Spyder Paintball Guns

Spyder paintball guns are cheap, reliable and easy to maintain. They have a beautiful and unique slick look, which makes it more popular among its users. While there are many different kinds of Kingman Spyders in the market, they all tend to break down and encounter some problems.

Problems and Its Solution
Here are some common problems with the right solutions. You may face these problems while buying Spyder paintball guns.

Usually it is seen that the bolts of Spyder paintball guns are locked up. It happens when the paintball has broken and the shell of the paintball has wrapped around the bolt. This keeps the bolt to slide freely inside the body of the gun. The solution to this is to put the cocking handle on the edge of the table or counter with the barrel pointed down and hit the rear of the Spyder with the palm of the hand. This will generally break the paintball shell loose. Now, clean the gun to get down the bolts outside. As the technology of the Spyder paintball guns has changed, you see less and less of the chopping paint due to the invention of the ACS bolt. The Spyder ACS bolt keeps your gun from chopping paint. Also, most of the electric spyder paintball guns have anti chop eye systems installed which make it so the gun will not shoot unless a ball is fully in the chamber.

Sometimes the grip of the gun gets loose or the grip comes unscrewed from the manufacturer. In this case, simply unscrew the two screws that hold the CA adapter onto the bottom of the grip. You need to use a small flathead screwdriver to tight the screw up.

If the triggers of Spyder Paintball guns are pulled, then they become static and not able to function. This is caused due to unreleased sear of the trigger. The pin in the trigger assembly that the sear rests on develops a flat spot. The pins need to be knocked out and either turned to the other side or replaced. Sometimes this problem can be caused by the sear spring, but more often, it is the pin. Hence, take a small flathead screwdriver to tighten the screw up and it is certain that you will to operate the gun again.

While operating Spyder guns, there may be a chance of ball breakage. It takes place due to high velocity, missing of ball detention, improper positioning of power feed plug, and shape of ball. The solution to these problems is stated below.

Simply chronograph your gun and turn down the velocity. Make sure the power feed plug is vertical. An improperly aligned feed can catch balls, as they feed into breech, causing the bolt to smash balls as it comes forward. Cock your gun, stick your pinky in the body of the Spyder, here the barrel usually screws into, and feed a little rubber nubbin that is your ball detent. This nubbin is kept in order to catch the ball and hold it in place until the air shoots it out. You should be able to push a paintball into your barrel and blow it out. If the paintball falls through your barrel or does not blow out, try using a different kind of paintball.


Kingman Spyder Paintball

There are many levels of the Spyder. These are usually divided up into the groups of guns that have mechanical triggers and electronic triggers. These guns are manufactured by Kingman International.

The Spyder Paintball gun has become one of the most copied body types on the paintball market. This is the reason behind the vast amount of upgrades and available modifications available to a new Spyder owner. This also applies to those who are owners of Spyder clones. Most of these markers do use the same parts and many times the parts are interchangeable.

The Kingman Spyder semi-automatics are a stacked tube design. They are also a open bolt blow back type. The blow back part means that part of the gas expelled during firing is used to re-cock the bolt and make it ready to fire again. The basic difference between an open bolt gun and a closed bolt gun is the starting position of the bolt before firing. The open bolt starts with the bolt in the rear position behind the feed tube and a closed bolt starts forward of the feed tube. Several sources claim that closed bolt guns are more accurate than open bolt guns. We say if the physics involved apply to real world guns in their action then it also applies to paintball guns. Typically a closed bolt "bolt action" rifle is much more accurate than it rapid firing counter part of the same caliber.

Lets get on with the mods. The Kingman Spyder is a durable reliable marker right out of the package from the factory, however it has some issues that you can address to make it perform much better.

ISSUES FOR THE SPYDER Paintball Guns

Long trigger pull.

Sloppy side-to-side trigger action.

Not So Good stock barrel.

Occasional aggressive battery consumption with electric versions

Deathstix Carbon Fiber Paintball Barrel

Check this out. New Deathstix Carbon Fiber Barrels

New from Paintball Assassin, the DEATHSTIX barrel. The Deathstix carbon fiber barrel weighs in at only 2.4 ounces and will give you the accuracy you never though was available from a barrel. This is the barrel front which can be used with any of the DEATHSTIX barrel backs. You must have the barrel back kit in order to use this Deathstix barrel front. We highly recommend you order the Deathstix barrel case as well. It is a very nice case to hold your entire kit. If you do not have the barrel case, you will have nowhere to keep the kit safe and protected.

Carbon Fiber Barrel Info - Carbon fiber is a light weight material that is very durable. When making a carbon fiber barrel, there is a lot of time and effort not only finishing the looks on the outside but polish finish on the inside of the barrel as well. Deathstix have mastered the art of the carbon fiber barrel by giving you a great external look while really concentrating on the internal finish of the barrel. Their carbon fiber barrel design is super smooth and is soon to take over the barrel market.

Don't wait any longer for your Deathstix barrel kit! How can you resist that light weight carbon fiber barrel design?

Dealers, Please contact us for wholesale information on these barrel fronts.

Exalt Paintball Cleats - Step Up Your Game

Designed for one thing... Running Fast!

We have taken the function of a super light track shoe and given it the features and durability needed in a paintball cleat.

The cleats come with 2 sets of spikes to keep you legal in any tournament.

Included with the cleats
- 1 Cleat Bag
- 1 set of plastic golf spikes (installed)
- 1 set of rounded aluminum/plastic spikes
- spare spikes and spike tool.

Sizes 9,10,11,12

The fitting is similar to casual shoes, if you wear size 11 for casual shoes; choose the size 11 for the Exalt Cleats. If you are a size 10.5 or 10 in casual shoes; choose size 10 for the Exalt Cleats.

Invert Carbon Fiber Barrel - Nightstick

Invert Carbon Fiber Barrel Nightstick - 14'. The new Invert barrels are made using state of the art technology and have a very clean and polished finish. For the price, the Invert Carbon Fiber barrel will be taking the paintball market by storm. The light weight design makes it ideal for any tournament, scenario or recreational player. The Invert Carbon Fiber Barrel Nightstick comes in a .692 Inner Diameter which will work with most types of paintballs on the market and is available in Spyder, Cocker, Tippmann A5 and Ion threading.

Overall for the price and quality, the Invert Carbon Fiber Barrel will get you the best bang for your buck.

Features

* Invert Carbon Fiber Light Weight Design
* 14 Inch Length
* Invert Carbon Fiber Barrel For Spyder, Cocker, Ion & Tippmann A5
* .692 Inner Diameter

New Ego Virtue Grips - Argyle Style.

The hottest grips in paintball are now available for the Ego 07 & 08. Virtue's Argylle Bullets grips were widely demanded when we released them for the .45 grip frame, and now they are available for the 2007 and 2008 Egos.

Machine gun you way down the field in style with Virtue Ego Grips. The Virtue Ego Grips are designed with Argyle Bullets and SoftTact Technology. Available in Black, White, Blue, and Red.

SoftTact Rubber Grips featuring Thin Rigid Grip Panels for Better Control. Thumb and Finger Indentations with Raised Graphics for Better Gripping. Professional Quality Designs by Virtue Used by the Top Pros in Paintball.

IMPORTANT: Because these are thin panel grips, 6 small black screws are provided. Use supplied grips screws or risk damage to your gun! Overtightening of screws may cause damage to you gun.

New BT TM-7 Paintball Gun Review

Check out the cool new videos of the BT TM-7 paitnball gun. The revolutionary new scenario gun.

The BT TM-7 Paintball Gun utilizes Mini™ Technology to inflict maximum force from a gun of minimal size. Don’t be fooled by the size of the BT TM-7 exterior; it can hang with the big boys and is by no means a lightweight. Once you hold one and pull the trigger, you won’t want to put it down. Its lightweight, yet durable construction is perfect for close quarters or long-range combat. This is the paintball gun that just may have people rethink the way they looked at Mil-Sim paintball gun.

New BT TM-7 Paintball Gun From Ben Tippmann is a great step in the right direction for Scenario and Tactical paintballers.. The BT TM-7 is very similar to the Invert Mini and has all the features you would ever need on a paintball gun. The BT TM-7 Paintball gun can easily be used with either a remote or by screwing the tank directly into the marker.

Overall, the BT TM7 Paintball Gun is great for any scenario or tactical paintballer.

New Luxe Paintball Gun From DLX Technology

The DLX Technology Luxe Paintball Gun is Smaller, lighter and faster are the direction tournament paintgun designs have been going. The Luxe Paintball Gun excels in all three. The Luxe design team took speed to heart, but not just in terms of rate of fire. The Luxe is also faster to maintain. Anyone who has X-Ball or Super-7 experience knows that when the clock is ticking, every extra second spent on maintenance in the pit is risking a penalty or forfeit.

That's why in addition to its sleek hose-free design, with radical new bi-directional regulator ASA and integrated air grip, all basic maintenance can be performed on the Luxe without tools. If the Luxe anti-chop Vision system or innovative new 23 degree plunger detents need cleaning, simply press to remove the magnetic quick-latch detent assemblies. The heart of the Luxe Paintball gun is its Power Core, a combined bolt and valve system that can be completely de-gassed and removed from the gun by simply flipping a latch and pulling no tools or dry-firing required.

If the Power Core is the heart of the Luxe and the Luxe Control Processor is definitely its brain. The microprocessors that control paintguns have become far more advanced and complex than when electropneumatic paintguns made their debut in 1996, but as they have provided more features, they have brought with them a steeper learning curve for the player. The Luxe Control Processor makes the same leap in usability that the mouse gave home computer users a simple interface that does not require memorization of complex blink and beep codes or dip switch settings. An easy-to use 5-way joystick inside the Luxe grip lets players navigate through its voice menu system. Settings are announced to the player and adjusted in plain English with key menus and prompts also in French, Spanish, German or Russian. For years, some well known players have talked to their guns - now the Luxe paintball gun talks back. What's more, parallel processing technology (multiple microprocessors working simultaneously) gives the Luxe the power of speech without sacrificing a single clock cycle of performance.

Speed and performance are not the only things that make the Luxe different from other Guns. Luxe paintball gun components are machined in the United States by American workers using the most advanced manufacturing processes available which is a rarity in today's paintball industry.

The Luxe Paintball Gun does not roll off of an assembly line. Instead each Luxe Paointball Gun is hand built, tested and adjusted one at a time at DLX Technology by a Certified Luxe Technician. Each technician is also an experienced professional paintball player with the background to know by feel when a Gun is in top form.

Simple Programming with Speech Feedback
While the capabilities of the Luxe paintball gun software are immense, players don't need to have attended a computer course at MIT to program it. A five-way joystick micro-controller, combined with a voice and LED feedback menu system, makes timing adjustment or selecting a league based firing mode a snap. There is no need to rely on memorization or to bring a manual to the field in order to decipher complicated blink or beep codes as the Luxe paintball gun guides the user through its menu system by speaking in plain English, with key menu items and prompts also in Spanish, French, German or Russian.

High-Speed Cleaning/Maintenance
In the staging pit while the clock is ticking, every second counts, and time lost in cleaning or maintenance can cost a point or worse, a game. Popping the contoured release latch on the back is all that is needed to de-pressurize the Luxe Power Core and slide it out of the gun for fast pull-through cleaning of the body and barrel. No dry-firing or tools are required. Nothing needs to be unscrewed. One move and that's it, the bolt and valve are all out and accessible for inspection and cleaning. The three main components of the Luxe Power Core also disassemble for o-ring inspection and lubrication with no tools required. There are no screws, springs or small parts to lose in the process. Other paintguns may have a bolt that can be removed quickly, but no other gun comes anywhere close to the lightning fast, tool-free field stripping of the bolt, exhaust valve and ball detents found on the Luxe paintball gun.

Easy To Clean Detents and Eyes
Ease of maintenance doesn't stop with the valve and bolt. The Luxe ball detent carriers double as the gun's eye covers. Compact rare-earth magnets and integral multi-axis machined latches secure the detent covers through even the roughest game, but allow them to be removed in an instant without tools for inspection and cleaning.

Revolutionary 23 Degree Plunger Detents
Plunger style ball detents have become the standard for top-end tournament guns because they provide an unbeatable method of preventing double-feeds, even with the aggressive force-feed loaders needed for high rates of fire. Until now, gun designers have angled detents at 90 degrees to the bolt, so the bolt has to scrape against a rounded edge of the plunger or bearing to push it out of the way. The Luxe paintball gun design team has angled the ball detent assemblies of the Luxe at 23 degrees to the bolt, so that the ball and bolt strike the detent closer to the direction it actually moves. The result is long detent life, less pressure on fragile paintballs, and smoother operation.

Hose Free Design
The Luxe paintball gun will never miss out on a game due to damaged or loose hoses - because there are no hoses, barbs or hose fittings anywhere. Internal gas passages machined into the grip frame and receiver completely eliminate the need for internal low pressure hoses or even a macroline from the bottom-line to the regulator. The Luxe Integrated Air connection allows direct, hose-free mounting of the Luxe bottom-line style ASA, or the Integrated Air Micro System.

American Made
All machining of Luxe paintball gun components is performed by American workers in a state of the art facility in Pennsylvania. The Luxe body, grip frame and structural components are constructed of 6061 aluminum alloy tempered to a T6 level to deliver over 42,000 pounds per square inch of tensile strength, complimented with chrome plated or hard-anodized finishes that provide both good looks and durability. There is no Luxe assembly line. Each Luxe paintball gun is assembled and tuned one at a time by a Certified Luxe Master Technician. Each of the Luxe Technicians are also experienced professional paintball players.

Red Carpet Customer Service
Luxury car owners don't have to wait for their vehicle to be shipped. back to the factory for warranty repairs. Luxury paintgun owners shouldn't have to either. You won't find the Luxe paintball gun for sale through bargain blow-out Internet and mail-order stores. The Luxe can only be purchased directly from Luxe Authorized Dealerships which are staffed with factory certified Luxe Service Technicians, providing full local warranty support directly to the customer.

Field And Tournament Modes
The Luxe paintball gun is equipped with multiple firing modes ranging from straightforward uncapped semi-automatic to training modes, full-auto, multiple levels of rebound and specific modes for every major tournament series. Calculators and ROF timing tables are unnecessary to set tournament rate of fire limits, just select the mode, maximum rate of fire in bps, and the Luxe is ready to go. Luxe Paintball gun Firing Modes include:
- Semi-Automatic (one shot per trigger pull)
- Capped Semi-Automatic (one shot per trigger pull with adjustable Rate Of Fire limit)
- NXL (complies with NXL rules with adjustable ROF limit)
- PSP (complies with PSP rules with adjustable ROF limit)
- Millennium (complies with Millennium Series rules with adjustable ROF limit)
- CFOA (complies with CFOA rules with adjustable ROF limit)
- Auto-Response (fires on pull and release of trigger with adjustable ROF limit)
- Training Mode (helps train to achieve maximum trigger pull rate)
- Burst Mode (fires a burst of 2, 3 or 4 shots per trigger pull with adjustable ROF limit)
- Full-Automatic (fires repeatedly when trigger is held down with adjustable ROF limit)
- Custom Rebound Modes (multiple rebound modes can be programmed - each with their own unique ramping characteristics)

Advanced Software Control
In addition to firing modes and rates of fire, the Luxe software interface provides complete control over everything from eye mode and bolt stick compensation to de-bounce levels and speaker volume, as well as feedback on rate of fire achieved and setting values.

Vertical Regulator
The Luxe Integrated Air Vertical Regulator represents the pinnacle of consistency and gas flow. It has an exceptionally high flow rate, even in low-pressure ranges. Its bi-directional ASA mount means there are no hoses to snag or break during a game.

Luxe Paintball Gun Unique Bi-Directional ASA
For Luddites who insist on a macroline outside their gun, the bi-directional vertical regulator ASA works with either the hose-less Luxe Vertical Regulator, or is backwards compatible with the ASTM-F1750 standard, allowing use of after-market regulators. Considering how well the Luxe Vertical Regulator outperforms other vertical regs, we don't expect many players to make use of such a downgrade.

Luxe Paintball Gun Integrated Air System
Luxe owners can use the included on-off bottom-line grip integrated ASA system with screw-in compressed air systems, or the optional Integrated Air Micro System. The Air Integrated Micro is a 4,500 psi preset compressed air system that mounts directly to the Luxe Grip frame. With a design that allows the user to remove its cylinder to comply with air travel regulations, the Integrated Air Micro has the needs of professional tournament players in mind.

Luxe Paintball Gun Air Mounting Options
No two players are alike. Some prefer their air system directly mounted on the grip frame. Others like it dropped a bit forward or back. Air rails included with the Integrated Air Micro provide flexibility in mounting position. No matter what the configuration, it's all hose-less.

Luxe Paintball Gun Low Moving Mass
During its firing cycle, the Luxe has only one major moving part, its bolt which weighs in at less than three quarters of an ounce. With so little weight moving around inside especially compared to stacked-tube poppet-valve guns, or designs with multi-piece spool valve assemblies - the Luxe is smooth as glass, staying on target at even the highest rates of fire. It is also incredibly quiet.

Luxe Paintball Gun Conical Bearing Trigger Mount
The Luxe's silky smooth ball bearing trigger pivot is suspended, perfectly centered between a pair of conical alignment screws, delivering a trigger pull with virtually no side to side play over the entire stroke.

Luxe Paintball Gun Externally Adjustable Trigger
Not only is the Luxe trigger completely adjustable for pre-travel, post-travel, activation point and resistance, but even in its side to side placement can be dialed in to the player's taste. All adjustments can be made live, without disassembling the gun. None of the adjusters are located on the trigger face, providing a smooth, continuous trigger surface for optimal player comfort.

Luxe Paintball Gun Li-Po Battery
The advanced electronics in the Luxe are powered by an internal Lithium-Polymer battery pack. Lithium Polymer represents the latest in rechargeable battery technology. It has become the dominant battery system used in mobile phones and personal media players because it exhibits no charge memory effect, charges quickly and works well in a wide temperature range. It also provides significant power at a minimum of size and weight. A second Li-Po battery is included with the Luxe to allow for a fast change when charging time is not available.

Luxe Paintball Gun Break-Beam Vision
The Luxe is equipped with what is quite simply the most reliable anti-chop system available. The Luxe uses an optical break-beam sensor system to ensure that a paintball is completely loaded before firing, virtually eliminating the possibility of a chopped ball. Operating at a wavelength of 630 nanometers, the Luxe Vision system detects paint that can fool longer wave infra-red eyes.

Luxe Paintball Gun High Performance Barrel
The Luxe is equipped with a 14-inch Luxe 3-piece barrel. Optional bore sizer inserts adjust for optimal performance in any paint or weather situation without the bulk or weight of multi-back barrel systems.

Luxe Paintball Gun Lever-Locking Feedneck
The Luxe is ready to clamp on to any industry standard hopper with a flip of the Lock lever.