New Tippmann A-5

[shartley]

Originally posted by than205
That's exactly who I've seen buying them.
Ole Rambo. That's their niche and I think it will sell just fine.

[BajaBoy]

i think all Tippenns are _______

[FutureMagOwner]

well one thing from reading this is that people are very biased about a product b4 they used it probably let alone seen in it real life. and people are saying this gun is ugly and the only reason why you think its ugly is because it looks like a real gun. im guessing that a real gun isnt your taste(not mine either except on certain guns) and the fact is the gray blasted body is pretty damn ugly on a mag and noone here seems to complain about it because as you know that can be changed many ways(IE extreme, powdercoating, milling, etc) and calling the hopper ugly isnt exactly the smartest statement because regular hopper lookes like a doopy telephone

well as major damage may say ENDO! this rant

[dre1919]

Okay, I just thought I'd put in a few other points about the whole A-5 thing since I posted earlier talking about one of my teams forwards having one. So far, I've noticed it isn't half bad with the exceptions of a couple things.

1. The stock trigger is heavy and slow. A replacement would be needed.

2. I don't understand why, if they were shooting for the whole "we're taking the hopper lower on the body by connecting it to the body" thing they didn't put it on the inside of the marker. Most people in the world are right handed and this would have sat it sort of like the warp feed, so you're hopper bulk is in front of your chest and not sticking out to the left. Tight snapshooting would be troublesome with this stock hopper set up. (Of course, you really can't snap shoot that much with the stock trigger.)

3. If you want to take the entire thing apart at some point you have to unscrew the velocity screw in the center and remove it. This wouldn't be too bad except for the fact that it means you have to re-adjust the velocity everytime, and the screw actually screws into a plastic reciever! A metal screw tightening into a plastic piece? Hmmm...not a good plan. Sounds like something will get stripped at some point.

Other than those little complaints, it's not too bad a gun really. I think it's like the rest of Tippmann's guns. With a lot of upgrades, it opens some eyes. But stock, it's a bit sketchy. For the price I'd just get an Automag, but we all already knew that.

[Duke Henry]

Check this video out on the A5 RT. I have used one in person, and the first guy only starts using the RT really well towards the end. Still, we were easily getting it over 15 BPS...

Click on this link

[Berzerk]

either paintball-online.com or actionvillage.com has it for about 280-290

[Coaster]

pretty cool vid, duke. Did you encounter any problems while shooting it(that weren't shown in the video)? Anybody know how you adjust the reactivness of the Tippmann RT trigger?

[shartley]

[Jack & Coke]

Show that guy running from one bunker to another and ripping off 3 or 4 shots mid stride at another player shooting at him, and HITTING the other player...

Bwahaha..

Did you see how flee footed that little guy was?

[shartley]

Originally posted by Jack & Coke


Bwahaha..

Did you see how flee footed that little guy was?

LOL I was going to comment on that, but decided to be nice. Adds to the vision though, doesn't it?

[Jack & Coke]

I can picture the opposition yelling, "..what the? That bunker is shooting at us with an A-5!! Run for your lives!"

[FutureMagOwner]

http://the_kryptkeeper.tripod.com/cyclone_myth.htm

[shartley]

Originally posted by FutureMagOwner
http://the_kryptkeeper.tripod.com/cyclone_myth.htm

[FutureMagOwner]

im not saying its still not ugly(which is your opinion)

and the numatics can be shot and not havea problem(i shot my friend who has the a5 in the face and in the pnumatics one time) and it works like a standard hopper if it did break(you just turn the cog thingy so the star isnt in the way of the feed if it is and then its still a regular hopper)

[Duke Henry]

The video was from Stealthpaintball.com - that is not me in case you guys are wondering. I myself am a little smaller than that guy!

You'll never know until you try the gun. I love my A5. I love my RT PRO. If the Tippmann RT was tourney legal, then I would use my A5 more, but alas it is not.

Of course the next tourney I am playing, in October doesn't allow ANY RT's, so I am sort of p.o.'ed about that anyway.

This is sort of OT to this thread, but next week I will be making a video for a M98 RT, which can shoot much faster than the guy in the A5 video. He never seems to be able to shoot "just right" in the A5 video...