95
fed the guns consistently.
At the Low Country
Paintball event in
particular, the hoppers were abused
with multiple close
range shots to the
hopper. Even shots
managing to get
past the Insta-Gate
and into the hopper
caused no lasting
damage, other than
to the paint in the
hopper itself. At
one point during a
CFPS event in Lakeland, Florida, 6’5”
Taylor Ashton spiked
the hopper as hard as he could into
the ground trying to cause damage
to it. Aside from flying into the 3
separate chunks that comprise the
Gear, no damage was incurred by
the hopper, and Taylor noted that
the motor and electronics continued
to run. We considered doing the
shotgun torture test, but all we had
available was 00 buck shot and deer
slugs, which can and will destroy everything in their path, including the
neighborhood.
Author’s Note: No animals were
bunkered during the course of this
review. In either event, Kye The
Death Kitty is notorious for wiping
hits anyhow.
Currently the Gear is available in a
black/smoke combo, and the only
accessory currently available is the
Insta-Gate’ open feed, which costs
$20. The MSRP in the Gear is $200,
which is roughly the same as its’
high end competitors. For more
information on the Gear or to order one up for your gun, check out
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