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Text and Photographs by Joshua D . Silverman
chronograph became a thing of the past . At least Dan Colby and the bloody welts are still with us .
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Raptor . Apocalypse . If the names don ’ t call anything to mind , you haven ’ t been playing paintball for more than a few years . For those of us that have been around the game long enough to remember playing competitive tournament paintball with CO2 , the words “ Raptor ” and “ Apocalypse ” conjure images of newfound consistency at the chronograph , improved accuracy and performance for both our Automags and Autocockers and , yes , about 4-5 pounds of stainless steel bolted to our grip frames . Heavy though they may have been , Dan Colby and Air America ’ s high pressure compressed air regulators helped usher in a new era in paintball , where CO2 velocity spikes and the bloody welts , bark blasted off trees and tournaments decided at the
After years continuing in his pursuit of high pressure regulator perfection , Dan Colby , formerly of Air America and Guerilla Air , is back with a new company and a new regulator . Immortal Air is the company and the Aura is the regulator . A light , aluminum screw-in regulator , the Immortal Air Aura is the culmination of years of work in the paintball and compressed air business and proof that for some people , “ good enough ” isn ’ t good enough . After all , with all the Ninja , Guerilla Air and other very good , affordable screw-in compressed air regulators and air systems on the market , why spend money and time bringing one more to market ? To hear Dan Colby tell it , the answer is simply because there was more to do .
Long enough that a regulator extender or added rail are , for all but the longest-armed knuckle draggers , unnecessary yet short enough that even front players with smaller bottles won ’ t find their system too long , the Immortal Air Aura regulator is constructed of durable
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