Egrip and Etrigger Kit for Tippmann Alpha Black

The two most popular upgrades are here and ready to ship. The Tippmann Alpha Black E-grip or E-trigger upgrade kit is shipping this Friday September 5, 2008 from our store. The E-Trigger™ Electronic Upgrade Kit includes four firing modes (semi-auto, 2 x full-auto, 3-shot safety burst) that can be changed in seconds for rapid (up to 15 balls per second) firing. At first Tippmann told us they would not release an E-trigger and hoping that customers would just sell their non-etrigger models and upgrade to the fully installed E-grip model of US Army Alpha Black paintball guns. They surprised us all and the electronic trigger upgrade kit is now here.

They also announced the release of the Cyclone Feeder that has been fully modified out of the box. You no longer need to do anything to your Alpha Black to get the Cyclone Feed to fit. Please make sure you are ordering from someone that is offering the new model of Cyclone feeder for the 98. It is not clearly marked on the boxes (especially the early release) but rest assured the Cyclone Feed will fit your Alpha Black and will work out of the box without gun modification.

Canadian or foreign models of the Tippmann Bravo can also use these upgrades. The Bravo is a copy of the Alpha Black and the upgrades will fit the Bravo models. We can ship the upgrades to Canada and internationally.

Paintballs

Our paintball blog topic today is paintballs. Featured to the left are DraXxus Scenario Paintballs. We just added the DraXxus line to our site. From what we see from a seller's point of view is that there are two basic type of paintball buyers. The first buys on price. They believe that a paintball is a paintball and price is king. They are looking for value and believe that you are just wasting your money paying for higher end paintballs.

The second type are those that believe every edge is important and the added consistency, accuracy or coloring is key to staying in the game. Personally, I am somewhere in the middle of the two camps. Cheap paint is unpredictable and difficult to gain consistency of your accuracy. On the other hand, I am just not totally convinced that paying an extra $30.00 for a case of paint is a good idea?

What kind of paint do you use and why? I know that sometimes some paint does not agree with the equipment you are using. For example, my Tippmann Cyclone Feeder sometimes chops paint. My advice here is change the paint, there is nothing wrong with the feeder. Find a paint brand that works well with the equipment you have.