A few weeks back we received two cellphone photos of Sacramento XSV field testing the new Empire AXE paintball gun. The photos were captured by a local player/ ProPaintball community member, and featured pro player Eddie Tamao loading and playing with the marker. ProPaintball sent a few questions to XSV inquiring about the photographs and a potential gun change for the 2011 season but no response was provided. Fast forward to today– a report surfaced on BallersCafe that Empire Paintball has officially signed pro paintball team Sacramento XSV to shoot the Empire AXE for the 2011 paintball season.
Via BallersCafe;
“The team has been very impressed with the performance of the gun,” said Rich Telford of Sacramento XSV. “I remember a time when a great, pro-level marker needed to be out of this world expensive! Times have changed and in the twenty-first century, a paintball gun can be both affordable and ready for competition – and Empire Axe is it.”
Thomas Taylor of XSV said,
“The AXE is light, fast, accurate and compact…all the things I need in a paintball gun! For anyone who plays as aggressive and up the field as I do, the new Empire Axe is the perfect choice! I can’t wait to hit the snake with my Axe in 2011!”
Read the full story at BallersCafe here: Sacramento XSV to shoot Empire AXE Marker in 2011. Interested in the AXE? Check out the Empire Paintball website for more information.
at 2:11 pm
I must say the AXE is a sweet gun and doesn’t break the bank!
at 2:13 pm
new tool to do work in 2011!!!
cant wait to see it in action!!
at 2:39 pm
pretty funny, went from shooting ego’s to a new design mini way to go XSV.
at 2:47 pm
big step in a different direction, who knows whatll happen. Only time will tell. Good luck to XSV
at 2:58 pm
Great shooting marker, very quiet, efficient, feels great in your hands, very light. Can’t wait to see it in pro tournament action!
at 2:59 pm
This is hela sick. I have to shoot one…
at 3:58 pm
people give these guns a bad wrap but when the minis worked they shot really well and im sure the axe has some improvements so gj to xsv for making a smart move. This should also help inspire young players to realize you dont need a 1200 dollar gun to compete in tournament paintball.
at 4:14 pm
man i hope they make an xsv gun so i can get one to go with my xsv geo.
at 4:37 pm
hella tight brahs. keep hustlin’ and bustlin’ lil playas and maybe one day you can shoot your minis with the top brahs
at 5:13 pm
Dam crazy sick and i was going to get one wish i would have stuck with it lol. Hope it works out for XSV
at 6:21 pm
This is great news for KEE/Empire and XSV. This is an excellent marker and it should treat XSV well this season.
at 7:16 pm
Will probably get one when they come out with something kinda shiney! The colors out now are to woodsy for me
at 7:32 pm
put that in ur pipe and smoke it…. i guess props to my boy martin tho…!!!
at 8:33 pm
ironmen, to shoot tipmans as well
at 12:59 am
Funny how their used to be a pro team that only shot Tippmans in xball..
Tippmann effect.
Kids today…
at 9:43 am
Tippmann Effect wasn’t Pro. Or even close to Pro. However, they had an incredible eye for talent and many of their players later went Pro.
at 10:41 pm
Correction, you do need a 1200 dollar gun to compete. I know i do
at 12:57 pm
lol gear doesn’t matter for them most part, its all about skill
at 7:04 am
It is all about skill, I’ve shot out people with me PM8 a $300 used gun and people that had Rev-i’s SL-94 So no having an expensive gun helps none.
at 5:30 am
as i recall infamous was trying out the axe aswell. maybe will see the switching to the axe aswell.
at 8:50 am
You sir are an idiot.
This can give Empire to raise the price another 50+ since pro team XSV is using it.
Taylor is my bud but I think they made the smartest move to Alien and they should have stuck with them.
But I am going have to call him up to see the reason of this move beside money
at 8:50 am
Empire a reason*
at 2:05 pm
pretty sick. Telford wouldnt settle for anything shitty, he has been around so long. This is a real testiment on how good of a gun this really is. I personally have never shot one, but haha just saying
at 3:42 pm
ever shoot a an axe? it shoots as well as an nt if not better and they feel super solid also.
at 11:37 pm
we have sold a few here at the field i work at and more r coming around they seem great and have seen no problems out of them so far
at 11:39 pm
It’s good to see a pro team using a mid-end marker, it shows that you don’t need a $1000 marker to compete at the highest level of paintball.
Best of luck to XSV this year, see you guys at HB!
at 1:27 am
We have been testing the Axe for awhile now and they are great markers. Their accurate,fast,reliable and light. What more could you want. I am Excited to shooting them this season. See everyone in HB!
at 8:24 am
how is the air efficiency on these guns? Since they are playing 7 man too, I know rich shoots a lot of pods
at 1:24 pm
I get about 10.5 pods out of a full 68/4500 fill.
at 9:15 am
hmmm that is real good then. I might have to pick up one of these.