If you play paintball as a recreational player, then the Tippmann A5 is one of the meanest paintball guns on the market. It has a fantastic reputation for reliability, and offers one of the highest firing rates and accuracy for mid-priced recreational markers on the market! This piece of paintball equipment has the cyclone feeding system which force-feeds paintballs from the hopper into the chamber. This is a valuable and quality mechanism that comes standard on the A-5. If you've competed on the field, you know how important it is to have your gun jam-free. All breaks in the hopper are virtually unheard of, and misfires due to misfeeds are also rare with this great piece of paintball gear.

If you're a weekend recreational player, the A-5 also features easy field- stripping, which is one area that Tippmann was always weak in before. If you are a tournament player, you may find this paintball gun to be too bulky.

The Tippmann A-5 is a .68-caliber, semiautomatic paintball gun and can offer you firing capability of 15 paintballs per second. Complete with a 3 -inch stock barrel, it weighs 3 1/2 pounds. You can easily upgrade the A-5 and you'll find that at least one upgrade is almost essential. The Tippmann A-5 is a good, all-around, competitive marker for the weekend warrior. You'll find that you'll probably have to replace the stock barrel, after a while as it is definitely below par. This marker does very well with trigger upgrades, as well. You can purchase a response triggers, but electronic triggers are also workable. The only problem with some electronic trigger as opposed to the mechanically- driven, response trigger is that a lot of field operators will not allow you to bring them onto the field. Regardless of what type of paintball supply item you need, the Tippmann A-5 should be on your shopping list.