Making a 98 Custom Pro quieter

longer barrels usually cut down on the report of the gun, but no more than 16 inches for performance reasons.

other than that, everything else is expensive. ie: Low Pressure Kit

its just going to be a loud gun....but remarkably reliable.  You can try a stiffi barrel it does help with noise going down range. But if you change the way you play you may be able to compensate for noise.

If it's too loud, you're too old.

oldpbnoob wrote: If it's too loud, you're too old.

actually i want to make it quieter because this may be more of a "urban marker" if you catch my drift lol

dude DO NOT do ANYTHING that can give this sport a bad name!!!!!!! I will be right behind ctchofday.

1. no i dont plan on shooting people

Buy a Palmer's Stabilizer.  You can then set you gun to around 650 psi which is much quieter than a straight CO2 tank on a hot day.  It is also quieter that the 850 psi an HPA tank puts out.  I said 650 psi because that is what my custom works at.  After getting a Stabilizer, you can turn the stock velocity adjuster out so it doesn't block any air anymore, and then use the stabilizer as you velocity adjustment by raising or lowering the air pressure a little.  This is the most effective way to reduse sound.  Ported barrels just change the sounds direction so it sounds like it's quieter.  With a stabilizer, you redused the pressure, so it IS actually quieter.

However, keep in mind a Tippmann is just a loud gun.  It's because of the blow-back design.  You'll never get a Tippmann to be as quiet as an Automag, Mini, Ion, or TM7 since those gun run off around 200 psi.

On a side note, since it was brought up...  There was a "drive-by" paintball shooting in Longmont, CO around a year ago.  The victim was hit in the eye and lost 100% of her sight in that eye.  The 18-year-old who pulled the trigger got 5 years in prison.  IMHO, it should have been 10 years or more because she lost half of her vision.


Edited by motopsycho650 - 29 May 2009 at 8:04am

please do not encourage idiots from doing really harmful stupid things. This sport already does not have the best reputation with the masses  and the more negative PR we get the more likely laws could get passed to make it harder for us to play.