paintball? which gun?

OK, i am looking to buy a paintball gun cuz I have a friend who lives in the woods and always has paintball wars with lots of people and it sounds like fun, plus he let me shoot his a bit and now I wanna get one, hes got the tippman A5 w/ reactive trigger and the flatline barrel. I like it but the cheapest place Ive been able to find it was 285 w/o the barrel, that part I dont think id be getting right away. but I was wondering if kingman is any good? I am looking at the spyder imagine, its oen of the electric ones and has 3 shot burst, semi, or full auto, and it loks like a nice gun for the 118 bucks i can pick one up for @ paintballfirst.com. anyone know of these guns any cheaper elsewhere? any other reccomendation for a gun? I am not worried too much about the money, I dont wanna spend too muvh, the 285 doesnt bother me for the A5, but if the imagine is still going ot be a good gun for 160+ bucks cheaper Im happier doing that.

any info is appreciated, Thanks

hey go here for all ur paintball questions www.pbnation.com its the best site for info, im there all the time. regarding your question how much are you planning to play if your just going to play woodsball everynow an then hen go with a spyder but if u wanna make it a past time an eventually play tournments, then get the a-5 an work your way up from there.

well, I am never going to get into tournaments(I dont think) but I want to have something good still. is the A5 so much better becaue of the cyclone feed. my friend had his gun out and I was using this old junky brass eagle semi auto, and he burst one ball the whole time, and shot 2 times the balls i did, I burst at least 20+ balls, peice-a-crap. still fun though. anyways, like the spyder can be set for 13 balls/sec fully auto, but with nothing feeding them in there, is gravity enough to get 13 balls in there in one second, seems like a no to me but i am not sure. I like the A5 cuz that responsive trigger is cool to make it pretty much fully auto, but the spyder does it electronically.