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A-5s are pretty nice when compared to the 98. The ergos are better and they've finally worked out the manual-cocking-without-a-hole-in-the-gun thing. But it's still just a rehashed 98 on the inside. not to mention that it's nearly impossible to sight down any of the cool looking "milsim" stocks because your mask gets in the way. And let's face it, the gun is big enough that you will either run tank-on-gun, or you'll get a stock; a pistol it is not. They look neat, and yes they will take quite a beating, but that does NOT mean that they are quality. And it does NOT mean that any marker made from aluminum castings is worth over $100. If you like the idea of popping and keeping track of seven screws (or even those "quick" strip keepers) just to "field" strip an inline blowback/low-end be my guest. Not to mention having to keep track of EVERY SINGLE PART at the same time because everything is exposed. Tippmann markers are the AK-47 of the paintbal world: Rugged and Reliable, at the cost of accuracy, precision, and quality.
I second the call for an Automag. Simple and easy to take down in the field, ridiculously high quality materials and construction, compact, elegant design with no external moving parts and an integrated regulator, and aftermarket/upgrade parts that tippmann could only dream of. The whole thing is absolutely modular. to the point where you can swap every single part of the marker with newer/higher perfomance versons as you see fit/have money and end up at whatever level of performance you want. The automag is often overlooked because it was the first really dominant "speedball" marker. and it suffered the fate of all speedball markers: it was forgotten when the new speedball markers came out. but it got it's start in, and maybe even had a hand in bringing paintball out of, the woods.
the fact that it is overlooked gives the buyer a distinct advantage. these markers can be had for $100 used all day long on many sites and in many older brick and mortar stores. my local store has three big rubbermade tubs full of old mags that usually go for about $100. I Recently threw together a minimag by canibalizing several of the old guns in those tubs. As soon as we put air in it we heard the most amazing sound: silence. That valve had been sitting in a box for at least 5 years and it didn't need a drop of oil. (that's not to say that i dind't give it lots of love when i got it home anyway, but it didn't NEED it.)
also, i hear tippmann fans talking about how "tough" their markers are. let's see what happens when you feed 3000psi directly into it's valve.
maybe they mean to say that the marker is "tough" on paint?
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Quitting...
just get the X7 low profile hopper and the gun looks sexy as hell and works great
