Posted by: Ben "Pump Scout" Kohnen on May 06, 2003 at 19:02:38

: I own Phantoms and have never owned any Carters, just shot a couple a few times. Now they are pretty smooth and built real solid, but wondering what the primary differences are? I have a couple Phantoms with the old school power tubes and they sometimes blowup balls because of the blast of CO2 and from what I understand, Carter's use that same type of powertube (without the "tuned port compensator" like my newer Phantoms). How is it that Carters do not tend to break balls like the older Phantoms? Is it the powertube, or the valving, or???? Both guns use Nelson valving. The major differences are in the methods of construction, and in the name. Personally, I don't see the benefit to paying $600 for a Nelson based pump over the butter-smooth Phantom for a third of that price. Plus, the Phantom's got that modularity that the Carter doesn't touch. I would think that any less breakage in the Carter would have more to do with internal smoothness, rather than any real design differences. Ben Kohnen, Limited Pump Paintball www.geocities.com/limitedpump

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