Good Idea, bad materials
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Topic: Good Idea, bad materials
Posted By: Justice
Subject: Good Idea, bad materials
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 9:53pm
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Ricochet R5 was a great idea, but the plastic it is made of has to be the cheapest most fragile plastic out there. What a piece of junk. ------------- 
-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
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Posted By: shiftykyle101
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 10:01pm
| yea i heard ther not that great. |
Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 10:06pm
| ^^ i heard the same thing |
Posted By: Ihaveanitch
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 10:07pm
| i experienced it, thought was greatest thing every...week later it broke, and i mean totally split in half, not even after hard use. Ur right, good idea very crappy materials. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 10:16pm
| Elaborate Justice? |
Posted By: TruePaintballer
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 10:17pm
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 10:52pm
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Are those the pointless "Uber 1337 paint shield" hopppers? Nice concept, crappy outcome.
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Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 10:55pm
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Yeah, Ricochet's are too bulky.
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Posted By: Ilovepaintball1
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:31pm
Ricochet
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 26 March 2005 at 11:38pm
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Remember when we had that sticky about it?
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Posted By: Contract KillaZ
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 12:07am
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To my knowledge, the A-5, which I presume you're using, feeds at a rate of 15 balls per second, which is set by the spinning capability of the cyclone feed system. Therefore rendering the R5 useless, correct? ------------- I love the smell of fresh Napalm in the mourning. |
Posted By: the_blade
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 12:12am
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 1:48am
I believe the whole concept behind the R5 was to impliment the "Paint deflecting" angles into an A-5 hopper. Which, BTW I think that whole paint deflect is a load of bull. ------------- |
Contract KillaZ wrote:Posted By: rockerdoode
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 2:11am
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^ thats because it IS a bunch of bull...if you suck so bad as you have to put money into a hopper that is known to "deflect paintballs," then you should be practicing tucking in all the time...not shelling out extera cash so you can take the easy way out... ------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 8:52am
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i dont remember a sticky about it ------------- 
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 11:06am
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Who cares?
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 11:48am
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I own the Rico AK for my M98C and I think it's a great product.
Maybe they made the A5 shells out of crappier plastic? Anyone with a Ricochet electro hpper and the A5 shell care to compare? |
Posted By: Ihaveanitch
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 11:52am
| I remember when this whole forum was raving about this hopper and encouraging everyone to buy it and now after a while its been out everyone is realizing how crappy it is lol. Guess this is a lesson to all of us that u take risks buying just released products tat have no reviews n all |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 11:54am
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Well, this is the first I've heard about it being crappy, so I'd like to get to the bottom of things before I write the hopper shell off as a piece of junk.
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 11:59am
I do, and maybe someone who was about to buy to the shell. ------------- |
Posted By: dtfastj
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 12:01pm
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Posted By: Frozen Balls
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 2:06pm
It was up for months and months; it was around from at least December 2k3. Not sure when it dissapeared. |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 3:30pm
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^^ Yeah I dont visit this forum too often, I mainly post in the New Players. Someone wanted me to elaberate, I worked for a plastics company (no I am no bragging, it was grunt work) But that did give me an insite to different plastics. The stock A-5 Hopper is made of a much more forgiving plastic, I am sure it has rubber in it as well. The R5 is made from a cheaper more fragile plastic. You can tell be just handling both. My R5 first cracked in the back, I thought it was from from traveling. But then after it Split in half just putting it back on I was like, damn what a piece of crap. About the comment of getting it because "I have no skill" sorry my friend you are wrong in our preseption of why I bought it. I bought it because it was lighter, was about 1/4" shorter and held I think 30 more rounds. I did not buy it for the reasons you spoke of, so get off that high horse of yours and think before you speak Sir. Anyways, I am sure there was topics about this and didnt want to dig up the past. I was just doing what this forum is meant for. Have a nice day Long Live Tippmann.
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-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 3:53pm
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Thats what happens when you rush products out of the factory before properly testing them. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 5:32pm
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If they made it out of the same material as the stock hopper it would be heavier but it would be much better than stock in the long run. -------------
-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: A-5 08
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 5:39pm
| Ricochet hoppers have durability issues in my opinion. I won't get the R5, and i have never been a fan of it. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 6:46pm
Oh, ok. Thanks for the imformative information! |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 27 March 2005 at 7:38pm
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Your Welcome.
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-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 28 March 2005 at 10:17am
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One thing I will say is that I have heard of this happening to the newer stock hoppers as well.
It took Tippmann some time to get it right and get a plastic formula that could take a ball hit, maybe Rico will come out with a new one with better plastic. Maybe you should copy and paste this and email it to Ricochet. |