Empire Super Freak Barrel Kit Specifications

• 5 bore inserts to accomodate virtually any size paint for greater accuracy and efficiency.
• Sizes-.675,.680,.685,.690, and .695.
• 14” Carbon Fiber tip-ultra-lightweight carbon fiber ported barrel for straight and quiet shots.
• 17” APEX² Barrel tip-enables you to bend your shots left, right, up, and down.
• 14” Aluminum barrel tip-ported barrel with reduced drag, improving accuracy and hit percentages on your shots.
• Aluminum barrel back-compatible with all original Freak Barrel Kits.
• Deluxe super psychedelic travel case.

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Jim Rose from Enola Gaye said “The event will present an opportunity for players in the USA to experience Enola Gaye Wire pull smoke grenades first hand, get to know the product range and the brand”

Enola Gaye is a household name in the UK and Europe and is the largest manufacturer of commercial smoke grenades designed for paintball and airsoft worldwide.

Enola Gaye are the official smoke grenade sponsor for the D-Day event, Jim said “We are really looking forward to meeting the players and field owners who are attending this event”

From June 2012 the Wire Pull smoke grenades will be available for dealers and fields to purchase from either Enola Gaye based in North Carolina or their officail distribution partner based in Nevada.

Enola Gaye Wire Pull Smoke grenades are available in 7 colors. Yellow, Blue, Green, Red, Purple, Orange and White.

For more information check out

www.enolagaye.com East Coast

www.proeliapartners.com West Coast

• I’m hearing reports that Big Indian Paintball is going to be alive (sort of) with Zombies this weekend. LCP’s head ref Bubba Smith tells me that it’s taking more and more coffee to get Manager Bill Murray going in the morning. Not a good sign…
• Meanwhile, Valken’s Greg Muller is once again assisting with my wife’s butt, this time covering it in Valken’s pink Tron pants.
• Machine Paintball officially announces their sponsorship of the Palm Beach Vipers. Check out http://www.machinepaintball.com to see what makes the Vipers giggle!
• Planet Eclipse releases the official trailer for the ETEK 4: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/the-planet-eclipse-etek-4/
• ANS Gear has them on pre-order, by the way.
• Named after a Norse God, the new Empire Vidar mask arrived this week, and was promptly confiscated by my stepdaughter. She has to sleep sometime, so I should be able to spirit it away this weekend to Big Indian to give it the once-over.
• Shooting Hot Magazine writer/photographer/videographer/reporter Seth “Big Boss” Manchester has released episode 2 of Shooting Hot TV: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/shtv-episode-2/
• Ryan Sexton joins the Valken team: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/ryan-sexton-joins-valken/
• Not to be outdone, Andy Potter kicked my door in to report this: “Valken is reminding everyone to get your teams signed up ahead of time for paint for NPPL Chicago to get the hook up ! We will be selling the good stuff : Redemption PRO!!! For more details or to sign your team up for paint for the event, please contact andy@valken.com .”
• Blue, having learned his lessons from the Death Kitties and Bo The Happy Puppy, dropped by without kicking anything in to lay this on me: “Pump Only CASTLE CONQUEST is coming to EMR on May 26th. We will also be allowing 12 gram Pistols even if they are semi-automatic. Pre-registration ends this Friday the 11th, so gets yours in now. For more information, go to www.EMRPAINTBALL.com/pumpwinter.shtml . Only $50 prepaid and includes 500 paintballs. “
• The Scottish Warriors are running a game May 20^th over in Europe: http://www.raidersbiggame.co.uk/ All proceeds from the game are going to the Help for Heroes charity, which helps soldiers and their families.
• Empire paintball has made the barrel kit that comes with the Sniper available: http://www.paintballgateway.com/emsnpugunpab.html
• Tom Cole thinks you should go to the Texas UWL event at Cousins Paintball in Dallas, TX. The event is going off June 2^nd and 3^rd, so get signed up!
• Engler did…things to Tippmann’s new FT-12: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/engler-custom-paintball-guns-is-proud-to-announce-the-release-of-its-newest-design-tippmann-ft-12-with-folding-stock/
• Registration for the Chicago NPPL ends today…might want to get registered or Frank’s going to beat me up. Again.
• PSP affiliate league AXBL announced the winners from their most recent event.
• Coming up on the 27^th, NPPL affiliate league Pev’s will be having an event as well, and another in July.
• TechPB has a store now: http://techpb.spreadshirt.com/
• Rumor has it that Valken is gearing up for D-Day…. Potter assured me that I would have details about this year’s events very soon! I’ve dispatched Terminator Class Minions to his South Florida compound to ‘have a little talk’ with him about dispersing information.
• Over on TechPB it was announced that there’s been another price drop on the Valken V-Max.
• The NPPL has lowered entry fees for their Pump Division.
• RAP4 rolls out the MKP Jackal magazine fed paintball gun.
• They also announced that they’re going to be at Defense Services Asia 2012.
• DYE rolls out some limited edition DM12′s. Puuuuuuuuurty!
• Thanks to Billy Wing and the guys at DYE’s tech department for some information and advice this week.
• PSP Affiliate NEXL announces the winners from their most recent tournament.
• Cobie Smulders, one of the more attractive actresses in the Avengers movie recently held a private paintball party for her and some friends at Hollywood Sports in Bellflower, CA.
• No, I haven’t seen the movie yet.
• I’m happy to announce that the trip to the gun show in Valdosta this past weekend went better than expected…The Dark Child didn’t shoot the place up (much) and Ashley wasn’t forced to knife anyone, and I came away with a great deal on a Rock Island Arms CS! I call that a win-win!

It will be an action-packed Scouting event with shows, activities, and much, much more. Jambo 2012 will include all the things Scouts from previous Jambos – patch trading, rock climbing, inflatables, camping, and a great Saturday night show featuring Kicking Daisies.

Staff from Empire and JT Paintball will be in attendance promoting the Free Rookie Pass program. The Free Rookie Pass program introduces players of all ages to the sport of paintball. During the Jambo weekend, Empire and JT staff will set up a tent to help educate the Scouts and their parents about the rules of the game, equipment necessary to play and provide them with facts about the safety of the sport. In addition, they will be setting up an obstacle course for Scouts to participate in hourly contests.  Each Scout will have an opportunity to race through the course and shoot a paintball marker while being timed. Those with the fastest times during the day will receive exciting paintball prizes. Coupons to play free paintball at local fields will be given out to anyone who stops by their tent.

“We’re very excited to have Empire and JT Paintball as part of our 2012 Minsi Trails Jambo weekend. Paintball, like Scouting promotes and develops team building, leadership skills, strategic planning, and exercise” says, Lisa Kirschner, Senior District Executive.

According to Jason A. Taitano, VP of Marketing at Empire and JT Paintball, “we will continue to invest time, energy, and money into exposing and growing paintball.  Since 2009 we have exposed thousands of Boy Scouts to the sport of paintball and this was a perfect fit to introduce thousands more to our Free Rookie Pass program and allow us the opportunity to educate potential new players and their parents about the basics of the sport that make the sport so much fun and exciting.”

Empire and JT Paintball are brands of KEE Action Sports LLC.

To learn more or to be a part of the 2012 Minsi Trails Jambo Event visit them at: http://www.minsitrails.com/.

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• The Machine Paintball Vapor demo went very well last weekend at Carnage Paintball in Woodstock, GA. Ashley and I took away a lot of data from the trip, and everyone who saw and held the gun fell in love with it!
• And it turns out that Ledbetter is a fan of Scentsy!
• There’s fighting in Hawaii: “Dale Check out Epower’s night game being held at HEP. Event is on 5/4/12 from 5pm-10pm sign up at Epower Phone 808-848-5126. Spots are limited here is the FB link: http://www.facebook.com/events/310819058986320/ “
• Meanwhile closer to home, LCP Scenarios’ “Georgia” Joe Hamilton dropped in with this: “I sit here tonight working on the Game with a Renewed sense of how amazing our sport is. After numerous phone calls and coordination between the two Generals, they have agreed on a rather unusual way to add to the game. They asked that I allow them the head shot kill rule for Generals. On first thought I believed them to be insane. After further consideration I think it should be a challenge to take out the General. I mean, the General is the most important player on the field for both sides. So I wish to announce that what they want is what they get. As a further note I must say that things are coming along well. I visited Big Indian last Sunday and finalized the details for setting up the Game. I was assured all preparations will be complete in time for the date of the battle that is to come. Upon further inspection of the field I believe that this is going to be a fun game for all.” Head over to http://www.lcpscenariogames.com to get signed up!
• Registration for the #3 RPL event ends on the 8^th. Might want to get signed up if you’re going!
• Valken’s Greg Muller dropped in in his Ninja suit to let me know that Valken has opened another distribution center, this time in the Northwest: http://thefordreport.com/2012/05/valken-expands-distribution-newest-distribution-hub-in-portland-or/
• I got an unexpected call from Empire’s Jason Kreisman wanting to get my new address so that he could send along a new Empire Vidar mask for me to take a look at. For 50 bucks retail, it seems like a win-win: http://empirepaintball.com/empire-vidar-goggle-system
• Meanwhile, Bussler is in love…with the new Crossover from Tippmann. He’s sharing the love by sending along a review piece for me to look at. When told of this, OP4′s Mike Castleman immediately started giggling like the proverbial Japanese Schoolgirl.
• Speaking of Mike, his wife has compared my body hair to bubble wrap. I’m flabbergasted. Struck speechless, even!
• RPL Event #2 photos can be seen here: http://fxfphotos.com/rpl.htm
• As far as Andrew and Mike Spurlock are concerned, I’m now reduced to being tool boy for my wife.
• Which is fine, because my wife isn’t allowed to do anything to her new backup, a purple and black Ego 11.
• Sonny Lopez is doing a couple of clinics in the near future: “One is this Friday at Supergame 43. I am doing the clinic with Kat Secor from Team Destiny. We also have made the clinic Free for all the ladies who are registered to the Supergame! Guys got to pay $35 and email Dan Bonebrake to get on the list. dan@supergame.tv On June 23rd I will be doing a clinic at Canadian Carnage. This is the first time I am doing a clinic in the Cold land of Canada!!!! Very excited! This will be an epic event with Wolf and Mike from TechPB getting a massive paint fight on!
• Rob from Ninja Paintball and I swapped a few emails this week…he was extremely helpful.
• The Maltese Militia are staying busy: http://thefordreport.com/2012/04/the-maltese-militia-paintball-team-has-given-away-the-first-prize-package-of-the-2012-season/
• The NPPL has 36 spots left open for their Chicago event…time’s a wastin’!
• ProPaintball.Com is theorizing on a new loader from G.I. Sportz: http://propaintball.com/2012/04/new-paintball-loader-from-gi-sports/
• Canadian Minions have been mobilized to Stork’s house.
• Who turns 45 today…happy birthday Eric!
• RAP4 rolls out a new air through stock for Tippmann guns as well as a new “Quick Flip” Optic site.
• G.I. Sportz teams swept the Phoenix PSP.
• Reports coming in from people who were there noted that the (dry) heat took out a lot of players both on and off field. Having been struck with Heat Exhaustion while I was in the Army all those years ago, I can sympathize for those who had to endure that miserable experience.
• Speaking of the PSP, they’ve reached a deal with the Windgate by Wyndam to give PSP competitors a great rate on a room for the Chicago event.
• This weekend Ashley, The Dark Child and I get a bit of a rest, with only a gun show in Valdosta being on our list of things to do. However, next weekend we’ll be at Big Indian Paintball in Perry, GA to get our shoot on for the next chapter in the Zombie Apocalypse series of games, and then I believe the weekend after that we’ll be killing for John Navarro at General’s Cup in FL. Tee Hee.

Our main customer for this gun is the growing number of Scenario and Woodsball players, who are looking for something a little different.

The stock is from a real UZI and folds under the gun just like a real one.

These will begin shipping in July with the release of the retail version from Tippmann. MSRP $199.00

ENGLER CUSTOM PAINTBALL GUNS takes TIPPMANN ™ paintball markers and adding their own custom modification kits for them to give them the look and feel of the real thing, for scenario players, law enforcement and the military. All of our products incorporate real gun parts into their design and are made by hand in our Danbury, CT location. Other Engler Custom Paintball Guns products include: Minimalist Phenom, Masada Phenom, AK-A5 and X7(AK47s), STEN, 1919-A4 (Browning 1919 Machinegun), Browning M-2 “Ma Duce” (Browning M2 Heavy Machinegun), BREN, and many others.

www.englerpaintballguns.com

• Valken’s Andy Potter and Southeast Superfield owner Billy Smith of Low Country Paintball flew out this morning for Castle…lucky!
• …except that their flights were at uncivilized hours…
• Join the family: http://thefordreport.com/2012/04/join-the-machine-family/
• If you’re in Florida next month, hit up Rico at General’s Cup: http://thefordreport.com/2012/04/2012-generals-cup-pre-game-video/
• Ace writer Seth “Big Boss” Manchester is now doing video: http://thefordreport.com/2012/04/shooting-hot-tv-pilot/
• Over in the UK Support for Soldiers raised a lot of money for UK servicemen and women in need: http://thefordreport.com/2012/04/support-for-soldiers-raises-11500-us-for-uk-service-members/
• The first event in the Vicious series is coming soon, at Mad Cow Paintball in Cedar Creek, NE.
• “Mad Cow Paintball”?
• The NPPL has released the field layout for their upcoming Chicago event.
• Meanwhile, Critical Paintball’s pro team has a new jersey!
• Pev’s is getting ready to celebrate their 20^th anniversary.
• Minor League Paintball becomes a PSP Affiliate league.
• E-Money has lost his mind, offering up 1^st run PEG paintballs at $6/case! Call him up at 1-866-999-MONEY before he regains his senses.
• Echo1 Airsoft is coming to Alternative Sports.
• Tim Barnett of Shoreline Paintball in the UK drop by with this tidbit: “GI Sportz Battle of Britain game run by Shoreline is next weekend. Its already officially the UK’s biggest ever brand new event.”
• Tom over at Catshack Reports let it be known that Les Stroud of “Survivorman” fame will be attending this year’s D-Day Event in Oklahoma. Turns out Les is an avid paintballer! He’ll be rolling with the Commonwealth Expeditionary Forces.
• Tampa Bay Damage won the Galveston PSP, which had to be postponed until the beginning of Phoenix.
• The D-League has revised the field layout for their next event.
• Meanwhile, Houston Heat wins the Pro Division at Phoenix PSP.
• Kriesman dropped by to let me know that teams using Empire gear and RPS paint dominated the divisional brackets.
• Which means that teams using GI Sportz dominated everywhere else.
• I understand that the phrase “But it’s a dry heat!” got old real quick for players and vendors alike at the Phoenix event….
• The D-League out in Cali will now have a new Open division.
• I was messing around on Facebook this morning and I was teasing about writing another “Deadliest Paintball Warrior” piece for Shooting Hot Magazine, and trying to figure out who I’d pit against each other….somehow it turned into a challenge to a Mercy Match against my wife. I guess Ledbetter’s Carnage Paintball is going to live up to its’ name after all…
• I got an email from ProPaintball.com noting that Air America Weapons Systems would be making a return, but the story has since been pulled. Minions are en-route.

• My friend Jen is walking in the Susan B. Komen event coming to the Tampa Bay area: http://www.the3day.org/site/TR?px=6542623&pg=personal&fr_id=1770&et=5O1XGNWxOZsl–2Jb8VybQ&s_tafId=478293

• Joey from BuyPBL.com let me know that the final installment of the PALS Thailand “Where Paintball Takes Us” episode is out: http://youtu.be/0y5-Qv-A9Z0
• The Apocalypse is coming to Big Indian Paintball: http://lcpscenariogames.com/registration/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=29
• And now, to start packing up for the weekend…. Have a great weekend everyone!

We gave away our Custom Prize Package that includes: A Goblin Solo complete with players pack from Goblin Paintball, a Gift Certificate from Stinger Paintball Designs for a set of fully custom grips as well as a Stinger T-Shirt, a Gift Certificate for a Dominator Barrel and Fin set from Hammerhead Paintball, a Blue’s Crew “Party Pack” thanks to Blue and Blue’s Crew, and a Custom Goggle Bag from I 2 I Custom. Thanks to each of these folks who supplied these items to us so we can give them to one lucky winner.

Congratulations to Erich Stiller from Team Zyklon B on winning our first Custom Prize Package of 2012.