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short, crisp trigger pull, I was dinging chain link fence posts
at twenty yards with ease. The marker reports with a semiquiet pop that, while not exactly silent, certainly doesn’t
report with a “bark” like some other pump markers, and
it’s quiet enough that one or two shots won’t immediately
give away the location of a concealed shooter.

achieved by removing the barrel and tuning the bolt with
the included tool. A recent chit-chat with the good people
at ICD (who answer their Facebook messages very quickly
I might add) revealed that an update to the pump handle
allowing more popular modern barrels to fit and function
is on the way, if not already available.

That said, I finally found a longer barrel that did have the
proper outer diameter to function with the PRP’s pump
handle and allow me to more tightly match my bore size
to the paintballs available: things really got good, because
groups were tight, consistency was outstanding and that
whole “one shot, one kill” thing? Yeah, that happened. A
lot. The PRP’s consistency over the chronograph was a big
help in the accuracy department too, as with compressed
air and its stock barrel, I recorded strings including 278,
274, 276 and 277, 275, 281. Velocity adjustment is simple,

Light, small, simple, easy to maintain and extremely unique,
the ICD PRP is a welcome addition to the game because it
adds choice to the growing popularity of pump paintball
and brings a long-standing and influential company back
into the modern mix. At around five hundred bucks, it’s
not inexpensive and you could probably make a case for
it being a bit expensive for a Nelson-based pump, but its
rarity, unique and useful features and heritage bring both
tangible and intangible value to the table on a marker that
shoots well. • • •

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