Magfed paintball alive and feeling better in the Midwest.

[Streetcleaner]

The season is starting and I was feeling a little down. You see, Magfed paintball is much different than "normal" paintball.without getting into too many details,the paintballs or FSR's (First strike rounds )go twice as far and are twice as accurate than a roundball but both go into a mag like a normal rifle and feed into the marker from below from a clip. Usually 18 to 20 rounds a clip. These markers are used in MILSIM (Military simulation)games or MFOG (mag fed only games) and some, like mine, are a 1:1 ratio to an AR15 or a M4A1 if on full auto....So....with that being said I was losing faith that it was losing ground, no fields around me are  allowing FSR's ...anymore, after the speedballers complained. They said it was unfair....lol. Not gonna go into it. I go to a couple scenario games a year that allow FSR"s and maybe have 5 to 7 private games a year and only a few private ones are MFOG.I got the word through I guy I paintball with sometimes (Sidewinder) that a Magfed team "Cayote Force" out of Indiana was hosting a MFOG event and allowed us to bring our own paint, including FSR's or buy First strikes there. They also had great field paint for magfed, Valkyn Graffiti.They held it at a place called White River paintball. It was a total effing blast ! they did it right ,the reffing and players being honest when they were hit was great and the players were all really cool and there to seriously play and have fun. I took some good hits with FSR's Oh,btw when these things go by you they whistle/whine like real rounds. took one to my right wrist, side of my neck, and the side of my ass !! ouch ! but the neck hit pain and bruise lingered....a couple lens hits as well but I dealt a lot of death, long range window head shots, head shots and many more.played for 6 hrs taking breaks after each field to reload and air up and whatever else then onto the next field and next scenario. TDM, attack and defend, freeze tag. one field where we only had one mag per player. much pizza for lunch....uh what else do you need? they are having another one May 5th !! .....  Hell yeah ! Cayote Force is a great group of players and a solid team. It was so cool to meet so many of like mind. The closest you can come to war without dying the adrenaline is super high. COD for real brothers and sisters.

 

Edited April 24 by Streetcleaner

[PHUCKITMAN]

Looks like a load of fun was had by all. I started playing Paintball in So. Cal. in the mid 80's on some old TV Show locations like M.A.S.H., "A" Team and Baa Baa Black Sheep/Tour of Duty. Those fields were cool and each was different. MASH was in the hills near Simi Valley on the same Canyon Property that was used to film the Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid and other westerns and was know for lots of house size or larger granite boulders and lots of trails and scrub brush. The A Team property had lots of sandbag bunkers and downed aircraft and wooden towers and huts and exploded cars and was in a canyon outside of Burbank in the foothills that probably have homes on them now. The Tour of Duty/BBBS field was my Favorite because it was alike the A Team one but with more Structures, no cars, and palm trees and was in a canyon in the Malibu area so the ocean air kept you cool even in the heat of summer. We started out using Nelspot Markers and wearing whatever and only old shop goggles for eye protection. Single shot pump action with 10 rounds and a 12gr cartridge. CTF games and lots of missed kills or shots at point black in the back. It was fun but it was a lot of hiding and then someone grabbing the flag and sprinting since hunting players was tough with that equipment. Then we figured out that we could get camo cheap at surplus stores, better eye, face and body protection in motocross magazines and found the Sheridan Markers and that frame changed it all for us. A guy who was on our team that formed at the MASH field "my first" and made props for the movies learned how to replace the barrel with a 24 inch barrel that was just a C hair smaller than the balls and added a shoulder stock that held a 10oz Co2 canister and for a few of us he even made noise suppressors that made the pop a little puff. These guns changed the game since you could hit almost anything you aimed at up to about 100 feet and with the added hopper feeder you didn't run out of paint in a fire fight. I still always carried a stock Sheridan in a shoulder holster because it stayed out of the way, protected my forward chest area and if I had a ball bust in the barrel I could still fight since my pockets were filled with 8-10 10 balls tubes of paint to reload the hopper or pistol on the run. The Team at MASH field was called "Havok" and I was the right flank gunner so my job was at the start of each game to run as fast as possible up the right boundary and get to at least mid field before engaging the other team and hold that edge and push. We were featured in a magazine that came out in 88 all about paintball and products since we were the second best team in Calif and 4th in the nation even without going to Nationals. We were even sponsored by Oakley and O'Neil and they provided us with eye wear, gear bags, clothes, and footwear as well as paying our fees for games and paint. Several of my teammates went on to become stars in the game and did endorsements and were in the mags. When I moved to No. Carolina in 90 I found a team that had a great field and a good group of guys who couldn't play worth a damn. I asked about joining the team after a few weeks and they said go out on the field and wait for 3 guys to find you. Once the first shot is fired you have to live for 5 minutes to make the team. I found a old Deer stand about 15ft up and hid there and soon the 3 guys walked down the trail toward me only 1 after the other with very little spread  in a straight line. I rose up slowly and shot the one in the back of their line and the middle guy and finally the lead guy all before they even knew where I was. I went up to the staging area and someone told me I was supposed to run after that first shot and avoid the other guys. I went to my truck and pulled out my old Havoc Field Jacket with my patches and put it on and explained to them if you kill the other team you win and walk the flag back. That started the run that Allied Special Forces enjoyed for years after we won our first State title that year after they finished last the year before I showed them how the game was played. The game had changed many times since then and will continue to change but the RUSH is still the same and the lesson is still the same. If you are in a situation where you can get shot you will and if you get shot you will die. So I avoid real guns but still love playing bang bang and knowing when I have hit something instead of hearing my little brother claim I missed lol. Thanks @Streetcleaner for sharing your current set-up and how the game has changed since the humble days when I remember it getting started on a bigtime scale aka the olden days

[ALanHim]

9 hours ago, PHUCKITMAN said:

Looks like a load of fun was had by all. I started playing Paintball in So. Cal. in the mid 80's on some old TV Show locations like M.A.S.H., "A" Team and Baa Baa Black Sheep/Tour of Duty. Those fields were cool and each was different. MASH was in the hills near Simi Valley on the same Canyon Property that was used to film the Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid and other westerns and was know for lots of house size or larger granite boulders and lots of trails and scrub brush. The A Team property had lots of sandbag bunkers and downed aircraft and wooden towers and huts and exploded cars and was in a canyon outside of Burbank in the foothills that probably have homes on them now. The Tour of Duty/BBBS field was my Favorite because it was alike the A Team one but with more Structures, no cars, and palm trees and was in a canyon in the Malibu area so the ocean air kept you cool even in the heat of summer. We started out using Nelspot Markers and wearing whatever and only old shop goggles for eye protection. Single shot pump action with 10 rounds and a 12gr cartridge. CTF games and lots of missed kills or shots at point black in the back. It was fun but it was a lot of hiding and then someone grabbing the flag and sprinting since hunting players was tough with that equipment. Then we figured out that we could get camo cheap at surplus stores, better eye, face and body protection in motocross magazines and found the Sheridan Markers and that frame changed it all for us. A guy who was on our team that formed at the MASH field "my first" and made props for the movies learned how to replace the barrel with a 24 inch barrel that was just a C hair smaller than the balls and added a shoulder stock that held a 10oz Co2 canister and for a few of us he even made noise suppressors that made the pop a little puff. These guns changed the game since you could hit almost anything you aimed at up to about 100 feet and with the added hopper feeder you didn't run out of paint in a fire fight. I still always carried a stock Sheridan in a shoulder holster because it stayed out of the way, protected my forward chest area and if I had a ball bust in the barrel I could still fight since my pockets were filled with 8-10 10 balls tubes of paint to reload the hopper or pistol on the run. The Team at MASH field was called "Havok" and I was the right flank gunner so my job was at the start of each game to run as fast as possible up the right boundary and get to at least mid field before engaging the other team and hold that edge and push. We were featured in a magazine that came out in 88 all about paintball and products since we were the second best team in Calif and 4th in the nation even without going to Nationals. We were even sponsored by Oakley and O'Neil and they provided us with eye wear, gear bags, clothes, and footwear as well as paying our fees for games and paint. Several of my teammates went on to become stars in the game and did endorsements and were in the mags. When I moved to No. Carolina in 90 I found a team that had a great field and a good group of guys who couldn't play worth a damn. I asked about joining the team after a few weeks and they said go out on the field and wait for 3 guys to find you. Once the first shot is fired you have to live for 5 minutes to make the team. I found a old Deer stand about 15ft up and hid there and soon the 3 guys walked down the trail toward me only 1 after the other with very little spread  in a straight line. I rose up slowly and shot the one in the back of their line and the middle guy and finally the lead guy all before they even knew where I was. I went up to the staging area and someone told me I was supposed to run after that first shot and avoid the other guys. I went to my truck and pulled out my old Havoc Field Jacket with my patches and put it on and explained to them if you kill the other team you win and walk the flag back. That started the run that Allied Special Forces enjoyed for years after we won our first State title that year after they finished last the year before I showed them how the game was played. The game had changed many times since then and will continue to change but the RUSH is still the same and the lesson is still the same. If you are in a situation where you can get shot you will and if you get shot you will die. So I avoid real guns but still love playing bang bang and knowing when I have hit something instead of hearing my little brother claim I missed lol. Thanks @Streetcleaner for sharing your current set-up and how the game has changed since the humble days when I remember it getting started on a bigtime scale aka the olden days

For fucks sake how can anyone read this with all these CAPS?!?!?!

Wait a minute... where are all the CAPS! Did someone steal Pman's shift-lock key?

[BUDMAN]

@Streetcleaner Where are you in the picture?

[Streetcleaner]

7 hours ago, BUDMAN said:

@Streetcleaner Where are you in the picture?

Okay, really?....look at the first pic....that's me, see my armpatch ? same as my Avatar in here, now,look at the group photo....find the armpatch....sigh....you better be fucking with me...

[YACCster]

Magfed?  Hell no need something like this!

 

[BUDMAN]

@StreetcleanerI got that, in the group pic...

[Streetcleaner]

17 hours ago, PHUCKITMAN said:

Looks like a load of fun was had by all. I started playing Paintball in So. Cal. in the mid 80's on some old TV Show locations like M.A.S.H., "A" Team and Baa Baa Black Sheep/Tour of Duty. Those fields were cool and each was different. MASH was in the hills near Simi Valley on the same Canyon Property that was used to film the Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid and other westerns and was know for lots of house size or larger granite boulders and lots of trails and scrub brush. The A Team property had lots of sandbag bunkers and downed aircraft and wooden towers and huts and exploded cars and was in a canyon outside of Burbank in the foothills that probably have homes on them now. The Tour of Duty/BBBS field was my Favorite because it was alike the A Team one but with more Structures, no cars, and palm trees and was in a canyon in the Malibu area so the ocean air kept you cool even in the heat of summer. We started out using Nelspot Markers and wearing whatever and only old shop goggles for eye protection. Single shot pump action with 10 rounds and a 12gr cartridge. CTF games and lots of missed kills or shots at point black in the back. It was fun but it was a lot of hiding and then someone grabbing the flag and sprinting since hunting players was tough with that equipment. Then we figured out that we could get camo cheap at surplus stores, better eye, face and body protection in motocross magazines and found the Sheridan Markers and that frame changed it all for us. A guy who was on our team that formed at the MASH field "my first" and made props for the movies learned how to replace the barrel with a 24 inch barrel that was just a C hair smaller than the balls and added a shoulder stock that held a 10oz Co2 canister and for a few of us he even made noise suppressors that made the pop a little puff. These guns changed the game since you could hit almost anything you aimed at up to about 100 feet and with the added hopper feeder you didn't run out of paint in a fire fight. I still always carried a stock Sheridan in a shoulder holster because it stayed out of the way, protected my forward chest area and if I had a ball bust in the barrel I could still fight since my pockets were filled with 8-10 10 balls tubes of paint to reload the hopper or pistol on the run. The Team at MASH field was called "Havok" and I was the right flank gunner so my job was at the start of each game to run as fast as possible up the right boundary and get to at least mid field before engaging the other team and hold that edge and push. We were featured in a magazine that came out in 88 all about paintball and products since we were the second best team in Calif and 4th in the nation even without going to Nationals. We were even sponsored by Oakley and O'Neil and they provided us with eye wear, gear bags, clothes, and footwear as well as paying our fees for games and paint. Several of my teammates went on to become stars in the game and did endorsements and were in the mags. When I moved to No. Carolina in 90 I found a team that had a great field and a good group of guys who couldn't play worth a damn. I asked about joining the team after a few weeks and they said go out on the field and wait for 3 guys to find you. Once the first shot is fired you have to live for 5 minutes to make the team. I found a old Deer stand about 15ft up and hid there and soon the 3 guys walked down the trail toward me only 1 after the other with very little spread  in a straight line. I rose up slowly and shot the one in the back of their line and the middle guy and finally the lead guy all before they even knew where I was. I went up to the staging area and someone told me I was supposed to run after that first shot and avoid the other guys. I went to my truck and pulled out my old Havoc Field Jacket with my patches and put it on and explained to them if you kill the other team you win and walk the flag back. That started the run that Allied Special Forces enjoyed for years after we won our first State title that year after they finished last the year before I showed them how the game was played. The game had changed many times since then and will continue to change but the RUSH is still the same and the lesson is still the same. If you are in a situation where you can get shot you will and if you get shot you will die. So I avoid real guns but still love playing bang bang and knowing when I have hit something instead of hearing my little brother claim I missed lol. Thanks @Streetcleaner for sharing your current set-up and how the game has changed since the humble days when I remember it getting started on a bigtime scale aka the olden days

Look,you are never too old to play again....I don't know how old you are but I didn't get back in to it until my two grown sons hauled the paintball guns out of storage 3 years ago hadn't played since about 13 years before that. I'm 58 and not as fast as I was...haha not fast at all and with my gear on.....old slow but still deadly. Magfed today is a lot like playing single pump the way you guys played it.limited ammo but in a different platform, military like with the mags but there are some who run box mags(roundball only)it's a hopper that feed the gun from the bottom like a magazine but not many of those.I like the Milsim aspect because it's really like training with my real AR same platform and well, look at the picture and my rifle.It is very tactical and as you know good communication is key.I have a whole back up kit with my back up marker, a Tippmann TMC Elite and plate carrier vest to hold the mags even a mask...so let me know.... One thing I live by...." just get out there and do it ! "  IT referring to anything you want to do.... 

[Streetcleaner]

4 hours ago, YACCster said:

Magfed?  Hell no need something like this!

 

No                  not Magfed                                         But.... very cool !     accuracy through mass volume    \m/

[Streetcleaner]

4 hours ago, BUDMAN said:

@StreetcleanerI got that, in the group pic...

Dammit Bud ! u ass

[Streetcleaner]

On 4/24/2024 at 9:10 PM, Streetcleaner said:

Dammit Bud ! u ass

I hope your Dumb Ass figured it out Brohiem 

[Hoth]

@Streetcleaner Thanks for sharing. I have never played that flavor but it does look fun. Long forgotten Tactics, stealth and accuracy jump out at me. You want to see something comical put a pump, 12 gram gun in the hands of someone who has only used a electronic semi auto gun. The have no clue what accuracy is lol. I will say from the tests I've seen First strike rounds shooting twice as far is a stretch :0 I would like to test them and their accuracy though. I started in the late 80s with a splatmaster and shop goggles. Then to Sheridan, bushmaster, f1-illistrator, automag etc to name a few. I was never a big auto cocker fan. I was usually up front applying pressure so it didn't really compliment my game. @PHUCKITMAN seems like you were in the mix when the Guns of Navarone from Cali were one of the top dogs. My brother was building loaders, silencers out of pvc in that era as well. Around 1990 I  started played leagues and tournaments. My last tournament was a nppl 5 man in 97. The last team I was on half were from Ohio the other half from Richmond Indiana. I still have many of the magazines we were in. We were pretty successful. My job was paying little and most of my money went to paint, field and tournament entry fees. I was broke but had some amazing memories and experiences. We picked up a few sponsors the last couple of years that really helped out. Competitive paintball taught me a lot. How to sacrifice and work if you really wanted to be successful at something. Also to respect firearms. You look at how easily you can be shot by a gun that has limited velocity and range. Compare it to guns that can shoot through trees, walls with insane range. It made me respect people in the military that much more. Thanks to both of you for sharing. I want to get my son to the field to play. It may make me get the itch to get back into it at some level.

   

Ohio Xtreme Zapp Amateur open 5 man winners In 95 (can't seem to get away from that Xtreme name lol) I'm in the Armson hat by Bud Orr. Armson became one of our sponsors after that win. None of us used their barrels though lol. 

 

[Streetcleaner]

Magfed would be more your type of game where accuracy is king, semi auto and limited rounds per clip,(19 to 20). my pistol takes 8 gram cartridges and holds 6 shots....Oh and First Strikes ...Oh yeah, they are that good. My sniper rifle will get headshots at 70 yards easy....My T15  marker has my red dot zeroed at 45 yards....Speedballers hate me on certain fields...lol

[PHUCKITMAN]

@Hoth we played the Navarone several times and even beat them on their home field in 87 in a best of 5 match of CTF 25vs25. But in all fairness they we still so cocky they were using stock Sheridan pumps that heal 10 balls and a 10gr cartridge was only good for about 20 shots before it started not shooting very far. We also played against the Bushmasters as well and they all wore Ghillie Suits but once we started attacking those suits made it hard to move fast enough to avoid getting shot. just hard to find the paint on those suits. Some of your old mags probably have pictures of guys I played with in Manufacturers ads since some of the guys who were single and played way too much became some of the first STARS of the Game. One guy always was featured wearing a dress suit because that was how he played. No Camo for him he just was fast, the left gunner/wing man while i played Right Gunner/wing and he knew he was going to be seen since we were both running top speed as far up the field we could get in an attempt the start the fight on the other teams half of the map. Plus it made the not reach the cover they hoped to reach. So if we could gain that much ground in the first 30 seconds of a 30 minute game it was hard for them to win. Good Times and you are right I was killed so many times with a paintball sometimes at point blank range I knew Real War was not for me because I am not the kind to hide in a cave. I got up and encouraged a firefight because I always had them off guard and made many run away out of fear which allowed me to take more of the side flank to keep them from getting around our main attack forces. Great Memories and I still have my camo field jacket/shirt with my team patches and sponsor patches from 35+ years ago. My first Silencer was a metal tube slightly larger then the barrel and it slipped on and the sight bead held it in place and was drilled with many holes and covered in wading to catch the air/sound and then covered in a think black rubber like material that could be shrunk to fit with a heat gun so it looked sharp and fit in your slide cargo between games so the other team couldn't bitch about them. Plus we had a set screw put in the back of our modified guns in the piece you removed to access to spring and allen wrenches in our pockets. This way we could dial in the speed to pass the crono test as you entered the field and then before they blow the starting horn we could tighten to set screw and gat another 25 feet per second out of our guns and not blow balls in the barrel be gave us a bit more range and didn't need to lob the paint in. I could go on and on. Loved playing that game sofakingmuch

Edited May 16 by PHUCKITMAN

[PHUCKITMAN]

On 4/24/2024 at 1:38 PM, Streetcleaner said:

Okay, really?....look at the first pic....that's me, see my armpatch ? same as my Avatar in here, now,look at the group photo....find the armpatch....sigh....you better be fucking with me...

3rd one in on the right side with the soul patch and sun hat?

[Streetcleaner]

thank you  

[Hoth]

On 5/15/2024 at 9:49 PM, PHUCKITMAN said:

@Hoth we played the Navarone several times and even beat them on their home field in 87 in a best of 5 match of CTF 25vs25. But in all fairness they we still so cocky they were using stock Sheridan pumps that heal 10 balls and a 10gr cartridge was only good for about 20 shots before it started not shooting very far. We also played against the Bushmasters as well and they all wore Ghillie Suits but once we started attacking those suits made it hard to move fast enough to avoid getting shot. just hard to find the paint on those suits. Some of your old mags probably have pictures of guys I played with in Manufacturers ads since some of the guys who were single and played way too much became some of the first STARS of the Game. One guy always was featured wearing a dress suit because that was how he played. No Camo for him he just was fast, the left gunner/wing man while i played Right Gunner/wing and he knew he was going to be seen since we were both running top speed as far up the field we could get in an attempt the start the fight on the other teams half of the map. Plus it made the not reach the cover they hoped to reach. So if we could gain that much ground in the first 30 seconds of a 30 minute game it was hard for them to win. Good Times and you are right I was killed so many times with a paintball sometimes at point blank range I knew Real War was not for me because I am not the kind to hide in a cave. I got up and encouraged a firefight because I always had them off guard and made many run away out of fear which allowed me to take more of the side flank to keep them from getting around our main attack forces. Great Memories and I still have my camo field jacket/shirt with my team patches and sponsor patches from 35+ years ago. My first Silencer was a metal tube slightly larger then the barrel and it slipped on and the sight bead held it in place and was drilled with many holes and covered in wading to catch the air/sound and then covered in a think black rubber like material that could be shrunk to fit with a heat gun so it looked sharp and fit in your slide cargo between games so the other team couldn't bitch about them. Plus we had a set screw put in the back of our modified guns in the piece you removed to access to spring and allen wrenches in our pockets. This way we could dial in the speed to pass the crono test as you entered the field and then before they blow the starting horn we could tighten to set screw and gat another 25 feet per second out of our guns and not blow balls in the barrel be gave us a bit more range and didn't need to lob the paint in. I could go on and on. Loved playing that game sofakingmuch

Dave Youngblood was the guy in the suit. He played with the Ironmen for a few years and some other teams. We played the Ironmen in the 92 World Cup. It was my 1st semi serious team the Dyehards. Our bracket was brutal at that tournament. I never got to play Navarone. We were playing local leagues mostly when I 1st started during their era. I played against Direct Hit who were from Ohio and one of the top teams from that same 80s and early 90s era. A few of their guys played with my team at that time (Dyehards) in a league. I got out of tournaments when speedball and hyperball started taking over. I played a few tourneys with it. I just loved woods ball so much more. The balanced fields were okay but nothing was more impressive than watching a good team win from a shitty side of a field. Stealth was basically gone.  Watching different teams perform in different terrain. For example watching a Florida teams crawl up a teams ass etc. I could go on and on as well. An awesome adrenaline rush of a sport.

[Streetcleaner]

next games

New event found
Magfed Meet IX
The 9th installment!

The Magfed Meet, or Magfed Only Game (MFOG) is a one-day recreational paintball invitational where play is focused on action and limited ammo, tactical, squad based gameplay.

The game day will be comprised of 3+ game modes, with a wide variety of play formats and styles for your entertainment. Our game modes are inspired by popular Halo, Call of Duty, and Battlefield video game modes. The day will be action packed; with continuous modes of combat where players will always find a way to play the style they want.

Beginner Friendly!

Ruleset:
- Maximum FPS: 280
- First Strike Rounds are allowed! This event is BRING YOUR OWN FSR. FSR will be sale by Coyote Force.
- Roundball: FIELD PAINT ONLY! Valken Graffiti is stocked! We want to be good citizens and support the field hosting us.
- No Hoppers / No Pods.
- Shields allowed.
- Box Rotors allowed. (Limited game modes).
- Rental equipment available at the field.
Location
White River Paintball, 5211 S New Columbus Rd, Anderson, IN 46013, USA
Scheduled for
Sunday, June 16, 2024 12:00 AM
Duration
7 hours

Edited May 18 by Streetcleaner