Valken Ripsaw

[jokers]

Alright which one of you left their Dye Dam and Tippmann 98 alone for to long without protection?
In truth this Ripsaw looks like it could be something fun, they do not say it outright but it looks like it uses Dam mags, it has a dual feed and it is cheap.

[Trbo323]

Can you swap feeds on the field or does it involve parts swapping?

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[XEMON]

Valken is proud to introduce the highly customizable Ripsaw™ Paintball Gun. It’s high impact, Milsim styled composite body... built off of the robust and proven Valken Blackhawk Inline Bolt Platform, is easy to clean and easy to configure to the individual needs of its user.



Versatility is at the core of the Ripsaw™, with its Internal Gas line Dual Air Intakes giving operators the ability to engagethe in-built Bottom Line Air Feed or go with a Rear Tank Feed based upon preference. The versatility of the Ripsaw™ extends to the choice of employing either a top-fed Loader or utilize a magazine from top Brands such as Valken, Dye and/or Eclipse in the magwell of the Ripsaw™ to engage targets with either .68 Caliber Paintballs or First Strike Rounds fired semi-automatically at an adjustable 250 to 310 velocity from a high-performance Cocker Threaded barrel.


While the Ripsaw™ comes standard with top and bottom Picatinny Rails, soft, over-molded rubber grips, a Dummy-Magazine that can be used to hold tools or other small equipment and in three colors. There are a dozen or so accessory options that will be coming to truly make the Ripsaw™ your own.

seams interesting, but is that another TMC?

[jokers]

For the price I would imagine that it is only off the field that you can swap it. I see on the first picture they use something like the EMF 100 mag that slots in that allows you to use the feedneck.

[Trbo323]

seams interesting, but is that another TMC?

I'd say the ripsaw is better for a few reasons

1) it can fire FS. Tmc can't

2) cocker barrel

3) they moved the weight balance back. This is always been one of my gripes with the 98 platform the weight balance is so far forward that most Young new players can't even properly shoulder a tank because the weight is way too far forward at that point

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[The Inflicted]

https://www.mcarterbrown.com/forum/paintball-news/476561-valken-ripsaw-189-magfed-gun

[jokers]

https://www.mcarterbrown.com/forum/p...189-magfed-gun

I missed that thank you.

[Morgenstern]

The CAR stock that replaces the end cap is a design that has gotten so much mileage despite being completely incompatible with paintball goggles.

[bobthebot]

The issue I see with this is that the rear offset bolt will make the backbottle stock configuration useless because of length of pull.

I will still probably buy one. I really liked my TMC, but the proprietary roundball only mags were a major downside.

[Toestr]

Agreed. The TMC was goofily long with a back bottle 13ci. And it looks like Valken is planning on a back bottle 26ci too.

[The Inflicted]

I would think the "drop stock" style popular with the speedsoft airsoft crowd would be a better solution to put a backbottle on a Tippmann-based gun.

...although the better solution is to eschew a stock altogether.

[The Inflicted]

3) they moved the weight balance back. This is always been one of my gripes with the 98 platform the weight balance is so far forward that most Young new players can't even properly shoulder a tank because the weight is way too far forward at that point

For what it's worth the TMC is also built with the trigger transfer bar, as are most new Tippmanns since the Gryphon like the Cronus, Stormer, and FT-12.

But yeah, on the whole the Ripsaw appears to be a product improved version of the Stormer Elite.