New Tippmann A-5

[dre1919]

One of our point players just bought the A-5 and is pretty happy with it. It doesn't seem to be a piece of junk at all, and the loading system is a good idea. They make every system, or have in the works, for the A-5 (elctro, r/t, flatline, etc.) as they do for every other Tippmann. Anyway, it's not bad once you pimp it out. Our guys a cop, and he likes the military/gun feel of it even though it's got aftermarket mods on it already. I think with a new barrel, expansion, an electro trigger it would surprise you guys.

[rudy]

i noticed some people claiming it will suck like the fa well maybe they fixed that i knew of people sho got FA to work great it just took soem tweaking and tippmann spent alot of time tweaking this since they have had the feed sytem being ram driven for quite some time. I think this will probably be a great gun when it comes down in price. saves you the price of a hopper. And for the people who were making comments about it wellthe idea of the feed system is the same as a halo and evlution hopper so whats the problem? if the get it tweaked right it should work. plus add a reactive trigger and you have a pretty sweet gun if you can pull that off. think about it no batteries and very fast.
the m98 was revolutionary. you woudl know this if you haev ever opened it up and looked inside then looked at the whole picture.
the trigger mechanism allows for a shorter lighter triggerpull, they incrased the hammer so the surface area would let the guin cycle faster and they finally got the price of an inline down to compete with the kingman and clones. the A5 is what i would guess will be the first step in the next phase of paintball and thats integrated hoppers.

[Tyril]

Guys, look. Some of you are quite uninformed.

1.)R/T trigger will not work. It uses the blowback to work the hopper feed system.

The RT trigger of the orginal M98 will not work, but there is an A5 one coming out "in about a month" it is said. The reason it can use both is that not much gas is used to power the piston, it is a very moderate amount, so as to reduce the chance of chopping.

Also, this is not the ancient F/A's loader. The F/A used a spring powered star that had to be wound up EACH GAME, which many people forgot. The effect is the same as not turning on one's revy, which we all have done, only worse because of the difficulty in cleaning. Much of the F/A's chopping came from user error and misinformation (people say Mags are blenders, remember?)

Tippmann makes excellent products, I own a M98RT as a backup marker (although I've yet to have a major failure in my Mag). That thing can hit 10 bps in a burst, which is incredible for a $120+70 gun! Tippmann also has, I would say, the greatest customer service of any company, perhaps tied with AGD. For the cost of shipping, I was able to send my orginal 98 in to the company, get all the "soft" parts replaced and the gun filed down to accept their professional installation of my RT, no extra charge. No stars, no warrenty worries, just free service!

Personally, I think this gun will eventually catch on, after the price lowers a bit. I've seen people deck out a 98, or even a Pro/Carb with more useless addons than the cost of the A5.

Just some thoughts

-Mike

[JEDI]

I've tried this gun. it works great. The hopper never fails, and actually feeds very fast. Tippmann has never put out junk. I think it will do very well.

[kosmo]

These things are actually really good. A field near me is actually going to start using them as rental markers. I think they would make great rental markers because so much maintenence has to be put into the guns after every day taking them apart and cleaning them because of chops, this loader makes chopping near impossible. The trigger is nowhere as good as a mags, but it's leagues above a Spyders imo. They're kinda bulky after using my mag, but not too bad. Only thing that I really dislike about them is the recoil. I would definately get one for a backup if I didn't already have a Bushy.

[RT_Luver]

just my opinion..but I think they look stupid. sure the hopper system feeds everyshot fired and who is really going to be shooting faster then 16bps which it has been tested at. people will buy it because it looks the way it does and thats the reason I wouldn't buy it. it looks....well...dumb.
I mean some people say " I dont care how my gun looks, as long as it performs" I might be different, but if MY gun doesn't look good, then I'll go CRAZY trying to get it TO look good. and i would never be satisfied with that gun. just my $.02

[rudy]

you have a good point rt luver im kinda tha same way i dont want a warp because its so big and ugly plaus the added weight and batteries but mostly cause its big and ugly

but at the same time a bunch of people are gonna buy it cause it looks like a mp5

[hurtfullanwser]

Why would you want a gun you cant use a rev on?

its feed by exces gas used during fire. I know so much about it it would make you think why you even said that.

Thats good that it uses exces during fire. and a rev only feeds 12 BPS. an a-5 goes well up to 15+. I own onw and i must say,next ti my mag its hard to choose which one to use.

[shartley]

[FutureMagOwner]

an upgraded spyder cant even keep up with my 98 c and my 98 c has only a few things on it.

and i pretty sure the rt just came out or soon for the a5


i had some more points but i forgot what they are

[shartley]

an upgraded spyder cant even keep up with my 98 c and my 98 c has only a few things on it.

[Polishpickles451]

ok there is NO question in my mind anymore... The A 5 is the UGLIEST gun i've ever seen. Once again, like the 98, it looks like it would have terrible handling.

[71 LS6]

The A-5 will be successful at first, mainly because of the marketing that has already been introduced for it. I could name several people that want one badly, and it is mainly because of tippman's marketing. After a decent amount of people have the gun, its success will be based on the reputation that they give it and the success that they have with it. Until that point, its success is not based on how well it performs, it will be based on marketing and consumer appeal.

[paintbattler]

i also think they look dumb and pointless. u have to use tippmann's own hopper to use it. also they are too high priced

[mykroft]

It's going to be quite successful, appealing mostly to the scenario players & Tippmann fanatics. It's also not going to be seen much on the speed court, as it's more money than a vert-feed cocker and the ROF of a Black Dragun will blow it away for way less $$.

I see one big problem with the hopper. You can't get replacement ones (At least not yet) and they're already aquiring a rep for having the same problems with brittleness as the 1st gen Eggo's.