Shenko TPX
Printed From: Tippmann Paintball
Category: Tippmann Paintball
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Topic: Shenko TPX
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Subject: Shenko TPX
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 4:24pm
 So far: Stainless bolts Polished up the barrel tip and 12g changer cap Milled down the barrel shroud and polished it (Gills, ooh-rah) Ill probly get around to de-ano'ing and polishing the safety pretty soon. I wish I had some chrome foil so I could chrome out the Tippmann lettering on the side. Gotta turn down and polish the velocity adjuster on the rear too. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 4:40pm
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You sure don't waste time, do you? I love the way it looks! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 4:41pm
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I'm liking it a lot so far. Looking forward to seeing how this comes out.
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 4:42pm
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i love that. kinda gives me ideas for whay ima do when i get mine. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 4:43pm
| I just saw that Thompsonshooter (engler customs) is getting 6 of these. Cant wait to see what he'll do too. Enos: want. |
Posted By: Robot
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 5:09pm
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I don't see nothin'. Something seems to be loading but then it never does. I've really been wanting one of those TPX's, but I found a friend with a virtually brand new Sony Bravia 32" for only 3 hundos so...... choices.... Being unemployed sucks... not as much as being unemployed and having to actually support myself... but still... 's bollocks..... |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 8:18pm
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Enos, put an A-5 barrel on it then polish that, a longer barrel on your setup like that would look pretty awesome.
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Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 27 May 2009 at 8:44pm
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pretty cool man. ------------- 
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 28 May 2009 at 7:21pm
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So after some firing tests today: 12 gram changer is awesome sauce. But...Good quality paint is absolutely a MUST with the TPX. If you get one, dont even try to put anything cheap through it. Some generic BE paint I picked up was detonating in the barrel at least once every magazine. It also seems to be hard on thin-shell paint, the bolt seems to hit with a TON more force than a full-size Tippmann. And you really dont want to have to clean a gooped up chamber and magazine in this thing, trust me. But bloody hell. With some good PMI paint, its a freaking demon of a gun. Dead-nuts accurate for a pistol, and I got easily 3 magazines off one cartridge. -------------
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 28 May 2009 at 9:39pm
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have you chronoed it? That might be why its hammering up paint.
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Posted By: TinMan
Date Posted: 28 May 2009 at 10:21pm
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I too was told three strong mags off of a 12g, then a week 4th.
looking for one now
*edit - Enos, are the body screws 98 or A-5 length?
I just bought a 98 stainless screw kit so....
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Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 29 May 2009 at 1:00am
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Yeah I'm not sure about that paint quality thing, as I bought some "stryker" paint from Wal Mart, the cheapest they had, and after 128 rounds I haven't had a single chop/ barrel break, even when shooting as fast as possible. ------------- 
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Posted By: insofar
Date Posted: 29 May 2009 at 2:45pm
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Sickness! Why not dremel the paint off the lettering and polishing up? Easy sub for foiling the tippmann logo. Awesome job! ------------- 
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Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 29 May 2009 at 3:07pm
They're ballistic polymer, not metal. -------------
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insofar wrote:Posted By: insofar
Date Posted: 29 May 2009 at 3:40pm
AHHHH... I wondered that after i posted... Thanks for the info! -------------
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Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 29 May 2009 at 4:24pm
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No problem, glad to answer questions about this thing, it's so much fun to use :D -------------
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 29 May 2009 at 9:59pm
Well I bought the cheap stuff from Meijer (Basically like a wal-mart clone chain), which happened to be Brass Eagle. Well actually it was the only brand they had at all. This stuff is horrid. Very very small size, very thin shell. A drop test from thigh-height will break the balls. So thats the problem. -------------
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 30 May 2009 at 2:08am
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Okay, so. Again for this thread, if you buy a TPX NEVER take the magazine apart. Never ever ever take the magazine apart! Yes, cleaning the magazine sucks if you get a ball chop, but taking the magazine apart will suck more, I GUARANTEE it. I took one of mine apart the day I got the gun out of curiosity. Now, you wouldnt think theres that many parts in there. You are wrong. Theres three springs, and about 4 parts that have to fit together precisely or the thing doesnt work. Tonight with the help of a friend, I finally got the dissasembled magazine back together. Yes, you read that right, it took FOUR HANDS and about 30 minutes and about 10 attempts to get it back together. So really, dont do that. It sucks. -------------
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 30 May 2009 at 6:56pm
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 30 May 2009 at 8:57pm
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Me likey! ------------- 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: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 30 May 2009 at 9:03pm
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Ugh, cleaning the mag after a break IS a pain in the neck. I clipped the mag release, and as it was sliding out, I slapped it back in, crunching one of the balls that come loose when the magazine gets locked into place. It gooed up the chamber and the top of the mag. I didn't take the thing apart, but it took me almost 15 minutes to get the top of it clean again. I was too chicken to take the mag apart, and it seems like it was a good thing I was. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Ruska
Date Posted: 31 May 2009 at 3:54pm
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Reb: I almost did the exact same thing. I ejected it, but pushed it back up before it came out (since I was used to playing with empty mags) and since 2 balls fall out when you do that, I almost crushed them inside the grip, but thankfully didn't. -------------
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Posted By: SurgeonRibs
Date Posted: 03 June 2009 at 3:36pm
This makes me want to do something similiar, very nice! 
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Posted By: rodent34
Date Posted: 04 June 2009 at 11:39pm
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Just run the mag under hot water and it is good to go I know that's no help if your out playing in a game. ------------- 98C A5-R/T TPX X7 phenom A5 bullpup X7 e-grip spyder extra spyder RSX |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 05 June 2009 at 10:53pm
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the spring inside is gonna be steel. I wouldn't run is under water unless you can fully dry it out. You could always load it with cotton balls.
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Posted By: nochaz01
Date Posted: 06 June 2009 at 2:52pm
| What is the official guide to cleaning such mess? If the spring is stainless steel then it should be fine to run water on it right? |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 08 June 2009 at 10:27am
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The springs and hardware inside the magazine are NOT stainless steel. Which seems a bit of a design oversight on Tippmann's part.
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Posted By: AgentSmith
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 9:02pm
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Beautiful!!!
I attacked some other bits myself:
 Going for a 45 flavor, fingergrooves go next. ------------- 
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 12 June 2009 at 12:06pm
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Careful, theres not much room to work with on those finger grooves. I was considering getting rid of the weaver rail, but I couldnt decide if it would look good. I was considering rounding it off though, just leaving the bolt areas. Also on mine I removed that weird lanyard(?) point on the rear bottom of the grip, I also rounded off the back of the front sight for a cleaner draw. -------------
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Posted By: nochaz01
Date Posted: 12 June 2009 at 4:37pm
| I just came from pbreview where some kid is bashing this fine piece of work because he can't figure it out. He claims that both he and his brother have one that is chopping every clip. People have commented on his paint type since there is no way they each got a bad setup. Everyone want to go over there and correct them that own the TPX? He gave it a 1 out of 10 and dropped its overall to an 8.5. |