[Mavjarro]

Alright guys, i'm buying the B-5 Mod for the A-5 and was wondering what you guys thought about it...

Link:
B-5 Bullpup with Tippmann A-5 [ICP-5002] - $599.95 : Identity Crisis Paintball

[Crawdaddy]

What do I think? It's still an A5. I will admit it is a very sweet looking A5 and of all the modified Tippmanns I've seen this one is by far the best and most practical but it is still an A5. If you are willing and able to spend $600 on a marker there are a lot of better performing markers out there for that or even less.

[martix_agent]

I feel the same way. However that's only the second tippman that has ever made me say "wow, that's pretty cool!"

[BuffSquirrel]

i agree with matrix and crawdaddy on this one. but its still a pretty sweet looking gun

[Db0ne]

I've seen that one my field once, and was like is that a marker?!
It was very nice but idk if it's worth $600
nvm, the one i saw was a p90.

[BuffSquirrel]

dude that would rock the house! a p90 paintball gun?!? it was full auto though right?

[PlayingWithFire]

Last time I saw a B-5 at the field, the owner spent most of the day sidelined, I don't know the exact issue, but the marker wasn't as reliable, he said, as before. Maybe this was an installation problem, but what I'm hearing is there's issues with this mod, and this wasn't the first time I'd heard that.
I'm a big fan of Tippmann, but I'd give the B-5 a pass until they (ICP) get their trigger issues sorted out.

[tapieromateo]

IMHO what WTF is that supposed to look like?

[PlayingWithFire]

Originally Posted by tapieromateo

IMHO what WTF is that supposed to look like?

I think, when they put this kit together, it was more of a "can we make this work" kind of deal. The design also allows for a flat line to be installed in the original shroud. Right from the prototype stage, I don't think there was any consideration given to making it look like a given "real steel" firearm.

[tlmiller]

it does, at first glance, have a slight resemblance to an overgrown p90.

[tapieromateo]

kinda

[Trbo323]

ya i dont think the look is worth $600 if your sacrificing preformance at all. while it will turn heads in the staging area, i kinda think by the end of the day people will see you as the guy with the good looking marker that has the preformace of a rental

[Woodsballa A-5]

My friend has a real bullpup rifle and doesnt like it...its heavier in the back then the front so when you fire the recoil kinda gets annoying when firing over and over.... if you want somthing mislim look into something else

[Trbo323]

Originally Posted by Woodsballa A-5

My friend has a real bullpup rifle and doesnt like it...its heavier in the back then the front so when you fire the recoil kinda gets annoying when firing over and over.... if you want somthing mislim look into something else

.....what does an actual bullpup firearm have to do with a a-5 mod? we have been over it tons of times that physics in firearms do not translate to paintball so i really dont see how the feel of both would be remotly similar

[Woodsballa A-5]

Originally Posted by Trbo323

.....what does an actual bullpup firearm have to do with a a-5 mod? we have been over it tons of times that physics in firearms do not translate to paintball so i really dont see how the feel of both would be remotly similar

im just saying some people dont like modeling guns after a firearm that doesnt perform well, it makes sense to me.

[Trbo323]

again, if the physics are completely different between the two, how are they going to feel the same?

you have as much of a chance of it feeling better than an a-5 than it feeling worse, but then again the feel itself is all personal preference

and last i checked, a actual firearm does not have a hopper or tank, two things that dramatically alter the feel of a marker when they are attached

[PlayingWithFire]

Think for a moment about what makes a real steel bullpup feel different than a traditional rifle: the bulk of the weight in the rear, the reciprocating mass in the rear.
Now think about the weight distribution, and the location of the reciprocating mass.
I can understand the physics of the projectile being different, and of the propellant, but your argument here is stretching credulity more than a little. Also, in the event that you've never worked with real steal, the hopper only really effects the sight line, which the mask does even worse, but not the balance, in any appreciable way. And anyone serious about mil-sim (or just smart enough to realize your legs can carry more weight than your arms) uses a remote line, so the tank comment is less than useless. In point of fact, of all the B-5s I've seen in action, not once have I seen one with the tank hooked directly to the gun. Ever.

[Trbo323]

ok first of all if your going to argue about the feel of a real steel firearm the least you can do is spell it correctly.

and no the 2 pounds of paint you have in the hopper towards the front will not only alter the sight line, anyone who has played for a while knows that a marker with a full hopper feels different and takes more effort to move around than one with a empty hopper, moving that mass forward only makes the effect worse. The internal workings of the two are completely seperate and yes iv fired plenty of firearms, never have i fired one and said "o wow, that feels like my paintball marker" not in weight, not in feel, not in sound, nothing. the only and i mean ONLY thing mil sim markers and firarms have in common is that they look similar (hence the "sim").

[Mavjarro]

Hey, just got it a couple days ago.

ITS FRIGGEN AWESOME. its a pain in the ass to disassemble completely, but it works seamlessly. since the weight is in the back, the shoulder takes most of it off the hand, and also most of the recoil. also, its not sacrificing performance, it takes most of all the A5 upgrades, including the LP setup(which i have) and yes it was a little expensive, but think about everything that comes with it (like the APE Rampage board) and how quality it was made.

[PlayingWithFire]

Originally Posted by Trbo323

ok first of all if your going to argue about the feel of a real steel firearm the least you can do is spell it correctly.

and no the 2 pounds of paint you have in the hopper towards the front will not only alter the sight line, anyone who has played for a while knows that a marker with a full hopper feels different and takes more effort to move around than one with a empty hopper, moving that mass forward only makes the effect worse. The internal workings of the two are completely seperate and yes iv fired plenty of firearms, never have i fired one and said "o wow, that feels like my paintball marker" not in weight, not in feel, not in sound, nothing. the only and i mean ONLY thing mil sim markers and firarms have in common is that they look similar (hence the "sim").

1)The spelling would depend on if you paid for it or not.
2)How does a bullpup conversion move ANYTHING forward?
3)I have difficulty taking seriously your comment about 2 pounds of paint, when you once told someone on this site not to use a remote, which would have taken 5 pounds of the gun. This is what we call a "logical fallacy"