Elite Paintball Guns

If you’re sick reading about all those expensive guns that you just can’t afford, let me introduce to you the PM SLG. You‘re not the only one that can’t afford a high-end marker and paintball companies know that – and since they’re trying to indulge everybody Proto decided to hit the market with the SLG. You can’t really compare it to the $1000 guns, but I assure you the little thingy has some potential. It is indeed little and that’s the first thing you notice in the SLG. It’s also very light and comfortable for use. There is always room for improvement, but for the price it’s offered - $199.99 I say it’s the deal of the season. Check out its features:
•    No-Rise Pressure Feed-Neck
•    Single Piece Proto Barrel
•    Anti-chop Break Beam Eye System
•    Orbital Rotating Sear Reduces Wear
•    Compact Lightweight Body Weighing only 2lbs 2oz!
•    Stamped Metal Insert Logo
•    New Self-Closing Valve (SCV) 2-Piece Bolt
•    Multifunction Self-Lubricating Force Button
•    Super Low 145psi Operating Pressure
•    Adjustable Reinforced Polymer Trigger
•    Ergonomic 45-Grip Frame
•    New Hyper3 In-line Air Regulator
•    Proto Dual-Durometer Injection Sticky Grip
•    Program with Four Tournament Modes
•    Proto Bottom-Line with Dovetail

•    Proto Reccomends compressed air with this gun
Yes, there are some problems that you should know about, but don’t let them scare you away from the SLG…you won’t find anything better for that price. Starting with the detents – they tend to wear down quickly, the hosing is another thing – people complain that it gets loose a lot. You’ll definitely need a new feedneck as this is probably the worst stock one possible. Some irritating factors are the noise and the kick, but they’re certainly not as bad as some other cheap guns out there. So really don’t let those things scare you off. Even for a spare marker this is something you should consider. And it comes in variety of shade too – dust blue, dust red, dust black, dust olive green, dust cobalt. The choice is all yours.

If you own a PM7 and are looking for another gun, I say skip this review and go check some other brands. If you own a PM6, though and want to upgrade this is the gun you wanna get. I’ll explain. The PM8 is the newest Proto Matrix gun which is better than the PM7, but just too similar to be worth buying. It’s not the same with the PM6 though. The PM8 performs much, much better, looks much, much better and is even more reliable than it - it’s simply the best upgrade. Check out its features and see the differences:
•    Adjustable Locking Feed Neck
•    Matching 2-Piece Proto Barrel
•    Self-Cleaning Anti-Chop Break Beam Eye System
•    Compact and Lightweight Body Styling
•    Stamped Metal Insert Logo
•    Proven FUSE ™ Bolt System
•    More than 10% Lower Operating Pressure
•    Smaller LPR. Now with Vertical Adjustment
•    Adjustable Trigger Sensitivity and Rate of Fire
•    Ultralite™ Ergonomic 45-Grip Frame
•    New Hyper3™ In-line Air Regulator
•    Program Control with Four Tournament Modes
•    Proto On/Of Bottom-Line

If you don’t want me to compare it with the other Proto guns I can tell you that what you’re basically getting is a DM7, but smaller, with a Hyper 3 reg and fantastic design. No joking – the gun is that good. It looks amazing (it’ not too much different the PM7, but in my opinion it looks better). It also comes with the self-cleaning eye system, that you can find in the latest Dye guns…players just love it. But the best part still is its price – even though the DM7 is now cheaper than what it used to be the new PM8 still beats it. You can get it for $749.95, which is nothing but a great price for the quality and the performance you’ll get from this gun. The colors it comes in are: black, dust black to blue fade, dust clear, dust olive green and dust black to red fade. And if you wonder why aren’t there any negativities about it – I haven’t heard of any. Except maybe that it’s not available everywhere yet, but I’m sure that’s not a problem that’s gonna last for long.

The Proto M7 is the next PMR gun. It’s not too much different from the PM6 but a little more upgraded which considering the fact that the PM6 is a great gun definitely comes as a bug plus. What’s different from the PM6 is that the PM7 is even shorter and lighter. Also the one pc composite eye covers are gone and replaced by 2 metal eyes plates which is very nice. And the trigger has been moved back which makes it even more comfortable now. There are some more small changes but as I said only to be a plus for the PM7. Check the features:
• New programming with 3 firing modes
• New settings and more sensitive adjustment levels that will allow you to tune-in your marker to your exact playing style
• Metal eye plates
• Clamp neck knob
• Low pressure bolt kit
• Metal logo inserts
• Two piece barrel
• Trigger placement is 3/8″ shorter than last years model, giving you more control by positioning your finger for optimal strength and speed on the trigger
• 1/2 inch shorter and 3.5 oz. lighter than the M6
The performance of the gun is even better than the PM6 one as the gun is extremely accurate has even less kick and is very reliable. It comes many beautiful shades you can pick from such as blue dust, black/blue dust, clear dust, cobalt dust, red dust, black dust, black/red dust and olive green dust. The gun is priced for $749.99 which can be a little pricy for most of you but for those who can afford it I know that the changes to the PM6 are not that big, but they are worth the price for sure, so you should definitely consider buying it.

Another Proto gun just this time no split minds about it. Seems like that in this version the company did a really good job as the gun is something you definitely wanna have on the field. It’s pinpoint accurate extremely light and performs really well. Even if you compare it to the DM6 it’s smaller, lighter and somehow better looking. Once you get it out of the box you’re gonna love it. Features include:
• Jaw dropping body style
• New balanced on/off bottom line
• Adjustable clamping feedneck
• New lower pressure bolt kit
• New and improved LPR
• Metal logo inserts
• Two piece barrel
• .5 inches shaved off the height and 4 oz. off the weight of the marker
Another great thing is its price of $549.99. And for the performance it gives you can easily say it’s under priced. Even if it costs double that price it still be worthy. So I don’t know about you but if I had to choose between PMR Special Edition and this one of the same company I’ll gladly give 50 more dollars and get this one. Colors vary from black dust, blue dust to red dust and it goes with 90 days of warranty. 

If you’ve read the previous comment about the Proto Matrix Rail paintball gun you know about the people’s opinion about it. Well I guess PMR decided that they wanna do something with those negative reviews they kept getting so they came up with the Proto Matrix Rail Special Edition paintball gun which is just about the same if you check the features:

• Two piece Proto barrel - Clear back Black tip
• Hyper2 in-line air regulator
• Anti-chop eye system
• Composite eyeplate - Clear
• 150 psi operating pressure with Boost Forward technology
• Continuous three-dimensional contoured body design
• Compact and light weight body styling
• Proto dual-durometer sticky grip - Black Clear
• LED program control
• Dual-durometer composite ergonomic 45 grip frame
• Re-engineered 1 piece bolt system
• Adjustable dual-durometer trigger sensitivity and rate of fire
• Stamped metal insert logo
• New PMR airport - Clear
• Adjustable locking dual-durometer feed neck
The difference is that it comes with two piece Proto barrel, edge trigger, edge trigger frame and upgraded feedneck which covers pretty much everything that people were complaining about. Or if we put it in another words they’ve just upgraded the gun for you. Unfortunately they’ve upgraded the price too as the Special Edition costs $499.95. That’s a good thing for all of you that like the gun, now instead of wondering what upgrades you should do you’re just gonna buy it upgraded. And it comes in different shades such as black and clear, black and red and black and blue. Still for those who were on the negative side…for the same price as the upgraded gun you can go and spend the money on a different one.

The opinions about this gun vary form one end to another. Half the people love it, half of the hate it. The gun has its ups and downs. It’s said to be fast, light and pretty small but many of the people who bought it think it’s not really durable and you can’t rely on it too much as it gives problems with the trigger and the air tank. Still if you think the gun deserves a shot check the other features:
• Black single piece Proto barrel
• Hyper2 in-line air regulator
• Anti-chop eye system
• Composite eyeplate
• 150 psi operating pressure with Boost Forward technology
• Continuous three-dimensional contoured body design
• Compact and light weight body styling
• Proto dual-durometer sticky grip
• LED program control
• Dual-durometer composite ergonomic 45 grip frame
• Re-engineered 1 piece bolt system
• Adjustable dual-durometer trigger sensitivity and rate of fire
• Stamped metal insert logo
• New PMR airport
• Adjustable locking dual-durometer feed neck
Many people like it and say that flows that others point out are just a matter of personal preference, with a few upgrades though you can turn this gun into a pretty good one. Still another point of view is that for the money you’re gonna spend on upgrading it you can easily go and buy something better. The gun is priced for $399.95 which is not bad, but as I said if upgrades are gonna cost you about $100 you can just save yourself the trouble and buy something better for $500. If you insist on this one you can find it in black, blue, red and olive green.