For pain free paintballing with very few surprises I would go for a Shocker.
Four of my team bought shockers as their first tourney Markers just over a year ago (At £350 to £400 each) and they have been pretty much faultless (With the exception of mine which had a bodged repair by a previous owner that blew and as a result I had to have a new body on it).
They are a heavy marker but I would not say that heavy as I have been using one as a front player... let's just say you know it is there.
Turbo boards are not illegal as such (Unless fully auto) in the UK, you just need to switch them off for tournament use as mine is.
An all round fine marker, I have only greased mine up 4 times this year and all is fine... mind you I don't get through that much paint.
Let me know if you want one though as I have just got and Angel speed and another guy is giving up paintball due to work pressures.
Good luck
Four of my team bought shockers as their first tourney Markers just over a year ago (At £350 to £400 each) and they have been pretty much faultless (With the exception of mine which had a bodged repair by a previous owner that blew and as a result I had to have a new body on it).
They are a heavy marker but I would not say that heavy as I have been using one as a front player... let's just say you know it is there.
Turbo boards are not illegal as such (Unless fully auto) in the UK, you just need to switch them off for tournament use as mine is.
An all round fine marker, I have only greased mine up 4 times this year and all is fine... mind you I don't get through that much paint.
Let me know if you want one though as I have just got and Angel speed and another guy is giving up paintball due to work pressures.
Good luck
