Magazine-fed paintball guns aren’t anything
new, as they’ve been around the game longer
than many may realize. Indeed, the first semi-
automatic and fully automatic paintball gun,
the Tippmann SMG-60, was fed by stripper
clips pushed into a magazine mounted Sten-
gun-style to the side of the gun’s receiver,
and other guns over the years have utilized
some form of magazine feed system to
push paintballs into their breeches for firing.
However, mag-fed paintball is enjoying a
remarkable era of growth and popularity
with more companies joining the fray all the
time as players flock to the tactical, mil-sim
style of play. Tippmann, a longtime leader
in paintball gun production and design, did
not fail to notice this trend, especially as
their presence in the scenario, big-game and
tactical side of paintball has always been a
strong one, and the company has rolled out
several magazine-fed markers over the last
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several years. The latest in the mag-fed series
from Tippmann is the affordable, feature-
packed TMC tactical magazine-fed carbine,
and this marker seems poised to both offer
mag-fed players a great and affordable
option, and welcome a larger number of
players to the mag-fed style of play thanks to
its mix of affordability and performance!
Mag-fed paintball has grown rapidly in
popularity over the last several years, with
a niche populated by hard-core mil-sim
paintball operators exploding into a full-
blown mag-fed movement nationwide as
players try and fall in love with this exciting,
and affordable, style of play. Players can
shoot and move, bring a tactical element into
the game and play all day without dumping
hopper after hopper of expensive paintballs
downrange, and all of these factors have
contributed greatly to the segment’s