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The M17 accepts its compressed air
source at the back of its receiver via
a bottle adapter that points the bottle straight out the back of the marker. Though intended to be used with
a tiny compressed air bottle that the
included butt stock adapter can fit
around, any size air bottle can be
threaded in. Unfortunately, this leads
to a minor disruption of ergonomics
as a larger bottle prevents the shooter from assuming a comfortable
cheek-weld that allows the included,
bolt-on AR15 front and rear sights
to be utilized effectively. Some players will get around this with using a
smaller bottle, others a remote line,
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while others will simply use a sight
or scope on a raised sight rail.
The standard barrel included with
the Milsig M17 is a relatively short,
aluminum Marksman barrel with internal rifling, a few small ports near
the front and a threaded muzzle
break. While this barrel may work
great and deliver First Strike rounds
well, with standard .68 caliber paintballs we were less than impressed
during testing. At close range accuracy with both Valken Redemption
and GI 4 Star paintballs was decent
at best, while at longer ranges accuracy was…just a word that didn’t