolt, cut down feedneck, and a modified tippman A5 forgrip. Simplicity

[Psycho91]

Funny thing I was just looking at this same mag on Google images while thinking about building a mag or two

[evilfishsticks]

Not that I can actually play with it anymore, but my black ICE Epic will probably always be my favorite marker.

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[evilfishsticks]

There is a pressurized seal in the regulator that is propietary.

[Frmrspec]

There’s a fix for the energized seal… and I can’t believe I never realized 86 grips work on there

[evilfishsticks]

I can't find any information on a fix, where did you see this?

[Magageddon]

thats a tough choice, but my z grip is still my go to pick most of the time

[Chuck E Ducky]

The Ano on this thing is sick. Such a pretty and unique maker. It’s a beautiful piece!

[coyote]

This showed up on Craigslist in 2014.

One of the original CCM team was selling his gear. This was the centerpiece. One of the first 5 markers Jason Chipley milled on a a CNC.

I called a team mate, he made a the 7 hour round trip ( a long with his wife and dog) to pick this up with me.

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[Impactfour]

What an awesome marker and friend!

[coyote]

I'm a lucky man.

[HanhSolo]

I swear there is a marker in this photo!

2K PPS Camo Blazer with an Alien Morph Valve installed, Smarts Parts camo wood grips and an ASA Kick up block.

[$L!mBo]

i remember an issue of SPLAT! that had a feature on these and thinking that was the coolest anno of all time.

[Super Nova]

I have a lot of favorites for one reason or another but this one is definitely high up on the list. I got it as a project and damn…board had broken connections, missing parts and incorrect parts, airways were all blocked up and it needed a complete tear down. Since it was already gonna be in pieces I figured let’s ano it and got on one of Blizzards specials. It was a dealers choice special so he came up with the colors and pattern. Then back to our very own HammerD for assembly and tuning. Got it back and wow. Super smooth, very reliable, incredibly light trigger pull. Has become a go to for me and I normally always bring this one to the field with me.

[JeepDVLZ45]

Love that Ano!

[Super Nova]

Me too and it was a total surprise.

[HammerD]

Thanks for the tag! It really did come out great. Y’all should see it in sunlight! Maybe one day I’ll launch my YouTube channel… so much content!

[DarkApollo]

My 2002 Cotton Candy STO.
I started playing paintball in 1996 and it was mostly just outlaw ball in the woods with 3 friends, so it was always 2 on 2. In 1999 I played my first game on an actual field and I was scared crapless. 20+ on 20+ games, paint flying everywhere, and there I was with my Spyder Compact huddled down like a complete first timer.
This guy comes running up to the bunker where I was, holding this majestic yellow gun. Every trigger pull seemed to come alive. The parts moving forwards and back accentuated by this ‘pop-fsssst-thunk’ sound. I just watched that thing shoot.
After the game was called I walked over to the guy and asked what that thing was. “Its an autococker. Just picked it up. You wanna shoot it?”
After that, I knew I had to have one. Cut to 2005 and I finally have a good job where I can spend a bit of money. I had never forgotten that day. I typed in ‘autococker’ on this site called eBay and there she was, still with the original box (now lost in the dozen moves since then). I smacked the BUY IT NOW button and waited. A week later I hit the field with my first ‘high end’ gun. She was my first 3 man tourny gun. She was my ol reliable for when my e-frames went down.

This is the one I am never selling.

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[TwonTamal]

My favorite is my 2k2 Apollo Angel LCD. It’s the longest continuously owned marker I have. I was all of 16 at the time and worked my ass off, bought her brand new all those years ago. She was the first Angel I bought new. I was obsessive with her maintenance and tuning, I have never ever chopped a ball with her. Sure, I have other more valuable and rare markers in my collection, but she will always be the queen in my arsenal.

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[Pogi Si David]

My first S5 I assembled. Nothing special. Just special to me. She’s got a lot of Ks under her belt. Wether its tourney or rec she is my go to.

[The Last Snood]

A little late but here is my favorite because of its silly banana theme.

I spent a little while changing parts and even blackening others to keep a nice matching scheme throughout. So I became more invested in it, and got the banana hopper and cover to pair with it.

Dirty Banana Freeflow, I just call it 'Bananz'

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[Cal440]

Great color scheme!

[$L!mBo]

need a shot of you in game, wearing a gorilla suit

[Chuck E Ducky]

This one is special to me. Creeper built this for me and it’s won some quick draw competitions. It’s just a blast to shoot. It’s super accurate and handles so naturally. I have pulled off memorable shots with this thing it means a lot to me. This one is for sure my favorite. I have made a lot of cool memories with this marker and I look forward to many more.

Build specs include a Custom Speed Demon center fire bolt, its breach was relocated forward and cut for first strikes. The ball detent holes are hidden within the body for a nice smooth look. It also takes standard freak backs I’m using a brass freak insert. Creeper worked the valve for efficiency i get great numbers with this thing and I have a palmers quick change when the time comes for a change out. I had Creeper extend the barrel to compensate for the additional length of the quick change he nailed it. The brass K Frame keeps it all perfectly balanced for a smooth naturally pointing marker.

[AnarchicArctic]

So classy!

[Super Nova]

That’s a beautiful marker.

[AnarchicArctic]

My favorite marker, hands down, is my custom 1868. I built it out of scrap. Multiple small pieces of brass tubing rigged together to hold an 8” insert. Kp bolt because it’s what I had in the scrap box. Quick change, sergison kframe. Inspired by the colt 1860, I added an Indian cent from 1868 for cowboy era juju. 68 because paintball. Rattlesnakes on the grip because I wanna squint like Clint. Its won a couple quick draw competitions and is just so fun to shoot. I had JeeperCreeper plate it, really ties the look together.

[Chuck E Ducky]

I need some sexy wood grips like that for mine.

[jpdgas]

Warped mag with my old ReTro valve.
Compared to most markers, it's loud, ridiculously inefficient, heavy, unbalanced, burns through 5 batteries (2x9v, 3 AA), kicks like a mule and RTs like a stallion (23bps+). No other marker makes me smile while I play like this one does!

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[JeepDVLZ45]

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[jpdgas]

Huh, that's weird. It was showing for me. Uploaded again, hopefully that does it.