Guide to buying a new marker

[di$TOrTed]

How-To: Choose a new paintball marker

Purchasing a new paintball marker can be a very overwhelming task. There are so many markers that you want but you have to pick one. How do you pick?

1. Budget
You obviously aren’t going to buy something that you can’t afford, so set your budget and go from there. Keep in mind that you also need part of your budget to go to a mask, air system, and loader. Don’t skimp on these items. You could buy a very nice marker, but if your other equipment isn’t good enough for it, the nice marker won’t do you much good.

2. What are you looking for?
What are you looking for in a marker? Are you looking for something for woods ball, speedball, or both? In general, speedball markers will work well for all types of play as they are the highest-performing. However, if you want your marker to look/feel like a real firearm, you may prefer to look into the milsim (military simulation) style of woods ball-oriented markers.

You have to ask yourself if you are looking for performance or looks/feel? Are you looking for a high rate of fire? Accuracy? Reliability?

3. Try them out
Now you should have your search narrowed down to some markers that fit your criteria. Now, if possible, try to hold/shoot these markers locally and see which one you like. Hopefully, the way one feels/shoots will stand out at you. Feel is a big part of choosing a marker. What feels best to you is the marker that you will play best with. If you can’t try these markers out before ordering, ask around and see which is generally preferred.

[loldongs]

Shop-around you may find a shop with over stock ie they ordered to much of one marker to fit their store room and they let go of them half price especially if new stock is imminent.

[andrewt1001]

Just a note: Be warned! if you think you can get away with spending $50 on some brass eagle stuff. You shouldn't be playing until you want to buy a fairly high end gun, whether it be mechanical/ electronic. Its okay if you thought this before. It's how I learned the hard way. While I was paying for repairs/ replacement parts, my friends were buying new guns/ barrels, cyclone feeds, etc.