PaintballX3 Magazine Euro Edition, May 2014 | Page 92

92 Adjusting velocity with the Hammer7 pump is accomplished via an adjusting rod down the barrel. While this may be a bit alien to some newer players, anyone playing for a few years or who has experience with older pump and even some older semiautomatic markers will recognize this system for adjusting velocity and have no trouble with it. With well-sized paintballs, First Strike rounds and especially with compressed air, the Hammer7 is a consistent marker, easily holding strings at approximately 280 feet per second with minor and manageable variation. putting single well-aimed shots on players far away who in most cases weren’t even aware they were within anyone’s range. Even when used with regular paintballs, especially in a group with other pump players, the Hammer7 is a fine paintball gun that functioned well. Simple, light, versatile, convertible, upgradeable and effective well beyond its peers in its price class, the Spyder Hammer7 tactical pump is a great paintball gun. Tactical and mag-fed players will love its performance and price, while players looking to take a shot at pump paintball will love its simplicity and price. Whether as a player’s only marker or an addition to a serious player’s gear bag with special missions, pump day or mag-fed day at the local field or scenario event, the Hammer7 is a great buy! Accuracy with the marker’s stock, twelve-inch aluminum barrel is very good and groups were solid at all average paintball ranges. Accuracy was helped when using the marker in a magazine-fed configuration, enabling the shooter to sight down the top of the marker. The Hammer7 was put to www.Spyder.tv its best use as a “designated marksman” weapon, loaded with a magazine of First Strike rounds, fitted with a bottom line and small bottle for the best sight picture, and used with a red dot sight zeroed for First Strike rounds. In this configuration, the marker was able to punch well above its weight with devastating results, May 2014 X3Euro