Try to be unbiased and help me out

[slade]

Have you ever held an A-5? It is in no way 'huge and cumbersome'.

yes, i have shot and played with one a number of times, and they are large compared to other markers, and just plain not a speedball marker.

[Wizzman]

DO NOT use the flatline for 3 reasons....
1;curve like mad
2;breaks happen and cleaning that is hell
3;the whole marker must be taken apart to get it off.....

but other than that tippy's are good, just dont pull too fast or you chop......
this is unbiased, ive used tippy's since i started playing, they're great, but theres better out there

obviously people will tell you to get mags, i suggest it too, nothing better IMHO
for electro's.... problems are inevitable...... same as any other, but more prevelant an issue in anything with a battery..... not only that, but you cant throw them around and clean them in the sink

I owned an A-5 since the day it came out with the flatline and never had a problem with the flatline. You don't have to take apart the whole gun to get it off. All you do is twist it and it pulls right off. Breaks rarely happend with me even whith the reactive trigger. The cyclone is wonderfull and if I can remember correctly I had maybe like 2 balls break in it bc I was using crappy paint. The gun is extremely reliable and has never broken down on me even treating it like ****. Though I do love my mag and it is also very reliable as well. A-5 is great but $425 is a lot for that marker...

-Wizz-

[punkncat]

For what purpose, besides sending paint downfield? Is it because Tippmanns are not used in the PSP or NPPL? The gun shoots paint just like any other gun. Owning a particular gun does not force you into any sort of special purpose use.

You have fallen for the hype and the marketing. If you are dead set on keeping him away from Tippmanns, you should fix the Matrix, or have it teched professionally.

LOLOLOLOL!!!!

Oh yeah. Gotta love using a marker as long as an extention ladder on the airball field. I think a rail mounted scope would be awesome for sweetspotting off the break......mmmm I can see it now.......


Oh and I am not particualrly dead set on keeping him away from a Tippy.....just exploring other possibilities.

[bleachit]

Oh yeah. Gotta love using a marker as long as an extention ladder on the airball field. I think a rail mounted scope would be awesome for sweetspotting off the break......mmmm I can see it now.......

yeah, Tippys are friggin long... so long infact, that my 98 is shorter in length than both my spyder and the automag I had...

the only reason a tippy is any longer than any other marker is if you put a big freakin barrel on it... nippinout was correct when he said

"You have fallen for the hype and the marketing."

[Ace12GA]

Half the guys I play with use 98C's and A5's. I have had to fix a couple of the 98C's at the field a few times. Never had to work on one of the A5's. The 98C that gave me the most headache was the one with a flatline barrel. What a pain in the *** that thing was to get apart. The owner knew how to take it apart, and it still took forever to take it apart. That said, there is nothing wrong with the Tippmans, they're good markers. I have serious issues with the flatline barrels, but thats my experience with only one.

That said, why not try to get him into a Pro Classic. Nice and cheap, LVL7 bolt, no buggering around. Both my mags are still LVL7, and they don't chop. Well, thats not true, one of them chopped some ****ty brittle old paint I was just using up one day. We're talking 0 bounce paint. Drop it from 5 feet onto the concrete floor and watch it explode; even with that crap paint it still only chopped one out of roughly 60 balls. I walk all over Tippman owners with my 2 classic mags.

It would be fair to say I am somewhat biased too.

[11 Bravo]

Leave your friend alone and let him get what he wants.

Tippmanns do fine in psp. Tippmann effect isnt too bad. They came in second in their division at World Cup. I saw them in action....not too bad.

[slade]

Leave your friend alone and let him get what he wants.

friends dont let friends spend $425 on a mech A5

[11 Bravo]

I missed the 425 part. Imo that is rediculous, but he wants the gimmicks that come on the Stealth and its his money. So let him do it.

[Automaggot68]

Have you ever held an A-5? It is in no way 'huge and cumbersome'.

You're forgetting that Martha (slade) sits down to pee.

[SniperSmurf]

friends dont let friends spend $425 on a mech A5

Damn, slade! Where are you lookin' at A5s?!? For a mech (no RT or Flatline) A5, you can pick one up for around $225 brand new. I've seen packages WITH the RT and Flatline for as little as $330.

[slade]

Damn, slade! Where are you lookin' at A5s?!? For a mech (no RT or Flatline) A5, you can pick one up for around $225 brand new. I've seen packages WITH the RT and Flatline for as little as $330.

you might want to ask the thread starter, or next time read the whole thread...

[Magman99]

Well I Own a 98c and and A-5 (won one)(<--woah) anyway I can list a few pros and cons...



98:PROS

Amazing Relabilty
Solid Metal Parts
Efficient
Many Parts availible for upgrades
Fairly acurate depending on barrel
Good Tippmann quality

98: Cons

Most ANNOYING GUN EVER TO PUT BACK TOGETHER!!!
stock barrel is pretty crappy
the feed neck shakes because it is collapseable sp?
They arent that fast (incase thats a concern)
recoil (which can actually be kinda fun)



A-5: Pros
Amazing reliability
mostly metal but some parts are plastic
Cyclone feed makes it pretty fast
MANY Upgrades
With the RT or E-Grip you can make a painthose
stock hopper can hold 220 rounds
Great Tippmann Quality
You can DISASSEMBLE IT IN 60 SECONDS!

A-5 Cons:
Bad Stock Barrel
With a 14inch barrel and a combat stock, It can be pretty long and bulky, not so great for speed ball
some parts are plastic
Gas Hog
Cyclone Feed prevents regular hoppers, No Halo's Boys

Well those are my impressions, take it or leave it

[SniperSmurf]

you might want to ask the thread starter, or next time read the whole thread...

I might, but I was asking you. And I did read the whole thread, but since you posted that 36 down from the original, I wasn't thinking about the original post at that particular time... Silly me!!
In case you didn't notice the at the end, I was just jokin' with you man. Sorry to offend.

[slade]

I might, but I was asking you. And I did read the whole thread, but since you posted that 36 down from the original, I wasn't thinking about the original post at that particular time... Silly me!!
In case you didn't notice the at the end, I was just jokin' with you man. Sorry to offend.

im not offended, i was just referring to the origional poster. i dont look at A5s, and if i were to look at a $425 A5, it would just be to laugh at it... or at potential buyers.

[VFX_Fenix]

For what it's worth, the plastic bits on the A-5 aren't in "high load" sorts of applications and serve generally to make the entire gun lighter than it would be if it were entirely cast aluminum alloy like the M98/C.

All around I'd take an A-5 over an M98 except for a few select, highly specialized, applications. Taking an M98 apart is about the worst of the pits.