The Catshack Reports touched base with Ray “Chesire” Laskowski on his creation that brought kudos and recognition from many others as the Milsim Empire’s “Marker of the Year”. Every month the forum hosts a contest and modder’s submit their photos of their latest and greatest creations. For 2011 it was Chesire’s “Bizon” modification that took the title of “Marker of the Year”. Continue reading »
In this game we see a lot of customization, that little extra oomph to make you different or stand out from the rest of the crowd. Since I have not been able to play in quite some time I tend to go through my gear and remember the good old days. I saw my JT Flex goggles and thought, hmmm, what can I do to make these better suit me… Continue reading »
Tool Kits & Preventative Maintenance
“Awe, Crap my screw fell out.” That’s what happened to a player at the charity game last weekend. One of the screws holding his drop forward had worked it’s way out and his tank was turning from side to side. Luckily I had some electrical tape to provided a quick fix, but he no longer had a stable shooting platform. Continue reading »
The following is an in-depth review courtesy of Jared Bronson of Team Bad Karma, one of the leading scenario teams in the US today. These guys get around and hit a LOT of events and know what gear is good to use. Continue reading »
Dave Voortman of Flasc Paintball shares one his latest innovations, an adapter to allow a TM7 series Rip Clip to fit onto a Tippmann X7 or X7 Phenom.
Dave is always looking for products to design and create giving his customers means to modify their markers in a variety of ways. The following are the specifications and a description of his latest work courtesy of Dave himself. Continue reading »
Marcos Salvatierra aka MaC of the Parisanos Paintball Team in Tucuman, Argentina also heads up the tech section of that countries major paintball forum. Marcos took the liberty of passing along an interesting upgrade made by one of his associates for the TPX Pistol.
You bought your new fangled paint slinger went to the local field or in your backyard and fired off a few pods of paintballs. The next thing you know the marker you bought has turned into some Frankenstein version of it’s former self. Welcome to the paintball marker customization crowd, we have all been there, and many more will be bitten by the bug in the future. Continue reading »
This is going to be a weekly (if new gear is released) segment on markers, gear, paint, etc that has been released and what I think of them. This is my personal opinion and should not be taken for fact. If you have a product you want us to review let us know at the CatShack. Continue reading »
This was created by a forum admin/moderator on www.ionowners.com known as Druid. He is very creative with markers and kilts. A man well known on and off the field. He took a simple chunk of lumber, a Smart Parts Ion and went to his laboratory to create the first ever Paintball Crossbow! Continue reading »
I would guess the most often asked question with new players is what is the difference between using Compressed Air and CO2 (Carbon Dioxide). Both propellant systems will shoot a paintball out of your marker, but CO2 is not compatible with all markers. Continue reading »
