Date: September 19th 2007

Carter's Paintball Update Edition 5 - 09/19/07

What can I say, not much going on in the world of paintball this week. I've caught a bit of a cold as the weather up here in NH has turned. Also, playing
paintball now more then ever. Basically trying to get it all in before I'm stuck playing indoors at Boston Paintball. While it's a nice place, it's just

the same field over and over. Usually by the time winter is over, I'm ready to play somewhere else.




HEADLINES
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1. Looks like CCM has a new pump. The series 5 Basic. Check out their ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/ccmfactorydirect

2. If you're looking for some Cooper-T products, please e-mail Chauncey Toombs Jr here: teresa8875@embarqmail.com
He's keeping the tradition going.

3. NPPL Kansas City Event is September 21 - 23, 2007 - Bring back lots of pictures to the folks that are going!

4. EMR Fall Castle is being defended by Can Con, and Carter's Commando VS everyone else? Oh my... What a list of the teams attacking!!!


MCB NOTES
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1. Things went a little wacky with the +1's Friday. The admins will know what I mean. We had WAY too much fun.

2. Posted a quick From The Attic on youtube and mcbtv.com last week. Purchased a magnetic kit off of ebay for my DP Fusion. Sort of a how to on

installation. Not sure if it made a huge difference, but it was fun to do none-the-less.

3. Just finished my review of the Threshold. Posting it on the website and on YouTube/mcbtv/the like, this Friday. Look for it then.

4. Looks like another small MCB outing at Adventure Games of NH this Saturday. We had a nice inpromptu showing last week. Let's see if we can do it again.

5. Have you ever tried the Italian sausage with a toasted bun and cream cheese?



GUN OF THE WEEK
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Icon Splatmaster - More about it below



BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW???
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Now this is long, but very interesting... Written by HP_Lovecraft on the research of the ICON Splatmaster:

"Icon" was the same company as National Survival Games. The difference was the "Icon" brand were specifically marketed for POLICE and SECURITY training. Bob

Gurnsey changed the name, and marketing to disassociate paintball with police training.

The Icon Splatmasters were sold from 85-88 to LEO only. NSG owned the trademark for both "Splatmaster" and "Icon". NSG also sold the .55 version through

another brandname "Gurn-Z" as a safer replacement to bb-guns.

Years later in 1991. Montneel originally picked Icon Designs as the company name, and "Z" as the gun name. NSG threatened to sue since they already

trademarked the name "Icon". So they changed the name of the company to Montneel.

Then in 1993, they started using the name Icon-Z for there gun. By that time, NSG had collapsed, so they didn't worry about being sued. Montneel originally

had Bullseye as a distributor, but after suing each other out of business, Montneel switched to Gino at NPS.

Then in 1994, the deal with NPS went "bad", and Montneel ripped up there distribution contract. Gino, in retaliation, bought the trademark of "Icon" from Bob

Gurnsey, and then had the Montneel Z gun cloned, and copied in China. And with the trademark in hand, sold it as the NPS Icon-Z!

Fortunetly, the NPS Icon-Z (1994) was a peice of crap, and didn't last long. But as they owned the trademark, they renewed it to use with its latest Spyder

clones called the (ahem) Icon-Z.

So the latest 32-Degrees Icon-E has an odd connection all the way back to Bob Gurnsey and the beginning of paintball.....



POTENT QUOTABLE
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its my right to walk down the street fondling myself reading Playboy and being covered in green jello... - Azzy


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