First look at the 98 Custom Platinum
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Topic: First look at the 98 Custom Platinum
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Subject: First look at the 98 Custom Platinum
Date Posted: 14 February 2008 at 4:35pm
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*Copypasta from the Tinkers Guild, so ignore the obviousness to Tippmann Forum folks A few months ago, one of the higher-ups at Tippmann contacted us moderators, and asked what the most common trip-ups and design flaws were with the 98 Custom. Mainly the kinds of things that a new player getting a 98 out of the box runs into when they try to maintain the gun. So we all contributed, and now months later Tippmann is getting ready to ship the 98 Custom Platinum, which has damn near every little annoyance with the gun design changed or fixed.  Externally, you can see the added weaver rail on the top of the gun. The ASA adapter has also been changed around a bit, but Im not exactly sure why. The rear sight on the gun is no longer adjustable (Who used that feature anyway?) and is a part of the gun half castings. You can also see the end cap has been changed to allow for a sling on the gun.  Tippmann borrowed a very common user modification, where people would bandsaw the left gun half in two, allowing you to pop the back half of the gun off to work on the guts. Im not sure how many of you have gotten to see their anti-chop system, this is it. The linkage arm runs in a slot on top of the hammer instead of the usual hole. The spring pack above the guns main spring pushes on the link arm, so if a ball mis-feeds, the hammer cycles normally, but the bolt wont chop up the ball. Im still not sure what the bend in the linkage arm is for, maybe to further slow down the bolt before it contacts a ball. Other little changes in the back end, the trigger and sear pins were notorious for falling out, sticking in the wrong half, etc. The pins on this model are knurled on the right side, and nicely chamfered on the other side. They also seem to have downsized the pivot hole on the trigger, because the trigger seems noticably less "sloppy". You cant see it in the picture, but the lower end of the grip changes thickness, allowing the ASA bolts to stay with the right half of the gun, no more loosening the ASA bolts before disassembling the gun. If you look close, you can see that the gas line no longer threads into the valve. It threads into a large square nut held between the gun halves, and press-fits into the valve with an o-ring. Up front, the front sight pin has a large head on the end, preventing the front sight and that notorious spring from flying across the room as soon as you crack the gun open.  Double air taps, same as on the X-7. No more double-ended Clippard fitting for users running a cyclone and RT at once. Also notice the old valve bolts are gone. The new gas line does all the work holding the valve in place, bravo for that, I dont need to tell you how many new players overtightened those valve bolts and stripped the aluminum valve threads. On a personal bragging note, see a serial number? Thats right, this puppy is un-serialed from the factory. Even the packaging isnt done on this gun. ------------- 
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Posted By: Crazyneon
Date Posted: 14 February 2008 at 6:08pm
I like the new look! 
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 14 February 2008 at 8:46pm
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I hate you mods and your free guns...
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Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 14 February 2008 at 10:14pm
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Snake6 wrote:Posted By: DzXs
Date Posted: 14 February 2008 at 10:57pm
| i think its hideous. |
Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 12:14am
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Please tell me those rails can come off.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 12:19am
| I'm just throwing this out there but... can I have it? |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 12:38am
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looks nice, only thing i don't like is the new rail on top. I'm assuming it prevents you from pushing the front sight down to get the feed neck off? edited-typo |
Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 12:39am
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looks like they will come off, i see the screws. ------------- 
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 12:43am
I saw the screws to, but I don't know if there will be a gap if you do take them off. ------------- <Sig violation, Section 1> |
Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 1:01am
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not too bad i guess. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 3:25am
hmm, now you got me wondering -------------
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 8:23am
I hope they are removable. The stupid rails ruin the whole gun. -------------
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Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 10:05am
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nice, and good snag - no serial# = awesome, might be worth a few beans one day. ------------- Imagine there’s a picture of your favourite thing here. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 12:28pm
No, the top of the front sight protrudes through a little hole in the rail. From the side it looks odd, but when you sight down the marker, there's a groove right down the middle of the rail that makes sighting possible, as well as the removal of the elbow the same as its always been. ------------- ? |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 1:12pm
| i wasn't so much concerned about sighting, i just don't like the way it looks, plus it really doesn't serve any purpose imo |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 2:08pm
Unless of course you want to mount accessories that use that specific rail. ------------- 
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 15 February 2008 at 6:17pm
| yeah, but at that you might as well get the alpha and just get the basic for it, that way it's easier to attach a realistic barrel/stock for it. |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 18 February 2008 at 2:30pm
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I like the functional changes, especially the friggin elbow spring. Wish I would have waited a couple more months before buying my 98!. The rail on top is nice, but would rather have seen them do away with the stupid front handle. I know the A5 is better for milsim, but dont get adding Milsim features and still leaving the front handle like that.
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Posted By: unvolution
Date Posted: 18 February 2008 at 2:46pm
| i sawed the foregrip off... now it looks like a sniper but fires like a heavy machine gun... never heard of chopping the left receiver in half though... wouldnt that leave a small gap for dirt to get into.. not that the gun wont fire with a little dirt in it |
Posted By: jordanpischke
Date Posted: 18 February 2008 at 2:52pm
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Yours is a 98 custom though not a 98 cusom platinum. Also IMO your chopped 98c looks nothing like a sniper. ------------- 
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