What is the best inexpensive paintball gun?

Answer 1

If you're just getting into Paintball a huge deterrent is the amount of money you must spend just to start paying. Most beginners start with a gun and package of around 100-150 dollars. This means you are looking for a decent preforming and extremely durable marker. You do not want to blow all of your money on an electric marker that's going to shoot faster than you need. Do not buy any of the $50 gun packages at Walmart unless you are planning only to play one time.

A short answer would be to look at the: Tippmann 98, US Army Alpha black, Azodin Kaos, and Spyder Mr1 and decide for yourself.

A detailed description would be:

The most common starting gun is the Tippmann 98, because it is sold at most sporting goos stores. It is usually sold in a basic starter package with a mask, loader, and tank at a lower price than usual. After you've played for a few moths, it is also easily upgradeable to fit your needs. However I do not feel this is the best option

My recommendation would be the Azodin Kaos. It is a stacked tube blowback that won the TechPB award in the <$100 category. It has a nice trigger and detention system for a starter marker as well as completely industry standard parts, so all stores carry barrels, feednecks, asa's, and macro line parts for it. Azodin Took the sub-par (non-mr) spyder designs and put quality and durable parts into them.

If you already have the basic Paintball gear and only need a gun Tippmann also makes a Carver One and Alpha Black, which are basically 98's but were built, in part, with the US army and come cheaper, but are not sold in packages usually. They also have slight modifications like : the carver one does not have a forward handgrip, and the Alpha black has a carrying handle.

Another marker to look at is the spyder MR1. It is a cheap marker that comes with a stock right out of the box, which can be good for people who are very used to actual shotguns and rifles or are uncomfortable with shouldering CO2 tanks.

edited for: spyder uses the same internals in the MR series as they do in all their other markers so one being more durable than the other is just a myth, also, the tippmann design changed in 04 where they started using plastic power tubes and not quite as strong metals, they are not indestructible as tippmann would have you believe but they are also not repair buckets. in all reality durability between tippmann and spyder is a wash at this point as both markers depend more on how the owner takes care of them over how they are built. if you really want the tank that the tippmann 98 once was it is still made as the BT-4 as that is where Ben Tippmann went and started when the board at tippmann pneumatics let him go - Trbo323

Answer 2

If you are worried about price and you havent even paid for a paintball gun yet then paintball may not be for you. Paintball is a very expensive "sport". Paintballs, C02, Gear, and much more is going to cost you money ....ANSWER---If you are going to buy a paintball marker get a tippman. You will get a gun that works really well and lasts for a long time. Buying a CHEAP gun is not going to do you any good in the paintball world.

Answer 3

depends on your budget and what you are looking for, but I suggest taking a look at many of the spyders out there as they have something for just about any budget that will all be small, light, easy to work on and lower priced than many of the competitors out there.

Answer 4

Hey

For woodsball theres the

100 to 300 dollar range

(Rifles/Automatics) Tacamo 68. Tippman 98 custom , Tippmann A-5

(Pistols/Mechanical) Tiberius 8, Arikon overlord, Tippmann tpx, Rap 4 Desert eagle

300 to 700 dollar range

(Rifles/automatics) Tippmann x7 - Tiberius 9, BT Delta, BT TM7, Smart parts sp8

My pick are the tippmanns they are super reliable and are a big industry name

For speedball

100 to 300 dollar range

Smart parts Vibe, Spyder electra, Smart Parts Ion " the ion is an industry workhorse "

300 - 2000 dollar range Yeah 2000 dollars

Mac devs , Angels , Planet eclipse gats , Luxe , Ego's

The Smart parts ion is a good balance between cost, accuracy, build quality, and reliability

The Unattainable

The SkeleCocker <- Seriously Google it Hope ths helps

Answer 5

The best marker, at $90 is the Azodin Kaos. It won the Techpb award in the sub $100 marker category. Azodin is a newer company that has taken the traditional Spyder designs and put quality parts and improvements into them. It is a completely industry standard marker, with an Autococker threaded barrel, ion threaded feedneck, and standard asa fittings. This means that any paintball retailer will have upgrades available for it. It also has a Feather Striker System, featuring a lighter striker than normal markers at that price, that reduced mechanical recoil. If operates on both Co2 and HPA. It also has a full delrin bolt (No lubrication required) and detent notches cut in for its dual intimidator style detents. It also comes with a fairly well designed double trigger, twist lock feedneck and gas through foregrip. It is much more efficient and consistent than the non spool Tippmann series, and has much better features than the Spyder series.

Answer 6

This is all about opinion. In personal opinion i believe that a Planet Eclipse Ego 10 is the best marker on the market. Though there are those who enjoy the benefits of a spool valve so they think a Dye NT 2010 is the best marker right now. Finally another good marker is the DXL Luxe.

Answer 7

There really is no answer for this, you'd need to ask a more specific question. It depends on what type of paintball you're going to play, how much you're willing to spend on the gun, etc.

Answer 8

There are several paintball guns that are cheap and meet basic functions, none of them are "good." tippmann 98, azodin kaos, spyder mr1, are some of these markers.