Paintball Legends

The Gargoyle Saga

2010-02-20T21:20:00.001-08:00

Earon Carter, The Legend of paintball, and a couple of Gargoyles in Cali.

The Bread and the Butter:
There was a discussion about the high cost after the shop owner Scott read some paintball forums. He got a quick course on just how observant you guys are. So, they set me up and got a very small part of just why these and other guns like the Redux cost so much. Labor….and lots of it. Each gun has to have a lot of personal work on it. Countless hours, endless hours...four in the morning hours....lol
Threaded Back bushing, with the barrel, and Threaded front bushing. Custom Grip Frame. Bucket changer.
More work in the body.

Bucket on the gun. Valve inserts. Inside the Valve. Feed Gate, Cut slot aims at the floor on production Gargs. THE GARGOYLE...... And another small video for you...
Here are the pumps! You will notice the threads inside the front of the body of the pump. These are for the delrin inserts to compensate for going from Phantom barrels to Cocker threaded barrels. These will come with the standard size and a pack of a few different ones will be available to match best to the barrel you choose to use.
Connecting Rods get the heat then each are bent by hand in the giant press.

Sorry for the video being so dark. But now you get to see how the valve works..5/29/09
Here is the Valve that will be available in small numbers at first. Maybe 25 or so. Maybe next week (That's what I am planning on) I will have images of every part of the gun broken down for you. Then off to get the anno!..05/28/09 Side Profile..05/15/09 Side Profile..05/15/09 Old school at it's finest. Smoothing out the bore, every one of them by hand. Here are some pics. I know that I said I would not show anymore but I was feeling badly about that. I will keep the images small and of poor quality until I can show you guys the finished Gargoyle..:) Each Gargoyle will come with this adapter. It is Cocker threaded to fit inside the Gargoyle body. The outer threads are for Phantom barrels. The Earon Carter of the East Coast...Freaky. 'Finished' rails..05/05/09 Rail blanks..05/05/09 Bodies and Valves..05/05/09 Some Valves. 04/27/09 Just another teaser of things. Still plugging along....04/12/09
I hired the Dog.....
Vwalla... New Bodies with slots....03/28/09 Snuck a picture did they? Matching the block with the body. The body is on the desk behind me. Just a teaser video.
Pluggin along..... 03.19.09 03.17.09 Some of the threaded bodies. You'll see what looks like flaws near the edge. This metal is not staying on the bodies. They get there holes:) 03.11.09 Holed the 20 bodies and are threading them over the next few days. Threaded a few today and they look pretty sharp. Also cut up some ASAs which look pretty sharp as well. The first Gargs waiting in line:03.09.09 The nice drill. First Proto Trigger: The first Proto body. It began here at the shop.

Customer Gargoyles

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The first multi colored Gargoyle.

Gargoyle Green and Black beauty.

And what Jack made it look like:

Gargoyle lower and pump with AirSoldier cocker threaded body.

Gargoyle lower on the Redux Duck Slide!

Sweet Phantom/Gargoyle set up.

And for the back bottle lovers....

Pump Pandamonium 2009

Paintball Notables

2010-02-20T21:18:00.001-08:00

Derrick Obatake:

An old school Kamikaze Shooter who to this day still eats, breathes, and plays paintball. A fierce competitor on the field and one of the nicest people off of it, always willing to give words of advice & encouragement!
Derrick now plays for the L.A. Hitmen.
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Earon Carter:

And the man himself holding some Gargoyles in California!

Earon Carter has been producing high quality paintball guns since the begining of paintball itself. Always quality and always great looking, Carter guns continue to turn heads on the field.
Always one to give back to the players, Earon has given more than one of his high priced guns to players that deserve it. Once when visiting a Hawaiian field he was swarmed by the kids there that day. He could not get enough of them. A true player and a true Legend in and of paintball.
Carter Machine is one of the most prized gun makers of the game and once in a while if your lucky you can catch him on the field. Be carefull though, he'll get you!

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Mike Casady - CCI/The Phantom

Mike is the creator of the Phantom paintball gun.
www.phantomonline.com

Mike's been around a long time in this game and his gun has become one of the most dominant guns in the pump world. In the year 2006 Mike was awarded the lifetime achievement award by APG magazine.
Submitted by Chris

Below is the super secret proto of Mikes newest magic!

Below is an image of what Mike helped with during a small local Stock Gun event in Ludlow Mass. First prize was three of these beeeaaauuutteees! Mike as usual went way over board on his help and the players loved it. THANKS MIKE!

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Glen Palmer:
As big a legend as anyone could ever be in this sport. Glen set the standard for others to follow both in manufacturing, and customer service. Glen's Pumps and Semis are some of the most highly crafted Markers in the business.
His son Craig now runs the business, and he has twin boys.You can expect the legacy to live on for as long as the sport it self.
Submitted by: splattttttt & Ron Sindric
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Ray Gong:
Ray Gong is a field operator out of New Jersey. Not just another field operator but one that has stood in the face of paintball opposition and had to fight legal battles in 1988 when paintball was not nearly as big as it is today and was considered illegal in his state.

Ray, with the help of some heavy hitters in paintball was able to win the lawsuit and Rays field continues to be a strong attraction.

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Al Iba:
Al and I&I Sports have been around a LONG time. Those of you who have been around the game long enough will remember the multi page black and white product lines inside the older APG Magazines.
Al continues to provide the players cost effective ways of getting into the game and shows no signs of stopping now. If your into the Martial Arts, I&I Sports is also the place to go for quality products.
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Jessica Sparks:
Jessica has been inside the game of paintball since the very begining. She was the first female to really become known in the game nation wide and continues to help the sport grow in different magazines along with a growing paintball museum.
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Evan Money:
What can one say about E Money. The guy has done just about everything in the sport of paintball. From running his own E Money Fun Series to jumping off of bridges tethered by a bungee while shooting like mad. Evan has done a lot of things for one man.
Evan was the buff "Mr. Power Ball" for Taso back in the day, has produced the best selling paintball video of all time "Inside Paintball", has his own line of paintball goods and even has his own Paintball Radio Show! Paintball radio? Who would have thought?
He has brought us the Karate bear. But is willing to sell him for a cool million.
Evan is deeply in love with his wife and kids and is not afraid to tell you. Just looking at his web pages will tell you that.
To learn even more about Evan Money you can check out these web pages. http://www.moneypaintball.org/emoneybio.html
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Chris Iquinta:
Chris is the youngest player to know so much about the game. He even came out of retirement to play CAL JAM in the Pro Division Last year.
Chris team, Spyders Web, started playing my tournaments way back when, and Chris has given up his talents in music and other areas to stay in paintball. You can hear Chris on the Paintball Weekly radio show with E Money.

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Miron Deleon:
Team Captain of the famed "Flipped Out" Pump team Milo coordinated his crews to multiple wins in both the pump and semi tourney circuits by pitting his pump teams against the semis on there turf.
Nothing short of amazing is what describes Milo. Creator of his own line of stock class gear, "The flipped out speed pack", was his teams own cap less harness introduced at the highlight of what we know as mainstream pump play. The Flipped out speed pack is successfully marketed via most major paintball retailers.
Calling the team his family, Milo fosters many commendable traits that pump players around the globe should appreciate. His attitude and aggressive style of leadership and play is an impressive and unique tool in the pump community's arsenal of the selected Legends.
Submitted by David Otero
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Bea Youngs:
Bea Youngs is another female player in a growing trend of females stepping up to the plate in a male dominated sport. Bea has a passion for the game and all of its players and continues to promote the game with a strong team and a strong conviction.
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Wes Wong:
The Original paintball god, Wes was a force of a player in the 80's and into the 90's. Wes hosted the famous Wong Way Tours of Canada bringing the hard hitting paintball style into Canadian North and the infamous Canada Day Massacre, were 11 Califorians vs. 150 canadians, and California winning.
Wes led many a team to victory in both 5 man and 10 man formats. Today Wes works with DYE and still can find time to pull out his old pumps to "lay the smakdown!"
Submitted by Glenn Cachianes.
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Jack Wada | Kamikaze Shooters:
Jack is one of the original Kamakaze shooters. He played and won the first ever speed ball tourney at SC Village back in the day. He still plays today and is as deadly now as he was then.
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Linh Truong / LA Hitmen

How do you become an instant legend? Sometimes 'all it takes' is doing something for the first time. Paintballs Linh Truong did just that by becoming the OSC's first female champ in the one on one Top Gun Challenge in 2008.
Congratulations to her and the LA Hitmen for having such diverse talent on their team.

Read more about Linh and the LA Hitmen here:
LA Hitmen

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As far back as I can remember, 1988 or so, Ron has been an icon in the sport with teams such as the California Bushwackers, one of the oldest teams out there.
If you are anybody in Paintball you know him, have heard of him, have been coached by him, or know who I am talking about.Every week rain or shine he is playing. A true Ronin player to the game of Paintball.

Submitted by: Paul Schreck
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Tom Kaye / Airgun Designs

Founder of Airgun Designs, and at the forefront of paintball innovation, the driving force behind many of the products in use today. Compressed Air as a power source was one of his many contributions to the sport, along with the Automag, Warp feed, E-mag, X-mag and the Level 10 bolt, the first and best purely mechanical anti-chop bolt. Sadly he retired from paintball around 2003, but the fact that there are so many Automag users out there today is a testament to his ideas and products enduring legacy.

Submitted by: David from UCSD

Tom Kaye was the spearhead for innovation in the early stages of paintball. Tom has brought so many amazing creatations to paintball and all of them have stood the test of time, Tom was a huge part of Airgun Designs and showed every paintballer in the world, what it means to be part of a paintball community. Tom has a resume that can be listed for miles even in size 6 font. Tom Kaye truly was a paintball player, For the paintball players.

Submitted by: Austin Nehring
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Paintball Legends

2010-02-20T21:17:00.000-08:00

Team Captain of Team Ronin Hawaii, Mathias “Gizmo” Luber was a great friend to numerous players in the state. Whether they be on Team Ronin or any other team in the sport of paintball, Mathias was always there to help and make friends. The man lived his life as honestly as any person I had ever met and all will miss him. If a true player ever lived, he was it.

He loved everything about the game as he saw it. The players, the challenge, the team work, and the kids. Always there to help anyone with anything, he gained many friends during his short life. The man was methodical. On the field he was incredible. Off the field I knew him as the guy who actually shot a fly out of the sky with a rubber band during an important meeting at work. He got so tied up in the challenge, that he forgot about the important people sitting at the table and tracked the fly. Both the fly and the rubber band would land on the table in front of him which drew stares from everyone. Mathias just shrunk in his chair and chuckled. I could go on and on as many of you that knew him could. He truly is deserving of a title containing the words: “Paintball Legend”.
Submitted by family, friends, and members of Team Ronin.

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Dave, what can you say, he was taken away from us wayyyyyy to early. A Shooter, a pioneer (original DD68 Desert Duck Marker) and a great guy. All the shooters still live by the code: death before dishonor.

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James M Anderson, 61 years old, born May 7 1947 passed away on, 1/12/09 at 6:38 pm, after a two year battle with cancer. Jim had checked himself into Epworth Manor Hospice House in Pennsylvania four days earlier. He had resided in Altoona Pa for the last 10 years where he had earned a Masters Degree in business management. Jim was predeceased by his mother Betty Rogers Anderson in NH in 2004.

Jim is survived by His Father Wesley H Blank of FL, His brother Doug Anderson of MA His sister Laurie Rose of MA, His sister Judy Kinney of FL, Daughters, Amy Anderson Jones of NH, Emily Anderson of NY and son U.S. Marine Sargent, Matt Anderson of NC .

Jim has been a part of the Paintball community since 1984 as a member of the NH Wild Geese, NSG two time World Champions. Jim was a prolific writer and wrote numerous stories for Front Line and Paint Check Magazine's . He Was a contributing Editor, writer and a Sales Rep for Paintball Sports. and reported and consulted for Paintball News. He was one of the founding fathers for the NPPL and at the first meeting in Miami FL.. Jim had developed and patented the "Short Change", a quick change 12 gram changer for the Nelson 007. and helped develop the 007 into one of the first "pump guns". Jim was the captain of "Bo Peep and His Sheep", a celebrity team made up of the likes of Bob Long, Dave Youngblood, Joe West, Rene Boucher, Fred Shultz. and Jerry Brawn and other notables. Jim was a prize Coordinator of the PSP World Cup for three years.

Jim Anderson will be sorely missed as a friend a paintballer and a contributor of and to the sport of paintball.

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Joe Ceci, aka General Joe, and owner of General Joe's out of CA passed away on Oct 21st, peacefully at home due to a long bought with cancer.

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For those of you that have been around more than a decade, you will know the name Sam Caldwell. Sam was Jim Lively’s partner in the tournament business throughout the 80’s and 90’s. I was greatly disturbed today to find out he has inoperable lung cancer ( and he doesn’t even smoke). Sam never sought the spotlight and was not one to force his opinion on others. The thing he was incredible at was taking an idea and making it HAPPEN. He brought computer integration to paintball tournaments, was the first to figure scheduling so teams would not be playing back to back. He and Jim brought us out of the patch-o-woods without porta-johns into real venues with pavement and lights. All that tournament paintball is today started with Jim and Sam and a ton of that was Sam typing on the keyboard and making sure things worked out.

Through it all Sam was super dedicated to the sport. We would take walks at night from our hotel at tournaments just to spend an hour talking about how to solve tournament problems and make them better. After a long day of listening to players complain and myriad other issues, he WANTED to keep talking about paintball's future. A finer man in paintball would be hard to find. Unfortunately the players had other ideas and formed the NPPL which turned into just another company dominated organization and moved away from the Lively series.
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Sam Caldwell passed away yesterday,after a long illness, at his home in Nashville Tn.Sam was the man who handled the logistics for Lively Productions.Where Jim was the front man that everyone remembers, Sam was the man who made sure that everything was in order and flowed smoothly.
Sam was one of the people who brought paintball out of the back of pickup trucks and into the sport that we know today.Sam was a longtime partner and friend of Jim Lively they opened the Nashville Survial Games in 1983 in Williamson county Tn.
Sam was one of the founding team members of the Nashville Ridgerunners that formed in 1983.Sam was one of the fastest shots with a 007 that I have ever seen and he shot lefthand which was no small feat with a 007.
The industry has lost one of its founding fathers a will be hard pressed to fill the spot left vacant by this man.
It is with pride that I can say that I was a teammate of Sams and he will be long remembered as one who would always hold his ground in a game.
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Sam Caldwell the main force behind Lively Productions. You were Great man. When ever we as players had a complaint, there was no talking with Jim, he would always say you will have to talk to Sam on that and we did and you LISTENED. We couldn wait to play the next tourny
because we knew you would fix the problems and make it better and you always did.

You might not remember me but I remember You. You might remember our team. S.O.B.s[Sams Omega Blasters]

Alot of us old farts are still around and still play and still remember.

How could we forget tournys like The Music city open. 1986,87,88,89,90. What a riot.
Or The first ever I believe International Tourny. The International Masters.

Ya it is all different now then the visions you and others had then but remember you made a difference.

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http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212256&highlight=caldwell
http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/paintball-news/49514-sam-caldwell-lively-productions.html

Submitted by all those who care. You will find the posts above inside the links. Thanks for posting so many good things!

RTR
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CHARLES NELSON:
Simple, without the Nelson Paint Company we would not have Paintball.
Charles John Nelson, born Aug. 1st, 1914 died on June 12th, 2007.
Submitted by The W.O.P
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GRAMPS:
Lou has been around the game since it began. Known by all who knows him as "Gramps" Lou is a stock gunner at heart. Lou continues to operate his store Gramps n Grizzly which has stood the test of time in the industry.
Submitted by: Ron Sindric
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BLAISE VILLA:
Another Hawaii player that touched so many lives. Through his own trials and tribulations in his life, Blaise was someone that many Hawaiians looked up to. An avid Paintball player, basketball player, and spiritual leader, he will be missed by many.

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