I have to say something here about the X7, though, because as you guys know I had a major issue with my X7 right out of the box, as I seem to have with ANY non-Smart Parts marker I buy. LOL
The A-5, out of box, shot much, much better than the X7. Why? Overspray, overspray, overspray. The A-5 may have had this issue, but I didn't check the internals when I had mine a while back (yes, I had a brief stint a long time ago with the A-5). But the X7 had so much overspray inside that I can't believe it fired a paintball at all still intact.
After much advice from Varnel, Karl, and Dean, I ripped the X7 apart, polished the internals, oiled everything back up, swapped out the cyclone parts with Tech-T's line of upgrades (awesome, to be sure), and about $300 later...the gun still didn't shoot like any of my electros. Hell, even my Spyder Rodeo shot better and straighter.
I'm not a big fan of Tippmann anymore and I doubt if I would go with any of their offerings today. Sure, back in the day, they made great guns like the Pro Carbine. I know Karl likes that one. But I can't claim to know anything about them. The issue is that Tippmann guns are great for creating the mil-sim look, but they fire poorly even after a lot of upgrades compared to many other guns. I never tried the flatline or the e-grip for the Tippmann, but at this point it would cost so much more than a middle-grade electro that to me it's not even worth it.
I know the X7 is the "official" MM marker, but it's not the official Crisis marker.
