Paintball Magazine April 2020 Issue | Page 91

Bunkerkings CTRL Loader Text & Photography by Joshua D. Silverman We’re in an age where even the mechanical guns need a high-end loader to reach their full potential for consistent rate of fire and performance, while the pro-level electronic markers used by competitive teams are more reliable than ever, so long as the peripherals like their loader and bottle are delivering air and paintballs the way they should. Into this world steps the latest high-tech paint feeding device to hit the market, the CTRL loader from Bunkerkings. Extremely light with a small, low profile and already in use by numerous professional players (in what little bit of season 2020 has had to-date), the CTRL looks the part and seems poised to carve out a portion of the high-end loader market for the brand that Kills Suckers. Licensing proven Spire III technology from Virtue, the Bunkerkings CTRL loader makes some bold statements right on the box in which it’s packaged, like “perfectly balanced,” and “never jams.” In the world of high-dollar paintball loaders these are already tall orders, as the variables that factor into whether a loader might jam or otherwise malfunction on the field like weather conditions, paint size, shape and condition, and how a player handles www.paintball.media 091