Carter Machine
After South Bay Arms (Earon Carter and Stanley Russell) parted ways, Earon went on to run Carter Machine. Carter Machine is know for customizing a wide variety of paintball markers in the late 1980s and 1990s. Towards the late 1990s Carter moved to San Diego with Dave Youngblood and eventually worked under Dye. Earon is most known for his Carter Comp Guns (Under cocking Nelsons) and Carter Buzzards (Side cocking nelsons).
Tim Stone’s Removable Barrel Carter Comp with Sonny Phommarine and Jack Wada
Over the weekend Sonny "Fearless Leader" Phommarine of So Cal Stock and Jack Wada of the Kamikaze Shooters showed a pump that belonged to Kamikaze Shooters player Tim Stone.
Palmer’s Pursuit Shop Typhoon Switch Actuation
This video shows the actuation of a Palmer Pursuit Shop Typhoon Switch.
Ant Linda Shoots a Team Dragoon Buzzard
Ant Linda blast paintballs through a Team Dragoon Carter Machine Buzzard pump paintball gun from the late 90s originally owned by Dragoon player Mike Jacot.
Stanley Russell custom Nelson Rail Gun c.1987-88 with Jack Wada
Jack Wada, of the Kamikaze Shooters, talks about his custom undercocking and hard chromed Nelson based Rail gun, built by Stanley Russell in the late 1980s.
WGP Autococking Sniper 1 Serial Number 2
An eBay oddity, a Worr Game Products Sniper 1 with an Autococking kit on it turns out to be Sniper 1 serial number 2 with the Sat Cong Village sticker!
John Coleman’s history with the Bushwackers and Carter Machine
John Coleman of the Bushwackers, Carter Machine and Dye remembers his history in Paintball through the late 1980s and mid 1990s.
PBDA Episode 5 – Ambush, sock hats, paintball rap
Episode 5 of PBDA (Paul, Benji, Dan and Andre) where we talk about vintage autocockers, listen to Benji's Paintball Rap, and wear sock hats!
Breech Drop Carter Machine Stock Class Line SI conversion
This stock class Line SI conversion was built by Carter Machine in the early 1990s. Although Breech Drop, I call this nelson pump is a Maximaster.
Thunder Pig Springs and Things T-Shirt with Ted “Two Guns” Hines
Ted "Two Gun" Hines talks about a Thunder Pig Springs and Things T-shirt that he purchased from the Carter Machine Shop in late 1990 or early 1991.
Paintball Tek demonstrates Reverse pump on the Master Blaster
Tim at Paintball Tek shows how the reverse pump action on the Elevator Master Blaster pump paintgun works.
Original Termite Pump handle c.1988 from Jim “Howdy” McGuffog
A quick look at an original pump handle from Jim "Howdy" McGuffog's Termite pump.
Ted “2 Gunz” Hines’ Tidy Bowl Annihilator
Ted "2 Gunz" Hines talks a little about a radical short barrel Annihilator, actually referred to as a Tidy Bowl by Earon Carter and the Kamikaze shooters.
Airing up and Shooting a Termite Gun Pump c.1989
In these series of videos I air up and shoot a Termite gun pump, which was built in late 1988 or early 1989.
Getting ready Stock Class pumps for tomorrow’s New Years game
A batch of pumps that are ready to be shot in tomorrow's new years stock class game on December 27th!
A line up of classic pumps with stocks
Here are some classic pumps I had in northern California including Bushmasters, a Carter Comp and some WGP Snipers.
Stanley Russell’s Widowmakers patch
Stanley Russell brought this Widowmakers patch over to show me. The Widowmakers were likely the South Bay Arms factory team.
Stanley Russell’s Master Blaster Elevator Gun c. 1985
This was the 1st Master Blaster pistol manufactured by Stanley Russell and Earon Carter off of Crosman Mark 1 Pellet Pistols provided by Tim at Mac 1.
Background display for a video with Stanley Russell
This display wall shows a variety of paintguns from the 1980s that Machinist and Welder Stanley Russell was involved in creating.
The Revolver Hammer, by Ken Kidd
Steve Brett, maker of the Redux, and I look at a neat classic Nelson 007 Revolver Hammer that was modified by Ken Kidd, of Line SI and Navarone.
Stock Class Carter Comp from the early 1990s
A really beautiful Stock Class Carter Comp from the early 1990s that Benji showed me a few weeks back. In this video we look over this Comp's features.