Remote without a stock

[AKS74U]

Hey, In the future I plan to use my A5 with a remote and without a stock...Is it hard to play with like this?

[bvdave]

depends how you play but I woudl fidn it much harder to aim as quickly or accuratly and the marker will be rather unbalanced.

[Snowball13]

More than likely it will be hard because of the fact that you cant rest the weight of the gun any where.

[AKS74U]

What if I had a sling? I can rest the weight there i guess...

[Evil_Wayz]

Hey, In the future I plan to use my A5 with a remote and without a stock...Is it hard to play with like this?

I took a Marine friend to play with us this weekend, and despite being the only person that could score a kill on me (gogged me TWICE, the *******) he did comment that having a stock would have made him more inclined the buy the rig he borrowed.

[mmmoose]

Whether you get a remote or not, I would recommend getting a good sling. I just got my 3-point sling in the mail today from Spec Ops Paintball (http://www.specialopspaintball.com/shop/product_detail.asp?SKU=321+0019&CAT=104202) and I love it. No more setting the A-5 down on dirty benches or in the mud while reloading paintballs or putting your mask on etc. Tippmann really should've packaged a sling with the A-5, in my opinion. I don't know how some people live without it.

[-Viper-]

A sling is nice too but the only reason you should really not have a stock is if you play a flanking/speed player, even then I recommend a folding stock. I have an A-5 with stock and a 98 w/out one. With the 98 I would take the whole tank/pack thing along with remote and just mount the tank on the marker. That is my personal opinion and it just feels weird without one. It makes the gun a heck of a lot more stable. If you are to use your marker without one then I definitly recommend a sling.

[mjr_paranoid]

I play with my a-5 with a remote and no stock all the time.

I also mounted a front at the base of the barrel and that gives a wider grip that balances it out nicely. You can get tactical shotgun tri rails that clamshell over the base of the barrel. I use a double clam shell. One goes around the barrel, then a bottom clamshell holds a tac light. Standard tac grip then gets put on the very bottom. the two side rails of the tri rail just sit there looking aw some.

I also found that a tac rail can be mounted fairly easily on a lapco barrel shroud. Those hold a tac grip nicely as well.

And though I don't use one myself, there are flatline shrouds that also have standard tac rails on them.

I replaced the front grip with a very light self made magazine (all you need is a drill, some sheet metal , a few nuts an bolts from home depot, and a cheap airsoft mag[surprisingly, this exactly what all the bossman kits are:dodgy: ])

But even without the front add on, it seems fine to me just holding the mag, and I have played more often without the front grip barrel add on than not.


It's really a personal preference I suppose. I just like the feel of no bottle or stock in my way. I can pull the marker in nice and tight that way.