Ideal Paint for Tippmann A5 Paintball Gun

I have a tippmann a5 and I switched from a flatline barrel to a 20 inch sniper barrel. However, I was playing saturday, it was like 55 degrees and crappy out, and I used Evil paintballs and had constant chops. The ref told me the ballswerent meant for cold weather and I dont know wheher to agree with him or not. Can someone please tell me some good paintballs for the tippmann a5 that will shoot straight and not chop?

"Evil paint is a brittler paint used more in guns with a lower operating pressure. Your paintball gun runs a approximately psi most tournament level guns run at about psi-psi. Add to that the fact that the cyclone feed is not to friendly with brittle paint and you got trouble. Plus flatlines are not to gentle on paint to the sharp angle of the barrel.

Another words you need to use thicker shelled paint. A good thicker shelled high end paint would be RPS All Star. A cheaper option would be RPS STINGERS. I would also recommend WPN Weapons Grade. Also i heard good thing about ZAP Spank."

"Zap Spank is a excelent paint for cold weather. Proball also has a good paint that is spacifically designed for cold weather. Paints like, Evil, Chronic, DXS Bronze and Bushido all have very brittle shells. You have two things that are working directly against you, maybe three. First off, the Tippmann A-5 is more of a durable paintball marker that was designed for woodsball and scinerios. It is built to shoot paint for that type of play. The Cyclone feeder, although reliable, is very rough on paint. You need a thicker shelled paint just to get past your feeder. Secondly, a 20" barrel could be an issue. If you do not have a really good ball-to-bore compatibility, the extended length will cause more friction, or cuase the ball to bounce more off the inside of the barrel. Both scinerios will bust alot of balls. The third thing, are you shooting HPA or CO2? Evil is designed for HPA. CO2 alone will bust the paintball. If shooting CO2, a longer barrel will freeze fairly quickly if you shoot alot and cause more paintballs to break. What brand of barrel do you have?"

"We use PMI/RPS Marballizer Paintballs for the Flatline barrel. They seem to perform well in colder weather too. We are a Wisconsin team and commonly play in cooler temps. I think the Marbs fly a little farther with the Flatline too."

"Yeah, Evil isn't meant for cold weather and rec paintball markers. Try some RPS Stingers or Polar Ice if it gets colder. Sterling Ice is also a good option for coldweather recballing. Also be sure that the paint is a good fit if you can. The best way I think to test for is the ball is a good fit is if when you put a paintball in it you can blow it out relatively easy. If it gets stuck or it rolls out it isn't the right size. That might have been why you were chopping."

"I use nitro and have a smart parts 20 inch tactical barrel now."

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