Help me pick a gun
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Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Which Gun is Best
Forum Description: Need Advice? Ask the pros.
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Topic: Help me pick a gun
Posted By: Mad Psience
Subject: Help me pick a gun
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 7:53am
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1. A-5 + Comp Air + Flatline + R/T + 68/4500 tank 2. WGP VF Tactical + eVLution + 68/4500 tank I can't friggin decide. I play mostly rec-ball. Both seem like they would be awesome for rec. I don't care for stocks.. remotes .. slings and that crap.. ------------- 
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Posted By: Liquid3
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 9:00am
The A-5 would be strickly a woods gun, while the cocker setup would do speedball also. The A-5 would be half the price of the cocker. I think you need to shoot both and decide. Just to throw a wrench into the works, The Tac-one from AGD is a really nice gun and is closer to the A-5 price. I personally would choose one over the Tactical even if they were the same price. Sorry, if I just confused you more 
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Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 9:55am
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frankly I think mags suck. ever since the x-valve and 10 bolt came out they have been hell. over on the airgun owners forum there are over 1200 posts reguarding problems with just those 2 parts I'd rather not take that risk. The guys at ADG can't even come up with half the answers. Anyways the A-5 wouldn't be cheaper. With flatline rt and comp air added it's gonna be more than the VF-T. I can get a VF-T for $499 USD right now.. and if they run out it's 859 canadian dollars. the A-5 with the setup I mentioned would be about that too. So it's not about price .. it's about the better gun. I also wanna know just what kinda suprises I should expect with a cocker. I know A-5's are low maintenance. -------------
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Posted By: liln07
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 10:08am
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Which gun should I get? The Tippmann A-5 or the Tippmann 98 Custom? I can't friggin decide GOSH! IDIOT! ------------- LiL N |
Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 10:53am
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what the hell was the point of that you halfwit noob? -------------
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 2:28pm
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since u dont like mags(i dont no y) then get the cocker
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Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 2:52pm
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I would buy a Tippmann, but that is just me. Cockers are great markers, but timing and short-stroking are issues that newer players probably won't be able to deal with. |
Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 5:54pm
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where can I learn about timing and short-stroking? also I already said why I hate mags. They are the black death of leaks. Their forums are flooded with mag-owners who are going thru hell with x-valves and lvl 10 bolts. -------------
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Posted By: _Madman_
Date Posted: 03 March 2005 at 6:15pm
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I love my A-5, I wouldnt go with anything else. If you are mechanicaly inclined you can rip the thing apart to its littlest peices and not worry about having trouble putting it back together. But from everything I have ever heard about cockers, if something goes wrong, just call the airsmith, cause you can't fix it. And with the RT you can sweetspot it so go full auto pretty easily, put out just as much paint as the cocker could with less effort. ------------- A-5 14" Stiffi Tapco CAR Stock Shocktech A-5 Drop Maddman Spring Kit R-5 Stealth Hopper A5-A2 Front Grip Palmer Stab E-Grip Lapco Double Trigger HPA - and a license to kick butt |
Posted By: ace17
Date Posted: 04 March 2005 at 12:29am
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lol ------------- A-5 r/t dead on rva expantion chamber smartparts teardrop |
Mad Psience wrote:Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 04 March 2005 at 12:57am
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Well.. I know about short-stroking and timing now. Timing looks like a bastard to play with but I never short stroke on any gun.. I think the complexity is gonna rule out the cocker because there are no pro-shops here.. I emailed AGD asking a bit about the Tac-One. I'm so nervous about buying anything with an x-valve.. If they don't appease me I think it'll be an A-5 I get -------------
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Posted By: Tattle
Date Posted: 04 March 2005 at 4:20am
Wow? |
Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 04 March 2005 at 4:32am
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donotpushmeimclosetotheedgeimtryingnottolosemyhead -------------
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Posted By: Tattle
Date Posted: 04 March 2005 at 4:38am
| OMG, if I anger you so badly (I cannot see why) maybe you should leave the forum for a minute and take a breath of fresh air or something. What time is it? Like, 5:00 in the morning? Go to sleep dude. |
Posted By: Mad Psience
Date Posted: 04 March 2005 at 4:00pm
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Well I've picked out my new gun.. System X NME. Wow -------------
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Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 04 March 2005 at 10:05pm
| i like them both and thier like = in price.but i think the cocker looks cooler so i say that |