Few questions (Tippmann A-5)

Hey, i'm new to these forums and I have a couple questions for you guys, i've recently purchased a Tippmann A-5 Special Ops edition and the guy at the store told me that the Clip on the gun had an expansion chamber inside of it and that the clip was just for looks. Now I talk to this kid online and he has the same gun and he was told the same thing, but when I took off the clip I was suprised to not see anything that resembled an expansion chamber. He also did this with his gun and nothing. I've known the guy at the Paintball shot for a few years now and i'm sure he wouldent lie but this is really odd. Anyway on to my next question, I play alot of woods ball and i'm looking for a barrel that is accurate and has decent distance, my friend offered to sell me his E-Grip and a Smart-Parts progressive barrel for $75 I told him hellz yes. But I would like to buy another barrel to for this reason, I had the smart parts progressive barrel on my old Model 98 and I wasn't amazed by it, I did have the Tippmann 16" barrel on my A-5 but it just plain old sucked and defenitly was not worth the $70 so I took it back and got a refund. So what barrel would you guys recommend? Now on to my next question, I was out earlier tweeking my velocity because I was really dumb and bought cheap paintballs (will never do again) and the odd ball would break in my barrel and you know how gay that can be, so I turned the velocity down and borrowed some paintballs from a friend that he said were good but the distance on the balls were horrid, and they would never go straight they were going where ever they felt like. What kinda paintballs do you recommend for woodsball?

Now I know i had alot of questions but bare with me, i'm kinda new to paintball and only just started getting into it compeditivly, before I just did target shooting.

Thanks alot guys,

Kevin.

Okay,

• Commander, he said A5, not X-7. And by spec-ops edition did you mean this?
• Secondly, if not the one pictured above, does the gas line from the ASA go through the mag? if not, then it's just cosmetic and doesn't do anything performance wise
• As far as a good barrel goes, barrel kits are great if you feel like doling out the cash, but if you want best bang for your buck, go lapco big-shot or J&J Ceramic, no longer than 14"
• As for the velocity, make sure you chrono your marker at the field limit. Also, make sure your barrel is clean and free of debris and paint. That will cause drag on the ball which will not only slow it down, but also send it off in every-which-direction
• Commander Cool IS right with the paint-to-bore match being the governing factor of accuracy.
• With paint, you get what you pay for. It's that simple.

My bad, I didn't read carefully. I saw clip and assumed X7.

Hi gang! I'm relatively new to paintball and I just bought (today, April 15th) my first gun from Tippmann, the 98 Custom. However, me being a newbie and all, I assembled it the way was most logic and...it won't shoot. I've played paintball before but I've never owned my own gun. So, I tried reading the owner's manual in detail and followed all instructions. I must be doing something wrong 'cause it just ain't working!  Now, I'll tell you what I've done: I've removed the packaging (duh) took it out, put on the CO2 canister and the paintball cartouche, and...that's about it. Does the canister come with CO2 in it? Do I actually have to put an 8v battery, as specified but the manual, 'cause there isn't any space for one. Anything else I might be doing wrong? If someone owns this exact gun, could they tell me how they got theirs to work? Thanks. (I'm sure it's nothing but a stupid mistake)

Yeah, there's no CO2 in the canister when shipped, it's against TC and DOT regulations. That said, if that's the exact marker you have in the picture Kevinbosch, then you already have an X-chamber installed.

Are you sure talen? I mean I took off that clip and under it is just this weird square, looks nothing like an expansion chamber.

Well I got the new barrel today and I tested it out and I am amazed by its preformance, it increased the accuracy so much. Highly recomend it. Haven't got the chance to test it on a full tank of co2. Question, is it worth buying the good brand name paintballs? Will it also improve anything?