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mlchael4
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 27, 2009 » |
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Looks like #1000 to me...but I could be wrong.
...or did you mean in the first production line of Impulse
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 27, 2009 » |
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it does say 1000, but I have never seen or heard of any Impulse that has a lower number. I got his picture from Smart Parts. It was the gun shown on their website when the impulse was first released.
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 27, 2009 » |
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Hmmm, that's possible I guess.
Kinda like starting your first checkbook at 500..as opposed to 0. (if that analogy makes any sense)
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J. Thompson #5150
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 27, 2009 » |
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Does anyone find the lack of dwell pots or a power button interesting?
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Black Impulse Vision: HSW V1 I-Frame, Hybrid grips, WAS board, NDZ eye cover, Max-Flo HPR, Evil LPR, Shocktech bolt, drilled and polished Evil valve, ultralight valve spring, NDZ ram housing, NDZ Slik-Shot ram shaft, NDZ mid-weight hammer, SP Q-Lock lo-rise feedneck, Freak barrel kit, CP on/off
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 28, 2009 » |
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The old imps didnt have a power button but rather a slide switch on the other side. It does have the original style grips. Also an old all-american style barrel, gas-through gadget grip, sight rail, bolt-on low-rise feed neck and a newer style short cap on the maxflo.
Maybe I should clarify this a bit for newer Imp people. Early production/Special Edition Imps came with Progressive barrels, NO for-grips or verticle regs till later, no site-rails, high-rise(smokestack) feednecks and had the long style caps on the maxflo (about 1" longer). I also seem to remember something about the numbers actually starting at 01000 and not 00001.
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« Reply #6 on: Aug 29, 2009 » |
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i have confirmed that this is the first impulse. The serial numbers did start at 1000!
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« Reply #7 on: Aug 31, 2009 » |
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Does anyone find the lack of dwell pots or a power button interesting?
Damn, I didn't even notice that. Good eye! i have confirmed that this is the first impulse. The serial numbers did start at 1000!
Sweet! That could very well be the reason why it doesn't have a power button or dwell pots. |
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« Reply #8 on: Dec 02, 2009 » |
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I think mine is number 7.... serial is like 1007 or maybe its 10007.... ill have to look tonight
UPDATE====I CHECKED
Yep, IMP001007 is my serial.... i own the 7th impulse ever NICE..lol
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« Reply #9 on: Dec 02, 2009 » |
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Talk about "Original" Impulse!! Hey rhardt, post up a pic of lucky #7
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« Reply #10 on: Dec 02, 2009 » |
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awwwww guys i was wrong... i was thinking of the number of something different... sorry... its actually 4771.... sorry guys...
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« Reply #11 on: Apr 21, 2011 » |
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I've held that very gun A LOT of times... Once SP was done with the photoshoot that gun was boxed up and sent to C.O. Paintball in Columbus, OH. I ran the show room at CO back then and we had that gun as a demo for a long time. Same thing with the Freak barrel kit, we had the first one that ever left Smart Parts.
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« Reply #12 on: Apr 22, 2011 » |
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Cool history. Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #13 on: Apr 22, 2011 » |
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Cool history. Thanks for sharing.
That was one of the cool things about working there, we were a huge Smart Parts dealer and anytime they came out with something new we were normally the first store to have it in. Our store team "Freak Factory" was a SP team and the Gardners used to stop by all the time. We used to have the ALL A's and the ALL A's 2 over for practice all the time as well as Lockout and a few other big teams from back in the day. C.O.P. was also the only place to buy a Freak Factory Impulse for awhile after they came out, we had the exclusive sales rights for them then...Even if you called Smart Parts to order one they made you go through us. |
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« Reply #14 on: Apr 25, 2012 » |
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awesome pic! defintely some cool history here. I really like the old school bodies. better than the "jeweled" ones that came later in my opinion
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