Should I buy the A5?
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Topic: Should I buy the A5?
Posted By: thaY
Subject: Should I buy the A5?
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 7:50am
| Looking at the Custom 98 or the A5. Should I go with the A5? The response trigger? |
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Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 8:32am
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A-5. R/T if you don't plan on going into tournaments. E-grip if you are. ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
Posted By: TrippiN
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 8:40am
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EIther Or... A-5 Bone stock= gas hog some times. When i say bone stock.. i mean no upgrades. You can improve efficency though with items like LPK, regs, nitro.. etc..other than that its a great gun, beginner, novice, pro.. 98C= Good all around, begin, novie pro, most durable I have ever seen. Can sit in garage for 5 years, no oil or n e thing, air it up, and go play and it will still work.. ( Dont Do this though.. But, A-5 and RT, wonderful choice, but like Jovian said, RT's are not tourney legal. So mainly for screwing around, home games/ woodsball.. etc.. But the difference in price, go get an e-grip, its like 50$ more than the RT, or something like that, and tourney legal . But you wont be disappointed.. ------------- Spyder Imagine 2k4 --- -14" Custom barrel -DOP Xcore 8stage X Chamber -DOP Bullet Drop -12v Revvy w/x board ---- |
lol..)Posted By: Deathtone
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 11:07am
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A-5 No question. I play with about 7 other guys.... 6 tippmann 98c and 1 tippmann Pro Carbine... Cant touch me. SO much better accuracry.... reliability(no ball breakage)... better balance... superior.... no doubt the A-5 is worth the extra cash... my buddies asked me the same question and all they wanted to do was to be able to play... so they went with the 98c... good gun...but after playing with and against my A-5 they are ALL trying to sell their guns for an A-5 ------------- A-5 E-Grip Flatline 3A Remote Line 72/3k Nitro Custom Paint Job Customized Cyclone Feed Car Stock w/ Rear Velocity Adj Polished Internals |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 12:01pm
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Get the 98c, its more durable, reliable and alot easier to mod and upgrade compared to the A5, the A5 of course can be field stripped wit ease when its time fer some cleaning or what not, but really....the choice to which one you want is really up to you. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: DracoPlasm
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 12:18pm
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A-5 Definatly ------------- 
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Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 2:34pm
a5 and rt very good!  but when yoiu get the a5 get a new barrel like the lapco bigshot
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Posted By: prolitesniper
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 3:56pm
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it is a great gun i have only had mine for a month an i have fallen for it ------------- Tippmann A5 RT 16in J&J Ceramic 14in linear smartparts New BT Apex Barrel 45ci 3000psi Nitro System blade trigger 4+1pack |
Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 4:02pm
i have fallen for with mine before i even bought it 
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Posted By: thaY
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 4:05pm
 Tanks aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand a hububalo to yal A-5 it is .By
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Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 4:08pm
| ya welcome |
Posted By: DrunkDriver
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 4:33pm
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98c with R/T would be a better combo. You are not limited by the stupid cyclone feed system like you are with the a5. You can use any hopper out there with the 98c. Then if you swap guns you can put that hopper on it. ------------- http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260991706090alb8rs.jpg"> 
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Posted By: scarsight
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 8:00pm
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i just got the a-5 it rules ------------- 98 Custom 14-inch Teardrop Barrel Double Trigger Quantum Electric Hopper: lol A-5 14 inch Werks barrel Double Trigger R-5 Hopper Shocktech Drop Forward |
Posted By: f@ll3n 5nip3r
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 8:03pm
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98c ------------- anti: flatline egg 2 fender guitars cyclone xbox live gamertag:fall3n 5nip3r steam tag:fallen sniper ADD ME!!! "SO I bought an Angel, How the hell do I shoot it.." -jmac3 |
Posted By: FreQ the Havoc
Date Posted: 10 December 2004 at 1:53am
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I'll quote what I told another guy: "If you've got the money for it, go with the A-5. It's the only marker I've had though, and it's been great to me. It's the greatest woodsball marker to begin with and grow with (completely customizeable and game-adaptable). {It basically has a high-end 'electronic' (I know, it runs on excess air) hopper built right onto the side of it (great feature).} I've never had the A-5 chop a ball in the chamber or break a ball in the barrel. (And it's got the versitility of converting into a simulation marker, if you wish.)" (I've never used the Response Trigger in a game --just dry-fired it in the proshop-- it just pops the trigger back into place a heck of a lot faster than normal, but I don't think it's worth the price, but that's your call.) ------------- >X - CORTANA 1 0 CRYOSTOR. 23.4.7 >(PRIORITY ALPHA) >UNSEAL THE HUSHED CASKET |