• get a faster hopper

• check your velocity
• check your paint
  

bronco9588 wrote: I went pballing this weekend, and i chopped a lot, a lot. It was easily once every game. And then i lost all accuracy. I use a 98C with a gravity hopper. I'm thinking I'm outshooting the hopper. What do you think?

If you are running a 98C in stock configuration you are not out shooting your gravity feed hopper. A gravity feed hopper with good paint (not old with flat spots or sticky from moisture or heat) can handle 11+ bps. And if you are running a stock 98C you cannot fire faster than 11 bps.

Don't spend money on a new electric hopper until you solve the chopping problem. Check such things as the cleanliness of the hopper throat and the marker feed neck. Make sure the hopper is seated full depth into the neck. Make sure there is no trash, such as pieces of shell, partially jamming the forward bolt. Make sure the leading edge of the forward bold is not damaged (such as a nick from a squeegee pulled through the barrel.

I have had problems with chops that were fixed by replacing the forward bolt. Installed a new Tippmann part and the problem went away. Have also seen chopping problems go away when a Palmer Stabilizer was installed and pressures reduced to 550 psi.

Then again, sometimes when marker was working perfectly with one paint, switched to another  and chopped every 5th ball. Went back to previous paint and all the problem went away. Some good paint is just too fragile to shoot well in a Tippmann. Paint that has been stored for a couple of months in too warm temps gets a little egg shaped. That will chop like crazy.

It is almost inevitable to get chops with a basic hopper if shooting even a little fast.

Yes, a gravity hopper can in theory feed 11-13 bps or so.  But in real life balls get snagged, temporarily clogged, bump into each other, and generally don't fall smoothly into the gun.  These are all the things that a Revvy fixes, which is why a Revvy can reliably feed 11-13 bps and a VL200 can not.

If you like to lay on the trigger on any gun, then an agitated hopper (at least) is an absolute must.  For $35 or less you can get a Revolution, which should solve your problem.

Newb question: what is "firepower" referring to here?

i just got my 98c 2 day ago it shot fine the first day the second day it started shoting out paint i think it was because i was pull the trigger to fast for rapid shots to see want the gun can do before i get shot in a field game so that was the only time balls broke i am use some no name paintball that the guy at the shop say there were tippmann ball want is at good ball to use for a beginner an should i upgrade the hopper to the cyclone feeder or get the r/t added or just put a j&j barrel on it is not shoting ball straight want is up with that please help i love my tippmann it sounds mean when i shot it thanks

A-5_massacre wrote: Never use a gravity hopper when shooting 15 and higher. They dont load as fast and they chop alot.

Are you serious?

A-5_massacre wrote: Actually I am. If you are shooting faster than 15 get an electronic hopper. Your just dumb if you don't. You will find yourself chopping more paint then you are shooting it down the field.

Lets get a few facts on the table. A mechanical semi-auto trigger on a Tippmann cannot exceed 8-9 bps in the most skilled trigger-walking hands. An R/T properly adjusted can exceed that.

The most skilled pro shooter using an electronic double trigger set for true semi-auto mode (no bounce and no ramping) cannot exceed 15 bps. No one tested on Pro teams can even hold that for more than a split second. Best continuous is about 11 bps. A gravity feeder can actually keep up with 11 bps. It just tends to get clogged in the feed neck, which it does even when fired slowly, requiring you to shake the thing to get paint moving. A gravity feed with an agitator will easily do the trick. (even when a gravity feeder stops flowing, it usually doesn't cause a chop...there is just no ball in the chamber when the trigger is pulled)

Claims of 20 bps from an electronic set to true semi-auto mode are a prevarication. A semi-auto player exceeding 15 bps is not a fast fingered skilled player, he's a cheater with a marker modified to get around the rules.

Bruce A. Frank wrote: A-5_massacre wrote: Actually I am. If you are shooting faster than 15 get an electronic hopper. Your just dumb if you don't. You will find yourself chopping more paint then you are shooting it down the field. Lets get a few facts on the table. A mechanical semi-auto trigger on a Tippmann cannot exceed 8-9 bps in the most skilled trigger-walking hands. An R/T properly adjusted can exceed that. The most skilled pro shooter using an electronic double trigger set for true semi-auto mode (no bounce and no ramping) cannot exceed 15 bps. No one tested on Pro teams can even hold that for more than a split second. Best continuous is about 11 bps. A gravity feeder can actually keep up with 11 bps. It just tends to get clogged in the feed neck, which it does even when fired slowly, requiring you to shake the thing to get paint moving. A gravity feed with an agitator will easily do the trick. (even when a gravity feeder stops flowing, it usually doesn't cause a chop...there is just no ball in the chamber when the trigger is pulled) Claims of 20 bps from an electronic set to true semi-auto mode are a prevarication. A semi-auto player exceeding 15 bps is not a fast fingered skilled player, he's a cheater with a marker modified to get around the rules.

I am going to have to seriously doubt that, considering I (ME!) can hit 16 with no bounce or ramp.

Proof?