TIPPMANN COMMANDO AIR THRU SOCK- This stock is amazing; it feels great and performs great. I used this today with many other types of game styles. I was running up the field shooting like crazy and sitting back sniping. The extra line from the stock to the gun is kind of annoying but it doesn’t get in the way unless you are shooting lefty. There is not much to say about it, I can only say it works great.
Rating: 4/5
-jimmy
PROTO PRIMO LOADER- PIECE OF AWESOME! This by far is the best gravity feed hopper you can get. It out performs every gravity feed hopper I have ever used and every hopper I know about. The awesome thing about this hopper is that it is gravity feed, so no batteries or switches or anything complicated. How this hopper works that it innovates feed shelf technology by proto (obviously), the feed shelf reduces pressure on the balls going into the chamber. There is also a rumor going around that this hopper can feed up to 8 bps. That rumor is false. It can shoot up to about 12 bps. I will give you an update when I put it on my friend’s Spyder Electra. But anyways, I think this is an awesome hopper, especially for its price, 15 dollars!!!! So I recommend this to everyone who needs a new hopper who doesn’t want to pay 50 to 150 dollars for an electric hopper.
My rating: 5/5
-jimmy
Rap 4 cyclone feed upgrade-the rap4 cyclone fee upgrade can truly “turn your marker into a machine gun”. With this you can wreak terror on your enemy. Before I got this was having trouble using my E-trigger, it just wouldn't load fast enough for the full auto. Also it use too much of my air. But after I installed the upgrade, I was using about half the air, and was loading about twice the speed. The kit came with the squishy paddles, quick release hosing, lightning rod and a metal rachet. The new paddles handle the paint much better and I didn't have any hopper chops. The quick release piston housing eliminates most of the back pressure; this is the part that really speeds it up. Also the metal ratchet allows it to move faster and more efficiently, and finally the lighting rod, it replaces the original plastic rod, giving it a smoother ride. This kit is a must have for any Tippmann fan, with a standard cyclone. Although, some of the newer x7's have a Tippmann model of this, if you have a quick release piston housing, I would get the entire kit. I would rate this 5 of 5, it is cost efficient and will rock your cyclone world.
My rating 5/5
-johnny
TIPPMANN 98 CAR STOCK-the Tippmann 98 carbine stock is very durable and works like a charm. It is a four point stock and fits to all 98 models. It is incredibly simple, a stock around a plastic tube. The only thing I don't like about it is that if you are shot on the stock, the paint gets into all of the cracks and is a gigantic pain to clean.
Rating 4/5
-johnny
PINCER MANEUVER-The pincer maneuver is a skilled maneuver to rid an enemy of a defensive position. In the pincher maneuver, it is risky because you put your team in the position of getting shot at close range. I think that this is the fun part of the game, but my team members don't. The way this maneuver works is that you set how ever many need to give you cover fire and pin down the enemy. In this case there are three opponents, so preferably, there should be there should be three of your men giving you cover fire. Then all at once, all of your men fire on a command, sending the enemy ducking down. Which gives the opportunity for three of your men to send a running flank and bunker the enemy. You will want to move fast to bunker the enemy, you don't want to be picked off on your way because you'll end up putting your teammates in the dog house and they might not be to happy. This is a straight forward plan and works great, my team will be attempting this sometime in two weeks and I will tell you how it went.
picture courtesy of Recon
-Johnny
TIPPMANN THREAD 16 IN CERAMIC J&J BARREL- this barrel is beast. It is the most accurate barrel I have ever used. During a game, I sniped out a player from across the field. Also, this barrel is very durable; I had another ceramic barrel that chipped every time I hit it on something (it was a stock 8in barrel). Another thing I like about this barrel is how versatile it is, from speedball to woodsball to close quarters, it always stands out.
Rating: 4/5
-Jimmy
STRONGSIDE-The side strong is the most useful strategy and is well known. How it works is that the majority of the team flanks around one side; that side is some of your trigger happy, slow moving lumps that usually take defense or heavy gunner. But they flank up a side creating a distraction while a small portion of people, usually the best of the best take the other side as another flank. Using the larger group as a distraction they sneak up the back and get the defense and the people covering the large group, creating a less of a threat allowing the large group to clear the rest of the area. The only problem with this strategy is that it is easily failed, if both teams choose the side strong on opposite sides (picture for details) then the teams might end up in circles or the team is bigger and your flanks will be crushed. The final flaw is that your entire squad might be picked off by a sniper. So if your team is notorious for another tactic this might come in handy.
picture courtesy of Brigade Paintball
-Jimmy
TIPPMANN CYCLONE FEED- The cyclone is one of the marvels of tippmann engineering. The cyclone feed is a hopper system designed for the tippmann guns. It is like any other hopper, but it is designed for low profile and speed. Like any tippmann products, they are robust and built to last. The way this piece of tippmann art works is, when your gun fires, it takes some of the air that is used to push back the rear bolt to spin the paddle wheel in the feed neck, pushing a ball in the chamber. And it’s as simple as that. Some of the cons of the cyclone feed is that is uses a lot of air. Maybe a quarter of what it normally uses. But some of the pros are that it is easy to assemble, just one screw on newer models. Also it shoots fast and is low profile. I got my cyclone for 60 dollars. And it was worth every cent.
Rating 4/5
-Johnny
Q-LOADER- 2 words “waste of money”. The Q-loader is a hopper system that pushes the
paintballs into the chamber by force of spring in the pods. (For more detail, look at pictures). I
bought the Q-loader right after I got my first gun for Christmas of 08 for about 200 bucks with two “pods” and a silo with the attachment to the gun. In theory it was an awesome product, but the refilling and the times it chopped the balls before they came out of the loader was a really big fault. And also the really annoying thing was that the silo didn’t even do anything. It was supposed to hold the paintballs and feed them through a tube into the loading mechanism but the shape prevented it from going down the tube and force that was needed wasn’t for filled by gravity. So over all one of the worst paintball buys I have ever made.
Rating (I put nothing for a reason)
-jimmy
