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year wrap around grips, and
for the first time since ’08 we
are including a Caron Fiber
Barrel, but this time it takes
the poplar inserts that so
many players already have.
Rather than have us tell you about the
Alien Deception we went right to the
source, Jack Rice of Alien Paintball.
Jack, what can you tell us about the
Deception?
It is the best looking Alien gun by far,
but the first really totally new Alien in
10 years. We had made 4 step up versions of the gun with the “Independent Ram” and the poppet valve.
Deception started with a clean sheet
of paper, keeping only the bolt concept
that adds some rotational stability.
From there we designed around the
new valve. First came the super light
Actuator instead of a rammer. Then
we narrowed the bottom chamber
from what everyone else in the industry does, changed to new lower profile
eyes that we have ever used, got a
new board, slimmed down that sides
of the gun and went through 4 versions of the body to get what we think
is the best looking gun a player can
get. We made the Rammer a cartridge
the width of a AAA battery to keep the
ease of service (and the lack of needing to service) of the Independent
Ram, made our rubber grips from last
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It does look amazing! How
did you get into making
paintball guns?
We really started in 2003
when Scott – my son – played
the whole season with our
rotating door gun as a young
guns Player. He played with
Anthony “ant” Parsons, the
original machinist for Alien guns and
Eddie Tomao. Both Ant and Eddie went
on to play with XSV.
That pivoting head gun seemed F