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Should You Buy A Tippmann Paintball Gun?December 27, 2004 www.specialopspaintball.com Paintball isn't just paintball anymore. Before you even begin to shop for a paintball gun, you need to answer one, simple question: Are you a woodsball™ player or a tourneyball player? Playing tournament means that you run around on flat, rectangular fields hiding behind gigantic, inflated marshmallows. Sorry, but we don't have an opinion about the best entry-level tourneyball marker. But, if you run around in the woods, deserts and fields, then you're a woodsball™ player, and we've got butt-loads of information about woodsball guns. Your paintball gun search will begin and end with one word: Tippmann (because they're superior to almost everything else in almost every category.) Let's take a look at the Tippmann lineup. Tippmann Pro/CarbineThe Pro/Carbine is a very simple paintball gun with few moving parts that can get messed up. Like all Tippmann paintball guns, the Pro/Carbine has a reliable blow-back system and it's easy to maintain, repair and tune. When you rent a paintball gun at a field, it's likely that you'll rent a Pro/Carbine since their reliability makes them very popular as field guns. The blow-back system runs in-line, with the bolt and hammer all within the same cast-aluminum cylindrical housing. This gives the Pro/Carbine a sleek, long, light look. One downside of the Pro / Carbine is that it is not very customizable and there are few after-market modifications available.The price: $149.95 Click Here for the Tippmann Pro/Carbine (Paintball Gun Accessories & Pro/Carbine Mods) Tippmann Custom 98 or Model 98
The 98 has a lot in common with the Pro/Carbine. It runs on a blow-back system and is extremely reliable and easy to maintain. Also, the Custom 98 runs an in-line bolt and hammer, with the same lean look at the Pro/Carb. The 98, however, is mega-customizable with a variety of barrels, bolts, air systems and sights available for paintgun personalization. Important features of the 98 include a rotating feed neck (which allows you to easily clean the barrel) and a simple allen-screw velocity adjustment. The Custom 98 is the most popular paintball gun on the face of the Earth, and you're in good company if you purchase one.The price: $139.95 Click Here for the Tippmann Custom 98 Click Here for Custom 98 Mods Tippmann A-5The undisputed champion of the Tippmann lineup is the A-5. The A-5 is extraordinarily customizable with a number of outstanding upgrade features. The A-5 receiver is shorter than the Pro/Carbine and Custom 98. The A-5 looks just like the Heckler & Koch MP5K PDW, one of the most popular close-quarters sub-machineguns the world over. Special Ops Paintball A-5A2 SabreIf the A-5 is the champ of the Tippmann lineup, then the Special Ops A-5A2 is the champion of the woodsball™ world. Built on the rocking Tippmann A-5 chassis, the A-5A2 brings together all the performance dreams of an ideal woodsball™ paintgun. Most paintball guns look good in pictures without their clunky air tanks -- the A-5A2 looks spanking cool in pictures AND on the paintball field. Air tanks on paintball guns are like a 40-pound tumor hanging off a swimsuit model. They l ook like crap and they screw the balance of the paintball gun all to hell. The A-5A2 brings the venerable Tippmann A-5 into balance and into pre-eminence on the woodsball field by taking the air tank off-gun through an ingenious air-through buttstock design. Also, the A-5A2 is as low-profile as a paintball gun gets, and that means less exposure when crawling through the bush. Check it out and you'll see: the A-5A2 is the finest all-purpose woodsball™ gun ever fielded.The price: $644.95 Click Here for the A-5A2 Sabre (The Sabre, Medium Rifleman) Special Ops Paintball A-5A2 BroadswordIf you like to play Heavy Rifleman or Defense, where you hang back just a touch to provide suppressing fire, the Broadsword was designed for you. Built on the A-5A2 base, the Broadsword carries an Air-thru buttstock, a biggie-sized hopper and a Flatline Barrel. With a little extra paint and a little extra range, the Broadsword gives you the power to reach-out-and-touch-someone with a few dozen paintballs.The price: $874.95 Click Here for the A-5A2 Broadsword (The Broadsword Heavy Rifleman)
Since the Light Rifleman needs to get around corners quick and launch lightning rushes, the Dagger is configured a little differently than the A-5A2. With a forward-mounted on-gun air tank, the Dagger is high-profile and short, rather than low-profile and long, like the other SpecOps guns. If you play swift paintball and you like to run point, the Special Ops Dagger is the right A-5 for you. |
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the reactive trigger provides bounce-ability that can give you field-legal full-auto when you need it. By applying the perfect amount of pressure to the trigger, the trigger begins to bounce between the piston and the shooter's finger, sending the gun into a sort of full-auto mode. Most fields allow the Response Trigger, but you should still check before buying. Click here for details and a performance review of the e-Trigger.
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