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tiox barrel upgrade

Earpy

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Jan 12, 2017
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What's the best cheap barrel upgrade I can do for my tipx? I'm using it as my primary but I need something that is accurate/ cheap and small but will be some what good at a bit of range. Also what would be a cheap good vest/belt for mags and I'm going to remote line the gun.

I play at NFP fields if that helps
 
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Tom

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I'm not able to recommend on specific barrels for the Tipx. I use the standard barrel in my Tipxs, but if you were to change barrel you need a Tippmann threaded barrel, but without too much to the body (Any tapering etc will make the barrel fatter and it won't fit in the pistol frame.
I find additional accuracy in pistols due to the natural improved accuracy of pointing.

As a vest etc I recommend MOLLE, a MOLLE system of vest and pouches works out more expensive then a dedicated 'sewn' vest, but it's more versatile, especially for players like me who don't play in one way.
I could wear my vest to carry paintball pods, full size magazines, pistol magazines, pistol holsters*, grenades, general

* With a holster you can opt to not have one at all (going with the pistol in your hand all the time, a belt or vest mounted holster or a a drop leg holster.
I particularly hate drop leg holsters as they are down just out of reach, can drop your pistol when you kneel down, but the worst part for me is a weight flapping on my thigh.

I have an old DPM 'sewn' assault vest, a selection of MOLLE vests, and a yoked MOLLE belt kit.
There are plate carriers as an option but I find them too bulky. (They are more designed around covering your torso as body armour, acting as a platform is secondary)
My DPM vest was from an Army surplus shop, MOLLE vests were imported from the US (mostly SpecOps, OpsGear and Valken V-TAC), some other kit from Hong Kong etc. Things are much more available in the UK now.

For Tipx magazines I use an EBAirsoft magazine pouch, in which I mix magazines, 8 shot tubes and 12 grams, and I also use an Army surplus notebook case adapted for MOLLE with speedclips.


Some of my kit, see down the left for a vest and MOLLE belt.
(Though 99% of this is in MTP/Multicam/Dyecam/Vcam etc I don't always stick to matching kit, hence black & digtal DPM pouches
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Pistol magazine pouch, this can be used with the flap cover on or off. One of the pictures shows how well the magazines stay even when shook upside down

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Two holster I use:
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Earpy

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Jan 12, 2017
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Tamworth area
I'm thinking about making the tipx like a mp7 or turn it into a sniper just the the pure fun of it. It came with the first strike breach already in the gun so that's a bonus and only paid £100
 
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