| If you play paintball as a recreational player, then the | | | | The Tippmann A-5 is a .68-caliber, semiautomatic |
| Tippmann A5 is one of the meanest paintball guns on | | | | paintball gun and can offer you firing capability of 15 |
| the market. It has a fantastic reputation for reliability, | | | | paintballs per second. Complete with a 3 ½-inch |
| and offers one of the highest firing rates and accuracy | | | | stock barrel, it weighs 3 1/2 pounds. You can easily |
| for mid-priced recreational markers on the market! This | | | | upgrade the A-5 and you'll find that at least one |
| piece of paintball equipment has the cyclone feeding | | | | upgrade is almost essential. The Tippmann A-5 is a |
| system which force-feeds paintballs from the hopper | | | | good, all-around, competitive marker for the weekend |
| into the chamber. This is a valuable and quality | | | | warrior. You'll find that you'll probably have to replace |
| mechanism that comes standard on the A-5. If you've | | | | the stock barrel, after a while as it is definitely below |
| competed on the field, you know how important it is to | | | | par. This marker does very well with trigger upgrades, |
| have your gun jam-free. All breaks in the hopper are | | | | as well. You can purchase a response triggers, but |
| virtually unheard of, and misfires due to misfeeds are | | | | electronic triggers are also workable. The only problem |
| also rare with this great piece of paintball gear. | | | | with some electronic trigger as opposed to the |
| If you're a weekend recreational player, the A-5 also | | | | mechanically- driven, response trigger is that a lot of |
| features easy field- stripping, which is one area that | | | | field operators will not allow you to bring them onto the |
| Tippmann was always weak in before. If you are a | | | | field. Regardless of what type of paintball supply item |
| tournament player, you may find this paintball gun to be | | | | you need, the Tippmann A-5 should be on your |
| too bulky. | | | | shopping list. |