Platinum Series Tippmann Custom 98
Platinum, sounds blingy. Lets break these *NEW* Platinum Series features down one by one as advertised on the official website :
1. Split Receiver - Why. Why should I have to take new marker apart in quarters, why cant I just remove the end cap and have everything slide out the back? Oh wait, they already did that with the A5/X7. Granted this will make maintaining the 98 much easier, its just my opinion that they should have applied all this engineering time to a truly new marker or at least have upgraded the A5/X7 which are already superior in many ways.
2. Easy to remove power tube- Easy to remove? is it going to break? are you selling me an already defective marker? here’s an idea, why not help the consumer out and put an ALUMINUM power tube in there for me so I don’t have to buy an aftermarket power tube to replace the vulnerable or cracked plastic one. Better yet, if you want easy, why not make it so that there’s some sort of tombstone adapter that I can pull out, and then remove an end cap and everything slides out the back . . . . oh wait that’s right, you did that already with the A5/X7.
3. Full depth pockets for ASA- This sort of seems unnecessary if the receiver half comes off in quarters, I shouldn’t have to undo the ASA bolts. Unless they HAD to add this feature to accommodate the receiver mod.
4. Re-Designed front vertical grip - Thank you. Thank you for updating something that ill have to remove if I want to add an expansion chamber or regulator by using a vertical adapter. Or will the traditional vertical adapter even work with this line of custom 98’s?
5. Secured front sight spring- OK, ill give you this one, I hate re installing this thing when it wont seat properly. But ill bring the same point up again, this feature wont be useful if I dont have to remove that half of the receiver. Its like you just added a feature that was made obsolete by another feature you just added.
6. New porting on the barrel to improve air efficiency, and an all new matte finish- Reflective glare has finally been eliminated? thank the gods. I cant tell you how many times I’ve been hit because the reflective glare from my barrel and ASA gave my position away. I cant comment on the *new* barrel porting because from what little ive seen it just looks like they’ve removed the porting that was mid barrel on the older 98 models.
7. Picatinny Rail - Hello, welcome to several years ago. Meet my friend the BT4, oh but hes got one up on you, hes got a rail on the bottom for grips as well as one on top for sights.
8. Re-Designed sling-mount end cap - Thank you! Finally a built in place to attach a sling. Longer games demand such a feature, as even 6lbs. feels like a ton after cradling a marker for long periods of time.
It might seem like I’m against Tippmann, but that’s far from the truth. I’m scared that recently they’ve been invaded by gremlins, gremlins who make funny decisions, take cosmetic guidance from short bus operations paintballers and love a good tailgate BBQ.
I think ideally they should try and combine the best of all the 98 and the A5 and the X7. Make something easy to disassemble, with fewer problem parts and make it affordable for the common player.
Tags: "custom 98", "platinum series", tippmann
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