Tippmann Custom Pro Q's

[Mykul]

Okey Dokey, first thing first i'm new here so i thought i'd do a little introduction:
My name is Mike, i'm 14, have been paintballing 6 times and decided that the Tippmann 98 (which is the gun my local paintballing place hires out) isn't really that great, and am looking to buy my own gun.
After a quick browse on t'internet i have decided to buy a Tippmann Custom Pro ACT with E-Grip.
This works out at around £110 (Actually $219 as i am ordering from America), and i have plenty of spare cash so decided a few upgrades would be in order.
The 2 most obvious seem to be the Flatline barrel and the pro cyclone feed system, so these 2 have been added onto the wishlist.
My questions are: If i have the 'Pro cyclone feed system' do i have to/can i use hoppers made for the A-5?
And
Can anyone recommend a gun sight for the Custom Pro?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

[tommikka]

Sorry, not answering the questions you asked, but do consider importing a marker a bit more. You save at first by importing, but will get import duties and carrier fees on top. This starts with VAT at 17.5%.

You will usualy find yourself spending the same or more than buying in the UK. Plus you lose any practical use of your warranty, as the warranty is with the American supplier not UK suppliers.

Check out the websites of UK suppliers and where they aren't offering the deal you are after phone them and ask what they can do for you.

Obviously Fat Bobs as we are on his forum:
http://www.fatbobspaintball.co.uk/acatalog/TIppmann_Pnumatics.html

But also take a look around a few others:
http://www.bzpaintball.co.uk/
http://www.shop.justpaintball.co.uk/acatalog/Tippmann.html
http://www.p8ntonline.com/prodtype.asp?PT_ID=78&strPageHistory=cat
http://www.lpspaintball.biz/acatalog/Tippmann_Markers.html

[Stencil]

Unless your ordering something unique or special (ie: Rare) do not order from America.

Welcome to the forums.

Yes you can use A5 hoppers and it depends on your budget. However:

http://www.fatbobspaintball.co.uk/acatalog/Sights.html

Anything from Dye will be quality.

-Stencil

[tommikka]

PS Being 14 there are legal implications of buying a marker.
http://www.met.police.uk/firearms-enquiries/airguns1.htm

It is illegal for you to be sold the marker, so your parents will have to buy it. It is illegal for them to give it to you, but you can have access to it in certain circumstances.

You can have it on private premises/land and at paintball sites. It is illegal for you to have it in your possesion when travelling so you will need to be with an adult when travelling and they will have to be the possessor.

In reality nothing is going to happen and of course you will have the marker paked away and no-one will ever see that you are carrying a marker.

(Public transport is a different matter. They are not allowed to be carried at all, though people do.)

However should you be noticed by the police and bag checked then you may have it confiscated.




Under 17 years old
It is an offence to give an air weapon, or ammunition for it, to a person under 17 years of age. It is not an offence for that young person to receive it.

It is an offence for a person under 17 years old to be in possession of an air weapon, or ammunition for it, except:

As a member of an approved club for target shooting.
Whilst at a shooting gallery where only air weapons or miniature rifles not exceeding .23 calibre are used.
Whilst under the supervision of a person aged 21 years or over, or whilst shooting, on private premises, including land, provided the missile is not fired beyond those premises.
From the age of 14 years old, whilst on private premises with the consent of the owner. No supervision is required.
It is an offence for a person under 17 years of age to be in possession of an air pistol in any public place except as at (a) and (b) above. A public place means any highway or place or premises to which, at the material time, the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise. You may not have an airgun in a public place without proper reason. An airgun is deemed as loaded if there is a pellet, dart or anything else in the gun or magazine, whether cocked or not.