product review
hopper and a 68 cubic inch, 4,500psi Ninja Compressed air bottle the marker was
easy to move around with and shoulder,
though for smaller or younger players it
may be a bit long. Over the chronograph,
our test XVR started the day with a string
of 255, 259, 256. As the field limit for the
day was 280, we bumped it up an notch
quickly and easily via the adjusting nut at
the front of the bottom-line bottle adapter/
regulator and within moments my card
was punched with an impressive string of
277, 275, 279. This string was even more
impressive when consideration is given to
the fact that this string was recorded with
the two-piece Tippmann stock barrel with
a bore size of .692, much larger than the
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Valken Redemption paint used for the day’s
play. This consistency lent itself perfectly
to impressive accuracy both at the target
range and, more importantly, out on the
field where the targets were shooting back.
Even when set to PSP ramp, in fully automatic mode or in semiautomatic, the marker kept both single shots, bursts and long
streams on targets near and far.
Even when duking it out with opponents
shooting much more expensive markers
such as Ego, ETek, Geo, Bob Long, Empire
and Luxe markers, the Tippmann Crossover
XVR kept up both in terms of accuracy and
rate of fire, never leaving me feeling outgunned or wanting something better.
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