Tippmann Alpha

"With this marker (Tippmann Alpha), you will be able to play strong. Army STRONG!"
Well, those are tall words from the brains and engineers behind the Tippmann Alpha, and that sounded very convincing since this paintball marker has intruded the training grounds of the US Army. But how does it fare for the average paintball player? Is it fun, easy to use, accurate, and easy to maintain?

You see, the Tippmann Alpha is my first marker. I've read a lot of reviews about maintaining this marker and I thought that as a tool and die maker; I should be fine with it - screwing in bolts, springs, and pins. Matter of fact, I think there are not a lot of parts to deal with. It's just that sometimes, it becomes a pain to unscrew everything to get the marker open and clean it.

How did it perform for me?

Very well I must say! To begin, I played 3 full days with this paintball marker and I've fired over 2000 paintball and not even a single one chopped! And by the way, I was using cheap and low quality paintballs. And for the record, I was able to net 4 headshots in a day.

The magazine of Tippmann Alpha is beefed up with plastic - the same type that is used for X7. It holds 3 keys, and 1x3 inch space for anything...any stuff that you might need. As I use it, I never felt it getting wobbly, shaky, or moving around.

What about the weight?

For me, as a fairly fit person, it's not a problem carrying a 12 oz tank across 3 feet of snow. Heck! There are paintball buddies of mind who had the same Tippmann Alpha with a 20 oz tank. And they didn't complain about the weight! By the way, these guys are more than 220 pounds.

What I love most about this marker is that it is built just like any US Army military simulation weapon should be - a tank! I accidentally dropped this marker twice, tossed it around, banged it off trees, and what have you...BUT I never had any problems with it whatsoever. As the manufacturers of Tippmann Alpha said, this marker is ARMY STRONG!