The New BT-4 Delta Elite Paintball Marker !
8 03 2008BT, or “Battle Tested”, has come out swinging with another entry into the ever growing scenario paintball market. Last year they released their walkable double trigger BT Electronic Gripframe, followed by the BT Rip Clip Electronic Loader to feed the insane rate of fire that the e-frame could put out while still maintaining a low profile. Then, they really upped the ante with the BT-4 Delta paintball marker. This MP5 A3 look-alike threw the proverbial monkey wrench into the market by providing sweet looks and features below some competitor’s base model price. I discussed these in a previous post here.
Unfortunately, to put the popular Apex Barrel on the Delta took some tooling around and did look a bit awkward. The submachinegun effect just isn’t the same without burst/ full auto, but once you put the Electronic Frame on there you needed the Rip Clip or else your marker would just be chopping paintballs like a deli slicer. All of a sudden the marker got very expensive compared to its low starting price.
Well, not anymore… BT listened to the customer’s wants and have released the BT-4 Delta Elite Paintball Marker.
The Delta Elite resembles the famous MP5SD, one of the most common sound-suppressed submachineguns used by SWAT, Navy SEALS and other elite forces around the globe. It still features the awesome retracting stock, removable mock magazine and top shroud over the body and barrel. An Apex Barrel is standard and a new shroud resembling a sound suppressor fills out the front end so the Apex tip looks more an integral part of the marker. An Electronic Gripframe offers faster rate of fire and burst/ auto modes with the sound-activated Rip Clip loader feeding plenty fast.
Best part is the price. The already costs much less than outfitting a standard Delta with the e-frame and loader separately… AND you get the Apex with the sweet-looking shroud! The player saves over $100 and gets what I feel is the most intimidating full-production milsim paintball marker yet.
My spies at BT have told me of yet another marker in the works that is bound to make as big a splash as the other BT paintball guns have. Plus, I’ve already seen prototypes of other future BT products that are in the final testing stage. Their big rollout is going to happen at Oklahoma D-Day… and I’ll be there to see it!
Added… read about the other BT products in this article from my previous post.
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[...] Paintball Markers and Loaders 6 12 2007 Added… Check out the new BT-4 Delta Elite here [...]
just picked up a pair, love them i go dualy with ‘em, have tac caps on them and shoulder harness, reloading is quick and more realistic with tac caps, but halo lets you have 150+balls vs 40 you just sacrifice feild of view and weight.
you gotta get the elite, the regular delta is just a waist now with the elite out now. best marker i’ve owned, with the exception of my tiberius 9/8’s… better than any x-7 or a-5.. way way cheaper too!
can you put a ricochet A5 loader
on a BT 4 Delta elite