98 Custom Upgrades?
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Forum Name: Upgrades and Customizing
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Topic: 98 Custom Upgrades?
Posted By: sassoldier
Subject: 98 Custom Upgrades?
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 10:18pm
| Hi, i am basicly a newb to paintballing but i already feel the need to upgrade my 98 custom, I am thinking that a new barrel will be dandy probably a J&J Ceramic because i am on a very tight budget. What are some other good upgrades i should get that are cheap. |
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Posted By: sassoldier
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 10:36pm
| Oh and also should i get a 12" or 14" JJ Ceramic, im playing woodsball by the way... |
Posted By: Hella Cool
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 11:24pm
| Length of barrel is your preference. Don't go over 16" though. After a barrel you might want to upgrade your air with an expansion chamber (I assume you use co2), and a firepower upgrade if you want it, like a Response Trigger. |
Posted By: sassoldier
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 8:49am
| yeah thats along the lines of what im thinking, ill probly grab a duoble trigga kit with the response. I dont know much about the barrels either, only that dont go over 16" so i dont know what will be better, the 12 or 14. |
Posted By: sittingduck
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 1:13pm
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Don't bother getting a double trigger with your response. I
bought a double trigger for my 98, then later added the R/t. The trigger is now pretty much just for looks. You
only need one finger for the R/T anyway, so there isn't much point to
buying the double.
------------- 98 Custom R/T 32* X-chamber Smart Parts Progressive barrel TGA double trigger Evil Smokestack Venturi bolt hopper wobble mod ported feedneck silenced sear spring |
Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 1:37pm
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For the barrel I'd too go for the J&J. As for the size it's all preferance between 12" and 14". They will shoot the same so it's all up too you. Then I'd get a r/t and an electric hopper. ------------- http://www.macdev.net - MacDev Militia http://www.alienpb.com - Alien - Because winning is more fun. |
Posted By: colddawn
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 2:45pm
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I had a J&J 12 inch that I used for woodball and it was fine. Good
performance, good price. Just today though I ordered myself a Lapco Big Shot 14". ------------- 98 Custom JJ Ceramic 12 Barrell (now a lapco 14 Big Shot as well ) Pro Team Power Feed EC Rocket Cock Double Trigger 12 & 20 oz Tank Whats Next 12V VL Revolution Drop Forward |
Posted By: sassoldier
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 4:24pm
| alright thx guys, im going to order my ceramic barrel pretty quick here, im going to get the 14" because its the same price and the intimidation value....Then i might get some new grips cause i got my gun used, so there a bit grubby and i want softer ones. HAAANNY WAY once i save up a bit ill get my RT and a cheap electric hopper, anysuggestions for that, also later on ill probably get one of them 32* expansion chamber, the one thats like all chrome and its black at the tip, ya so thx for the help. Any suggestions like i said for the hopper would be shiny. |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 4:27pm
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Dont go cheap on the electronic hopper. The last thing you want is $60 soup.
I'd suggest a Bigshot over the Ceramic. The usefulness of the Ceramics "self clean ability" is way overrated. You're still going to need to run a squeegie through it for it to shoot decent so whats the point of having it? The bigshot is more accurate than the ceramic and I like the way Lapco puts the gun name on your barrel for you (TIppmann A-5, Tippmann 98C). Many people dont like the bigshot because its loud. What they dont understand is that no matter what barrel your shooting from(exeptions are LEGAL silencers registered by the BATF), the person on the other end is going to hear the shots. So you might as well make it loud and scare them while your at it. ------------- 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: Silent Slayer
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 4:33pm
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get dye sticky grips and for the hopper i would reccomend a evolution II. you dont want to buy a cheap hopper because it will definately let you down ------------- a5 polished internals flatline custom aluminum foregrip drop e grip w/custom blade trigger palmer stabalizer 71ci 4500psi dye throttle dye invisions vision impy tapeworm crossfire 88/45 EVO |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 5:44pm
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Id get an X-chamber before the RT. If you went the other way around, you would soon get annoyed at the white puffs and drops in efficiency. Plus you will better appriciate the ability to spray and pray. So my recomendation is: Barrel, Hopper, Chamber, RT. Then maybe a nice paintjob. |
Posted By: ScherrBear15
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 7:10pm
| I am looking to get a new barrel does the BT 16 in make ur paintballs go farther? |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 7:15pm
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No. No barrel makes the paintballs go farther, With exeption of the Tippmann Flatline barrel. And the Warsensor Hop-up barrel. However the Warsensor one only fits the warsensor line of products, so you stuck with the flatline. |
ScherrBear15 wrote:Posted By: sassoldier
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 8:40pm
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ya well i have decided to go with a 12" Lapco Big Shot, an X-Chamber, some new grips, then the RT, and the VL Quantom Hopper hopper, it feeds like 8-9 bps and its pretty cheap, or i might get a 12 volt revvy, also how fast can the RT shoot so i know what sorta hopper to get.
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 9:59pm
| I heard topped out at 13bps. Although there is the Uber Milkman RT....oh..oh..oooooh, I think I just "o"ed thinking about it. |
Posted By: sassoldier
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 10:11pm
| ah whatever ill wait till i get the RT then worry about the hopper lol |
Posted By: icpbler
Date Posted: 20 April 2005 at 8:55am
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This is probably just going to confuse you more, but...
I have an RT, and so far have not needed a new hopper. I also havn't played with the RT much at all yet. Get a remote. They give better expansion than an xchamber. If you don't like the unbalanced feel, get a palmers stab. MUCH more expensive than either the xchamber or remote, but works SO much bette |
Posted By: matt 13
Date Posted: 20 April 2005 at 12:12pm
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as far as the barrel goes i like the j&j but i much prefer a CMI truflight 14". I recently sold one wwhich was the biggest mistake ever. I bought a new one and again fell in love with it. its only about $30. ------------- tippmann 98, 14" CMI Thunderpig Barrel, CAR stock Remote Coil, 20oz. x2,16oz, 12oz. tanks, custom camo tape by me, drop forward double finger trigger, expansion chamber |