| The king of paintball has been dethroned...or has it. For | | | | other manufacturers aren't going to enter the market |
| years now new ballers and veteran ballers alike have | | | | with some mods of their own, maybe, maybe not. I |
| had a special place in their hearts for the Tippmann A5 | | | | guess it all depends on the mood of the guys at |
| but the question on the street lately has been will the | | | | Tippmann and Specops whether they decide to |
| newest release from Tippmann, The Tippmann X7, | | | | pursue legal action or not is up to them. |
| conjure up the same cult following that the Tippmann | | | | The biggest downside to the Tippmann X7 is the lack |
| A5 has enjoyed for years? | | | | of control that the paintballers around the world have |
| For years now paintballin' guys and gals alike that have | | | | over the "non-commercialized" customization of the |
| just been getting into the sport have gone the A5 | | | | marker itself and that is really where the A5 is still far |
| route due to its reliability, ease of use and of course | | | | superior, there are thousands of ways already that |
| the bang for the buck factor. Most people have held | | | | you can customize your Tippmann A5 and there are |
| onto their beloved A5's as they have progressed in | | | | no restriction as to who can jump in the market when |
| their ability because of the A5's ability to do the same. | | | | they create something that is different and possibly |
| No matter what your skills are the A5 has the ability to | | | | cooler than the last guy had created. |
| adapt and grow right along with you (unless of course | | | | With all that said our opinion on the Tippmann X7 is |
| your skills have to do with speedball, that's another | | | | that it is overall a good gun. How can you go wrong |
| story). | | | | with Tippmann Reliability right? A couple of the |
| The recent release of Tippmanns X7 came with a lot | | | | features that we liked the most about it is the scratch |
| of hype. It was the first release in history that was a | | | | resistant plastic, which has gotten some mixed |
| collaboration between a manufacturer and an existing | | | | reviews and most especially we like the e-trigger |
| paintball retailer have joined forces to release a gun. | | | | options. Compared to the etrigger options on the A5 |
| The real question is whether or not a collaboration like | | | | where you have to do a lot of holding the button down |
| this is for the best. There is quite a laundry lists of cons | | | | and waiting for the light to turn and then stand on your |
| that come from a collaboration of this nature, one of | | | | head and jump up and down on your left foot, the |
| the largest is limited mods. | | | | Tippmann X7 etrigger allows you to switch from |
| Although Tippmann is claiming that there will be millions | | | | safety, to single shot to fully auto while still have the |
| of different setups for the look of the actual gun, that | | | | option to fire in three round spurts. Even with all the |
| is all banking on when Specops decides to release | | | | politics surrounding the gun we feel it is a great gun for |
| them, because they have exclusive rights to the mods | | | | beginner to intermediate woodsball players. |
| for the X7. Now does "exclusive rights" mean that | | | | |