Empire Invert Mini Vs Tippmann A-5 With Upgrades

Last year when I was getting back into the sport ofhelp. I filed down the feed guide and this helped a little.
paintball, I went out and purchased a Tippmann A-5Eventually the ball chopping lessened but was still
paintball gun. These guns are purely mechanical andhindering my play.
are very durable and simple to maintain. I reasoned thisEventually I reasoned this paintball gun was too heavy,
would be the best type of gun to use while playingand too unreliable on the field with the accuracy of
paintball in the woods, especially since I had been usingeach ball. I began searching for a replacement. I asked
an older Tippmann, the 98 Custom.some teammates of mine and I found the Invert Mini to
I used this gun for a little over a year and had some upbe a acceptable replacement. The Invert Mini uses
and downs with it. Through that year I purchased andelectricity along with compressed air to function. I
installed many upgrades and the most prevalent onereasoned the benefits of the Mini to be better air
was an air-through stock. This adds a stock to the gunefficiency, more compact, lighter, more gentle on the
and it allows for a remote air line to be used so youpaintballs and faster rate of fire.
don't have to carry the air tank on the gun itself.I am not too concerned with rate of fire so I
Instead you wear it on your back with a vest orpurchased and used the Invert Mini with semi rate of
harness.fire instead of auto. I found the Mini to be an immediate
A lot of the time I was struggling with this A-5 breakingimprovement. Even though I used the air tank on the
the paintball while it was still inside the gun. This causedmini it was extremely lighter than the A-5 and much
the following paintballs to fly less straight and accurate.quieter. I have taken opponents by surprise because
Not to mention it would require an immediate cleaning,they could not hear my gun fire. Not only were these
so the barrel would need to be removed and cleaned. Ibenefits impressive, but to date I have never broken a
installed some "cyclone" upgrades thinking this wouldpaintball in that gun.