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PMI's Trracer Tagmaster

DESCRIPTION:

The Trracer Tagmaster is about 19-inches in length and weighs 20-ounces. The receiver, and sight-rail are manufactured from aluminum. The trigger and internals are made from stainless steel, while the pump handle, trigger grip, and trigger housing are made from a very durable man-made carbon fiber material. The Tagmaster is similar to the Trracer (1992 "Pump-Gun of the Year") , but several improvements have been made.

The most obvious change is in the pump...the Tagmaster uses an 'undercocking' arm as opposed to the standard side-handle cocking method. The undercocking arm allows the receiver to be 'closed' to the bolt, keeping the internals free from dirt. An internal rod attached to the pump handle connects to a groove in the bolt. The Trracer Tagmaster incorporates 'friction' field strip screws to help keep from loosening during play.

ACCURACY:

PROCEDURE: With a securely bench-mounted gun, we fire 200+ rounds of paint (eight brands) at four target distances. At 100 & 125 feet, the target size is 22" x 22". At 75 & 50 feet, the target size is reduced to 8" x 11". All accuracy testing is performed indoors at 60 - 80 degrees (f). The gun is re-sighted at each target distance change. For this accuracy test we used RP Scherer (original), Marballizer, Zap Advantage, Nelson Precision, Proball, 68 ultra, Stinger, and Bullseye paint.

Below are the results of the accuracy bench-mount test.

125 feet hits/shots

RP Scherer 72% 305/424

Marballizer 79% 167/211

Zap Advantage 63% 126/200

Nelson Precision 67% 135/201

Proball 77% 156/203

68 Ultra 55% 120/219

Stinger 67% 281/419

Bullseye 56% 227/406

overall 125 foot ratio...

All Brands 66.44% 1517/2283

100 feet

RP Scherer 80% 327/409

Marballizer 83% 168/202

Zap Advantage 59% 139/236

Nelson Precision 69% 149/216

Proball 89% 191/215

68 Ultra 62% 125/210

Stinger 72% 296/411

Bullseye 68% 274/403

overall 100 foot ratio...

All Brands 72.86% 1669/2293

75 feet

RP Scherer 66% 277/419

Marballizer 85% 184/216

Zap Advantage 65% 131/201

Nelson Precision 63% 128/203

Proball 80% 166/207

68 Ultra 63% 129/205

Stinger 60% 249/415

Bullseye 55% 221/401

overall 75 foot ratios...

All Brands 65.50% 1485/2267

50 feet

RP Scherer 95% 391/412

Marballizer 99% 209/211

Zap Advantage 90% 189/210

Nelson Precision 89% 192/216

Proball 94% 208/221

68 Ultra 92% 201/218

Stinger 92% 371/403

Bullseye 88% 367/417

overall 50 foot ratios...

All Brands 92.20% 2128/2308

VELOCITY CONSISTENCY:

The Tagmaster held it's velocity within 10 feet per second using both a regular (gas) and siphon C02 tanks (see chart this page).

MAINTENANCE OF VELOCITY:

This test shows a gun's ability to hold velocities during rapid fire situations.

1 shot 297 FPS

2 shots 294 FPS

3 shots 298 FPS

4 shots 301 FPS

5 shots 294 FPS

6 shots 294 FPS

10 shots 293 FPS

OBSERVATIONS:

In our original testing of the Tagmaster back in January, we fired more than 5,000 and experienced no ball breaks. In shooting more than 8,000 rounds during the accuracy test for this issue, we encountered only one ball break. The Tagmaster has the smoothest pump stroke, the best maintenance of velocity, velocity consistency, and was second to the Sniper III in overall accuracy. Other features of the Tagmaster include great cold weather performance, excellent C02 efficiency (about 500 shots from a 7-ounce tank), quick field strip ability, short trigger pull, and it's overall user-friendly amenities.

The PMI Trracer Tagmaster is an outstanding pump-gun...the best we have seen to date. The Tagmaster's feature-to-dollar ratio is the best available. The Tagmaster will give you tournament performance at a field rental price. That's why we picked the PMI Trracer Tagmaster as "Pump-gun of the Year" for 1994.