Essex beginner - Time to get my own gun

[louisxg]

Hello everyone!

Stumbled across this forum this week and I've got to say I love it already. Seems like a great community.

I like to go paint ball every other month (Wish I could afford every month haha).

Clothing wise I'm fully set. I use Empire E Flex mask, Dye C5 jersey/Empire contact jersey, Valken Sierra pant/Empire pant and Dye C5 pack. I picked up most of my gear in the past month for some awesome prices (Another thing I love about the PB community is the nice 2nd hand prices).

I have recently seen a Proto Reflex Rail 2014 for sale. Comes with matching Dye Rotor loader and carbon fibre tank. All for £450, only been used once.

1. Does this seem like a fair price

2. Is this a nice gun to start off with, or should I be aiming lower and potentially saving some money. £450 sounds like good value but id have to save up for it.

Any advice/comments is appreciated.

Have a nice day everyone!

 

[The Artful Dodger]

Hi and welcome.rotors are good,fibre tank good but not sure on the rail,somebody will be along shortly with a better answer
And that price sounds pretty much like the brand new price,or at least quite close to it

 

[mctractorboy]

Hello welcome to the forum!

For 450 you can get a nice set up! I'm not too sure about the proto rail 14 as i have never shot one but I've had a browse and you can get a brand new proto rail 14 for around 260-300 online.

For 450 you could get a nice geo 2 bottle and rotor. You could also go down the DM route and look at the dm10/11/12s.

There are a lot of guns out there, if you can get to a walk on or training day and ask people if you can have a go with their markers and see what you like the best.

 

[louisxg]

Thanks for the replies guys. At the time I thought the price sounded okay but since joining this forum its definitely opened my eyes to the bargains out there.

 

[sinfulwinner]

I've been offered a geo 2.1, rotor 3rd gen and a 1.1l fibre wrap bottle for £400 that I'll probably buy over the weekend. From what I've heard, they're decent markers and even better with an IV core bolt upgrade

 

[louisxg]

I've been offered a geo 2.1, rotor 3rd gen and a 1.1l fibre wrap bottle for £400 that I'll probably buy over the weekend. From what I've heard, they're decent markers and even better with an IV core bolt upgrade

Sounds like a lovely set up. Enjoy!

 

[Epidenik]

Would recommend an Empire Axe as first gun, reliable, cheap and well modifiable.

 

[NatoG]

I have a Geo and i absolutely love it. The board is incredibly easy to program, it's like an idiots guide, you literally can't go wrong with it... and it changes colours Clamping feedneck is nice, On/Off ASA and laser eyes. Incredible gun and i got it for just over £200. I'd definitely go with a PE marker unless you like MilSim or something like that. Have a look around and get a feel for what you like, everyone's different. People swear by axes and i wouldn't touch one with a barge pole. Hope this Helped