Smart Parts Shocker
Imagine
this, you start flipping through a APG or a PSI
and you get to the Smart Parts ad for there line of gear
and clothing. You then flip the page and you see a satin
black gun taking up the whole page. You say to your self
What heck is that? Well, my friend that is the new Shocker
Sport from Smart Parts. The Shocker Sport is Smart Parts
answer to the super fast Angel. Even though the Shocker
Sport has a Max rate of fire of 10 balls per second, the
accuracy and range compensates for it. This review isn't
going to be an essay like other reviews but more like an
FAQ. I get really bored reading something thatgoes on and
on so here goes.
What is a Shocker Sport?
Well, the Shocker Sport is a electropneumatic gun powered
by an air source. The electronics in the gun is protected
by a waxy plastic cover to guard the gun form shorting out
during those rain and dust storms. The gun body is about
8inches long, 3.5 inches high, and 1.5 inches wide. The
gun weights approx. 3.57 lb. with the reg. The gun body is a little bit higher than conventual guns but the user
gets use to it fairly quickly. There are also two versions
of the Shocker Sport, and they are the Shocker Sport 4x4
and the Shocker Sport S/F. The Shocker Sport 4x4 version
is just semi automatic and the S/F version is with 3 round
burst and full auto. The Shocker also comes with the famous
Smart Parts 16 All American barrel. With the AA being the
stock barrel it is tournament ready out of the box. When
firing the gun it is so quiet that I had times when I was providing cover for a
team mate they started yelling at me
because they couldn't hear my gun firing.
Will it break down?
Yes, like all things it does break down. The thing with the Shocker Sport is
that you have to take care of it. I have seen a lot of Shockers in bad shape
because they are neglected and or not greased correctly. The Shocker Sport
maintenance is a lot less than a Cocker but it needs and I stress NEEDs to be
greased before every day before play. The Shocker is also very picky on what
kind of lube you should use. The manual that comes with the gun suggests Dow33
silicone low temperature grease and I would suggest a dropor two of gold cup oil
to make sure you got everything. The gun will last a long time as long as you
don't get itchy and take apart all the electronics. If you do mess with it and
you don't know what your doing you will mess up a $700 gun.
Is the gun for me?
The Shocker Sport is a high end gun meaning it costs lots of money to obtain and
shoot. With the trigger being less than 2 mm and less than a pound of spring
pressure any player can crank out 6-7 balls per second easily. You must buy good
quality paint in order to get the super range and accuracy. I see my Shocker as
a tool, with the right paint to barrel match I can place 10+ shotsthrough a 4 inch by 4 inch hole at 100 feet.
How does the Shocker work?
The shocker works off an air source, of either Co2 or N2. Even though the gun
does work with N2 I wouldn't recommend it. The Shocker is a low pressure high
volume gun. With the gun being low pressure of 180 psi it will not chop balls
and you can shoot the most brittle paint out there without the fear of breaking.
The high volume means that with every shot the gun uses about 50pounds of air to push the paintball at 280 feet per second. Back to the
electronics, the computer circuit board of the gun controls the two solenoid.
The solenoids are the valves of the gun. They are controlled by the computer
circuit board by a set of timing switches which determine the speed of time of
theopening and closing of the valves.SEE SHOCKER TIMING When you get the timing
set you will not need to retime again.
Field Striping, Maintenance?
The gun isn't the fastest gun to field strip. You will need to purchase an
adjustable wrench a large nosed flat head screw driver and a 3/8 Allen wrench.
The main body of the gun is composed of 3 removable parts, the bolt, the firing
cylinder, and the poppet. These parts can be removed by a flat head screwdriver
and an adjustable wrench. Its as easy as 1,2,3 as once you get all the parts
removed you can just grease everything and throw it back into the gun. The
regulator can be taken apart with the 3/8 Allen wrench and all the components
will come out once that lug has been taken out. It will take somebody about
10-15 min to completely take the gun apart and put it together again.
Pros/Cons
Pro-Extremely quiet and super accurate.
Pro-Really reliable once you get to know how to take care of the gun.
Pro-The shocker is beginning to get a lot of aftermarket parts of barrels, reg
setups, and custom work.
Pro-With the super low pressure of 180 psi the gun will rarely break balls
Pro-The shocker uses co2 and no need for an expensive nitrogen system.
Con-The gun is a gas hog
Con-It is a bit heavy
Con-Needs a good amount of Maintenance.
Con-It takes a while to get use to the gun and to really know it.
Con-Not all Shockers perform perfectly out of the box but is easy to fine tune
if you visit Shockers Owners Organization.
In conclusion the Shocker Sport is an ultra high performance gun. It will not
let you down if you take care of it. I feel that the Shocker will and can out
perform 90% of the guns out there, and with the right upgrades of barrels,
powerfeed, and turbo board it is the only gun out there that can fire 11.2 balls
per second continuously in semi mode until you run out of paint.