my buddie's ripping A-5

[yingyang]

I dont want to rain on your parade, butttttttttttt the blow back valve wont keep up with a constant 20 bps, it will have resetting problems....but maybe yours is special

[peewee]

You might try swapping the cyclone feed for a Q loader or warp.....

[VTpaintballer]

I dont want to rain on your parade, butttttttttttt the blow back valve wont keep up with a constant 20 bps, it will have resetting problems....but maybe yours is special

no, the 98c can keep going at a 24bps rate. meaning a5 can

If you would like a video just ask, its somewhere on the tippmann forum

[yakitori]

it might be able to keep up w/ that rof w/ an EXTREMELY high flow tank.

Not only that, tippys kick like a mule. If you have watched the WAS video w/ PSP ramping mode, that gun is all over the place. And they are bulky and sound like a cannon. They are terribly ineffecient too.

But it is a low end blowback so what do you expect. They are built like tanks and are good for woodsball though.

[warbeak2099]

LP Kit fixes the kick and efficiency problem. I had one and it chanegd the gun entirely. It was way quieter, had very little kick, and had decent efficiency. Well worth the $120.

[drg]

They are built like tanks and are good for woodsball though.

Just curious, what is the deal with the A5's reputation as "good for woodsball"? The only thing I can think of that it has going for it is the possibility of using a flatline. Otherwise, by my reckoning, any other gun that would be better on a speedball field would be better in the woods from a performance perspective, as long as the colors were woods-friendly. I play in the woods fairly often and A5s aren't particularly threatening, as far as I can tell.

Are we talking about the "scenario" look/feel?

[yakitori]

ya and the LP kit also increases weight and bulkyness. Why spend 120 on an addition to an A5 when nowadays you can get so many other high end guns for a little bit more.

An a5 w/ egrip and was, and LPK, etc still doesnt compare to other guns for the same price.

And tippmann just has a reputation of making guns that are geared more toward the rec/scenario player than speedball. You can use any gun in speedball, but why walk onto the field w/ ppl shooting trixes, timmys, shockers, etc when you have a superbly upped a5. You still wont get that great of efficiency and kick will not be reduced that much since it is still a blowback and will only have a slightly less reciprocating mass even w/ the LPK. just cause you drop the pressure down from 800+ to 400 or so doesnt make it kick all that much less. Maybe slightly less.

[sol tank]

still no pics/vids...

come on...shens...prove me wrong.

[master_alexander]

here is MINE:

the gun:

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/2914/a58he.png

the frame:

http://img250.imageshack.us/my.php?image=frame0vx.png

its from my f/s thread..


i love it, but i want to try something new... it shoots so nice with the new frame.

[Archangel Zer0]

Just curious, what is the deal with the A5's reputation as "good for woodsball"? The only thing I can think of that it has going for it is the possibility of using a flatline. Otherwise, by my reckoning, any other gun that would be better on a speedball field would be better in the woods from a performance perspective, as long as the colors were woods-friendly. I play in the woods fairly often and A5s aren't particularly threatening, as far as I can tell.

Are we talking about the "scenario" look/feel?

They're talking about the "drop it and kick it around in the dirt" reliability of the marker. Pretty much all Tippmann guns are constructed of heavier materials and are easier to repair than higher end electros. The mil-sim cosmetic upgrades for the marker also make it popular among woodsballers. A fully upgraded A5 can run in excess of a grand, so I usually recommend that people who are looking for high performance buy a marker more in line with what they're looking for.

[VTpaintballer]

well we all will see when i'm done with it, and then everyone can see the truth about an a5 possibly hitting 24 bps. i'm not sure myself how the out come will be, i've never seen an a5 past 18bps.

[warbeak2099]

It's been done. Countless people with RT'ed tippys over on the tippmann forum have posted vids of their guns shooting around 22bps. With paint that is. Yes, they were sound tested.

[brianlojeck]

>Not only that, tippys kick like a mule

.50 caliber Desert Eagle pistols kick like a mule.

10 guage shotguns kick like a mule.

If you can't control the kick of a tippmann (or any paintgun for that matter) you need to do more wrist exercises. The kick is noticible, but not anything close to mule-like or troublesome.

[VTpaintballer]

It's been done. Countless people with RT'ed tippys over on the tippmann forum have posted vids of their guns shooting around 22bps. With paint that is. Yes, they were sound tested.

i dont think thats with the a5, 98c yes, but a5 no, its impossible, a5 chops over 18, unless you do some insane mods to it

and i am taking care of the kick problem

[warbeak2099]

You do realize that an a-5 and a 98c are internally identical. The cyclone chops after around 18bps, but you're fixing the feed rate problem. And other people have too, they've removed the cyclone and put on a Halo, Warp w/ another loaader, or Qloader. Come to think of it, one of the vids I saw was in fact an a-5. It was hooked up to a scuba tank (regulated down), it had an RT, and the guy got it over 20bps with very little chops. If anyone else has seen the vid it's taken in some kind of desert/dry plain environment. It almost looked like the guy was living on a ranch.