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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