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I am getting a new paintball gun and am choosing either a A-5 or a x7. I want to get a flatline barrel for sure and one of my friends has been suggesting i get a laser sight for it too. Apparently that is a good combo as the flatline makes the paint fly in a straight line making aiming a point red dot on person and fire very simple. From what I see the x7 comes premade with rails for me to install a sight while I would have to do something to get one on a A-5.
Can anyone suggest what gun to get and for the gun what you suggest. I am not only talking about the sight thing but the gun overall. And also what upgrades I should get for the gun.

martix_agent

teh flatlnine may seem like a good choice but it's not worth it in the big outlook. It may make balls fly further, but they're by no means more accurate and they don't break at the further distances anyhow. the also sorta float around since there's backspin on them. I say pick up a J&J ceramics one piece barrel. they're cheap and amazing barrels.

a lazer or steel site is completely worthless. Paintballs don't fly straight; give up on that idea, it's just never going to happen.

If you get a tippman, get a 98 custom because all you're paying for with the other is looks and the cyclone hopper that only works on tippman markers.

Here's what I suggest if you want to run circles around your friends:

Pick up a spyder vs1. It's small, light, and fast right out of the box. you'll need a nice forcefed hopper for it, but you can use that hopper on any paintball gun out there that you may upgrade to or borrow.

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Will it fire off co2? the paintball place where i live is 10$ entry fee that includes all day co2 but he doesnt have compressed air for some reason.

martix_agent

yep.

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Well thanks for the input. I am glad because all that stuff was starting to get expensive. I am a bit of a paintball noob. Any good reccomendations for a hopper. I was always looking at the vs1 in the first place. Also I think i will pick up that barrel as i have heard nothing but great things about it. Any other good upgrades I should consider?

martix_agent

don't bother upgrading it past the barrel.
look at halo b's reloadr b's velocities, any high end hopper.

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Halo Hopper? Well lets say i want to keep it 50$ or less for the hopper what should i get? a link would be nice. Also after buying a spyder vs1 i will be broke and will still need a hopper so what will get me buy for a few weeks less than 20$ Also many people say to upgrade feedneck and trigger on the vs1. How would i do that?

martix_agent

a used halo hopper from the b/s/t of pbnation.com

oh yeah teh feedneck isnt' the greatest, i always forget that kingmann still insists on people using the nasty plastic feednecks. What'd be great is if you can find a ego feedneck collar, but i have my doubts about that. what you're looking for is a clamping feedneck for a spyder that does not have tabs.

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Trbo323

the vs1 has eyes so just get a gravity feed hopper for a few weeks while you save the money for a force feeder. iv seen a vs1 matched up with a evolution 2 they worked pretty good together.

Àçè595684

Well so far i have read around and and def choosing vs1 or vs2. Why do people say always pick the vs2 over the vs1? is it that much better. I really dont need to shoot 25bps anyway as I cant afford that much paint. So just a straightforward answer vs1 or vs2 and why.

martix_agent

the vs2 runs at a lower pressure with less kick. It also requires a HPA tank.

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So that is pretty much the only reason? Or are there other performance reasons to. Currently at actionvillage the vs2 is 15$ cheaper which would help with the buying a hpa tank. Also on a vs2 how many shots would i get off a 48ci 3kpsi tank? I am thinking of getting the Pure Energy Fixed - 5 Year N2 Tank - 48ci 3000psi for its low cost. And also does using co2 on vs1 hurt it in any way? Also I am horrible at finding things. Can anyone tell me speciffically what feedneck to get for vs1 or vs2?

Trbo323

im no expert but i think the vs1 can run on co2 or air but the vs2 is air only, as for that tank your looking at, its about the smallist tank you can get. your not going to get many shots out of it, i dont think the vs markers are horribly efficiant.

martix_agent

co2 does not hurt the vs1 in any way. If it did, they would not recommend the use of it.
a 48cu 3000psi tank wont' get you very far with the vs2. maybe 300-400 shots at most.

get a spyder feedneck that is threadded, not the ones with tabs.

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Swedenzfinest

back to the topic ide go with the X-7. you can get a better hopper than a cyclone feeder i personaly hate them...***well not hate but dont like them. put money into your hopper

martix_agent

back to topic? have you not read any of this topic?

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carcrazycorey

VS1, I bought one and love it!
+1 man, but I would recommend a VS1 like he said. I have one and its super light and a fast gun indeed. I bought mine at walmart for only $150. Great guns!

Trbo323

agreed, they have packed a lot of performance into that inexpensive package.

pitbullcrazy

what could happen if you ran CO2 with the VS2 I have done it a couple of times and so far it works great

Trbo323

well the third time you do it the boogie man will come out and eat you......as well as the marker entering a self destruct sequence that will enevitably lead to the destruction of civilization as we know it.

lol, the internals are not made to handle to cold co2, the seals will deterierate (sp?) a lot faster. running an anti-siphon co2 is better than straight co2 but the marker is still supposed to be air only.