Tippmann

Yep, Tippmann started out making half-scale functioning MGs, but with the advent of the Hughes Amendment, they had to change stuff around. Back in the day, when you went to Tippmann.com, you had to select which portal you were looking for, either the industrial sewing site, or the paintball site. I'm pretty sure that the industrial sewing component is still family owned while the paintball end was divested.

Edited by tallen702 - 26 October 2015 at 6:38am

I think it's tippmannindustrial.com

Since we're talking about hellhounds and such, I always wanted a chameleon Model 98 and a silver 98 Custom.

SSOK wrote: I think it's tippmannindustrial.com Since we're talking about hellhounds and such, I always wanted a chameleon Model 98 and a silver 98 Custom.

We sold the living heck out of the silver 98 customs back at the Dragon's Den when I was in college. We had a few chameleons as well, people were always finger-effing them but nobody wanted to pony up the premium for what was just a gimmick.

And speaking of the old days, I remember having to send out 98s to Tippmann themselves for retrofitting for RTs and E-Bolts before the customs came out. I spent so much time cutting trigger guards off of the old model 98s for double triggers that half the time, when I blew my nose, the snot sparkled from all the aluminum and magnesium in the air in the workshop. I still think that was the best job I ever had. Paid okay for a college job ($11.50/hr in 2000) and I honestly enjoyed what I did every single day.

There were two different color shifting paint jobs I believe. I wasn't around for the real-tree 98's just the silvers, and we couldn't keep them in stock in the Mid-Hudson Valley of NY.

Mind you, we were also putting on 200+ person "renegade" games every weekend on rented or public land, so there were plenty of people out there buying. I think the max we ever hit was 325 or so for a Sunday "pick up" game. That's when my boss finally said "eff-it!" and instead of counting people off "one-two" style or trying to keep groups together, he split the whole shebang right down the middle and tossed the rolls of duck-tape to people he appointed as "leaders" for each group and left it at that.

We had some EPIC games up there.

I don't remember the chameleon paint. Trying to find a good video of one is hard to find too. It's good tippmann has branched out to various types of markers. Many new players that come to the sport see Tippmann's low price, but after they search on forums, people tell them to go with a gog enmey. At first I thought it was just an Ion, but it's a mech ion. A non battery spool valve is pretty sweet. It's also a low price with high efficiency that allows HPA and co2. But with so many manufacturers and some of them with a new gun every year, the used market is the way to go now. 

I agree. The old Smart Parts was bad. Bad business practices, but some good products. The new gog hasn't made the same mistakes of the old Smart Parts. People love the new shocker. I remember Virtue was hated for similar reasons? I think pbnation even banned the name. Now Virtue is loved. They have possibly the best hopper with almost zero jams. I've seen too many dye rotors jamming. The industry views have changed.

RoboCop wrote: A non battery spool valve is pretty sweet.

1999 is calling, they want their old tech back....

I remember the site intro, where you had to choose between Tippmann Pneumatics and Tippmann industrial, but I had no idea how long ago that was. I had to 2000 to find that page.

Link

Edited by Shub - 05 November 2015 at 12:13pm

agentwhale007 wrote: Are the sewing machines only for leather products?

They were marketed as that back when I dealt with the company directly. Not sure if they've branched out since then. I'm sure they'd do for any high-density heavy duty sewing application though.

Also, clicking the "wayback" link and going forward with the pneumatics end of things was a kick in the nuts. Click on "gun line" and there's only 3 options. Man, that was sooooo long ago!

I got into paintball when the A5 was relatively new and the ProCarb was being phased out. I remember thinking the A5 stealth was the bees knees.