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There is this one hammerhead barrel I heard about called the shark tooth which is five inches and rifled.  sounds good.
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iooks  good.  check  out  our  a5  s. devils  paintbrush.com   u  play  around  atlanta ? all we  play  is  scenario  we  got  a 5  man  tank  to  looking  for  other  teams  to  play
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I humbly offer the following suggestions for the short range version:
  • Check out the R5 sniper hopper by Ricochet, it only hold approximately 170 paintballs, but comes with a rubber lining and the shape is more conducive to the mounting of sights.
  • I have an 8 inch Lapco Bigshot and it is an amazing barrel.  My personal opinion is that it is the best barrel made for A5s.  (I've tried a J&J, which is my favorite 98 barrel, an Armson Stealth, and a Flatline and the Lapco beat them all for A5 use.)
    • Or you could check out this barrel by End Game.
  • To further reduce the marker profile, you could try reverse mounting the tank.
    • Lapco makes an ASA adapter for the A5 which replaces the stock ASA and allows the use of aftermarket ones.
    • You could also consider getting two smaller tanks and carrying one as a spare in your pod packs.  (I have a 98 that I set up to use a reversed 9 oz and I carry a spare 9 oz and 165 round tube of paint. I only use this setup when I feel like traveling light.)

I like the idea of a modular A5.  I had actually been playing with this idea myself, but you are much farther along than I am.  Good job.


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Originally posted by 98customW 98customW wrote:

looks good why wont ther ever be a clear hopper for the cyclone? why why why i would pay 20 bucks for one

 



because... they'll just never understand.

Yeah, u can get a "smoke" coloured one, that would work.  If you want to do this with your hopper pm me and I can give you details.  If you don't have sights it would be MUCH easier because you wouldnt have to indent it like I did, and you could make a much neater job of it :)
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Originally posted by Deyo Deyo wrote:

iooks  good.  check  out  our  a5  s. devils  paintbrush.com   u  play  around  atlanta ? all we  play  is  scenario  we  got  a 5  man  tank  to  looking  for  other  teams  to  play


sorry dude, I'll only be playing in Toronto and Wasaga... gonna get a Wasaga membership that place kicks so much ass.
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Originally posted by Mack Mack wrote:

I humbly offer the following suggestions for the short range version:
  • Check out the R5 sniper hopper by Ricochet, it only hold approximately 170 paintballs, but comes with a rubber lining and the shape is more conducive to the mounting of sights.
  • To further reduce the marker profile, you could try reverse mounting the tank.
    I like the idea of a modular A5.  I had actually been playing with this idea myself, but you are much farther along than I am.  Good job.

    Problem solved, i'm getting a tac-cap, and also a 100 round tube to pocket.  I RARELY even use more than 50 balls per game (a game lasting something like 10 - 15 minutes) but I figured the pod would bring me to about hopper capacity, just incase.

    also, I would reverse mount the tank, only I've spent tonnes of money on this thing and would like to find some free solutions :p
    If it comes down to it, thats what i'll end up doing though.

    As for the barrel, thanks for finding me a an actual affordable short barrel :P  people and their crazy $60 barrels   i mean, i already payed for an apex.... i'm simply broke :p
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    ^^^ You're welcome.  You've got me curious how this turns out for you so please make sure to post it again if you make any major changes.
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    ive always enjoyed hearing about people who did there own mods and it turned out allright except for barrell porting with a drill press thats a stupid one
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    I finally used it today, i wrote about it HERE
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    They look pretty nice.. your hopper home-made window is pretty interesting..
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    you have a nice start going keep up the good work

     
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    Originally posted by cbrad cbrad wrote:

    They look pretty nice.. your hopper home-made window is pretty interesting..


    it came in REALLY handy while playing   the best part is it didn't break when it got shot, so i'm happy :P
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