Paintball Magazine 2018 Paintball Extravaganza Special Edition | Page 25

A short walk from Valken was the Dye
Paintball booth and their new M3S which will
be replacing the M2. This was definitely the
hot new product at Dye’s booth and one of
the hot products in the show. The M3 comes
with the new FL-21 Bolt Kit which includes
new air routing that makes the gun even
more air efficient than the M2 and it promises
to shoot even the most fragile paint. The
M3 also comes with a new feedneck, a new
barrel tip and an updated Hyper Reg, which
allowed Dye to remove the LPR altogether
from the gun.
also be releasing five new solid color Luxe
Ice guns this spring.
In keeping with the gun theme my next stop
was the Planet Eclipse booth where they were
unveiling the new CS2 for the first time—and
as expected this one was stopping people
in their tracks. The new CS2 features a
completely new and more compact frame
design. Tool-less grips, new trigger design
(you no longer have to drop the frame to
remove the trigger), new lower pressure
internals, new batter assembly and countless
other new features. See Josh Silverman’s
While we’re on the subject of guns I thought complete CS2 review in this issue.
I’d check out the Luxe Paintball booth next.
Russel Jackson and the guys in the booth A few steps away I caught up with Eric Engler
were slammed but I was able to see some of of Engler Customs and he showed me their
the limited edition splash Luxe Ice markers new hot product for 2018, the custom First
they were showing for the first time. These Strike FSC Pistols (with glow sights). If you’re
were made specifically for the Paintball not familiar with Engler Customs they modify
Extravaganza. In all there were eight marker and customize paintball guns of all types
sets with 10-20 available in each color including their M2 Browning Machine Gun,
scheme, and they were beautiful. They will modified Tippmann TMCs, some bolt action
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