Nitroduck
03-30-2002, 06:05 PM
Hello everyone. Just today, my store recieved a flyer for the Tippmann A-5 , our supplier, NPS has just got them in. Expect em to go for $300 or so.
Now, what do you get for that $300? Very sad indeed.
The bottomline on the gun is not standard, its a new "inline design" that does not use normal bottomlines.
A loading system which the old Tippmann FA used. It is not compatible (or not compatible to my knowledge) with any other loader, you HAVE you use the Tippmann loader. Although its fast, it appears to be very hard to remove. Of the pictures we've seen, they've only showed one half of the gun. Why? On the other side, there is a HUGE piston that activates the star feeder. Very ugly.....And looks rather hard to take off.
It also doesnt use normal 45 grips, it uses something different.....Another thing I think could be done without.
Finally, the overall design is just a re-do of pretty much nearly every gun Tippmann has made, it has the upper chamber of a M98 (which I tend to believe is Cast Aluminum), the gripframe seperates like a procarbine, and has a Tippmann FA loader.
However, to thier advantage, they DO have a standard verticle ASA addapter for the bottomline. But thats the only plus the gun actually has.
Anyways, I just wanted to let out some steam. I think Tippmann shoulda just went with a whole new design like the M98 was, or not make a new gun at all.
Now, what do you get for that $300? Very sad indeed.
The bottomline on the gun is not standard, its a new "inline design" that does not use normal bottomlines.
A loading system which the old Tippmann FA used. It is not compatible (or not compatible to my knowledge) with any other loader, you HAVE you use the Tippmann loader. Although its fast, it appears to be very hard to remove. Of the pictures we've seen, they've only showed one half of the gun. Why? On the other side, there is a HUGE piston that activates the star feeder. Very ugly.....And looks rather hard to take off.
It also doesnt use normal 45 grips, it uses something different.....Another thing I think could be done without.
Finally, the overall design is just a re-do of pretty much nearly every gun Tippmann has made, it has the upper chamber of a M98 (which I tend to believe is Cast Aluminum), the gripframe seperates like a procarbine, and has a Tippmann FA loader.
However, to thier advantage, they DO have a standard verticle ASA addapter for the bottomline. But thats the only plus the gun actually has.
Anyways, I just wanted to let out some steam. I think Tippmann shoulda just went with a whole new design like the M98 was, or not make a new gun at all.