What is a Viper-M1?
1.1 General Description and history The Viper-M1 is a semi automatic paintgun. Its predecessors are the Lazer and the Lazer-II. In many ways the Viper-M1 can be thought of as a Lazer-III. The manufacturers of the original Lazer redesigned their paintgun into the Lazer-II, incorporating many of the features of the Viper-M1, including the integrated expansion chamber. Unfortunately, there were some problems with the Lazer-II, and the manufacturer ran into financial troubles, eventually turning over the rights and inventory to Micro-Tool, the company that had been manufacturing for them. US Amateur Sports, looking to get into the paintball market as well as other amateur sports markets, bought the rights and Lazer-II inventory, and set their production business unit, USA Performance Products, to the task of refining the Lazer-II and producing this new paintgun. Thus the Viper-M1 was born. The Viper-M1 differs greatly from the Lazer-II in that it uses a bore drop barrel. Having the balls d
