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