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Tippmann X-7 Electronic Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
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Average Rating: |
7.4 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
$440 |
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* Includes eGrip - the eGrip can shoot up to 20 BPS and features five firing modes including semi auto, turbo, 3-shot safety burst, auto response, and full safety auto. Requires 9 volt battery (not included)
* The most customizable marker ever made, with a thousand different looks
* Magnesium receiver is extremely lightweight and durable
* Cyclone EP (Enhanced Performance) system feeds up to 20 BPS
* Air-thru stock compatible system eliminates gas line under the marker
* Low profile, offset hopper for clear sight line
* Modular shroud with four rails to add sights and scopes
* AR-15 style magazine with built in tool storage
* Picatinny top rail to easily add new risers, sights, or handles
* Upgraded adjustable rear site helps with long range aiming
* Push-pin design for easy field stripping and accessory add-ons
* Includes maintenance pack, barrel sleeve, and gun oil |
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| The Tippmann X-7 Electronic is newer, so it should be commonly available, both new and used. Check out the Places to Buy links below for places to purchase it new. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 5 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
SP-8: Filling the same role, the SP-8 is slightly better in the performance department, but looses out in a few other areas.
Angel IR3: Completely different markers, and price ranges, not even a fair comparison.
2k2 ironman intimidator (or 2k3... can't remember): same as IR3- completely different price range and level of marker, not a fair comparison.
Spyder xtra w/egrip: The X7 is far superior, although it's also more expensive |
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| Marker Setup: |
X7
polished internals
E trigger
X36 stock
J&J 16" W/ APEX tip
Crossfire 88/4500 Fixed high
Pure energy remote
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
Stock, after market barrel, Polished internals, Cyclone upgrades |
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| Strengths: |
Cyclone feed
Ruggedness
Factory installed Egrip
Selector switch |
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| Weaknesses: |
Gas efficiency
requires high pressure output air tank
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| Review: |
I bought this marker after having repeated problems with my SP-8. Fact was, i was tired of screwing around with having to spend an hour or so tecching my marker when i got to the field, especially given that I normally cleaned it out and babied it all week. Decided on the X7 simply because of some prior experience with tippmanns- and i knew they were rugged, dependable markers with a short learning curve in the tech department, and extreme reliability on the field.
Keep in mind, i am coming off of shooting a highly upgraded SP-8, so I'm used to a slightly different level and kind of construction.
When I ordered it, it came in a nice factory box, which contained a Styrofoam block with cutouts for the marker and all the accessories. It also included alot of small Styrofoam particles that had broken off during shipping, and were clinging to the marker, and had fallen inside they cyclone can. I used my remote line and leftover pressure in my air tank to blow it off and out, so no big deal.
I'd also picked up a J&J barrel and a x36 folding stock, which were both a breeze to install. Took all of... perhaps a minute, all told. word to the wise, make sure the marker is de-cocked and you keep track of the drive spring and the spring guide when you remove the stock butt plate. I didn't have any problems with it, but it could have been ugly.
Anyway, after i installed it, I turned it on and ran into another minor issue- the selector switch, initially, is very stiff. It eventually wears down to being far easier to manipulate with your thumb, but for a while, unless you have really, really strong thumbs, get used to having to move it using your whole hand. And at first, turning it on may be a trick- there's a separate on/off button in the grip, which you have to activate with a small allen wrench. I used the 3/8ths one that came with the marker, which, conveniently, also stores in the stock magazine, and isn't the same size as the velocity screw, and so you can usually take it on field with you.
So, after installing the stock and screw in the new barrel, i turned it on, oiled it up, and gassed it up and put a hopper load of paint in it for some firing in the snap box in the back yard. Here's where I encountered problem number three. I had a low pressure tank at the time, since my SP-8 was a low pressure marker, and it was just easier to work with. The X7 NEEDS HIGH PRESSURE. after screwing around with it, and being unable to get the velocity to go above 230-ish with spikes up to 250, i realized my mistake. This won't be a problem for those of you used to shooting CO2. After appropriating a high pressure tank, i re-loaded it and took it out back.
It chronoed in pretty quickly, as do most tippmann markers- and on semi, shot like a dream. again, for people used to electropneumatic markers, it will be loud, and have more kick than you're used to. No worries though, it still works well. Firing in pure semi, with the single trigger, i was unable to overwork the cyclone feed- i didn't have any problems with chopping paint, at all. After dumping a hopper of paint, i re-loaded from a pod and set it to "safety auto"
Here again, it surprised me. This is tippmann's term for NXL mode- after firing two quick semi-auto shots, it'll act as an automatic. however, after releasing the trigger for about a second, it requires two more semi-auto shots to be fired before it'll go back to F/A. similarly, a quick trigger pull will result in a burst when it's been switched over to full auto. in short it fires twice as a semi, then it's either burst, with a normal trigger pull, or full auto with the trigger pinned back. Now, it did chop paint in this mode, however, it shot through it OK, and kept passable accuracy, if not sterling.
After shooting it, i took it and degassed it to do take down and clean it out. It strips fairly quickly, with a few hitches. after removing all the pins, it still requires a few allen screws to be removed. not a problem, however, you must also remove the ASA and mag well in order to break the receiver halves apart. Breaking it in half revealed an interior in need of cleaning and better QC.
Internally, it was a mess. I wiped out the chopped paint, and ran my finger down the inside of the chamber- which was spotted with overspray and just plain nasty. As a piece of advice, internal polishing on this marker is a MUST, if you want halfway respectable efficiency out of it. Polishing can take as little as a half hour, and is practically free. honestly, it's probably the easiest upgrade ever. After an hour of polishing (i did it in several steps) i could have used the insides of the marker as a mirror. There were still flaws in the metal, however, the overspray was gone, and the guts were smooth as glass. I oiled it up again, finished wiping out all the paint, and put it back together, the hardest part of which was getting the charging handle spring back in the groove cut for it- i ended up using a toothpick to guide it back in.
The marker's strength really is it's reliability. if you chop paint in it, it'll still shoot. if you drop it in mud, or sand, or dirt, it'll still shoot. If something does go wrong, it's a tippmann, common at all fields across the US, and it has very simple internals. THe most complicated part is the cyclone feed, and that's really not that difficult to figure out either.
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| Conclusion: |
In final recommendation, the X7 isn't a bad marker- but out of the box, it's really not worth the price tag. With slightly higher QC, especially with the interior of the marker, it'd be worth the price, but the fact that it does require polishing, at the least, kinda degrades it's value.
However, with that work done to it, it is the marker i believe it was meant to be, and a worthwhile replacement for the A-5 line.
all in all, i give it a 8/10. To be honest, with a little more work at the factory, It'd have been a 9, but I can't square with giving anything higher than an eight to a marker that needs work almost out of the box. |
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Period of
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| Only tested | 5 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
A-5 with E-grip |
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98c, cyclone feed, tapco t6 stock, 16" stiffi barrel, ADCO Sure Shot
A-5, Tapco SAW Stock, Special Ops Foregrip, E-grip, flatline
X-7, folding stock, x-36 foregrip, M-16 mag, C-series barrel
SL-68 II |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
A stock and a new barrel. |
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| Strengths: |
The E-grip is fast and fun. X-7 marker is reliable. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Hasnt been released to public. I heard Tippmann had trouble with Egrips at OK Dday. |
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I went to Special Ops Elite Weekend '07 and on the second day we had the chance to go down a zip line shooting targets with an X-7 with an E-grip and Flatline barrel.
I went down the line and the grip performed like it was supposed to. After a few shots It would kick into either a full auto or burst ramping mode (I don't know because I didn't hold the trigger down more than 3 shots). I love the selector used for choosing the firing mode, you flip a switch from safe to semi to another selection and you press the button you want that selection to be.
I used this at the end of the day so about 45 other guys had used it through the day, and it was still working fine. The X-7 seems to work great, I've been using mine regularly since that weekend and I haven't had a single problem. I have heard other people say they have problems, but I can't speak for them. |
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| Conclusion: |
When it comes out I recommend that you buy it. It's fun and the X-7 will load up to 20 bps. The E-grip on it will allow you to actually fire that much. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 4 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Spyder Pilot ACS |
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| Marker Setup: |
BSA red dot sight, PMI high pressure remote. |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
Barrel upgrade. Vortex Mod, Lightning rod |
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| Strengths: |
QUALITY, 20+ balls a second. Great customer support. Very customizable. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Very bad co2 efficiency . |
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| Review: |
I have been using this gun for a few weeks now and i have fallen in love with it. It is a great gun. The stock cyclone system needs a little oil out of the box, but other then that the gun is ready to go. (although i would recommend oiling the whole gun). The gun probably only gets about 500 shots out of a 20 0z co2 tank before the cyclone stops working. So i recommend the vortex mod and the lightning rod. The stock barrel should be replaced also. |
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| Conclusion: |
I love it. It always works when it needs to and never chops balls. |
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The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
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Period of
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| 1 year | 2 of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
X7 before the trigger upgrade. A5. |
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| Marker Setup: |
X7 with E trigger frame |
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
Take off the E trigger frame |
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| Strengths: |
Works if you dont shoot fast? |
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| Weaknesses: |
Chops Paint like a blender. |
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The X7 E trigger frame works fine until you start shooting fast. In target practice it worked like a charm. I set the E trigger to the mode that fires 2 shots every time you pull the trigger. The speed the thing put out in the target range was amazing. The whole thing went to hell once I got into the game. It was a scenerio. My friend and I became surounded by 4 enemy player-that I could see and others shooting from the bush that were obscured from vision. My friend was wasted buy the ambush so I gave it my all and hit the trigger like no tomorow while backstepping into the brush. The X7 shot fine for about 3 seconds then probtly spat paint out of the barrel like a flame thrower. I got back to the safe zone cleaned it out and went back into the game. The next heated fire fight ended with the X7 turning into a spectacular paint blender. This sort of thing continued the rest of the day.When I was examining the gun at home there was paint ozing out of litteraly every push pin hole and crack in the gun. In the end I had such a horrible time that I ripped the Trigger Frame off and put the old stock frame back on. The gun works fine with stock mechanical frame. |
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Maby it was just the paint that the field sold but the stress that I went through was intollerable. I can think of several other items for $130 that would not make me pull my hair out.
The E Trigger frame for my X7chopped paint like a blender and spat it out like a flame thrower. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
6 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
6 months |
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Tippman X7 - flatline barrel; E-trigger; JCS red hot power tube; tech T paintball Vortex mod & QEPH; Rifle sling
Dye DM7; 92CC Dye HPC bottle; 18" DYE barrel; Viewloader VLocity Paintball Loader; VLocity Trap door
Tiberius TAC-8 pistol w/ 3 magazines; Leg holster for TAC-8 & Leg holster for xtra magazines
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Recommended
Upgrades: |
Flatline or Apex barrel
cyclone feed internals
cyclone piston mod |
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| Strengths: |
Easy to clean
durable
mods
looks |
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| Weaknesses: |
$$$
Cyclone internals
chops some mfg's paint |
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| Review: |
My son talked me into a day @ the paintball park on a March Saturday this year. Sunday I visited my local paintball shop, Rocken Paintball in San Marcos CA, and bought an A-5 for Jr. & an X-7 for me. No more rental gear! 6 days later I was bangin' away w/ the X-7 against all comers until I ran into a guy that was outdistancing me by ~ 75 feet. After being turned a lovely shade of blue in about 45 seconds I asked & found out he had a mod called a "Flatline barrel". That day coming home from the field, stop @ the store for a pair of flatline barrels. I played this way until half way thru a battle until the ~ 25000th pull of the trigger shaved off a lobe on the advance cam in the cyclone feeder. Luckily this happened @ the end of the day because the X-7 was as useful as a brick in that state. To fix this I bought & installed some cyclone internals online and this is important because anyone w/ an E-trigger X-7 WILL sooner than later break the plastic cyclone feed internals. To my chagrin I had not oiled the cyclone feed internals during my marker cleanings which may have contributed to their short lifetime. .
This marker is unbelievably easy to disassemble, clean, oil and reassemble, which I do after every 5000 - 6000 rounds shot. I oil the feed mechanism now as well. So far this year I have purchased 92000 rounds so the Tippman’s in my house get used quite often. I haven't found much in my regular cleanings so I may be able to reduce them to every 10000 rounds in the future. I can definitely say the X-7 is easier to disassemble than the A-5, mostly due to fewer parts.
I’m not one for adding mods strictly for cosmetic purposes, but if I were I’d be happy to own the X-7 cuz there are so many mods to choose from. After adding the JCS hot tube the velocity differential on successive shots dropped significantly. Since I bought a chrono for home use I could take data. For example,
Chrono of stock setup to ~280 fps – 272, 291, 288, 282, 291, 277, 280
Chrono w/ mods setup to ~280 fps – 282, 285, 280, 279, 280, 285, 281
A much tighter grouping after dropping in the parts listed above.
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I love this thing and I can't imagine someone disliking the ownership experience. I have a complete DYE Speedball setup for competition, but I prefer the X-7 on the weekends. Nothing else says HOWDY! quite like 15+ rounds /sec while holding down the trigger. I gave it a 9 because they should have seen the plastic component failures during pre-production testing and corrected them |
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