Frat
03-29-2006, 10:23 AM
I have not played paintball in about 10 years and while I have some of my older guns (Montneel Z1s) I wanted a newer one as well. I have looked for about a month decideing on what I wanted and I finalley settled on the MR1. I liked the following things.
Appearance
Offset feed
lay out particularly the stock
picatinny sight rail
Spyders reputaion
price
The other gun I was considering was the Tippman A5. After looking at both, the MR1 seemed to be the best bang for the buck so I purchased one from Gear On USA out of Texas. http://www.gearonusa.com They listed one on eBay NIB for 129.99 shipped which seemed to be the best deal out there. I paid for it on Sunday and it delivered on Tuesday. I think probably one of the best ebay transactions I have ever had.
Ok the gun. finish and feel were excellent with very good shouldering The gun has rudimentary sights milled into the body but they sit too low to be used with the stock and the front post is blocked by the cocking knob. Disassembly: Disassembly was straight foward and easy. At this point zero problems and great gun.
Reassembly: The gun is very easy to get apart not so easy to get back together. The bolt and hammer are linked by the cocking knob which is held in place by a detent ball. I had difiiculty getting the hamer and bolt to line up and when I did I found that the cocking knob can be inserted too far and the recoild spring will be blocked from entering the hammer. It took about five tries to reassemble the gun. I would not try to take the gun apart on the field.
After reasembly I found the second problem with the gun. With the mask on I could not get a sight picture behind the rail. The stock while it shoulders well needs to have a drop in it so you can use the sight rail.
Shooting: I used my 20oz on a remote to power the gun and loaded up the hopper which is just a gravity fed VL. I shot about 300 balls wih zero breaks and about a hundred or so as fat as I could pull the trigger. The gun shot great and the stock barrel was fairly accurate considering I was using cheap paint. I did not have any bobbles in the hopper and as far as I could tell the function was flawless. I have played with guns that I have spent over twice as much on that did not function nearly as well.
In summary
Things I did not like:
The stock. If you do not use sights it will not be a problem. I would like to see one redesigned so you can use the rail. I would also like to see it attached by a quick release pin instead of the screw it uses.
Reassembly. this is just a learning curve thing I believe.
Things I liked.
About everything else about it. It does not fell like a toy and it points and handles very well. Based off first impressions I think it would be hard to find a better marker for the money. I would be curious to see how the MR2 is in comparison
Appearance
Offset feed
lay out particularly the stock
picatinny sight rail
Spyders reputaion
price
The other gun I was considering was the Tippman A5. After looking at both, the MR1 seemed to be the best bang for the buck so I purchased one from Gear On USA out of Texas. http://www.gearonusa.com They listed one on eBay NIB for 129.99 shipped which seemed to be the best deal out there. I paid for it on Sunday and it delivered on Tuesday. I think probably one of the best ebay transactions I have ever had.
Ok the gun. finish and feel were excellent with very good shouldering The gun has rudimentary sights milled into the body but they sit too low to be used with the stock and the front post is blocked by the cocking knob. Disassembly: Disassembly was straight foward and easy. At this point zero problems and great gun.
Reassembly: The gun is very easy to get apart not so easy to get back together. The bolt and hammer are linked by the cocking knob which is held in place by a detent ball. I had difiiculty getting the hamer and bolt to line up and when I did I found that the cocking knob can be inserted too far and the recoild spring will be blocked from entering the hammer. It took about five tries to reassemble the gun. I would not try to take the gun apart on the field.
After reasembly I found the second problem with the gun. With the mask on I could not get a sight picture behind the rail. The stock while it shoulders well needs to have a drop in it so you can use the sight rail.
Shooting: I used my 20oz on a remote to power the gun and loaded up the hopper which is just a gravity fed VL. I shot about 300 balls wih zero breaks and about a hundred or so as fat as I could pull the trigger. The gun shot great and the stock barrel was fairly accurate considering I was using cheap paint. I did not have any bobbles in the hopper and as far as I could tell the function was flawless. I have played with guns that I have spent over twice as much on that did not function nearly as well.
In summary
Things I did not like:
The stock. If you do not use sights it will not be a problem. I would like to see one redesigned so you can use the rail. I would also like to see it attached by a quick release pin instead of the screw it uses.
Reassembly. this is just a learning curve thing I believe.
Things I liked.
About everything else about it. It does not fell like a toy and it points and handles very well. Based off first impressions I think it would be hard to find a better marker for the money. I would be curious to see how the MR2 is in comparison