Paintball

[Walking_Target]

Well,

I'm pretty well commited to buying a Tib 8, my first brand spanking new marker, ever.

Just looking for some thoughts or opinions on these before i take the final plunge, i do have big hands and have had a chance to examine a couple at the local shop so that's not really an issue; but is there anything anyone here has experienced with these that would give me a bit of insight into any issues that i might have?

thanks

[Walking_Target]

no opinions from MCB?

gotta write this day on my calender, hell must've frozen over

[Party of A-5]

Issues? None, I absolutely love it.
Although if you want we can meet up one day and you can try before you buy.

[Walking_Target]

well, my local shop is nice, they put one of everything out on display so you can take a look at it; the tib 8 i handled must have had it's mag ejected and slamed into place a few hundered if not a few thousand times (judging by wear) and it still slid home with a satisfying 'click'

i've been doing my reading, (agent smith had some good tips) aparently the only real problems i've heard of are the orings shredding with a bad break at the mag.

[Arsenal]

When you remove the barrel, make sure not to lose the detents, unless you like cleaning paint out of lots of tiny linkages and such.

Every once in a while you should check that all of the pivot pins in the trigger linkages are secure. As far as I can tell, they're pressed in, and I had one pop out during a game once. I've never heard of anyone else having the same problem, though, so it may have been a fluke.

Otherwise, it's basically bulletproof. Shoot, my brother ejected a charged mag onto a concrete floor from 4 feet up. There's now a fleck of paint missing from the mag, and there's a chip in my garage floor. The mag still works perfectly; these things are tough.

[Mayvik]

Buy extra mags. Otherwise, it's a super solid sidearm. I've played with it as a backup and a primary and it works great either way.

Biggest tip I have is if you eject a partially depleted mag (to check for more balls for example), shake the marker once. There are a couple balls outside the stack that will sit in the marker, and you'll crush them into gooey paste if you cram a mag back in.

[Apokalypsi]

Another thing is to remember that if the mag seems "stuck" without air, the CO2 will give it plenty of push so you just have to catch it.

[A.C. Basbas]

I've got 2 with 4 mags, and it's a great setup. They're low-maintenence, reliable, gas-efficient, and just plain cool. The only problems with them are crappy O-rings on the mags (buy spares) and the barrel assembly is difficult to deal with. Other than that, perfect!

[Walking_Target]

hehehe i find mags hoplessley simple (but elegant!) so it sounds like a tib 8 is right up my alley, or it better be considering i just bought a BNIB one from Freedom, now i just need an extra mag or two and i'm set

[Rogue]

I bought one second hand from a teamate, still in works like a champ. I got the o-ring kit for the mag only to find a broken ring that wasn't included. I wrote Tiberius about it. It required some special tool so they sent me the entire 'nipple' assembly in the mail for FREE! Great marker backed up with great customer service.