Brainstorm... Apex tip modification

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   So I am a huge fan of the apex barrel. And I play in the cold...

cold weather is hard on paint. and also on the little rubber tip on an apex barrel. I have a couple that are all chewed up, and sitting in my drawer. 

But, I got to thinking. 

What if I used silicone to mold the tip to match my paint more accurately? Right now it is just a ramp. 

But, paint is round, if you tapered it from large to the size of the paintball with a ridge to "center" the ball, while adding the spin... would it work?

I would assume I need to put the silicone all the way around to the bottom to keep it from peeling up. But it seems like it would work...

Any ideas?

My next thing I want to do is to sound dampen my a-5... Anyone ever done that?

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FreeEnterprise Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Not a card-carrying member of the DNC Joined: 14 October 2008 Location: Trails Of Doom Status: Offline Points: 4910	Post Options Post Reply Quote FreeEnterprise Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Brainstorm... Apex tip modification Posted: 13 August 2010 at 9:32am
	So I am a huge fan of the apex barrel. And I play in the cold... cold weather is hard on paint. and also on the little rubber tip on an apex barrel. I have a couple that are all chewed up, and sitting in my drawer. But, I got to thinking. What if I used silicone to mold the tip to match my paint more accurately? Right now it is just a ramp. But, paint is round, if you tapered it from large to the size of the paintball with a ridge to "center" the ball, while adding the spin... would it work? I would assume I need to put the silicone all the way around to the bottom to keep it from peeling up. But it seems like it would work... Any ideas? My next thing I want to do is to sound dampen my a-5... Anyone ever done that?
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Mack Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Has no impulse! control Joined: 13 January 2004 Location: 2nd Circle Status: Offline Points: 9906	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mack Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 August 2010 at 3:56pm
	I think it would be easier to mold a new tip than add the silicon to the existing one.


SSOK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group The Savior of Christmas Joined: 01 September 2005 Location: PRNJ Status: Offline Points: 5919	Post Options Post Reply Quote SSOK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 August 2010 at 5:01pm
	There is really no way to sound dampen a marker. You can make a rain cover(illegal) and silence the sear spring(some RT sear springs have an irritating ring to them). Back in my newbie days, I made a raincover. I had a 20oz plastic snapple bottle, and hotglued the lid to my barrel(taped the barrel first). I cut a hole in the bottom of the bottle, and filled it with foam. When I realized that didnt do anything, taping foam over the porting helped alot. It looked horrible, but worked. I would never do it again because it was worthless(although my marker was scary silent), illegal, and looked stupid.


Evil Elvis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Crusher of Dreams Joined: 10 June 2002 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4250	Post Options Post Reply Quote Evil Elvis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 August 2010 at 1:27am
	if you want a quiet Tippmann get a phenom. There really isnt much you can do to Dampen the sound on Blowbacks. I know who had Neoprene gun Socks that they would use to shoot. I just did the Apex O-ring mod where you put O rings on the channels where the Apex's Barrel locks it in place but allows it to spin. Im not sure how well it's going to hold up. But I'll find out after the Scenario I'm playing on the 22nd.


FreeEnterprise Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Not a card-carrying member of the DNC Joined: 14 October 2008 Location: Trails Of Doom Status: Offline Points: 4910	Post Options Post Reply Quote FreeEnterprise Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:09am
	hmm. I was considering getting the tech-t zero kick hammer, as I figured that would decrease noise to a degree... Is the phenom reliable in the cold? Many of my games are below freezing... And we play with Co2...
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