I could do this over PMs, but other paintball "playaz" might find some of this interesting.
Squidly: I walked out of the store with the "display" piece, which is fine. The #1 thing I was missing was a manual, but that was no problem--Indian Creek has a great website and I was able to download and print one from their PDF archive. It makes reference to a couple of maintenance accessories that it implies would come in the box. Can you check with the folks at MI the next time you're up there and see what, if anything, I missed out on by taking the floor model and see if they'd be willing to part with them (from the box of their new floor model, perhaps?)
More general questions:
-Do you guys recommend one brand of batteries over another? I'm going to stock up when I make my weekly trip to the grocery store.
-What brand of lube do you use? (on your gun--any other kind I don't want to know about. ) I knew not to use my Spyder oil on it even before I read it in the manual. Is it made from the pockets of the pocket fox or some other exotic ingredient that makes it wickedly expensive? Do I have to pay premium price at the paintball store or is there a generic bulk-size equivalent I can pick up at Home Depot on the cheap?
-Do you use a feed neck between your hopper and gun? The neck on the hopper I bought is way too big to fit into my gun--I don't think sanding is going to do it. If you don't, would it be detrimental if I did?
Thanks guys. I'm going to tweak some more this weekend.