Category - Paintball

January 5, 2006

Palmer Blazer with the Q-loader installed

It finally arrived, a made to order Palmer Blazer. Due to a miscommunication I ended up with the nickel plated 45 grip, not the nickel highlighted 45 grip so it's going back for some more TLC. There's also an air leak in the low pressure automation system, but it will MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 12:16 AM on January 5, 2006 | | Comments (0)

January 2, 2006

Improving the Q-loader, Prototype Q-silo

For those who've used the Q-loader system from AIC, it's a pretty slick system. The major problem with it is loading the Q-pods, the stock silo absolutely sucks. You pretty much need a second person to hold the silo and jiggle it around while you load the pods. You need MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 9:35 PM on January 2, 2006 | | Comments (0)

December 29, 2005

Saying goodbye to the A-5..

It's a sad day today, my A-5 sold on ebay. I didn't really want to part with it, but I have a new Palmer Blazer on order and I can't see having two markers around when I barely have time to use one... not to mention the expense... sob. In MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 8:51 AM on December 29, 2005 | | Comments (0)

December 15, 2005

Tippmann A-5 Q-loader ROF test

Here it is, a rate of fire test on the new A-5 Q-loader kit. http://members.dslextreme.com/users/umiotoko/tippmann_a5_qloader.wmv MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 12:59 AM on December 15, 2005 | | Comments (1)

December 6, 2005

Q-loader adapter for the A-5, mounted !

The Q-loader adpater for the A-5 is out, it was released Nov 27th and I purchased mine online the same day. My kit arrived on Monday and I installed it yesterday evening. Like the Q-loader itself, the components are of high quality, so here's my review: Continue on to the MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 9:28 AM on December 6, 2005 | | Comments (0)

September 19, 2005

Tippmann A-5 with Response Trigger installed

Here's a shot of the response trigger installed. Note the yellow line pointing to the piston installed behind the trigger. The stock banjo fitting is replaced with a 2 way "T" that feeds both the cyclone feeder and the trigger piston. Tippmann A-5 with Response Trigger installed. I'll be posting MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 10:56 PM on September 19, 2005 | | Comments (0)

September 10, 2005

Update: Tippmann A-5 with TAC-CAP Q-loader MOD

Posted to the A5OG. The long and short of this mod is it looks great but doesn't work well. The Q-loader pushes the balls into the TAC-CAP with sufficient force to either clog up the balls in the top, or after modding the feed tube to push them down, it MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 9:12 PM on September 10, 2005 | | Comments (0)

September 3, 2005

Tippmann A-5 with TAC-CAP Q-loader MOD

The only thing the A-5 really needs is a Q-loader (and a barrel). This also is one of the hardest markers to mount a Q-loader onto. So here's try # 2. The idea: * Quick load w/ the Q-loader * Reduce the profile by replacing the stock hopper MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 2:09 AM on September 3, 2005 | | Comments (0)

September 2, 2005

Mounting the Q-loader on a Tippmann A-5

Here is a mock up of try #1. Rejected, no clearance between the back of the Q-loader pod and the face mask. MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 9:57 PM on September 2, 2005 | | Comments (0)

August 27, 2005

Tippmann A-5 review

Well, I've been doing the impossible... playing speedball/hyperball with my mil-sim Tippmann A-5 paintball marker. The nearest paintball field (and by far the cheapest) is Santa Clara Paintball. The action is fast paced, is an A-5 up to the test? From the left side. From the Right side. MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 1:10 AM on August 27, 2005 | | Comments (2)

August 24, 2005

Paintball Field review, bapaintball.com (Burlingame, CA)

Went to the "Bay Area Painball" field in Burlingame with my buddy Mike 2 weeks ago. It's a fairly new field and, well read the review below if you're interested... MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 12:28 AM on August 24, 2005 | | Comments (1)

Tippmann A-5

Finally got the response trigger installed onto my Tippmann A-5... Hard to see from this picture, OK impossible really. The RT just adds a small metal cylinder behind the trigger. MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 12:02 AM on August 24, 2005 | | Comments (0)