| I've played paintball for years, and with 8 | | | | anticipated, but in a good way! It was |
| years of paintball under my belt, I felt the | | | | lightweight and transferred easily from my |
| desire to own a flawless paintball gun. | | | | right to left hand, and the trigger was the |
| See... I've shot everything from Ego's to the | | | | perfect pull. At that point I didn't even |
| reclusive War Machine Assualt 80, and had yet | | | | need to shoot it to be happy, but hey... I |
| to find an ultra-reliable paintball gun for | | | | don't know anyone that can resist shooting a |
| my collection. | | | | new paintball marker. |
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| Fully electronic paintball markers are great | | | | In essence, the ICE Epic opperates like a |
| and all, but the constant stress induced by | | | | pellet gun. Just a couple of moving parts, |
| fear of firing the gun by breathing on the | | | | and none that push or move the ball into the |
| trigger, issues with the solinoid, the | | | | barrel, which makes this marker unique. The |
| feeling that I had to constantly upgrade to | | | | regulator is easy to operate, and it comes |
| keep up with other players, and the fear of | | | | built into the grip of the Epic. Just turn |
| it breaking after dropping it was all too | | | | it in, add your air source, and back out the |
| much for me. Don't get me wrong, I love to | | | | allen key until you hear a "piff." Its as |
| shoot streams of paint at opposing enemies, | | | | easy as that, and you just keep turning the |
| but when all is said and done and the day is | | | | allen key if you need to turn the velocity |
| over, I'd rather have money left over to come | | | | down. |
| back the next day. So I set out on a quest | | | | |
| to find a fast mechanical paintball marker | | | | In all my years of owning an ICE Epic, I have |
| that would never fail me (because time is | | | | never had any problems with it and have had |
| valuable to me). | | | | very few ball breaks. Its gone through |
| | | | scenarios, a couple of tournaments, and a lot |
| Ever since I first started paintball (with a | | | | of recreational play, and has yet to fail me. |
| slingshot that is...), I had always kept an | | | | It fires quickly, quietly, and can spit out |
| eye on Insight Component Engineering, the | | | | rounds as fast as an automag or souped up |
| creator of the Epic paintball marker. What | | | | autococker. Just to give you an idea of how |
| caught my eye about this marker was it's | | | | fast it shoots, I've easily been able to |
| unique trap door technology. I was amazed at | | | | outshoot my 12vlt revolution hopper. |
| how simple the gun worked, but put off by the | | | | |
| price tag, which was $450 at the time. I | | | | All in all, the ICE Epic is a great paintball |
| decided that if it ever lowered I would make | | | | marker. It has a unique design, simple |
| the investment and purchase one. It wasn't | | | | mechanism, and awesome speed. If you are |
| until a couple years ago (2004) that they | | | | looking for a reliable paintball marker, or |
| finally lowered the price to $350, which was | | | | just one that will turn heads at paintball |
| good enough for me. After a couple weeks of | | | | fields, then I highly recommend the ICE Epic. |
| waiting my ICE Epic finally arrived, and | | | | Its a gun that compliments my playing style, |
| after opening the box I was immediately | | | | sparks up discussions at the field, and |
| struck with suprise at how small the Epic | | | | requires hardly any maintenance, what more |
| was. It was much smaller than I had | | | | could I ask for? |