Why is the 98 still around?
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Topic: Why is the 98 still around?
Posted By: Flarpy
Subject: Why is the 98 still around?
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 2:16pm
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My question is why, if there is a 98 custom, is the regular 98 still being made and sold? Is there anything special about it that the 98 custom doesn't have? ------------- Gun Setup: Black and silver 98c 14" J&J Ceramic barrel 20oz co2 Warp feed Gravity loader :( |
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Posted By: TippmannPro13
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 2:22pm
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I think that they were discontinued. ------------- http://www.sloganizer.net/en/"> 
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Posted By: Bigomondis104
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 2:37pm
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i dont know if they were discontinued cuz in the latest tippmann catalog the regular 98 is still for sale by tippmann. i guess they r still around for like field owners to get a good working gun with a lot of durability. ------------- 98 custom e-bolt low pressure kit dye drop forward 68ci 3000psi glass fiber tank halo b 10" custom products barrel double finger trigger vertical feed |
Posted By: The American
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 2:47pm
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Apparently they still sell, otherwise, Tippmann wouldn't keep distributing them and making them. ------------- 
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 3:06pm
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The American wrote:Posted By: ItalianoGuy04
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 3:40pm
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also, they have another sear spring on the trigger, just like the sear spring to the little thingy stickign up by itself, it has that and another one thats connected to the trigger, i think it increases fire or something w/e thats only difference other than gills/name.. ------------- 
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Posted By: @5 M@$T@
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 3:53pm
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Yeah, I think Tippmann discontined them but since they sold so many of the Model 98s they are still around. ------------- I'm going to the darkside... |
Posted By: Pump Scout
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 4:37pm
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Take a look in your local WalMart. There are blister packs with Model 98s in them. I suspect they're the turn-ins from "send in your Model 98 and we'll upgrade it to a Custom 98 for X dollars)" bodies. New internals, reworked bodies. ------------- http://www.geocities.com/limitedpump - Limited Pump Paintball |
Posted By: SeaWolf
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 5:34pm
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My local shop got a shipment of new ones over the summer. They made a cool metallic blue one. ------------- 
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Posted By: Flarpy
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 6:48pm
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But don't you think that if they stopped making 98 regulars, people would start buying the 98c? They're the same price (roughly) so why not scrap that?
I know you guys aren't the tippmann CEO's or anything but one of you might know. ------------- Gun Setup: Black and silver 98c 14" J&J Ceramic barrel 20oz co2 Warp feed Gravity loader :( |
Posted By: POGUE182
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 6:50pm
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yup yup yup yup....neways -POGUE182 ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_15G4Y11dY - My Invisible Rope |
Posted By: Romulus15
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 7:18pm
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they probly got loads of the model 98 stored in warehouses and they need to sell them, and i saw them at wal mart to, i was disappointed. ------------- Alcohol is my anti drug |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 7:47pm
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They don't make them anymore, but they still have enough lying around to sell and make money off of. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Smitty
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 8:18pm
| they sell. my friends bought M98s. they go cheaper, and still sell. they still make profits. think about it. if you could make more money by keeping them out would you? i thought so. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 9:58pm
| people like the gills... |
Posted By: Flarpy
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 10:15pm
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Ah ok, now i understand. They stopped making them, but still have a bunch lying around waiting to be sold. Got ya. ------------- Gun Setup: Black and silver 98c 14" J&J Ceramic barrel 20oz co2 Warp feed Gravity loader :( |
Posted By: Kevin Z
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 10:17pm
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WallMart has a brutal buying tactic. They force manufacturers to provide super cheap products. So Manufacturers find ways to scrimp to reduce the price. The VCR you get such a great deal on at Wall Mart is not the same one you muy at another retailer. Even if it is the same model number. So as a paintball supplier, Tippmann's solution to the lower priced product is the watered down 98. They cut corners on the mold, minimize the trigger parts, and walla, Wall Mart gets their cheap product to sell. ------------- United States Marine Corps.... When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight! Just say NO to junk mods |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 27 September 2004 at 9:15am
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Posted By: Kevin Z
Date Posted: 27 September 2004 at 12:00pm
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Yep, cast aluminum. If it was milled from aircraft grade aluminum, they would cost a thousand dollars. ------------- United States Marine Corps.... When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight! Just say NO to junk mods |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 27 September 2004 at 3:34pm
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What are you talking about kevin?? The tippmanns in walmart arent some
"cheap version", theyre model 98s. Maybe you need y=to read your
paintball history, the m98 was the precursor to the 98 custom. I would guess pump scout got it right, theyre just traded in m98 shells with new internals. ------------- 
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Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 27 September 2004 at 5:03pm
i was dissapointed to. there more expensive than the 98c's  ------------- 
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Posted By: Flarpy
Date Posted: 27 September 2004 at 9:29pm
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Yeah, i noticed that....wusup with that? ------------- Gun Setup: Black and silver 98c 14" J&J Ceramic barrel 20oz co2 Warp feed Gravity loader :( |
Posted By: paintbitter
Date Posted: 29 September 2004 at 2:13pm
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------------- Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 29 September 2004 at 2:43pm
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Sorry Enos, I think you may be wrong this time. Kevin is correct, I have heard the same thing before. But Im not sure if it applies to paintball markers. I heard it about electronic equipment. This is why most of the stuff you buy at Wallmart breaks after it is used a few times. Im sure paintball markers are like other mass produced guns. You can still buy Russian and Chineese veitnam era weapons brand new in the box. Its that just so many were made, many are probably sitting around in warehouses somewhere.
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Posted By: Bonestock98
Date Posted: 29 September 2004 at 3:13pm
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Beats me. The only difference i've noticed is the gills on the m98 and the trigger guard doesn't come off like on the 98c. ------------- F.A.T.T.S.W.F.A.-Forumers Against Things That Start With "Forumers Against" |
Posted By: Kevin Z
Date Posted: 29 September 2004 at 5:36pm
Yes, but he asked why the 98 is still being sold. The only place I have seen a NEW 98 is at Wallmart. And Wallmart pushes manufacturers for a cheaper product than they distribute to other retailers. ------------- United States Marine Corps.... When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight! Just say NO to junk mods |
Posted By: roadrunner0535
Date Posted: 29 September 2004 at 5:46pm
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still around cuz they r less inexpensive and are easier 2 maintain...they mainly sell 2 feilds as rental guns now...there nothing really bad about them, they r realiable, they just came out with a more customizable version....the question you should be asking is why the discontinues the sl-68...now that was a sweet gun, and wicked powerful...u could even retro fit it w/ autocoker stuff to pump itslef(autococker are pump guns but pump themselves 4 those of u who don't no) ------------- 98c seclusion 14" dye ultralite rufus dawg 2x stick trigg remote full-auto mod http://roadrunnerpaintball.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp - My 98C 100% smart parts |