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Flarpy 
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 Topic: Why is the 98 still around?Posted: 26 September 2004 at 2:16pm |
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My question is why, if there is a 98 custom, is the regular 98 still being made and sold? Is there anything special about it that the 98 custom doesn't have?
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Black and silver 98c 14" J&J Ceramic barrel 20oz co2 Warp feed Gravity loader :( |
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TippmannPro13
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 2:22pm |
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I think that they were discontinued.
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 2:37pm |
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i dont know if they were discontinued cuz in the latest tippmann catalog the regular 98 is still for sale by tippmann. i guess they r still around for like field owners to get a good working gun with a lot of durability.
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The American
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 2:47pm |
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Apparently they still sell, otherwise, Tippmann wouldn't keep distributing them and making them.
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 3:06pm |
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 3:40pm |
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also, they have another sear spring on the trigger, just like the sear spring to the little thingy stickign up by itself, it has that and another one thats connected to the trigger, i think it increases fire or something w/e thats only difference other than gills/name..
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 3:53pm |
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Yeah, I think Tippmann discontined them but since they sold so many of the Model 98s they are still around.
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 4:37pm |
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Take a look in your local WalMart. There are blister packs with Model 98s in them. I suspect they're the turn-ins from "send in your Model 98 and we'll upgrade it to a Custom 98 for X dollars)" bodies. New internals, reworked bodies.
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 5:34pm |
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My local shop got a shipment of new ones over the summer. They made a cool metallic blue one.
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Flarpy
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 6:48pm |
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But don't you think that if they stopped making 98 regulars, people would start buying the 98c? They're the same price (roughly) so why not scrap that?
I know you guys aren't the tippmann CEO's or anything but one of you might know. |
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 6:50pm |
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yup yup yup yup....neways -POGUE182 |
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 7:18pm |
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they probly got loads of the model 98 stored in warehouses and they need to sell them, and i saw them at wal mart to, i was disappointed.
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 7:47pm |
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They don't make them anymore, but they still have enough lying around to sell and make money off of.
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 8:18pm |
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they sell. my friends bought M98s. they go cheaper, and still sell. they still make profits. think about it. if you could make more money by keeping them out would you? i thought so.
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 9:58pm |
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people like the gills...
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 10:15pm |
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Ah ok, now i understand. They stopped making them, but still have a bunch lying around waiting to be sold. Got ya.
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Posted: 26 September 2004 at 10:17pm |
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WallMart has a brutal buying tactic. They force manufacturers to provide super cheap products. So Manufacturers find ways to scrimp to reduce the price. The VCR you get such a great deal on at Wall Mart is not the same one you muy at another retailer. Even if it is the same model number. So as a paintball supplier, Tippmann's solution to the lower priced product is the watered down 98. They cut corners on the mold, minimize the trigger parts, and walla, Wall Mart gets their cheap product to sell. |
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Posted: 27 September 2004 at 9:15am |
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Posted: 27 September 2004 at 12:00pm |
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Yep, cast aluminum. If it was milled from aircraft grade aluminum, they would cost a thousand dollars. |
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Posted: 27 September 2004 at 3:34pm |
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What are you talking about kevin?? The tippmanns in walmart arent some
"cheap version", theyre model 98s. Maybe you need y=to read your
paintball history, the m98 was the precursor to the 98 custom.
I would guess pump scout got it right, theyre just traded in m98 shells with new internals. |
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