well i can give you some info . i am not a total paint ball freak but i do have three guns .
i have a tippman 98 custom a tippman procarbine and the new tippman A5. of the three guns i have the 98 custtom is by far my Least favorite . when you tear one of them down to clean there is like 50 little parts that fly everywhere and its a bitch to put back together
the procarbine i have i added a rifled barrel to and it is more accurate than the 98 and much much easier to clean alot less part and dosent break nearly as much paint as the 98 dose . i have probably shot 15000 rounds through my pro carbine and i have never broke a ball !!!!!!!
the A5 is tippmans newest latest greatest gun it has a co2 powered hopper on it that force feeds a ball into the chamber everytime you pull the tirgger . i have took mine and tipped it and probably a 60 degree angle to the side and it still never missed a ball . its really pretty similar to my procarbine other than the powerfeed thats built into it .
if i were to recommend a good starter gun to you i would have to say the Pro Carbine becuase they are very resonable in price around 150 bucks .
my friend has 15 acres that is all forts and stuff that we play in . he has about 20 guns that he rents out and he has far less trouble with the tippman Pro Carbines than any other gun . the 98's arent to bad but not as good as the Pro's . He has a couple of spyders that he rents out also and he has more trouble with them than any other gun he rents .
the website i buy all my paintball stuff from is
http://www.paintballdiscounters.com there prices are pretty good and i have always got promt reliable service from them . right now they have the Pro Carbine for 144.99 and they have the Spyder Aggressor XT for 66.99 .
hope some of this stuff helps you .. if you have any questions just send me a private message and i will get back to you asap .
also if you go to
http://www.warpig.com they have alot of info on paintball stuff