Originally Posted by
Tim Glavin
RT ULE mags with an X-valve, when built to spec and ran at normal pressures do not bounce fire. They fire one shot per pull. They do not "run away".
I have said this many times before. X-valves set up to do that are "modified valves/guns". It's like turning up the BPS on an electro. Any electro is capable of high rates of fire, but it's on the player to follow the rules and set the gun up with the proper settings. We don't ban the gun because of its capability to shoot faster than the rules allow.
There is no assist in the pull to an X-valve. None. Zero. There is no force besides your finger that pulls the trigger. The force required to pull the trigger can be changed. This is done with the on/off assembly. The Ultra Light Trigger Kit is an example of that. The stock assembly is replaced with a much thinner pin assembly that requires even less energy to pull. A classic valve can actually be modified the same way. You can use an RT on/off assembly to lessen the trigger pull.
The X-valve guns modified to run away have activation points set so close, that basically any pressure can activate the trigger, and because the gun can return to the "ready to fire" state very fast is can be made to "bounce" with little effort. This activation point can be adjusted again through the on/off assembly by changing the length of the pin. You can shut the gun completely down by using too long of a pin and likewise you can make the gun go full auto, by using a very short pin or no pin at all.
Bottom line is, X-valves can be built to be legal for these events. Banning them is just plain ignorant and IMO extremely biased and prejudiced based on the people who are writing the rules. Don't ban the guns, penalize those who break the rules.
In my 27 year history in the paintball business, this is always typical of paintball events. Privately owned leagues with their own agenda that is not necessarily aligned with what's best for paintball. The is a free country and the NXL is a private company. They can do whatever they choose. I can't even tell who owns the NXL, there is no "Company info" on the site. Their agenda obviously is "Cocker" based and competition interferes with their goals.
If the NXL won't allow the most iconic mechanical gun in paintball history then we will just look for/start/promote alternative events that do. All the money and players who would have supported their events, will have to go elsewhere.