PaintballX3 Magazine May 2014 | Page 89

89 ple stacked-tube, blowback semi-automatic action, Spyder has expanded its capabilities and appearance with a tactical look and a full array of mag-fed, mil-sim features. The MR5 is standard with an M4-style, collapsible stock that a user can install or remove quickly and easily. While the marker loosely resembles an M4 or AR15 with many aesthetic and functional elements clearly drawn from that type of firearm, including the magazine release button, quad-rail system and cocking handle, there’s still a Spyder under there that can be seen in the polymer lower with a .45 style grip frame and single trigger with the traditional Spyder steel braided air hose feeding air from a basic bottom line bottle adapter. A comfortable set of wrap-around grips encase the grip frame and the bottle adapter is mounted with two inline screws, allowing the user to upgrade to an on/off later if they so-desire. Up front and along the top of the receiver, plenty of rails allow for the mounting of sights, scopes, grips, lights, lasers, bipods or cameras, while the magazine-feed system and offset hopper elbow allow the owner to sight directly down the top of the marker without obstruction. The Spyder MR5’s short, included barrel with a threaded muzzle break can be switched “on the fly” to shoot either standard, .68 caliber paintballs from a hopper or the magazine, or First Strike rounds from the included nineround magazine. First Strike rounds, a spin-stabilized paintball with spiral fins, fly much farther and deliver much WWW.PAINTBALLX3.COM