Finally bought a C-3!
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Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Upgrades and Customizing
Forum Description: Trick it out!
URL: http://www.tippmannsports.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=159471
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Topic: Finally bought a C-3!
Posted By: RevoXT
Subject: Finally bought a C-3!
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 8:48pm
I finally sucked it up and bought a C-3 from D*cks sporting goods... Does anyone here have experiance with it and if so, do you like it? I'm basically buying it to save money since my A-5 fires so bleedin' fast and uses so much C02 I wanted a money saver.. are there ANY upgrades for it at all? Thanks in advance!!!
------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 8:58pm
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hah why.. just why... do you not live near a fill station? right now there are no upgrades that i know of ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 9:12pm
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I live about 50MIN from a decent refill station, I bought it because I don't want to worry about air and I've heard it's a very good pump-action marker.. do you have any experiance with it? Or are you just saying "why just why" for no reason?
------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |
Posted By: DsXz
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 9:18pm
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u wanted to save money so u spent 200$? gj ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 9:33pm
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*sigh* noone is getting this point at all.. C02 = 5$ a fill, I get 600 Shots outta my A-5, C-3 = 50,000 shots = 2$ Can, look in the longrun DsXz.
------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 9:41pm
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ok its good for your reason. but for any other reason imo you made a bad decision ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 9:46pm
I second that ------------- Tuesday starts the weekend... YAYAYA!!!! CHUFF CHUFF |
carl_the_sniper wrote:Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 10:55pm
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I like to play paintball LONG-TERM with my friends.. they have Spyders which last alot longer with air than my A-5 :( Now if someone could instead of just giving a short smart *** remark, tell me why this was bad.. please do. I wanted a effective pump-action marker where I would constantly have air and it would have decent range-accuracy.. did I do something wrong here?
------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 11:29pm
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no for what you need (long lasting) you bought the perfect gun the c-3 is not a bad pump but you could buy a much better one for the money. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Hoboman
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 11:58pm
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if I had the money, i'de buy a c-3 for target shooting and get a pack of vballs for it
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 12:00am
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/\ yeah that works ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 12:02am
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Yeah, I was lookin at the Phantom... (BEST OF THE BEST) however it uses C02.. which I only want to use on my A-5..so that was outta the list, C-3 is the only gun with Propane so I'm stick with it, has anyone here actually USED it?
------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |
Posted By: TIPPY98ACT
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 12:26am
| I think the idea of 50,000 shots is awesome. But how bad does it stink everytime you fire? I was looking at it in my 2006 Tippmann catalog and I can't help but wonder about some kind of safety problems with it. I know Tippmann would not market a gun that would blow up, but it is propane. |
Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 1:30am
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C02 can give you frost-bite and Nitrogen can blow up... Propane aint all that bad, from what I've been reading you tune the gas.. too rich would mean lots of smell, in between would be JUST enough to fire the marker which is what I'm going for when I get it... all the reviews say it's ONLY bad when you screw it in which I can easily handle.. here are two good videos (one's funny ones not) First one THIS guy has some MAD skill at pumping funny too http://youtube.com/watch?v=g2vqR5B3t5Y Second one: Same guy showing how smooth the action is http://youtube.com/watch?v=CAo18LKNd0w ------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 6:39am
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You only get 600 shots off a 20oz C02 tank? Huh. I'd get around 800+ on mine with my A-5. I wonder if the R/T has anything to do with it?
I think the C3 is a little overpriced. How often will you use it? Will you get $200 worth of use out of it? What you should have done with the money is gotten yourself a 20lb C02 cylinder and fillstation. That way, you could fill your own bottles and charge your friends a modest fee for refills ($.13/oz) and make your money back on the 20lb fill. A 20lb cylinder and fillstation would have cost you substantially less than $200. I think you made a bad decision, but hey, that's my opinion. You know what they say about opinions... ------------- 
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Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 8:52am
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Ok how about this buy a good crossfire nitro tank and a stab and I bet
you... you will get 1100+ shots depending on how big of a tank you
get... and nitro fills are like 3-5 bucks... o almost forgot drop the
r/t thats your main prob i saw a huge increase in tank life after i
drop'd the r/t
------------- Tuesday starts the weekend... YAYAYA!!!! CHUFF CHUFF |
Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 1:03pm
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C-3 I'll be useing most likely everyday for back yard shooting as well, I've seen it in action and it's a pretty cool gun. A-5.... yeah it might be because of the R\T or BECAUSE my stock is putting more pressure on my drive spring which could mean more air usage.. Ricwhic why would I drop the R\T? I Friggin' love the R\T it gets me outta fire easier than the E-Grip cause when backing to cover I CAN go into fully automatic ------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |
Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 2:25pm
so can an egrip... and if you put the egrip on turbo mode and turn up the bps you might as well be shooting full auto... if you like the rt stick with it im just tryin to help you out with your air problem.. but i guess you dont have one anymore cuz you have the c3 ------------- Tuesday starts the weekend... YAYAYA!!!! CHUFF CHUFF |
Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 4:42pm
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Egrip "turbo" is illegal on the field.. that's ramping... R\T isn't...
------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |
Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 08 September 2006 at 6:08pm
are you serious thats what an r/t... and depending on the field some places will allow it havent found one yet but i no there is some... if ramping is allowed that means that they want one pull and release to be one ball is fired... tell me how an r/t works it an r/t isnt ramping ------------- Tuesday starts the weekend... YAYAYA!!!! CHUFF CHUFF |
Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 09 September 2006 at 1:06am
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Ramping is electric.. R\T simply uses air to bounce the trigger.... It's basically in it's on "class" ramping means you fire about 5bps the grip kicks in and gives you five more, get 10 bps with your finger you get 15 (which is top on the field) R\T basically achieves up to 15bps by simply pressing it lightly in the middle.. it's a cheap-way to bypass the full-auto rule
------------- Tippmann A-5 -Shocktech Drop -Super R\T -QEV -JCS Powertube -BT Sight -Flatline + Metadyne Shroud -R.I.S. Foregrip -Stock -C02 20OZ Anti-Siphon -X-Core EXP Chamber -Macro-Line Tippmann C-3 |