WarHamster

Umm... I kind of HAVE played with both. The SIM-4 performs exceptionally well, as you'd know if you'd ever used one. Perhaps it's the majority of players like you who have likely never seen a SIM-4 before that need to try a SIM-4 instead.

To address the low-end blowback comment I shall now quote our resident tech god over on Armotech.com forums.


"As to how far the spyder is from the armotech, sure, it was the techinical difference that I bought the SIM for anyways.

The Sim 4 unlike your conventional kingman products is a two piece "floated system" that free flows air through a gated system. Inversely, a spyder is a single stage frame, the "powertube" (cup, striker, velocity spring) resides in an upper chamber removed from the actual firing assembly. The SIM sits "low pro" in the hand already, to match it to the AR-15 they simply removed the "bell housing," the 1/4 to 1/2 inch of casing seperating the grip frame from the actual housing. As earlier stated, this body is two piece, "free-floated" to a certain extent, and as such expells gas rather than through a sealed pressure chamber. The closest to this design is the old Aggressor style frames. But even so, they regulate air through channeled passages, not straight up. Hence, you eat up as much gass by pushing the air through.

What does this mean in terms of difference? It shoots slightly faster, harder, and more precisely than any stock (or even slightly amateur rigged) spyder. Air flows more freely, faster, and efficiently. The break point is shorter and allows faster repeat shots. So what it shoots hot? Welts? That's the name of the game. "

Posted By: The_Armorer

Date Posted: June 21 2004 at 3:07pm


"Irregardless of comparisons made to and of such the effect that the SIM is even remotely related to the Spyder/Kingman product line is simply in and of it self absurd. The SIM-4 is a revolutionary new take on the bivalve (Not Clamshell nor any other version mullusk) stacked tube body design. To speak plain paintballer: It takes the double tube marker body of normal autoloaders and the independant chamber design of high grade cockers/mags and combines them. You get the striker/velocity chamber of an autoloader and the graduated breach/bolt of a cocker. Ad to that a suspended free flow air system and you get one bad Mother.

The only down side is that initially the marker shoots hot. Big deal, you want to shoot it right out of the box? You can cut the spring down. If you've got the patience you can work on it for a month and it'll shoot perfectly. Over all, you're getting the most ever f*cking loving bang out of your buck baby. If you're serious, you'll spend the time to read what's already been said about it on the forum. Don't worry about being heard, but for christ sake, look around. Read up. And think before you post."

Posted By: The_Armorer

Date Posted: July 2 2004 at 8:59pm