Reddit reviews Dye Proto Primo Paintball Loader Hopper - Black

So you've got 250ish for a package for your son? Instead of buying that one I'll make one for you!

GoG Enmey Gun $125

Proto Primo Hopper $14

Ninja 48/3000 HPA Tank $50

JT Proflex $63

For the around $250 mark you will not get a better deal.

I've bought a mask already - I did a bunch of research (a lot on this sub) and quickly realized that should be the first thing I invested money into. Especially since I wear glasses - I won't have any fun if they won't fit under the mask. The first time I went out I bought one with thermal lenses that can be changed out. I don't remember the brand. But it fits my head perfectly and has only fogged up once. The rentals they had were nasty, quite frankly.

I've been poking around amazon and found this hopper. I've read that no matter the marker, an electric hopper is the way to go. This one seems to be a reasonable price and people seem to like it as well.

I suppose I should also add that my boyfriend and I are splitting the cost of that haul since there are two markers. Mostly. He's putting in 50 I'm putting in 75 - I'm taking to the sport more than him so I see myself using everything more. We've already talked about buying new tanks and feeders for it. And the field we go to rents tanks as well - which is great because that is still cheaper than renting all the gear.

Within the next 2-3 paycheck's I'll probably buy the GoG. I think I'm still going to throw down for this haul - I have a few friends that I could maybe drag along if I had the extra gear to help them out. Haha.

I know it's lame but I really like the look of the Tippmanns. I like the more rugged look than the sleek fancy contours of the GoG! But I once I get better I know I'm going to prefer something that performs well.

I'm working hard on my own design, but some shortcut notes (hopefully this helps, as I've purchased a dozen paintball hoppers, all of which was wasted money for the most part)!

1. Very few paintball hoppers fit HIR's (without expanding the shell or cutting the feedneck). The Tippman cyclone hoppers are larger than HIR, so they can be reduced.
   
   
2. This hopper was featured in an MTB video, but requires cutting of the feedneck:
   https://www.amazon.com/Proto-Primo-Paintball-Loader-Hopper/dp/B0036FHJLE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480181082&sr=8-1&keywords=proto+hopper
   
   
3. wide mouth hopper (requires reducing of the feedneck to feed):
   https://www.amazon.com/Tippmann-Low-Profile-Cyclone-Hopper/dp/B000X04RJM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1480181136&sr=8-5&keywords=tippmann+hopper
   
   
4. Atlas is a really good blaster for gravity feed (with air feed, etc to feed). You have to shake the blaster so much when priming to begin with, that it helps a lot with gravity feeding.
   
   
5. Here's my current build (photo). It's airfed, with a switch on the prime to automatically activate the fan for each feeding prime cycle.
   https://www.instagram.com/p/BNM7oA8DBP6/?taken-by=outofdarts

I went ahead and purchased the stuff below. I think this will be good for casual play.

Gun https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C2NH25O/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Red Dot
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HPWATOC/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hopper
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036FHJLE/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

oooh I'm a fan of the salvo, my favorite non magfed marker, so I'm going to assume you aren't running the tippmann magfed adapter or the deadcell tippman magfed adapter, which, if you want a magfed salvo, go with the deadcell version, but, assuming you are hopper fed, definitely grab a Proto Primo, they're easily the best gravity fed hopper on the market. Also, everyone is going to tell you this but for good reason, if you don't already, get an anti-fog mask.

Also, if you were looking for some sort of scope, I'll tell you what I tell everyone, a red dot wont do anymore good than iron sights unless you're using first strikes. NCStar makes a cheap red dot that I had on my 98 if you want to dabble in them.

Take good care of that marker, it's essentially a 98c in an arguably tougher, milsim body, take good care of it and it will last forever, I still have my 98 from 8 years ago and it's still shooting like the day it came out of the box.

Any marker is the best marker in the world if you enjoy playing with it, keep on shooting!

EDIT: also, since the salvo has the quad rail, idk how you grip the marker, but I'm a big fan of angled foregrips, only reason I don't have one is because I'm a bigger fan of gripping the magwell, also, should you want to get another marker at some point, anything with picatinny rails will accept a grip.