Paintball Magazine April Issue 2018 | Page 64

Eclipse GMek When rumors began to circulate that one of the most successful and respected paintball gun manufacturers ever, Planet Eclipse, was testing and preparing to release a mechanical marker, the paintball corner of the Internet exploded into a frenzy that was only to get wilder as prototypes began to make their way onto fields and then onto social media. Building off their simple but solid GTek spool valve electronic marker platform, Eclipse developed a mechanical replacement frame with a smooth, slide trigger that makes converts out of everyone who’s put their hands on one. Now finally shipping to dealers, the GMek offers all the features a serious player desires, including aluminum construction with a few nylon composite 064 paintball.media magazine accessories, an Autococker threaded barrel, clamping vertical feed neck, vertical regulator, simple field stripping for cleaning and maintenance, low pressure operation and a rate of fire that some referees have mistaken for electronic on the playing field. Quiet, smooth, light, reliable and built by one of the most trusted names in paintball, the biggest problem Eclipse has with the GMek is that when players try them out, they don’t want to give them back. The frame is available for existing GTek markers for $129, and a GTek marker sells for around $500. www.PlanetEclipse.com