[Xdanisx]

What was the first electronic marker with a trigger that can be walked? (Is that an e trigger?)

[loneassassin]

Probably the Angel. But there were a few others that came out around the same time. The funny thing was, the fastest loader at that time was the VL Revolution, which definitely could not feed as fast as the Angel could fire. Chop Suey!

It wasn't until the Halo loader that electros started to dominate.

[Fubarius]

The PVI Shocker (pre-Smart Parts) was out before the Angel, but the trigger switch on those wasn't particularly walkable. Of course you're right, chop suey with out a force feed hopper so it was a moot point. The Angels could shoot faster out of the box than the old Shockers if you cranked the ROF trim pot up (no dip switches or fancy programming back then).

[Schnell_MS]

I'm not sure but I think the Rainmaker was the first but Smart Parts and Angel were all right there at the same time to make the big change in the sport...

[p8ntcheck45]

Eblade for my 04 autococker I think.

[brienpeppers]

Lol tippman 98 with the electronic trigger =p

[p8ntballer101]

impulses had the first ramp boards...?

[Fubarius]

Originally Posted by p8ntballer101

impulses had the first ramp boards...?

Nope, Shocker Turbo (that's the old shoebox style shocker) had the first, though they did it a little different than today. After reaching the activating rate of fire (which I think was around 5 bps, please someone correct me if I'm wrong) the board automatically dropped the trigger debounce setting down to zero. Multiple signals were received with each trigger pull and the gun would hum along at it's maximum set rate of fire, which was 12-13 bps or so.

Interestingly enough the second stock gun board that had a ramping mode (plenty of aftermarket ones, but this is right out of the box) was a Tippmann gun. The A5 egrip had their own "turbo" mode. After a set number of pulls at a certain rate of fire (the third pull I believe) the gun started firing on the pull and release of the trigger.

[SKI008]

Wouldn't the early Matrices be near that time period?

Shocker, Angel, early Matrix would be my guesses.

[Fubarius]

The early Matrix (Diablo Matrix being the earliest I believe) didn't come out until late 2000.

The PVI Shocker was first, 96 or 97.

Angel and Rainmaker came out in 98.

ICD had the Bushmaster 2000 (B2K) in, you guessed it, 2000. Though they were showing it off in 99. There was also the early Bob Long Defiant, though that was just a cocker threaded re-badged B2K with different milling.

[fox5100]

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