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Newbie Question

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Topic: Newbie Question

Posted By: gy67
Subject: Newbie Question
Date Posted: 10 July 2011 at 8:29pm

Hey all I'm a 40 year old new to the sport paintball addict. I went a couple weeks ago with a couple buddies and had a blast. I just bought a (off ebay) Tippmann Custom 98 but it doesn't have a hopper or a tank so I need find those. Are there any differences in hoppers through the years on these guns or will any "stock" hopper fit on it? As for tanks, is there anything special I need to look for or will any tank work as long as it's date coded? Also looking to purchase an A5 and pass this 98 on to my son so I have someone to go with me when my buddies aren't available. Where are some of the best places to buy paintball gear?

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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 11 July 2011 at 7:49pm

hoppers should all fit any gun. Bog standard gravity hoppers are cheap as chips but it could be a plan to loook into mechanical hoppers if you will be modding the 98 to give faster rates of fire or even if your just shooting nice and fast. You may have noticed the need to shake the hopper in order to feed the paint properly and avoid breaking paint. If you invest now you'll always have it and a good one will go with the guns as your kit progresses. Im sure theres a good second hand market for them. That being said a cheap gravity hopper will probably do.

Tanks should all be the right fit. The size of the threads on the regs do vary (i know a guy that had about 50 smart parts bottles sitting in a lock up since they sent the US sizes and then went out of business). As long as the tank was designed for paintball and you know what size of thread you need which only varies in large geographical shifts like US have one thread and all of europe have another you should be fine.

Using air v Co2 is another discussion that im sure is covered elsewhere.

I don't know good places in the states so i think you just need to shop around. Bear in mind that the casual secondhand market for A5's is always pretty good. So local forums would be your best bet

Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 12 July 2011 at 12:27pm

Welcome to the forum. Good to see some other old farts getting into the game.

If you are looking for used equipment, Ebay is actually an OK place to start. There are other forums like http://www.mcarterbrown.com - www.mcarterbrown.com , http://www.automags.org - www.automags.org , http://www.pbnation.com - www.pbnation.com and others that allow selling of used equipment as well. Beware as these sites are not as safe as Ebay, but some good deals can be had. Just be sure to check the seller feedback and ask any questions if you have them.

Some sites I use for new gear:

http://www.actionvillage.com - www.actionvillage.com

http://www.punisherspb.com - www.punisherspb.com

http://www.compulsivepaintball.com - www.compulsivepaintball.com

http://www.paintball-discounters.com - www.paintball-discounters.com

http://www.paintballgateway.com - www.paintballgateway.com

http://www.zephyrpaintball.com - www.zephyrpaintball.com

http://www.discountpaintball.com - www.discountpaintball.com

http://www.tippmannparts.com - www.tippmannparts.com

http://www.palmers-pursuit.com - www.palmers-pursuit.com

http://www.airsoldier.com - www.airsoldier.com

The last two are kind of specialtly places, and there are tons of others out there. Good luck.

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