Paintball

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by Daze

My local field owner got himself an Etek recently. Are all the Egos that loud? That was seriously distinctive sound.

Ego 7's and 8's are a little quieter but the early Ego's and Eteks have a rather sharp report.

[TREYisRAD]

Originally Posted by pizzaluvr

Ahh, ok.
Doesn't Trey's family have like 4 Ego's?

maybe x2

My ego 8 is LOUD. (vector/VM loud) I'm working on quieting the report.

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by TREYisRAD

maybe x2

My ego 8 is LOUD. (vector/VM loud) I'm working on quieting the report.

What barrel are you using? My Etek got MUCH quieter and more efficient when I switched to the SL Shaft kit and used a smaller bore size. The 8 comes with the shaft but the stock bore size is huge and it makes it pretty loud. Try a little more reasonable overbore and you might be happier.

Just shooting air through my 7 it's much quieter than the Etek and not much louder than my PM6 when I shot that with air only. With paint it's not bad at all.

[palerider]

Just picked up a etek, Have yet to play in a game but just plunking in the back yard I really like it so far. I need get a barrel kit for it.

any other suggested up grades?

[Tugboater203]

I don't have one yet but I've heard good things about the cure bolt. It's supposed to allow you to shoot brittle paint.
Tug

[A.C. Basbas]

Originally Posted by russc

I think they belong to his family.

As in "Honey, lets buy our infant this Ego8 so he can enjoy it when he grows up or something... Maybe I ought to test it out, ya know, just to see if it works well and functions properly... *meep meep*"

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by palerider

Just picked up a etek, Have yet to play in a game but just plunking in the back yard I really like it so far. I need get a barrel kit for it.

any other suggested up grades?

The Zick kit is incredible. Makes an Etek shoot with less kick than a zicked Ego7. I would invest in that and then a Cure bolt. Other than a different barrel there's nothing you really need to do.

[buzzbrick]

Originally Posted by Mr. Furious

The Zick kit is incredible. Makes an Etek shoot with less kick than a zicked Ego7. I would invest in that and then a Cure bolt. Other than a different barrel there's nothing you really need to do.

This man speaks the truth

[teamCR]

I have been using an 05 ego for tournaments and general play since late 05 and have had no problem with brittle paint. I did notice that they are a little loader but mine quieted greatly when I went to a freak kit with all american front.

[Camo Charlie]

I've owned my ETek for a month now. I traded my upped A-5 for it. I miss the A-5 but I love my ETek.

Some of the people that I play woodsball with think I am crazy and a traitor (A-5 owners) for making the deal; the other people that I play speedball with think I made the right choice. Me? I am happy with my decision.

My needs and interests changed -- playing woodsball, I found myself using my pump more and my A-5 taking the back seat, so I made the logical choice and upgraded for speedball.

I own a PMR SE that I had upgraded the stock board to a Tadao Musashi 7, I ended up making the same upgrade to my "new" ETek. I also replaced the wearing stock bolt with a Cure bolt.