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The M17 accepts its compressed air
source at the back of its receiver
via a bottle adapter that points the
bottle straight out the back of the
marker. Though intended to be used
with a tiny compressed air bottle
that the included butt stock adapter can fit around, any size air bottle
can be threaded in. Unfortunately,
this leads to a minor disruption of
ergonomics as a larger bottle prevents the shooter from assuming a
comfortable cheek-weld that allows
the included, bolt-on AR15 front and
rear sights to be utilized effectively.
Some players will get around this
with using a smaller bottle, others
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a remote line, while others will simply use a sight or scope on a raised
sight rail.
The standard barrel included with
the Milsig M17 is a relatively short,
aluminum Marksman barrel with internal rifling, a few small ports near
the front and a threaded muzzle
break. While this barrel may work
great and deliver First Strike rounds
well, with standard .68 caliber paintballs we were less than impressed
during testing. At close range accuracy with both Valken Redemption
and GI 4 Star paintballs was decent
at best, while at longer ranges ac-