Ion Paintball Gun
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The first Ion review!!!
Ok, this gun isn’t as bad as everyone seems to make it look. I am happy with my gun, but only after getting an after market board. Ill do my review like on pbreview.
Marker setup -Blue Ion -Stiffi -Hybrid lady grips -Twist lock feed neck -new asa -Blackheart board -Black Empire -Cp Roller Trigger
Recommended upgrades-
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Pros-
-price
-weight
-Fast.
-Quiet
-replicable bodies
-reliable
-small
-vision
-a lot of people have one, so there is almost always someone at the field to fix your gun if it breaks.
Cons-
-Yes the stock body is plastic, but that is the only part that is
-stock barrel is crap
-FEEDNECK
-you will be automatically called a noob, regardless of your skill level
-board is kind of complicated
-detents are just pieces of rubber
-grips look really ugly
Review- This gun works for a casual young player, who can’t afford a really high end gun, but wants a decent gun better than spyder/pirahna/tippmann group. The big problem with this gun is disassembly. To clean out a chop, you have to take the whole gun apart, which takes about 6 minutes after getting good at it.(definitely not living up to the smart parts 1 minutes cleaning promise). The feed neck will not work, not on any hopper. I tried fitting it in with an empire, and an egg. It wouldn’t even fit the empire with any o rings in it.
The stock reg isn’t bad, but I would still recommend a new one. The stock asa is ugly as hell, so I got a new one right away. I honestly think that there is no way to get to 17bps on the stock ion. With a new board, it might be possible.
Runs on co2 or n2, but only co2 if anti siphoned. I would strongly recommend not running co2 on it though.
Price- $230 refurbished, you can get one for like $260 now brand new.
Conclusion- I would recommend this gun to someone who wants a cheap affordable gun with decent quality. There are upgrades that are necessary though. For the price, it is a great gun.