Trbo323

of corse theres something you can tweek and improove, why do you think a new dm, pm and ego marker are released every year?, if each was exactly the same nobody would buy the new model, granted im not saying tippmann do this it would kill the hold on the retal market they have but idk lets say every 5 years they do an overhaul of the basic 98, or maybe just update the bolt but use the same shell, that way any field using the 98 would have the option of updating them, i mean im just spitting out ideas here and they sure seem like winners to me. when was the release year for the 98? im not positive but it seems to me that you could now have two generations of paintballers using the same exact new marker.

forget all the platnum edditions and special editions, when you compare base models you really get a feel for what a company is putting out.

its come to the point that tippmann is now starting to loose their hold on the rental market in favor of pirahnas and vibes because, when you have new players with their own equipment walking on the field with vs1s and ions, and also new players with rental 98s its not a huge contest, in order to make it more fair they are starting to switch. Personally i think if tippmann doesnt do something about this in the next 5 years they will see a sharp drop in 98 sales in favor of vibes or pirahnas because the 98 will nolonger be the marker new players are familier with, i have no doubt the a5 will still do ok as many places have already switched to those, but not nearly enough to make up for the potential loss of the 98 rental market

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blue to black dm6
hyper 3
top hat mod
laser eyes
CP flow plug
32 degrees drop forward (yes i like my drop forwards)
cp micro on/off asa
deadly winds 14" fibur barrel with full freak
Dye rotor with speed feed
centerflag 68/4500 with on/off