I started with a tippmann and threw it in the closet. I hated that thing, I bought a gun around the same price, but for a better feel and little better performance(less chops, breaks, leaks and explosions). Feel has a lot to do with performance. Don't buy brass eagle no matter how it feels, they don't actually shoot paintballs, whatever the company might claim, I have a blade I use at practice as well, and this is great practice for when your gun goes down, ghost should know what I mean, my trigger gets stuck and won't pull, my pump action doesnt always work right and it chops every other ball. The blade will make a rock hard player out of you, I swear it. I use a piranha sts g2 w/pure energy n2, perfect drop forward/cradle, macroline, 12" dye boomstick, eVLution loader and boo-yaah e-lcd. The E-Fish, super paintball b*tch slapper.
Mark is right, buy cheap, buy twice. (my hatred of tippmann is do to the above mentioned explosion so don't get to offended tippmann owners)
Mark is right, buy cheap, buy twice. (my hatred of tippmann is do to the above mentioned explosion so don't get to offended tippmann owners)