I need some advice on the Alpha Black

Hi guys,

I am a newcomer in the paintball world and with the review that I've read so far the Alpha Black seems to be a really solid choice price wise and it seems to have a more than decent stock gun barrel which I think is pretty rare with Tippmann usually.

I am really tempted to buy the ABT but I have a few questions that maybe some of you guys who bought it could answer for me

- Is it possible to put a generic M16/M4 picatinny rail mount on top and underneath the handguard shroud? I want to mod it SOPMOD stylin (vertical grip/bipod and eventually laser or flashlight fixed on the top railing), and does an RIS for a Custom98C would fit instead of the tactical handguard shroud? Because if it fits, it would look way nicer than the actual M16 HG shroud.

- I would like to eventually put a red dot. It did not see any hole on the carrying handle for a picatinny scope mount, do you think guys that it can simply be fixed by simply drilling a whole in the carrying handle so that the screw of the pica scope mount can go through?

- How accurate the stock 11 barrel is? I read a review of a guy who purchased one and said that the barrel was so accurate that he was able to group shots within 1 feet at 70 yards...That seems BS to me. Anyone who bought it can testify on that?

- Semi auto or E-grip does it make a huge difference in woodball? I heard also the E-grip was the kind of thing that is breaking left and right. I heard also that some of the best guy out there are still using semi-auto gun.

Thanks for your answers guys!

Thanks very much for those infos Brian.

I will be getting an M16 RIS 98c handguard shroud then.Probably from OPSGEAR. 

I was looking too at a 16 inches barrel replacement. What would be the best price/ratio wise, you guys would recommend for a really good accurate M16/M4 barrel threaded for the 98? There is one M16/M4 barrel on OPSGEAR aat 29.99$ instead of 79.99$ What do you guys think of that deal?

I specify accurate because I will not be getting an E-grip any time soon and I will stick to the semi-auto, so every shot should count as much as possible.

Many thanks for your answers

Edited by JagdAlex - 09 March 2008 at 10:13pm

Do they have M16 style barrel finish? Like the one you can find on OPSGEAR?

Do you have any links for me Elvis for those 2 barrels that youa re tlaking about?

 

Thank you

Ya I found them with my dear friend google!

But my last question would be, if I am using the M4 RIS handguard shroud for the 98c and a J&J. Since it is screwing on the barrell and the barrell is not an Opsgear one and also it is not an entirely flat barrell like the OPSGEAR M4/M16 replica, would it still be secured properly to the barrel?

Thank you

For the extra $20 it costs, 100% go for the egrip.

That is a fantastic deal for an egripped marker. If you don't see use now, you will in the future. And if you ever sell it, it will increase the value a lot.