new upgrades
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Topic: new upgrades
Posted By: ousoonerfnx28
Subject: new upgrades
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 11:05am
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For an A-5 wat are the best upgrades that i should get that are highly needed. I have been playing for a little more than a year. If i go paintballin 10 times i mostly play woodsball about 6 out of those times so i was thinkin bout gettin a flatline and a longer barrel than the stock probaly a Lapco Big Shot A-5 Barrel - 14 Inch since it is prty cheap and i heard a good barrel. But wat are some needed upgrades for a 1st time user of a tipmman a5. ------------- Nick West |
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Posted By: FOxRaCeR9823
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 11:37am
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a good upgrade is the flat line barrel
------------- DROP KICK MURPHYS 98C flatline Rt Halo TSA backman Remote 6+1 harness |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 11:40am
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There is no upgrade that is highly needed. The stock A-5 performs greatly.
Play with your gun the way it is for ahwile. Get to know it. If you think it needs better accuracy get a new barrel. Better consistancy, get a x-chamber, regulator, remote, or hpa. ------------- 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: WatchingPopos
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 3:09pm
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if you "think" it needs better accuracy get a new barrel? forget that. get a new barrel. the stock one is the only flaw in the a5. it chops and chops. get something better. besides that, yea, stock a5 is awesome ------------- http://www.imageshack.us"> 
The Online Police have guns. Watch out. |
Posted By: CrazyPainter
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 3:17pm
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E-grip, flatline (just go full auto with a flatline You'll bust balls) ------------- When my A-5 starts shoting I think you sould duck. |
Posted By: ^Pirate^
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 4:11pm
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That made little sense The stock A-5 works well however I recommend a new barrel for accuracy and you say you've played for a year so, I say a new barrel, a stock and a remote with a 4 pod and 1 tank harness. R/T Will help with faster firing, flatline alo gives more distance so it's a great barrel to have but for speed I don't know I don't know anyone that has tried it. Good luck. ------------- 
It aint about black or white becuz we human I hope we see the light before it's ruined My ghetto gospel |
WatchingPopos wrote:
.Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 4:17pm
First of all, barrels do not chop. Chopping is when the bolt splits a paintball in 2 because is is not fully loaded. Second of all, The A-5's stock barrel's bore is huge. If you break paint in that, you have to be the dumbest person ever. Lastly, Before you go tearing my posts apart, at least have a shread of knowledge about what you're talking about.
You WILL NOT break paint in the flatline because you're going full auto. How fast you're shooting has nothing to do with 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: ^Pirate^
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 4:26pm
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I bow to you YWSM! One more -------------
It aint about black or white becuz we human I hope we see the light before it's ruined My ghetto gospel |
for you when(/if) the system gets fixedPosted By: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 5:41pm
| YWSM i dont think thats what they ment by bust balls.... but i could be mistaken |
Posted By: MoNTYandTIMMoN
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 5:54pm
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e-gripe e-grip e-grip e-grip i had an rt on my old a-5 and it made it even more of a gas hog than it already was. i was at a tourney today and a kid had an e-grip a5 with a stick trigger, and it was the nicest tippmann ive ever seen. u can actually "walk" the trigger. and its legall in all tourneys, unlike the rt. still not as fast as my timmy, but pretty fast for a tippy.
all other upgrades really dont do anything at all unless ur buying a new reg/expansion chamber to "try" and improve the air efficiency ------------- 
Do not tempt the lord! MoNTYtheLoRD |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 5:55pm
------------- 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: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 6:02pm
um actually he did
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 6:04pm
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Oh I thought you were talking about the other person I quoted.
Yes thats what he meant by busting balls. Breaking them in the barrel. ------------- 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: Pro-litey
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 6:24pm
um ok im going to take you word for it unless he says other wise because you always seem to know exactly whats going on. 
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Posted By: 98_custom22
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 10:13pm
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this is one smart man listen to him ------------- 98% of ion owners think ions are better than any high end gun. If you would like to bonus ball these idiots put this in your sig. me: 06 Nasty Nerve 68/4500 +47/3000 halo b freak kit |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 20 June 2005 at 2:11pm
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New barrel and then regulator, then E-grip then switch to air, LPK. ------------- 
-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: rossy11223
Date Posted: 20 June 2005 at 4:07pm
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A low pressure kit isn't really need when switching to HPA. |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 20 June 2005 at 4:08pm
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It helps with consistancy. ------------- 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: rossy11223
Date Posted: 20 June 2005 at 4:11pm
| Right. But for now right when he is starting out those upgrades aren't needed and it will be a while before, if he even does, switch to HPA. |
Posted By: ^Pirate^
Date Posted: 20 June 2005 at 4:15pm
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I recommend a new barrel even i he did just shoot the gun then he should play for awhile, and by then there's something he hates about his gun so, he upgrades. -------------
It aint about black or white becuz we human I hope we see the light before it's ruined My ghetto gospel |
Posted By: fatverygood
Date Posted: 21 June 2005 at 11:04pm
| it doesnt matter on upgrades, but from what i know, it is IMPORTANT that u get consistency before speed. otherwise u will be firing 30 balls into the dirt and into the air lol |