M-POG Reviews

Apex review.

2013-02-02T21:15:00.001-08:00

So after a more than long hiatus M-POG reviews is back.
Lets get this show back on the road, Shall we?

I've been meaning to do a write up on my apex 2 tip for quite some time now so what better time to do it than now?

I'll start off by saying that it is quite a beautiful piece of equipment and a great addition to any marker.
I have run it with about 3 different setups and being short medium or long (pending paint quality - I'll get to that) great performance.

Retailing at about $50 taxes in you can't go wrong with one. An Empire/BT apex 2 barrel is ready to be used out of the box coming in standard 14" or 18" in either BT/A5, Cocker or 98 threads. The barrel that it comes with is a great barrel but I would recommend swapping it out and throwing on either a 10"/12" Flasc/Lapco barrel, as I just find the stock barrel to be to long. It can only be used on certain barrels or an attachment that lapco and flasc both sell, I'm not sure if any companies make an adapter for it but it would be cool if it wasn't barrel specific.

What makes an apex tip great is its ability to send paint longer distances in a flattened trajectory almost in the same sense as what flat line does but I've found much much more accurate.
How does it do this you ask? Well quite simple actually by adding back spin to the paintball it cause the paint ball to spin backwards as it leaves the barrel which in turn makes the paintball fly more straight or fly upwards, varying from a little to a lot.

Now as I said before pending paint quality. If you are using poor grade paint with your apex on even at the first setting, its going to be going everywhere.

A quick picture of an apex 2 tip

There is 9 different setting to choose from each of increasing intensity (you can see in the picture above there is a little tab that slides forward and back), I recommend using around the 4th or 5th setting, anything more than that causes the paint to dip down as it leaves the barrel, then fly straight up, (I believe that empire calls this the "low and long" shot) it's great for those REALLY long shots, like we're talking like well over 120 ft+

but you start to loose accuracy at that great a distance and the paint has slowed down to much to even really break, again, in my tests anyway not to say that other people haven't had different experiences with it.

I've found that shooting on around the 4th setting, shooting good quality paint, a nice good quality barrel and fair weather conditions. Preforms as follows:

Short distance 15 - 30 ft. Not really to much to notice here, you will notice on about the 4th setting you paint is hitting slightly below where your aiming. but only slightly.

Medium distance 30 - 60 ft. Here is where your going to really notice it, where your aiming is more or less where the paint is going to hit, no arching of your shots needed, until it start to get to the far end like 90 ft

Long Distance 90 - 120 ft. At the 90 ft mark you are going to have to start arching you shots increasing as you start to shoot further. You will still notice a huge difference in how your shooting compared to shooting just a regular barrel.

So we have got the flattened flight path (almost flatline mimicking), the "low and long shot" but it has two more settings as well, the barrel tip also has the ability to rotate on the barrel a full 360 degrees.

Rotating either to the left or to the right 90 degrees with the tab clicked up a couple notches will cause the paintball to literally hook from left to right depending on which way it's turned. Personally I feel these shots to be cheap, but hey, to each his own, it works so why not use it. Right? This particular shot is used for hooking around cover (i.e bunkers) If you play around with rotation on it you can get a variety of effects from the hook, hooking just around the cover, or lobbing the shot up and hooking on top of you target. A nifty effect to use on a paintball marker.

The last setting that the apex has to offer is the "Dive Bomb", by turning it upside down or 180 degrees from the start position you are able to make the paintball actually come out of the barrel and go over cover if Hooking from the side is not an option. again you can play with this rotation doing a combination of any of the four methods thereby getting paintballs to actually do some pretty cool shots.

Empire Paintball Here is the link to empires page for their apex 2 tip as you can see by the picture the different shot it is capable of doing. *Please note that the hook shots do not actually suddenly turn at 90 degrees when reaching their target*

Breakdown of the tip is fairly simple and I will cover that in a couple of days, just itching to get this done.

All in all I love my apex 2 barrel the silencer look has a great tactical feel to it, and will give you a great tactical advantage at a reasonable price too!

My rating for the apex 2 barrel and tip is 8.5/10

Pros

Great tactical look
Able to sling paint over long distances
Fairly straight forward to use

Cons

Has to be barrel/attachment specific
Breakdown is a little tough to do ( I will cover in next article )

Dawn of the mag fed only.

2012-08-13T06:01:00.000-07:00

Yes thats right folks you read it right, the dawn of th mag fed only game is upon us.

Operation honey badger will be S.A.S first magfed/tac cap only game.

Check out the event here

Its all going down on october 13th at 10am. Be syre to check it out if you love mag fed like so many of us do.

Where? you might ask. At prz paintball in prince edward county HERE!!

The scenario and field pricing:

This will be SAS's First mag fed and Tac cap game ever.The scenario goes as follows.A large shipment of chemical weapons was located in southern Ontario Canada. The origin of the weapons were conformed to be Russian. J.S.O.C has assembled a JTF2 Team lead By Brad Stirton to secure the weapons depot. A large number of hostiles has been reported in the area. Intel shows that the hostiles are members of a P.M.C company named acinaces dente lead by a Major Alex"Too Tall"MacLeod. It is imperative that Majo

r Macleod be captured and questioned. Operation Honey Badger has begun.

$30 entrance
There will be two kinds of paint available this day (it won't be released until the day of the event just in case it changes). The cost of it will be $65 and $75. It will also be sold by the bag.

****THIS IS A CASH ONLY EVENT*****
due to the fact that PRZ does NOT have a credit card machine or debit machine!

If the game goes off with huge success (which I don't see why it wont) this game could be the door to many many more magfed only games in canada.

The set of rules for the game are very detailed and will give the game a very real feel, making it a true milsim inspired game. Teams (JTF2 generaled by Brad strition and acinaces generaled by Alex 'too tall macleod') will be pitted against each other in 1.5-2 hour rounds, games will go all day and continue straight through into the night.

Rules for Operation Honey Badger Ammo:
Each operator is allowed to carry up to 220 rounds for their primary marker. If an operator is also carrying first strike along with regular paint then it must equal the same total capp.
First strike rounds:
First strike can be used in a outdoor area or shooting out of a window. Under no circumstance should First Strikes be used inside the buildings.
Sharing Ammo between teammates:
You may share your own personal ammo with anyone on your team.
____________________________________________________________________________________ Markers:
Markers must be Chronod at 260 Fps. First strike at 250.
Primary's:
Any Mechanical marker using a 30 round tac cap or is magazine fed is permitted . The only exception to this rule are heavy gunners who can use a 200 round hopper or a box magazine. Markers that fall under a primary as a follows; Assault rifles, Shotguns, Sniper rifles, LMG's Sidearm's:
are allowed to have up to 24 rounds unless you are using it as a primary. The markers considered to the classification of side arm are considered to be a pistol, SMG or a shotgun
(A DSG, Rap4 shotgun, Empire Trracer (using a 10 round stick mag or pocket hopper) qualify as a shotgun )
Tournament Markers ARE NOT allowed under any circumstances (including tournament pump markers)!
Sorry we are trying to keep as Milsim as we can. ____________________________________________________________________________
Rate of fire:
The rate of fire will be restricted to Semiautomatic for standard operators . ONLY heavy gunners allowed to use fully automatic but the rate of fire is capped to 15 balls per second.
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Hits and deaths: An operator hit during a mission is wounded, and or killed depending on the location of the hit. The wound can be mended by a medic or fellow teammate, depending on the wound. Head-shot and neck shots ARE dead shots.
Weapon Hits:
A hit to ones weapon will "disable it" for the duration of that mission. Means to repair the weapon is impossible in the field. Critical Injury: A critical injury occurs if an operator is shot anywhere in the torso is considered a critical injury. When in this state the injured must fall as if dead but cannot use any weapon. The only way a critical injury can be mended is by a medic. A medic has Two Minutes to perform first aid before the operator dies of trauma. Procedure to mend Critical Injuries (MEDIC ONLY) 1) Medic must first drag the injured operator out of the line of fire into a safe area. 2) Then they must locate the wound and administer a sedative. 3) The wound must then be disinfected, closed, and bandaged Minor injury: A minor injury is when an operator is shot in the limbs (hands, feet, arms, and legs). When a limb is disabled the operator must act as if that limb is disabled (I.E if a arm is shot then only a sidearm can be used) An operator can mend a minor injury with the help of his team mates. If a disabled limb is left too long untreated it becomes a critical injury. Procedure to mend Disabling injury (Operator) 1) Get to a safe position.
2) Locate and clean the wound.
3) Wrap a bandage around the wound once. *Note* an operator can mend a minor injury for anybody but himself.
First aid kits:
In order for an operator to mend a minor injury they must carry a first aid kit. These kits must be provided by the operator themselves. These kits are optional for those who are not medics but are highly recommended to bring them.
The contents for the first aid kits are as follows.
Wet wipes for cleaning the wound.
White Cloth for Bandages.
Medic Kits:
Medic kits will be supplied to the medics at game day due to them being mandatory.
Mercy rule:
There is no mandatory mercy rule.
Knife kills:
A rubber training knife is permitted. In order to count as a kill the blade must make full contact with the torso.
Respawns:
After an operator is killed. He will be directed back to the initial starting point, with reinsertions every 20 minutes. ____________________________________________________________________________
Equipment: Shields: Shields are permitted but cannot be improvised (A door, piece of plywood. E.T.C) Grenades:
Paint grenades: Allowed and highly effective if functional.
Smoke grenades:
Operators are not permitted to use smoke grenades on the field.
Mines: Only the engineer class my carry mines.
All special equipment that emits sound must be shown to the game directors (all three directors.)
Radios:
Players are encouraged to run radios for this event. Each team will be running a predetermined channel. There will be a channel monitored by an official for assistance both serious and minor. No one is permitted on the Ref channel other than for real issues. ____________________________________________________________________________
Specializations: A heavy gunner can carry 500 hundred rounds. An engineer's have the ability to plant explosives.
A sapper has the ability to defuse explosives.
An Engineer and Sapper must stay together at all times to complete objectives that would be impossible to complete otherwise. The two when together are known as EOD teams. Each side has 2 EOD teams (2 Engineer's. 2 Sappers per side)
*NOTE* Each specialization will be identified with a different colour arm band on top of the standard team arm band given to all players
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Night segment:
The night segment is strictly force on force only. All rules and specializations are still in effect.
Flashlights:
Flashlights for the night segment are MANDATORY for obvious safety concerns. You MUST have a flash light in order to play the night segment any flash light that is bright enough to be clearly seen is fine.
Night Vision:
If you wish to bring a set of NVG's then you may. The event organizers and the management of PRZ are not responsible for the result of broken NVG's. It is the fault of the Individual and them alone.
Dead men:
When an operator has called himself out he'll be asked to raise the flashlight above his head pointing downwards over his head. Make sure to be much more vocal since players may have a harder time seeing you.
____________________________________________________________________________
Violation ANY of these rules is subject to removal from the event. Only ONE warning will be

It looks like a great day of some real tactical pantball. I strongly suggest any and all milsim players to come out for the day, I doubt you will be disappointed.

M-POG Reviews ... out

Quick update on the D-Mag

2012-02-27T18:09:00.003-08:00

Good evening everyone,

Rap 4 has just released a new video update on the D-mags, I have to assume with their short video release the other day and a lot of skepticism on the whole design they released a more detailed version to show how everything works.

These stacked mags are basically just 2 tpx mags side by side, they will come in a 14rd, 20rd and even a 30rd configuration.

As you can see in this video this new marker set to be released some time this year it will use a very similar design of a double stacked mag.

I don't really see any huge problems with these mags other that the fact that you have to turn the mag half way through shooting. Its not really that big a deal and it will only take about 4 seconds or so to actually turn the mag around. It might take a little for some people to get used to but all in all I do think that this design is going to be a winner for first strike users.

Now the real thing that got my attention was the curved D-Mag, in the video they show you a mag that will fire first strikes and that they CAN IN FACT TURN CORNERS, they just have to be loaded differently.

Also both designs have eliminated the loading head and the mag release, if you play mag fed you know how much of a pain they can be sometimes. There was no working model, price, or release date of these curved first strike mags so I would have to assume they are still in testing but I cant wait to see how they preform.

I really like the way that these things look and believe that they are a step in the right direction for mag-fed paintball, if done properly they will redeem rap4 for mistakes that they have made in the past and will bring back unhappy customers.

D-Mags

2012-02-26T06:56:00.000-08:00

Yesterday rap 4 released a video on their new D-mags
This is how rap4 has kept the price of the mags down

As you can see from the video that the mag has two "tubes" that you load with paint, after you fire one tube you flip the mag over and fire the other half. It may keep the price down but it takes away from the realism of a mag fed marker.

I feel they might work for a sniper role lets say because now you don't have everyone firing the same 20rd mags but I don't think this is what everyone has been expecting for the last few months

Will this design work for them? I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Your thoughts?

Will Mag fed take off?

2012-01-29T21:08:00.000-08:00

So I've been reading on forums and other sites about mag fed paintball. I've been hearing people saying that they don't see it taking off. For reasons given like its just a fad, people wont like it, to expensive to switch still and the big one that I've seen numerous times is that people are saying that fields wont like it to change because people will not be buying as much paint and therefore fields wont make as much money.

Now that last one is what bothered me, I've been playing mag fed for a while now absolutely love it and haven't really noticed a huge decrease in the number of paint balls that I will go through. I'm kind of conservative with my shots so before when I would play hopper fed on any given day of paintball (excluding big games) I will go through a bag (500) paintballs. Ever since I switched to mag fed I still go through roughly the same amount of paint but there are those days where I wont go through as much.

This is using regular paintballs, now when these D-Mags are released ( which will be sooner than you think) we are going to see a HUGE increase in first strike sales. First strikes if you don't know about them look like this

They are remarkable rounds. They are D shaped (hence the name D-Mags) and have fins on the back of them to help give the round spin and stabilizes the round allowing it to travel farther then regular round paintballs. As of right now only Tiberius http://www.tiberiusarms.com/FS.php is the only company making these rounds, but who knows maybe other companies will start to make their own version of them. The rounds are 25x more accurate and will travel twice as far as regular rounds. Only down side is that they are kind of expensive about a dollar a round but the bigger bulk you buy the cheaper they are, none the less a perfect sniper round

I have noticed that some fields in my area are starting to carry them and allowing players to use first strike markers, so when these D-Mags are released a lot more people will start using these rounds, even though they cost a lot more than regular paintballs you end up shooting way less because they are hitting your target almost every time.

So when the switch is made to first strike paintball, (and I will I can say that for sure) even though we will be shooting less because of the price of first strikes you still end up paying the same amount for your paint that you would for round balls. That's just my two cents on the whole thing anyways.

I love mag fed and plan on playing it till the very end if you haven't made the switch I strongly suggest that you do, you wont be disappointed. Go out there and give it a try if you haven't already, support your local field(s) and don't for get to have fun.

M-POG Reviews Out

Flasc Review

2012-01-25T20:31:00.000-08:00

Hello again to all my fellow milsim (or not) users out there in the paintball community,
I am this is a review on some flasc products and just flasc in general.

Around Christmas time I would have to say late november early december I ordered two flasc barrels and an apex2 tip, they were coming from london ontario so I figured they were only a day or two away by mail, and they were. I picked them up from the post office and having always heard great things about flasc was eager to open them and test them out, well after I opened the package and tried to fit them to my markers I realized that they were the wrong thread but the apex2 tip was fine. So I contacted flasc the same day and told them what was going on, they instructed me to send back the barrels and they would ship them back out as soon as they recieved the wrong one that were sent. I did just that and figured another week till I receive the proper barrels.

About a week passed and I received another package but this time when I opened it, it was an apex tip and a barrel sizing kit. Now I needed these barrels before Christmas as one was a gift and the other was for myself, so again I contacted flasc and informed them what had happened (again), I told them that I need them before Christmas and being thee 21st I wasn't sure I would receive them on time. The gentleman and flasc told me to keep the barrel sizing kit that was sent by mistake and that he would over night the barrel so that I would receive them before Christmas and that he would send me some adapters so I could get better use out of the sizing kit.

The barrels did in fact arrive the next day with two three inch extensions to make a 6" barrel to use with the sizing kit. I am VERY happy with the customer service at flasc, they were very prompt with responses and very helpful, I will from here on in always recommend a flasc barrel or products, and as you will see from my review just why I will.

So on to the review of my barrels and all the other goodies that I received from flasc.
12.5" SQB Ported Barrel: I have used a few barrel from various companies on my A5 but none have compared to this barrel, when I first received it I noticed that the barrel is extremely light weight and this worried me at first but I can say that it is of very solid construction. The barrel comes with flasc Gen 2 porting... and Its awesome I use it on my A5 and the marker is so quiet, that my trracer is louder than it no joke. I have fired about 1000 round through it since I received the barrel and have to say its dead on accurate and I have had zero barrel breaks. The great thing about flasc barrels is that they are double threaded so that you can add a variety of barrel tips that flasc makes giving you paintball marker any look you desire, I have an Apex2 (Review coming soon) tip from flasc with their adapter that they supply and I fits great.
I love the barrel don't really know what else to say about it and I give it a 10/10
I give this rating based on a very solid construction of the barrel, amazing porting a cool design and the fact that the barrels have the double threading sells me on a perfect score, I can throw the barrel on any marker I choose and just throw a new tip on it giving a variety of looks, a much cheaper option than purchasing a new barrel.

I recommend this barrel to anyone looking to buy a barrel for their Tippmann marker ( or any other marker for that matter) you wont be disappointed.

Next review I am going to write is on the micro bore kit so stay tuned for it.

Thought I forgot about the give away didn't you? Well seeing as though I am more than happy with my flasc barrel I have no use for the micro bore kit and the apex tip.
So as M-POGs first giveaway I will be giving away the whole kit

which includes

Flasc micro Bore kit, From sizes 0.678 0.681 0.684 0.687 0.69
2x 3" extensions
Apex tip ready to thread on to a flasc barrel
A carrying case for the whole kit

It has been decided that this will be a picture contest.
I want to see some BAD ASS milsim paint ball markers. As soon as we hit 100 like on the Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/MPOGC like us up if you haven't already) The contest will start, I will run the contest for two weeks then we will make our decision from there.
Like our page and get your pictures ready. Good luck to everyone

So as always dont forget to support your local field and have fun

M-POG Reviews out

Marker stability Part 2 Butt-stocks

2012-01-06T22:54:00.000-08:00

So this is the second part of my marker stability.........FINALLY. Sorry I didn't post it sooner Ive been tearing s#*t up in battlefield 3 and just been busy with work and other things, but I did not forget about all you paintballers out there.

So, you hopefully read my last post and maybe gone out and bought yourself a new foregrip, and if you did I hope that the info I wrote helped. If you didnt go and buy one thats ok I still hope my blog was informative.

As with my last post I think Ill start with a definition: A stock, also known as a buttstock or shoulder stock, is a part of a rifle or other firearm, to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached, that is held against one's shoulder when firing the gun. Stocks are also found on crossbows though a crossbow stock is more properly referred to as a tiller.^[1] The stock provides a means for the shooter to firmly support the device and easily aim it. The stock also transmits recoil into the shooter's body.^[2]
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_(firearms)

Stocks come in all different shapes and sizes from collapse-able, to a folding style to a fixed. When choosing a stock as with any other attachment or addon it all depends on your play style. Are you going to be the up front man close quarters battle (CQB), you going to play sniper, you going to be support? Your stock will help or hinder this.

Lets start with an assault CQB player a person that plays sniper might use this kind of stock as well, a stock that an assault player generally will use is a collapse-able stock or folding stock, the benefits of these stocks is that when you are far away you can pull it out to get a bit of a longer gun and help stabilize your marker and get your sight on your target that much better that is suitable for someone that plays sniper, or when you get closer you can collapse it all the way or fold it in to get the smallest gun possible. This will enable you to bring the gun right up tight to your shoulder making it easier for maneuvering around corners or breaching buildings. A very versatile stock for any player of any style really.

Fixed non movable stocks will be seen on support guns like the M249 saw and other various guns. They are generally cheaper then you other fancy stocks as stated above but not always they do serve a purpose on real fire arms. Less moving parts = less maintenance which in turn makes for a gun lasting longer and a soldier staying in the field longer.

The same is true for a stock on your marker, you will have springs break, adjusting handles snap off or hinges break. But with that said you also get what you paid for, now I'm not saying go out and buy the most expensive stock you cant possibly find although it would be nice not all of use budget balers can afford it, all I'm saying is that if you look for the cheapest stock out there its most likely going to break on you, do some research and see if the company you plan on buying from makes a good product, ask people you play with or if your buying from a shop ask the guy behind the counter ( after all that's what hes there for) see if he has one on another gun and test it out see what fits you best and will go with what ever marker your trying to build.

What ever style of stock you decide to go with it will effect your game a great deal, so choose carefully and hopefully you will find a stock that I right for you and at a fair price too.

As always support your local field and don't be afraid to bring a friend out once and a while show him/her the ropes of paintball.

M-POG Reviews out

Foregrips and marker stability Part 1

2011-11-13T22:38:00.000-08:00

Hello again to everyone out there in the paintball community, this week I feel like writing an article about foregrips.

Lets start off with a definition.
     FOREGRIP: A foregrip is the grip on the front of a firearm that helps to control the gun, and prevent burns from the barrel during firing. A vertical foregrip can also allow for easier horizontal movement of the firearm, as it creates a firmer grasping point than conventional hand guards. Some firearms feature a vertical foregrip, such as the Heckler & Koch MP5K. This is used to steady firing and counter the effects of recoil, theoretically resulting in far more accurate fire when shooting in full auto mode. It can be incorporated in some rifles as part of the Rail Integration System, as in the image at right.
This definition has come from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foregrip

So it is used in a real world scenario to control the gun and prevent burns, well we aren't firing real firearms so I'm not going to focus on the burns aspect just the controlling the weapon aspect...obviously.

Foregrips come in many different shapes and sizes, from your standard non-folding foregrip to to a folding model to an AFG (angled foregrip) or even a bi-pod. When selecting a fore grip for your marker you need to think about what are you using it for/whats your play style.

  To start lets talk about your standard non-folding.You need to try them out to see which ones comfortable for you as the shape of each one is different and it will feel different in every ones hand, there are woods ball markers out there that come with a standard straight forgrip and they work great, I've used them on many occasions. A standard non-folding foregrip is going to be the cheapest you can buy ranging from $15 - $30 and it gets the job done, they are small on your rail as well so you can add attachments to your bottom rail such as flashlights or laser sights. There is not much else to say about this style of foregrip, I recommend one to any new player to get to know how much a foregrip actually helps with your shooting and acquiring your target.

A bi-pod helps with stabilizing your marker by basically planting it on the ground low wall or other flat surface making recoil virtually disappear and reducing fatigue on yourself, they come in many different shapes and sizes ranging from a basic fold down fixed with no motion other than up and down, to ones that swivel and allow the weapon to pivot adding left and right motion, there also are non-folding foregrips that come with a built in bi-pod, they come in a couple different styles ranging form foregrips where the bi-pod comes out the bottom and ones that actually split in half to become the bi-pod itself. Price range for a bi-pod is usually from $25 to $200 for some of the higher end models. Bi-pods are generally used on a weapon where the shooter is looking down range for extended periods of time to either provide suppressing fire with high capacity ammo or on a sniper rifle helping to give a perfect shot.

Next on the list we have a folding foregrip, now folding foregrips come in a rage of styles to your basic folding from 90 degrees to 180 degrees. Same here as withe your standard foregrip you should try it out before you buy it to see how it feels. The price range for a folding foregrip ranges from $35 - $120. They do the same as any standard foregrip but you can get ones that come with integrated flashlights, a great add on for any night game or low light scenario. Angled foregrips are great, they can be folded up for longer range battles, and folded down for CQB (Close Quarters Battle) to get that sight on your target that much faster and take him out.

Lastly we have the AFG, a favorite of mine. The price for one of these is about $35. It's a huge change from your conventional foregrip. It is angled in a way that your hand just naturally forms to and is extremely comfortable to use, the only down side is that it is long and takes up your whole rail so if you have only one rail your not going to be able to add any extra attachments. On the whole though this is the best out of all the foregrips and I recommend this foregrip often.

In closing a foregrip or a bi-pod which ever you prefer is a great add on to any ones marker and a must buy, so if you don't have one try one next time your out there playing, or head over to your local pro shop and test it out, you will see what I mean. It all depends on your play style and what look you like on your marker either way I recommend picking one up.

As always don't forget to support your local field to keep this great sport growing, and always have fun
                                                                                                                 M-POG Reviews out

Just a quick word.

2011-11-02T20:43:00.000-07:00

So as some of you may or may not have heard angel paintball recently closed their doors and that social paintball was deciding to shut it down as well.

Having just Angel (APS) shut down is a serious blow to the industry, I mean they have been such an icon for so many players that play the game, however its not the end of the world just a minor set back and a major shame that such an icon decided to shut it down. It doesn't matter if you play speed ball or woods ball to have anyone in paintball shut their doors is not good at all.

Then in the same day Social paintball decides that they might shut it down as well, (I mean come on two icons shuts down in the same day WTF?!?) luckily they decided to keep it going and kudos to them they have been a major player in the paintball world and have got allot of players into the game. To anyone that reads this I suggest that you head over to them on face book or YouTube and show them you support. They do a great deal for the sport and it would be nice if you would go and show that you care.

Anyone that plays paintball loves the sport and doesn't want to see it die out ( I'm not saying that it will and don't think that it will...ever ). Wolf posted a video earlier today , I recommend that everyone watches it and listens to what he says.and SAS - Necro posted one a few weeks ago with much the same message watch it as well.

Head over to all the media in paintball and show them some "lovin", I'm sure that they would all appreciate it. If you all want to see the sport continue to grow and to never die out make sure you support them, get some friends to come play some time I'm sure that they will love it, and also don't forget to support your local paintball field.
M-POG Reviews out.

Introduction To Myself

2011-10-17T21:01:00.000-07:00

Recently, I wrote an article on the tacamo magazine-fed conversion kit about a week ago. Which I thought wasn't half bad, but I started think shortly after the fact "wait a minute I didn't even introduce myself" so I'm writing this next article as a brief introduction to my self.

So, where to begin I guess I'll start with my name. My name is Harley I am 23 years old from Ontario, Canada and a HUGE fan of the sport of paintball. I started playing paintball about 4 years ago when a couple buddies of mine invited me out to go play at Sargent splatters. ( where better to go for your first time then good ol' splatters.... Right?) I set off for the field on a week night dying to go play, having never played before I didn't know what to expect. We arrived at the field, My friends set up from head to toe with all the finest ops gear equipment, My self with nothing but a rental marker.

The first round that I played is one I will never forget, it was an attack the objective game where we had to take the upstairs of the far building. The round went on for about 15 - 20 minutes and our team ended up winning the round, It only took me about 20 seconds of playing to get me hooked even getting hit with a paintball gave me such a rush I was thrilling. I played the rest of the evening talking about the tippmann a5 that I was going to get ( and the one that I still play with ), what addons I wanted how often we should play and the list went on and on, man what a great time I had that first time. I, shortly after getting home that night proceeded to order my first marker and the rest, as they say is history.

Here I am four years later still playing the game and still loving it, I've used a few different setups and a decent amount of products, I know there are other companies and people out there that do reviews and I'm not trying to out do them and will never put any of them down I love what each and everyone of them do and think that some of them don't get enough credit for what they do for this industry, I'm not going to name any names but I think everyone who reads this will know everyone that I'm talking about. I just enjoy writing ( not as much as paintball but I still like doing it ) and what better to write about the paintball products not only do you get a review on the products a hand but I get a little time to kill and enjoyment out of it.

I've played alot of games in all conditions and on tons of terrains. Now I am not be the most experienced player and I learn something new every time I head out to my local fields but I do know a thing or two when it comes to tactics and how to play in general. I always love to meet new people while I'm playing, and I always encourage any player to get friends/ family or even co-workers to come out and play. So I'm writing this blog merely as a way to introduce myself so that people who read my articles ( if there even is anyone ) might feel as if they know me a little better, not just some guy writing some incoherent babble. With that said I hope everyone enjoys my writing and and whats to come. And as always don't forget to support your local paintball field and proshops.
MPOG Reviews out.

A5 Mag-fed conversion kit

2011-10-13T23:37:00.000-07:00

I ordered my magazine fed conversion kit back in February of 2011 thinking that I was going to have it just a few months later in may, but no rap4 pushed it back two months saying that it will be released at the end of July. No one received there kit, so rap4 released a schedule stating that x7 owners would receive there kits the first week of august. Then 98/Project salvo/Alpha Black/BT owners. The following week would be A5 owners and the last week of august would be X7 owners. After weeks of miscommunication and no communication at all the kits did finally start to come out. I received my kit the first week of October almost 9 months after I preordered my conversion kit, I was not happy with the lack of communication on the status of the kits, If they would have only kept people informed on what was going on with their kits they would have saved a lot of grief in my opinion.

So after the long wait I got home from the post office eager to put my conversion kit together so I did just that. I unwrapped the box with the many labels from customs and rap4 like I was a kid on christmas all over again. I checked the parts list that was supplied with the kit. ( and that was the only piece of paper that was supplied with the kit no apology letter or even a manual with the kit)

With the kit I received Left and Right clam shells (and I will get to what I though of those I a little bit) 1 mag well, 1 cocking handle, 1 cover for the breach 1 "meat hook", 1 cover for the bottom of the marker (if I ever want to put my cyclone back on) 1 20rd smoke magazine, some small screws the clam shell screws and a longer push pin for the mag well. All parts were there nothing missing.

So I started by taking the screws in the clam shells out to inspect the inside because they came together. I read and heard people saying its made out of cheap metal and I call bull on them, the body AND mag well are of solid construction I see no problem with what they are made out of.

After I removed the screws this is what It looked like.

Left and Right clam shells ( a bit rough)

As you can see there wasn't that much over spray on the inside and I was very happy with that I don't see how anyone could be disseminated with it. The internals were rough inside and did need polishing, I was not to happy with that but I didn't expect them to be that nice inside anyways. so after a quick polish I proceeded to take parts from my old A5 and install them into my new mag-fed version. The parts went in flawlessly kudos to rap4 for having everything; from what I saw anyways to match perfectly inside. I also noticed that there are valleys molded into the inside of the body for air in-stock/air thru stock options again kudos to rap4 for that add-on I like that a lot will be using that in the near future for sure.

After the two sides went together I installed the mag well and breech cover, also went together with out a problem. Mag well clicked in perfectly not to tight not to loose, maybe on other kits it might be but I had no problem with the mag well fitting or the pin that hold it in if anything the pin is too loose. The new cocking handle also seems to be of solid construction and went in great.

I went ahead and installed all my add-ons and other cool stuff to my marker from my old A5 all went in perfectly.

All done up and good to go

My shroud went on great nice and tight I have no complaints with it at all. I installed my stock and it fits so tight that I had to give it a little tap to get it in but once it's in it fits way better then it did on my old A5 I mean there is no wobble to it what so ever I was impressed with the tolerances on the Kit all together, all the pins fit great not to tight not to loose.

Well now I have this brand new kit I have to use it...... of course, so I took it out to my local field a few days later for some field testing. Over the course of 2 days I fired around 700 rounds through the marker with rap4 20 rd magazines, There is a little wobble with the magazines but its such a little bit you will never notice it, and although I haven't had a chance to test it the milsig mags won't fit if they made it any tighter. For the first little while it was firing great but as the day went on I had a couple double feeds I know now that it wasn't the marker that was causing the double feeds but in fact the mags with a very strong spring that is causing it to double feed. ( I will be writing a review on the rap4 mags soon enough ill get into more detail on them then). Rap4 should supply a stiffer detent with the kit to compensate for the stiff springs in the magazines.

With the exception of the double feeds the kit fired like a dream my buddy that I play with just got his T68 gen7 and my marker was firing better then his with less problems. The last issue that I had was how fast it was firing, I did manage the get it up to 285 FPS but I also have polished internals, if I had not done that I doubt that it would have gotten up that high, the velocity screw is out all the way as-well. But it does shoot within 10 -15 FPS from 270 to 285 which isn't that bad and it hits the same spot every time from a fixed position.

Rap4 needs to work on the mag springs to stops the double feeds also I would like to see an extended mag release its to far right now but I play left handed so I had no problem with it, it just would be nice for others so they don't have to take their hand off the trigger. What I would like to see is a left side mag release and extended that would make me a happy camper.

All in all I think that the kit is a great buy for any milsim lover who wants to play mag-fed, but a manual in the box would have been nice to see not just a parts list and instructions saying look at you makers instructions and figure it out. I had no problems putting it together but not everyone is going to have as easy time as my self putting this kit together. One last thing that would have been nice is a brochure of up and coming products being released from rap4, I remember when I was younger I always loved looking at what companies were coming out with and what I would plan on getting as time went on, just one of those added things that makes me (and maybe you too) feel better about the company you are ordering from.

My final score for the magazine fed conversion kit is going to have to be a solid
8.5/10

I give this score based on how the marker fired which was great other then the double feeds. Rap4 should do more testing on the marker before they started production they should have found this problem (don't leave it to the costumer to find out) and supplied a stiffer detent, just my opinion anyways. The marker went together very easily and the valleys for air thru stock are there so a bonus to that. There was only a parts list supplied with the kit no manual or installation instructions supplied with the kit, just some videos posted on you tube, and again it was fine for me but others might have needed it (not everyone has internet in today's day and age). Lastly the internals did need polishing they were rough on the inside and to get it to shoot past 280 they will need to be polished for sure. But at the end of the day I'm still happy with it and think it was worth my moneys worth, good job rap4 way to be on the ball with milsim markers just need a little more QC.