Was waiting for the yeet… pretty sure he was dealing with mental health issues, his behavioral pattern was a near dead match for a manic episode. Here’s DSM-5 criteria- https://www.pediatriconcall.com/calculators/dsm-5-manic-episode-criteriaLooks like that grammerman dude got yeeted from the forum. His posts are all gone. Well that was kinda fun while it lasted. lol
Let's just try to be excited about new tech and progress in the hobby that we all love. And even though OP banned me from his FB group, I am still thankful for his updates here!
Yup...and just like that, he's gone. Won't be missed.Looks like that grammerman dude got yeeted from the forum. His posts are all gone. Well that was kinda fun while it lasted. lol
Let's just try to be excited about new tech and progress in the hobby that we all love. And even though OP banned me from his FB group, I am still thankful for his updates here!
In paintball they are all semi auto. But the Skout still requires you to cock a pellet into the chamber from the mag so essentially it will be sidelever action.
Same boat with the Panthera. My Skout is paid in full. I would like an update also, but have been refraining from jumping in Darryl's inbox for now. I just need that Skout for sure by April, I intend to shoot the Northeast Airgun Classic 100yd benchrest portion with it. Having it next month would be ideal so I can tune and practice with it.December has past, it is a New Year, now Darryl, time to throw us bone/update/something! Ryan and Sam said the pre production Epoch has been pretty amazing. Dave came back from Cup and told me you'll get us in line. I think my Panthera is going to fall in my lap first!
I ordered a Panthera from UtahAir moments after the pre order opened. I was told I was the 2nd to order a 22cal in 700mm. I expect it sometime next week after hearing the FX USA shipment is on its way.
We've probably shot at each other before.... I was playing for Shocktech Factory Gunfighters (mech) and that basically evaporated. No more ST GF as a team, really. Everyone had kids and buzzed off while I tried to keep it going. I wanted to get on Aftershock but I'm with you, kinda retiring after 27 years. I always kept my rank d3 or under so I could sandbag with the other "local Chicago notables", as Dresser put it. I'll always still play local open and D4 events n stuff but paintball destroys your body and I want to shift more to firearms and airgun competitions now, at 37. I about had my last straw with toxic teammates at ICPL this year.... Also, the prizes in paintball now are just a slap in the face.... "free entry" to the next tourney.... ooof. There is great allure in the "solo" nature of competition shooting rather than the team aspect in paintball. I only want to depend on myself and I want to avoid toxic teammates....I ordered a Panthera from UtahAir moments after the pre order opened. I was told I was the 2nd to order a 22cal in 700mm. I expect it sometime next week after hearing the FX USA shipment is on its way.
After 22 years, I'm retiring from the paintball world, just got relegated and lost my Pro NXL spot.
I've been dabbling in PRS and want to try the Panthera at some local NRL comps.
With my experience no difference in accuracy, spools are generally a single tube/cylinder body design, poppet are usually stacked tube/2 cylinder body.
Both systems blast air down a barrel. If you have the same volume of air at the same pressure with the same plenum size there should really be no discernable accuracy difference that I can think of. The accuracy would mostly come from your projectile and barrel match. We will operate a spool at a lower pressure than a poppet, so maybe there is less turbulence at the end of the barrel with that lower pressure blast? If there is a wiser mind than mine on that, I'm all ears, but I think accuracy of both systems should be pretty well on par with each other, given the same barrel twist rate, bore diameter, and same projectile.
Hey Terry, thanks for that. I knew it was DMG for sure. Sorry about the relegation. One of your teammates I've played tournaments with before (Hill), and all the Shock people you mentioned I know and have played tournies with. Pretty small world. Although it is sad to turn the page on paintball, I think its cool to shift focus to airguns and I definitely have some common ground with ya there. Good luck in the NRL stuff, man. You're gonna do great.
Thanks, and the reason I ask, is over the past year with slugs, the top shooters have discovered that a short very high pressure burst of air gives better accuracy than a longer, lower pressure delivery of air.
