TiPX 7-Round OEM Magazines

[nak81783]

What's the trick to getting the balls to stay in these magazines?

Here's some background.

2 magazines came with the marker. One is OK. Paintballs stay in when loaded, but a light shake or bump causes 1 or 2 to come out. The other is HORRIBLE. The 7th paintball won't even stay loaded; it pops out.

I took both magazines apart. The OK one had a stiff/blue detent spring. The horrible one had a silver/light detent spring. Both had the same follower spring (spring within the follower, not the main magazine spring.

I contacted Tippmann about the issue. They sent me a new magazine, which I'll call a GOOD one. It has a blue/stiff detent spring, and I noticed it has a lighter follower spring than the 2 that came with the marker.

With the 3 magazines I now have, I can get OK results out of all of them if I put stiff detent springs with stiff follower springs and light detent springs with light follower springs, but I'd rather have all 3 like the one good one Tippmann sent me - blue/stiff detent spring, light follower spring.

Am I missing something, or should I just ask Tippmann to send me the springs and followers I'd like?

Thanks.

[JeepDVLZ45]

Yea….the TiPX mags don’t hold the balls in great, just par for the course. The Zeta mags do a lot better, but they’re pricy

I think Rainmaker makes a 3D printed “cap” to put on them to retain the paintballs. You have to remove them
when you load the mag into the marker

I used to keep the spring locked when I had mine. Just had to remember to load the mag then release the spring.

[nak81783]

Thanks for the response.

I’ve got 6 Zetamags arriving today. My intent was to use those when running the TiPX as primary, but I’d still like to use the 7-round mags when the TiPX is a sidearm to an EMF100 primary.

The 3rd gen Zetamags come with 1 dust cover, but I was curious if the paintballs would come out the uncovered end when in a vest. Guess I’ll find out this afternoon. I’ll check into caps if necessary.

It seems Planet Eclipse did it right on the CF20 mags (EDIT: see correction in comments) with the fully closing shutter door on top, which doubles as a detent when in the partially open position.

I’ll see what Tippmann has to say and if they’ll send me parts. When I originally contacted them, I only knew about the different detent spring stiffnesses. It was the magazine they sent me that had the lighter follower spring (and stiff detent spring). I wonder if they know about the various springs and that the best combination is stiff detent, light follower.

[Ecapnation]

The shutter on the cf20 mags originally were a dye idea from their mags

[nak81783]

Thanks for the correction. Important to give credit where it’s due.

[nak81783]

Tippmann is sending me 2 new mags with stiff detent and light follower springs. They didn’t elaborate on the various spring combinations.

[Cdn_Cuda]

I've got a bunch of TIPX mags but don't use them often. Prefer Zeta mags, and even those rarely get used. Haven't experienced the problem with balls popping out. I have fazmag mag holds, which might help keep the balls in!?

[nak81783]

Everything is ready to go for Sunday. My wife walked into the man cave while I was setting up my chest rig for the two aforementioned setups. She said, “Uh, you’re becoming quite the nerd.” Meh, sticks and stones.

I’ve also got extra caps and a mag holder queued up at work to 3D print.