Fin-Stabilization and Hopper Loading

Slanted.

I am not dealing with any type of rifling. That is beyond the scope of this project.

i think you have a good idea,its just is this going to be a special purpose paint?like for tanks or bunkers?sniper assassinations?i just dont know about the manufacturing process.currently,a paintball is two identical shell halves fused together with fill inside.the manufacturing of your rounds would be exceedingly expensive for all purpose paint.but imagine a sabot to launch an fbomb bigboy 150 feet out of a custom launcher,and this sabotwould have interlocking notches between itself and the barrel,imparting either spin,or if it would be more accurate,designed to prevent any spin,and exactly what effect do the fins on the fn303 projectile cause?

how heavy would the projectile be without the bismuth?could we just use a tweaked version of teh fn round?but im not sure gelatin is the answer.maybe a extremly soft rubber?and are you planning on .68 cal?if you take out the bismuth,it may be like wise to a paintball impact.could you do me a favor?take a round ,remove bismuth payload,and fire into medium.repeat with standard paintball from same distance.record damage.then if that is feasible,we can use the exact design,just construct the round out of a different material.

FN 303 Projectile- Indelible Yellow Paint, 150/Box
$302.99

Edited by cmts58 - 24 November 2006 at 7:48pm

The Innkeeper wrote: DeTrevni wrote: While this is by far the most successful "fin stabilization" thead I've seen in a while, I would like to point out to participating forumers, ther is an "edit" button.   Yup, there sure is. Sorry. I couldn't help myself. /End spelling-Naziing....

Well, I'll be. You're the first person to catch a mistake in one of my posts in a long time. The irony is almost too much to bear...

Edited by DeTrevni - 25 November 2006 at 3:49am

"the military came to us and wanted a more accurate non lethal system we made a bullet shaped, spin stabilized paintball that far outperformed any equal weight round projectile. "

This quote comes from a reputable source.

is the carrier designed to break apart on impact?i believe it is..im just wondering what the impact would be from the round without the bismuth forward payload

A true compromise between accuracy, efficiency and safety

 

Projectiles The projectiles have been designed especially to break up on impact, eliminating risks of penetrating injuries. Thanks to their fin stabilized design, the projectiles have an effective range of 50m with a much higher hit probability than any other similar product. The primary effect is trauma : the shock (15J/cm³) directly neutralizes the aggressor. Secondary effects will be delivered by a chemical payload chosen according to the mission requirements All .68" projectiles have a 8.5g weight, a polystyrene body and a granular non-toxic bismuth forward payload

Edited by cmts58 - 26 November 2006 at 12:58am

having techincal difficulities...i apoligize

Why do you keep going on about LTL?

The only thing that the new rounds would have in common with the 303 LTL is their shape. That's it. Any other comparison is unjustifiable.

Ok.

Now that the topic has come back around, let's go forward:

What the impact stresses from a LTL round are is irrelevant. The round will be produced using contemporary PB manufacturing techniques, using standard shell and fill. The only difference would be the shape. While what you are saying might have the merit of not having to worry about shaping warm gelatin into right angles, I do not think that it would be possible to get any type of plastic into a PB round and still have it be allowed into regulation play.

I had an idea initially of using discarded 303 rounds (they get broken in day to day handling over here) as test rounds once the prototype hopper was finished. I need to get a gram scale to make sure the weight was as close to a PB round as possible, and then check the flight characteristics.

One issue with what you are putting forward is that the breaking strain of the polystyrene would have to match that of the shell, otherwise the gelatin would break on impact, but leave the poly intact, with possible injurious consequences.

BTW, 250% is a lot. Let's ramp the markers to shoot at 750 FPS, and see how many rounds people feel like stepping in front of. I, for one, will pass.