| Last year when I was getting back into the sport of | | | | help. I filed down the feed guide and this helped a little. |
| paintball, I went out and purchased a Tippmann A-5 | | | | Eventually the ball chopping lessened but was still |
| paintball gun. These guns are purely mechanical and | | | | hindering my play. |
| are very durable and simple to maintain. I reasoned this | | | | Eventually I reasoned this paintball gun was too heavy, |
| would be the best type of gun to use while playing | | | | and too unreliable on the field with the accuracy of |
| paintball in the woods, especially since I had been using | | | | each 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 up | | | | be a acceptable replacement. The Invert Mini uses |
| and downs with it. Through that year I purchased and | | | | electricity along with compressed air to function. I |
| installed many upgrades and the most prevalent one | | | | reasoned the benefits of the Mini to be better air |
| was an air-through stock. This adds a stock to the gun | | | | efficiency, more compact, lighter, more gentle on the |
| and it allows for a remote air line to be used so you | | | | paintballs 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 or | | | | purchased 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 breaking | | | | improvement. Even though I used the air tank on the |
| the paintball while it was still inside the gun. This caused | | | | mini 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. I | | | | benefits impressive, but to date I have never broken a |
| installed some "cyclone" upgrades thinking this would | | | | paintball in that gun. |