Custom 98 Modifications That Work

Just put a Palmer Stabalizer on. Running at 480psi. Chronoing at 280fps +/- 8fps one out of 10 shots. Every air smith I asked said it wouldn't work. This things the bomb. Approximately 1400 balls per 3000psi 88ci air fill. Accuracy outstanding.

so, are u bragging. cause thats pretty cool no doubt. but what was the point of the post?

wolfnite4 wrote: so, are u bragging. cause thats pretty cool no doubt. but what was the point of the post?

   lol but j/w what makes the gun quiter...that aluminum tube thingy?

The air smiths and Tippma told me I'd never get the gun to operate properly under 800 fps. The air smiths swear by bushies and cockers. Granted I'll probally get my but kicked in speedball but this weekend my 98 kicked some but in woods ball. While the bushies and cockers poured on the paint I just took my time from 150' away and eliminated them one by one. They couldn't hear the gun and with dark colored ball couldn't see them comming.

Operating it a 480ps with the aluminum power tube with derlin insert and a Empire Barrel with a .684 incert and Diablo balls, combination of ball to barrel fit and lower pressure, is what quiets the gun down.

The air smith, 10 years plus experience, tore my gun apart to see the modifications and still couldn't believe the guns performance untill he put two hoppers of balls through it.

The lower pressure quiets the gun. Assuming you ar using a ball to barrel match, when the ball enter the barrel and the valve is activated it pushes the ball out which creates a vacume in the barrel. The pop you hear is the pressure in the barrel re-pressurizing to the atmosphere out side the barrel. It's like a plane at 50,000 feet. The air pressure in the plane is much greater than outside. A breach in the hull occurs and everything is sucked out untill the pressure in the plane equalizes to the outside pressure. 98 operating at 800 to 900 psi create greater pressure in the barrel than a 98 operating at 450psi or even lower to 350psi with a added low pressure kit. By lowering the pressure in the barrel, less of a vacume is created, creating the snapping or popping noise you hear as air re-enters the barrel as it re-equalizes the internal pressure. The softer the re-pressureizing the less noise it makes. The whisper barrel lowers the vacume due to the numerous porting holes the ball travels through. I also have a whisper barrel. Very Good Barrel although I prefer the Empire 5/7/9 piece barrel kit. I played this weekend and used a .684 inser, which is extremely small, with Diablo 13 paint. No ball breaks. Excellent distance and accuravy. The guns performace caught the attention of many at the field and alot of inquireies as to what mods I did. I actuall disassembled the gun for an airsmith to prove my point.

The accuracy comes into play with the pressure also. At 8 to 9 hundred psi the resistance the barrel creates in front of the ball forced by the air pressure behind the ball distorts the ball as it travels out of the barrel. Thus creating fractures and warpped shell which account for almost 50% of flyoffs and ball breaks. By lowering the pressure the ball stays closer to it's natural state which is originally not a perfect sphere.

hackman what do u reccumend for woodsball