bsi ebolt

^ yea there site is down for some unknown reason...

And I cant seem to find any on the net, so I have no clue what you could do...

Thats really weird. A few weeks ago they sent me a Low Pressure Kit spring for free no questions asked, and now they are no more? Damn, I liked them.

Maybe THAT'S why the valve spring I ordered in October never came. Good thing they didn't bill the credit card.

Now I just have to find somewhere else to buy one. I still don't see why Tippmann doesn' sell them.

so i cant get an e-bolt for my a-5? whats going on with the paintball companies?

Interesting about BSI... They had some pretty good stuff.  Maybe also tippmann is working on a new electro upgrade for the 98c!

what about that high end rumor.

Apparently the E-bolt is being phased out.  It was too expensive of an upgrade, and not reliable enough to bear a Tippmann name/ roots. Most electropneumatic markers are currently programmable, and come a lot more advanced than the E-bolt. It may be that the influx of sales from 98C's to A-5's have put E-grips on the top of the sales- they are much easier to deal with.

This could also be a market signal that the 98C's days are beginning to become numbered. Tippmann may put out an E-grip for the 98C, just to satiate current 98C owners, but I'm starting to see more and more A-5's popping up at the field. Crap, the pro-shop I go to had 13 A-5's before I got mine, then the next day all of them were gone. I noticed that all summer. 98C's are still selling too, but these are going mainly to new players with limited money or to younger players whose parents are the monetary source, and upgrades for them will be very limited. Not too long ago M98's appeared in Wal-mart. That's definately a sign that something is shifting.

I'm not saying a super-cool gun is being R&D'd, but it is quite possible. At this time the investor group may be trimming down co**edited**l products that don't return any profit, and increasing the amount of circulation of the products. The E-bolt is a very co**edited**l product, and may not be returning significant profits and has too many callbacks or repairs done under warranty. The fact that Wal-mart is selling M98's shows that money is needed for something. I'd imagine they're doing what they always do- take a gun and improve it. Not a completely new one with it's own score of unforseen problems, but more along the lines of the 98 family and carbine pro-am generation. The M98 -> 98C -> A-5 and the combination of carbine 68 and pro-am for the pro-carbine. I'm pretty sure they're doing research on an improved Cyclone system, and working out all the problems with the current "new" gun, the A-5. All in all, the next line of Tippmann guns is going to be a great improvement.

LordJovian...   I gadda give you mad props on your post...  I knew Tippmann is under going some type of new Research, but I have noticed that the 98c days are slowly but surely coming to an end... and more and more A5's are popping up hear and there...  

But what really made me wonder is why Tippmann is selling to Wal-Mart???  I thought they were doing fine how they were then I thought about the money Factor...  Tippmann should be making Mad profit over that... and well the money has to go somewhere and I'm sure Summit is getting bored of there Basic Guns and wants Tippmann to step it up so they can compete with some of the bigger names in paintball such as, Bob Long, Smart Parts. Etc....


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tippmann still sells the gta ebolt tho becuz its still on the tippmann site or soon maybe not..........

sorry but i totally disagree about the 98 days soon to be over its the easiest gun to mod, cheap, tons of options, and good performing my friend has an a5 and i think it isnt the greatest i dunno but one day he had to manualy push the button thing on the cyclone for it to feed and yes it was a full co2 but then the next week it worked fine but to me it feels like the cyclone almost makes it shoot slower for some reason, i dont know why

TippmannEffect wrote: Thats stinks, I need a couple od peices from them. Not sure there exact name but, I need the square housing that the air micro line connects to and the "screws" that go inside and connect to the solinoid. If anyone knows where I can find these peices or atleast give me the currect name I would really appreciate it. pm me if you would like.

Can anyone help me out with that