" become a platinum, play some games, dont rush you have the rest of your life to give advice "
i was about to get really angry with that statement but im going to let it pass for my accounts sake
but i will say i do have experiance in paintball i just dont own my own equipment
Just curious how you could have experience in paintball as far the majority of the stuff you have posted is (how to put this in a nice way) CRAP!!.
Lee listen to some of the older forum members such as darke etc. They will be able to give you much better information on gats and equipment.
But my 2p's worth:
There are many good starter gats ranging from the £80 mark (smart parts vibe) to the ion slg, pmr, invert mini, etek etek 2 etc. second hand pm6 & 7's, ego 05, 06.
The best way is to get down to a local site or tournament and shoot as many gats as you can, see what feels nice what seems to shoot etc.
The type of marker wether it be a supposed sup air gat or scenario gat doesnt matter. You can use both where ever you decide to play. I wouldnt reccomend that you use an A5 or similar gat on sup air but you defianlty can.
Obviously it has been said that you can get 2 types of gun propellant in this country. Co2 and Compressed air. There are pro's and con's to both types of air.
Co2 = Cheaper, (£25.oo ish for a 20 0z bottle) only runs at around 800-1000psi in the bottle (normally blow a burst disk when it gets much higher than this), a lot more sites offer co2 than compressed air. Downsides, its more of a pain to use, it spikes the velocity of your marker even when used with an anti syphon tube. Co2 is very cold and can freeze and damage your marker esoecially on an electronic marker. Not easily sourced yourself unless you have an account with a gas supplier such as boc, air products, energygas
Air= can be bought from £40 for a 3000psi steel bottle (
www.bzpaintball.co.uk) so is relatively cheap for the benifits comared to co2. Not quite so easily sourced from sites as not all sites carry air. Though it does give you the option of supplying yourself using a dive bottle and fill rig.
Its easier on the markers, doesnt freeze the orings and you dont get the velocity spikes like you do with co2. It is more dangerous when treasted incorrectly but if you pay attention to what your doing look at some of the stickies available and ask around you will be given good advice on what to do with air.
Hoppers. Lots on the market to choose from and with the new bps caps which are coming into place all are as good as each other really. It goes on looks now in my opinion. Obviously batteries and capacity come into it.
Im going square eyed now so cant be arsed to write any more.
Best advice which most of the longer term more experienced players will tell you shoot lots of gats and dont listen to people who are web pro's. know everything shot nothing.
Jon
like devrij says LTpurcy being "booksmart" isnt always the best way...you do seem to know your stuff but it is invalid if you havent actually played with your own gat or even own a gat...how do you know ions arent for woodsball? give it time, become a platinum, play some games, dont rush 
