Ruska's Got a Brand New Toy (TPX)
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Topic: Ruska's Got a Brand New Toy (TPX)
Posted By: Ruska
Subject: Ruska's Got a Brand New Toy (TPX)
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 8:28pm
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WOOOOO! The UPS man just arrived, and I literally ran down the stairs to pick this beauty up. Very nice case that it comes in, feels sturdy, and has two latches to keep it closed:  When you open it you find all the various tools and such, and an extra clip:  And for size reasons, here it is being held in my hand:  I'm about to see if I can get to walmart in under half an hour and pick up some paint and air! ------------- 
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Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 8:35pm
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put an a-5 or x7 barrel on it, im curious to see how it looks/performs as well as with even longer barrels. ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97 
'99 Snpr II, ½d Karni, E-Orracle, 2k4 Spstk, 2k5 Prstk, PMR SE, A5, 98 |
Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 9:32pm
Now I have to go find somewhere I can try this thing out without being arrested/ shot back at by a real gun  -------------
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 9:33pm
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Tits, bro.
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Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 10:12pm
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nice, i cant wait for mine to arrive in teh mail. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 5:15pm
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Want. So. Bad. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 5:23pm
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I really like the idea of having tiny windows in the grip/ top to see where your paint is. I haven't used it enough to actually tell how well I'd be able to look at it and go "ok, 4 left" or if it's more of an indicator of if you're out of not, but very nice. -------------
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 6:18pm
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Looks awesome. /me wants ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 6:22pm
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nice, let us know how it works. this is next on my "to buy" list. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 7:33pm
Taking over Ruska's thread for mine too Already started tinkering with it. Polished up the barrel tip and quickchange cap. Took that metal barrel sleeve out too since it doesnt really seem to do anything structurally. Im trying to decide if I should mill some fins or something into it ------------- 
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 7:50pm
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so, about how big is it? maby compaired to a 98c or AB. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Elysium
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 8:27pm
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Man I cant wait untill I get the money to get me one of them. ------------- What we do in the dark, will come to light. |
Posted By: NickVanDick
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 8:29pm
| I have to say. The metal barrel sleeve looks pretty cool. But like you said. If you can do some milling on it. And make it look even cooler. That would be cool. And if you screw up on it, it looks cool without it too. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 8:49pm
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pop it open, looks like a ghetto duck ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 10:01pm
does it? ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
merc wrote:Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 26 May 2009 at 11:47pm
| Nelson based? |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 12:38am
Not in the slightest. Its like a balanced spool valve hybridized with an automag. Very slick. Cant wait to see Tippmann use the system in a full-size gun. -------------
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 12:45am
| So its like an inside out automag? |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 1:40am
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*squirms* ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 2:10am
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Okay so. Things I learned today: Never ever ever open up the clip of the TPX. It makes re-assembling a 98 custom in a dark room while on fire look easy. I still havent gotten it back together. -------------
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 2:37am
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I appreciate you learning that lesson so I don't have to. :P ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 1:06pm
Ditto. My normal modus operandi is to fix stuff 'till it's broke . . .but thanks to this input I will probably refrain from disassembling my TPX clips when my marker arrives. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 2:21pm
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No kidding, I was curious at first but not anymore.
Anyways, I have now used this thing twice, and I LOVE it. The day I got it I walked around trying to find a trail to use it on and used 4 magazines through it, and loved it. Yesterday I went out with a few friends and took turns with it, and they were wanting them almost immediately. The quick change cap on the front for the CO2 12 grams is fantastic. Easy as pie to remove when empty, but when gassed up it wont budge. It's perfect, just wait till the airs out, and it's safe to remove....and it lets you. The whole thing is slightly oversize, but I'm a large guy so it felt pretty normal to me. The magazines are still a dream come true, they work amazingly well, and quickly. Just push a button and the spent clip gets ejected out the bottom (literally ejected, by a spring, so you dont have to even touch it if you just want to let it fall to the floor) then the next one just slides right in. I was averaging 2 magazines per 12 gram, but there was air left over after the 2nd, just not enough for a full magazine. I think my default velocity might be a bit high, which would be why I'm not getting as many shots as the video review (averaging 3-4) so when I get a chance to chrono this I will know for sure. -------------
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 3:34pm
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Yeah, I'll definitely be getting one...
My favorite velocity is 260. I play pump usually, so I find it the perfect balance of performance and efficiency on 12ies. I should be able to get 3 mags easy. Maybe I can figure out some efficiency mods to squeeze out 4. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 02 June 2009 at 11:38pm
I have to say the Tippmann Holster is awesome. Secure Fit, easily modified and It holds the TPX even with a S&W M&P Tactical Light. (the part where the trigger guard and the rail is has two Velcro strips that you can open to add extra room in the Holster).
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Posted By: NickVanDick
Date Posted: 03 June 2009 at 2:44pm
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ugh.. When i go to the Giant Big Game XVI at splattag this saturday. I hope Tippmann has a tent set up by all of the other vendors and i hope i can see this thing... -------------  http://www.junglerumble.com/">
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Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 08 July 2009 at 12:11am
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So I hadn't updated this in a while. I have used the pistol several more times demoing it to friends. MAN were they jealous after. Very high on the "I want" scale for sure. I also had a couple breaks in the gun. The first time I simply ejected the mag, ran a sqeegee up the grip and out the barrel and it was good to go. Then the next time it happened I believe that a friend had loaded the mag incorrectly that caused it to happen, as there was paint down the inside of the grip. So when I got home I stripped it all down, and was amazed at the simplicity of the innards. I had looked at the manual and been very apprehensive to open it up, but its not bad. I now see what Enos was talking about, the amazing valve. You could potentially move a trigger to anywhere along the body of the gun, just by changing the length of a tube. Truly awesome, can't wait to see more of it. Anyways, went back together fairly easily after I got everything back correctly. Sadly, it leaked when I filled it up to show off, but from the looks of it I just messed up a seal inside and needed to add some more grease, so I'll be doing that soon and firing it some more. I'll try to remember to get some videos of it in action or something, it's quite sweet. -------------
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Posted By: KSTIPPHEAD
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 1:28am
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I finally got mine in the mail after the months of waiting and learned a very valuable lesson: Cheap paint WILL chop in this thing. Not every ball will break, but enough to be reeeally annoying. Fortunately, it's relatively easy to disassemble/reassemble. At about 1/2 the length of a stock 98, and being mostly made of plastic, it is a light little devil to work into buildings/tight spaces with. Just make sure, for the love of all that is decent and holy, that you use tough paint. The cheap/thin stuff will put on a karate demo all over the internals without fail. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 2:12pm
It's interesting, the body is actually the same length as a 98 body. Impressive they can fit the valve and barrel into that space. |
Posted By: KSTIPPHEAD
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 4:12pm
| I was taking the barrel and air tank into account. The extra length gets in the way when in tight quarters. |
Posted By: TinMan
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 7:28pm
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Got my new TPX today. Really nice, and very accurate for a pistol.
I'll wait until it's chronoed and shot in before more comments.
In fact I will probably read the manual too aha
It did seam to shoot down by the third shot, but that may be FPS or
something covered in the manual.
Super happy
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Posted By: new jersey
Date Posted: 09 July 2009 at 11:32pm
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Its a magazine, not a clip you tools! |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 10 July 2009 at 12:24am
Your man card . . . . . . turn it in . . . . . . now. -------------
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Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 10 July 2009 at 12:35pm
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Good news everyone! After receiving my Project Salvo in the mail yesterday I decided to re-strip it and grease it up properly. I found a broken tiny o-ring as well going into the valve. Probably why it leaked last time, so I replaced it (now have no spares) and re-greased. Sure enough I gassed it up and shot it into a pillow on my balcony and it works like new again :D Fantastic. -------------
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Posted By: TinMan
Date Posted: 10 July 2009 at 12:41pm
No. You cropped the "aha" off the quote! That was the mandatory escape phrase.
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 10 July 2009 at 1:14pm
Real men don't need escape phrases. 
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Posted By: KSTIPPHEAD
Date Posted: 10 July 2009 at 3:00pm
| or manuals... |