Storm T-Shock 8K

[Wild Boys]

After my seemingly boring topic on the SC 600, I hope to bring something more interesting up on this.

This morning I received a Storm T-Shock 8K water gun I got from eBay. It is not a very well heard of gun, but that doesn't mean to say its rubbish, this Storm gun impressed me.

This is a gun that is very similar to the CPS Splashzooka, it looks a fair bit like it as well in terms of design. The Quick Fill Device is quite interesting, its just a bit like a piece of pipe with an open/close valve, and it works very easily with the gun as it actually plugs in to the hose directly to the gun, so it fills very quickly and nicely.

When I got it to fire, it was pretty good, and shot for around 20 seconds with I'm guessing a 1~1.5x nozzle.

Also, something else interesting, when shaking the gun to empty the water out, I heard a rattling in the long orange piece that stores the water with the pressure, and it sounded like a chamber rattling and felt like one, so, I think this might actually be powered by a cylinderical CPS chamber, as the stream stayed constant till the last drop, this may sound obvious, but a bit ago on another forum there was someone wanting to know more about this gun and a lot of people assumed that it was just air pressure powered, I think not.

So, the first Storm that has impressed me is this one, unlike the others I got previously. What also looks good is that on the back of the box there is another T-Shock gun, but only bigger, its called the T-Shock 18K, and it looks great, so hopefully I can find that.

Now, some pictures.



The gun itself.



The gun compared with the Splashzooka, notice how the construction and design looks a bit similar.

I couldn't really take shot pictures just yet, the weather isn't great at the moment.

[isoaker]

The Storm T-Shock was known to use a CPS-like chamber as you noted that is similar to the CPS Splashzooka's. Lack of space (and more importantly, money) prevented me from picking up more Storm Guns back when they were readily available.

[scorpion]

Could you show us the picture on the back of the box of the storm t-shock 18K

[Crashdummy]

Wow, I had one of those when it first came out. Watch out for that nozzle, because mine snapped off. I didn't know much about soakers at the time, and just threw it away. >_<

[Wild Boys]

They are pretty damn good if they work. The nozzle seems ok, its the O-Ring on the nozzle that is a bit weak on the gun, but other than that, everything seems fine at the moment.

How did the nozzle snap off anyway, sounds pretty fatel.

I'll try and get more pictures later.

[Crashdummy]

I really can't remember, but my best guess is I dropped it. Does it really use CPS tech? Man do I feel bad for throwing it out or what. :p

[Adrian]

A friend of mine has a pair of these. They're great for dual-wielding since there's no pumping involved and they shoot just about forever. On the other hand, they're a little awkward to one-hand because they're so back heavy.

The only problem with his T-Shock was that one trigger kept sticking which would keep the gun firing until the chamber ran dry.

I've never seen or heard of anyone picking up the larger model. I've also never seen or heard of one on ebay. I think it was probably a release that got scrapped.

Adrian

[Crashdummy]

Yeah, I've never seen the large Storm guns either. My friend wanted a whatever Force 6, but couldn't find a single one. They probably did make them though, because think about it, have you seen any Water Warrior Blazers in stores? Armordillos? Nope, but they still got sold somewhere.



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[Wild Boys]

I really do doubt that it got scrapped, its just not very common, just like the T-Shock 8K. And yes, I'm pretty sure it uses CPS tech, I can see just about enough through the orange plastic that there is the back circle of what looks like an expanding piece of rubber, therefore cylinderical.

Its a really good gun from Storm, and if I ever do see a T-Shock 18K then I'll go for it and try to get it, since the T-Shock 8K is good, then imagine what the 18K would be like when I show you what it looks like on the back of the box.

[scorpion]

Do you think the 18k would be as big as thr splashzooka?

[Hannibal]

Hmmm, never heard of these guns. Of course, I'm not that familiar with storm guns. I'm curious obout this "18K". Anyone know what it is like, or have a picture?

have you seen any Water Warrior Blazers in stores?

I never have seen one in a store, but I believe iSoaker got his at K-mart, or was it Wal-mart? Actually, I might have seen one in a K-mart before. There was this rather large gun there, and it was either a Piranha or a Blazer. I wasn't looking for WW guns at the time, so I didn't take a closer look. I was hoping to find a MXL still in a store somewhere. :p



Edited By Hannibal on 1144790518

[Wild Boys]

Right, I have some more pictures, and finally the 18K picture that seems highly anticipated.







Hope that makes things better, I really like the the look of the 18K, hopefully one will come up and I'll try and get it to immediatley take stats and pictures here!



Edited By Wild Boys on 1145206908

[isoaker]

The Blue Blazer I got was from a Big-K in the US. I've seen this year's Blazers at a local Walmart, though.

I do remember seeing a whole bunch of different Storm Guns once upon a time at Walmart, Canada. Not enough money then...

Great pics, Wild Boys! May I repost them on iSoaker.com?

BTW, why is the first shot image stream so much more frothy than the second?

[Spinner]

Its a really good gun from Storm, and if I ever do see a T-Shock 18K then I'll go for it and try to get it, since the T-Shock 8K is good, then imagine what the 18K would be like when I show you what it looks like on the back of the box.

It is definitely rather different from your average Storm gun. The 18K looks interesting, but I've never seen one in the flesh. Judging by how rarely it is discussed, it may have had an even more limited distribution than the 8K.

I haven't used my 8K in a war yet. I fear it may prove to be of limited use to me due to the fact that, firstly, it relies on a QFD; secondly, that it relies on a Storm QFD! I have not yet tested whether it could be made to work with a Super Soaker QFD.

[Hannibal]

Cool pics there. You said you had pics of the 18K? Those pics right there are of the 8K... did you mislabel? Of your two stream pics there, the upper one looks almost "rioty" and the one further down is a more solid stream. Were the pics taken at different pressures? 'Cause it doesn't look like it has a nozzle changer.

[Wild Boys]

Yes, repost them by all means.

The stream is more frothy than the second due to the fact that my finger wasn't pulling on the trigger as much, giving it a sort of a mini riot/splat effect, it looked interesting so I decided to take one like that as well.

Hannibal: If look to the bottom right of the box then you'll see a image of the 18K, not great, but still just about viewable.



Edited By Wild Boys on 1144791535

[isoaker]

What is the copyright date on the soaker/box?

To add this listing into the Armoury, I need a date! Also, I really don't remember when I did last see this soaker in the stores.

[Wild Boys]

I just looked on the back of the box and the copyright date was 2001, not too long ago really, I would have guessed this would have been from 1999 or something, how wrong I was.

[isoaker]

Hmm... seeing these on the shelves in 2002 feels about right. Not that long ago, but that's still a good 4 years!

Man.. time flies sometimes...

[Hannibal]

I just looked on the back of the box and the copyright date was 2001, not too long ago really, I would have guessed this would have been from 1999 or something, how wrong I was.

Interesting, I wonder if one can still find them in stores. Storm is less-distributed than WW by far. I don't know if I've ever seen a Storm gun in a store.