What exactly would a Response Trigger do for my 98 Custom?

Question

I have a Tippmann 98 Custom and I thought about getting a two finger response trigger. I'm just curious about what it does. Does it increase fire rate? If I get one, do I need a faster hopper to cope with the rate of fire? A friend of mine has an A5 with some kind of trigger. I can't remember what kind. If you pull it back all the way, it fires one shot. If you pull it back a little, it fires auto.

Answer 1

I to am a Tippman owner, i would have a response trigger for my speedball tippman custom, but it is illeagle at my field. what your friend has on his a-5 is a responce trigger. all it is is a special spring that pushes the trigger back to the firing position the split second you pull it, so the "auto" you were talking about is you sweetspoting the trigger. sweetspoting is where you keep your finger in one place so that it will fire each time the trigger comes back. you will need a faster hopper if you get this because it can fire up to 13 bps. i would recomend a halo or a evolution(egg)2.

hope I helped

Answer 2

Your friend has a responce trigger. How it works is that it takes a little bit of co2 when you fire the gun and routs it though a valveand some vinal hose to a small pnumatic(air) cylender behind the triggar gard so when the gun fires the cylender inflates with co2 pressure and a small pin pushes the trigger to the ready position.If you pull it all the way back your finger strength overcomes the little cylenders strength and it is simply a semi.
On a 98 and 98 custom there needs to be some holes drilled and tapped at spaciffic spots in the guns receiver(mainbody) and its power tube(internal valve) this can only be done by a qualified profesional cuz if you get if wrong you can seriously mess up you gun ...permenently!! My suggestion to you is( I used to have an A-5 responce and tradded it for an E-grip,more later)
Is to not waste your money on a response upgrade for a 98(you will need a hopper with electronic feedas the responces trigger is for the cyclone feed system on a A-5) either buy an E-GRIP for the 98 or an A-5 with a e-GRIP.you can upgrade a 98 to a cyclone feed system but once again this is a profesional instalation.
I had a responce trigger for a A5 and ir was tempramental, it always needed adjusting (warm day,cold day,full tank half full,dirt,) and it was marginal at best for increaseing the fireing rate.The egrip ofers a responce setting,3round burst,auto responce,ramping,fullauto,semi,plus firing rate settings ie full auto@5balls/sec-->fullauto@15balls/sec. Ceck out TIPPMANNS online site.
My responce cost me $89Canadian and the E-grip was $144Canadian. and I did not have to pay a pro big$$/hr. to drill holes in my gun for the responce!! I'm telling you E-grips are worth the $$$

Answer 3

The Response Trigger uses excess gas from the blowback to basically re-trip the sear. That is why there is a spot where the airflow is optimal, and it usually takes some tuning/practice to get it to go full speed. It doesn't really matter if you get the one or two-fingered trigger, other than personal preference. They function exactly the same, apart from comfort. You should look into a faster hopper, but you don't need the fastest loader out there. You could even settle for a VL Revolution.

Answer 4

Yeah, you may get 2-3 shots or you may get a long chain of shots depending on how long you're able to keep the trigger in the sweetspot. They use a bit more air too. You'll want to get an expansion chamber to help gas mileage and prevent your gun from "choking-out".