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Upgrades for my new A5

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Topic: Upgrades for my new A5

Posted By: Hoboman
Subject: Upgrades for my new A5
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 11:20am

A few weeks ago I just got a new A5.

I have a few questions about some upgrades for it.

I'm looking into buying a lapco bigshot. I heard before 14" is the best size, but is there really a noticable difference between 14" and 8"? What size would you suggest?

I also want to buy a stock. I heard alot of stocks wobble. What is a good stock for under $80? I was looking at this one. http://www.octanegear.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3226 - http://www.octanegear.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD& ProdID=3226

Also I wanted to buy some target balls. Although many reviews say the balls they get jammed in the cyclone feed. Are there any good target balls that work well for the A5?

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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 12:34pm

Actually, I've read that 8-10" is a pretty ideal barrel length. I personally like 14" because it gives you more room to work around bunkers and things of that nature.

That stock doesnt look to bad. Have you looked around http://www.opsgear.com - www.opsgear.com yet?

Look into Reballs. They're the most popular. I havent heard anything about them getting caught in the cyclone. I know Rufus Dawg makes some also.

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Posted By: Hoboman
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 1:40pm

Thanks for the help. The the stock in the link is from OPSGEAR but I found it for 10 dollars less at octanegear.com

Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 2:15pm

^Oh..ok. I thought I'd seen it on there, wasnt sure of price though. Are you looking into a firepower upgrade yet?

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Posted By: Hoboman
Date Posted: 30 July 2006 at 3:25pm

Maybe. Got any suggestions besides egrip/rt?

Posted By: darkmaster
Date Posted: 04 August 2006 at 4:15am

the only fire power upgrades are the E-grip and RT. after you get one of those then you could hot up your cyclone with a QEV and maybe the vortex mod . And barrel length is personal preference. after 8 inch it is pretty much all the same and it boils down to whatever you feel comfortable playing with.

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