Review: Angel paintball guns

Filed under: Paintball, Reviews — john at 5:32 am on Wednesday, May 3, 2006

The Angel is produced by the WDP, the same manufacturers who produced the Hyperball and Forrest Paint. Made in England, the Angel is the most recently released gun classified under the next generation of markers that run on electropneumatics.

The Angel is produced with features that are considered as upgrades for other kinds of guns. These features include an On/Off Dump Valve in a minireg foregrip, a 45 gripo frame made with rubber molded grips, a Venturie bolt, a Jacko rifled Barrel, as well as a sight rail.

The vertical feed allows the Angel to feed 1.6 paintballs more than any other marker model. The marker’s bolt is made of a light weight plastic of industrial strength called nyloil. This bolt can be easily removed from the marker by pulling onto a single knob and rotating the knob by 90 degrees. This feature, also known as the Rotabreech, is an excellent way to help you save time when cleaning your marker.

The Angel can be used as either a semi automatic or a fully automatic marker. The mode is determined via the chip found beneath the hand grip. The gun’s timing and velocity can also be adjusted via the same chip. Made to be very durable and sturdy, the Angel can stand some harsh blows on the field. The Angel runs on nitrogen or air only.

The Angle can have an added on feature, known as the Intellifeed Hopper/VL2001. This will knock you back a few dollars, but is well worth it. This hopper is a lot like a Viewloader 2000 hopper but with a lead directly connected to the back of the marker. This system is said to increase the rate of feeding the paintballs by 40% when compared to the standard Shredder hopper. This translates to about 15 paintballs in one second, the fastest rate that a paintball gun can fire.

  • The Stock Angel

The Stock Angel has a 14” Infinity step-bore, on place barrel. Black in color and with a 45 frame, a single, full length trigger and a standard LPR, Valve, Ram and a fully automatic standard PCB.

The stock model remains the same as the very first Angels that were produced. The circuit board has been slightly upgraded to deal with the temperature conditions. This model, as with every other Angel, comes with a spares kit and an Allen key. It also comes with a 12 volt car charger and an instruction manual. The Ram, Valve and LPR assemblies are standard for any Angel model.

This model gives its users the leeway to upgrade and customize their guns via the numerous bolt-on upgrades available in the market.

  • The Special Edition Angel

The Special Edition Angel has a 14” Infinity step-bore, one-piece barrel. It comes with a 45 frame, a shortened length double trigger, a modified LPR assembly, a standard Valve and Ram assembly, a select fire Printed Circuit Board. This model can come in various single colors.

This special edition Angel is produced by WDP for every major gun show that they participate in. These markers are of individual designs and are aesthetically, as well as internally different, from the standard Angel. This model can come in special edition colors and patterns and with select fire circuit boards as well.

  • The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel comes with a 14” step-bore, one-piece infinity barrel. This marker comes with a 45 frame a shortened, single or double trigger, a modified LPR assembly, a standard Valve and Ram assembly, a Select fire Printed Circuit Board. This marker can come in either of three colors: Grey, Red or Blue.

This Angel model is the only Angel made by a manufacturer outside the United Kingdom. This gun is supplied by Warped Sportz in the United States. This marker is custom made for members of team Avalanche.

  • The Eclipse Angel

The Eclipse Angel has a 14” step-bore, one-piece infinity barrel, with a 45 frame, a very short single or double trigger, a modified LPR assembly, as well as a modified valve assembly. This marker has a standard Ram assembly, a select fire printed circuit board and comes in the color black or splash.

This gun is produced by Paintball planet in the United Kingdom. This marker model is longest running Angel model.