Spyder Shutter Review
I purchased my Spyder Shutter about 3 years ago from my local paintball shop for around $200. When I got home and looked at the box it had a bunch of tournament players on it. This confused me because I knew the Shutter was not a tournament marker.

Overlooking this advertising strategy I quickly opened the box. It was your standard packaging which consisted of the entire box being made of Styrofoam. It came with the marker, stock barrel, instructions, a few spare parts and a barrel plug. I got mine in red and the anodizing on the Shutter wasn't bad at all for a Spyder. The milling on the gun was very sharp and had few smooth corners on it. Most of these were random lines cut towards the back of the marker. I suppose this was to make it look cool to newer players but I only found it harder to clean than just wiping it down would have been. It comes stock with a double trigger with a lot of pre travel and over travel. The trigger is not adjustable, so you are stuck with the way it is.

I first gassed up my Spyder Shutter and started dry firing it. The first thing I noticed was that this gun was loud! I know that most all guns are loud when dry firing but this one especially. It also had a lot of noticeable kick to it. I took it out to my backyard to shoot it. I was using C02 and the stock barrel. The temperature was around 60*. For the first few shots the Shutter was definitely shooting hot. I couldn't tell exactly how fast (no chronograph) but was way over 300fps. I turned the velocity down which is done simply by turning a knob that is on the back of the gun. By turning it you either raise or lower the tension on the spring being pushed against the hammer. Turn it in and it increases the velocity and turning it out decreases the velocity. Very simple. I turned the Shutter down and was very surprised at its stock accuracy. I was getting a tight group of about 4" from 60 feet away. This is good in my book when using a stock barrel and C02 with only an expansion chamber. I was only using a Revy when testing and I could not out shoot it. So I am guessing it would be less than 10 bps but when looking at a Spyder Shutter you don't expect anything amazing in bps. The first time I went to the field with this gun it was great.

Everything worked on it and I had no problems at all. The only thing I would recommend is to get a black on if you can find one. The anno on this gun is very shiny and also not so good for the woods. Over the years this gun has worked great if you keep it well oiled. There was only one time that this gun disappointed me. I believe I was playing in the woods in mid November. I live in PA and in November it's already pretty cold. I was shooting at another player and I heard a small leak from my gun. I stopped shooting and put the body up to my ear to see if I could tell what was leaking. When I did this the leak got very loud very fast. In about two seconds C02 was blowing out of every opening of my Spyder. I pulled the gun away from my face as quickly as possible and dropped it to the ground. C02 was leaking out of the barrel, around the bolt, out of the grip and out of the expansion chamber. I stopped using it for the day and switched to a rental. When I got home I let it sit in my house for an hour and gassed it back up. No leaks, everything was fine. I assume from the cold weather the o-rings inside of the gun could not hold up to the rapid fire. I never use my Spyder when the temp is below 50* anymore.

In conclusion the Spyder Shutter can withstand anything you throw at it (except cold weather). This is a great gun for the price if you are looking for something that will always work well if you keep it oiled and clean. I believe the price now is around $140 or so, which gives you an even better reason to buy one.