From Paintball.com
UPDATED - Was Smart Parts ahead of it's time?
The SP8 is build on an awesome marker, the ION, but it hasn't gotten much traction on the sales side. The only thing wrong with the SP8 is the side feed tube, but put a nice loader that pushes balls down and even that isn't an issue.
So what is up with the SP8?
My guess is that most people don't know the "look" is based off a killer new weapon system for the US Military ( experimental XM8 ). Smart Parts heard the cry from the scenario players and stepped up.
The new SP8 a Scenario Player's dream
review by Young Choi
Straight out of the SP lab
Smart Parts has finally satisfied the Scenario Players’ needs with their new SP8 marker. They (Smart Parts) modeled the SP8 marker after the experimental XM8 that the military is currently putting through test trials as you read this. Smart Parts even emulated some of the modular components of the actual XM8 rifle; I’ll get more on the modular componenst later.
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