pistol.. sortof

Anyone have a pic of rockslides "broom" A5? that little gun was nice.

Tolgak and Sniper called it- 12 grams are weak for Tippmanns. Too high an operating pressure, plus all the gas required to cycle the action, and in this case the cyclone.

Tolgak wrote: Range is the same with every marker... nub.

He was probably referring to range with the short barrel. Take the barrel off
your gun and see how you shoot. Not very far, mirite? Nearly all of the ball's
acceleration takes place as it travels down the barrel.

Reb Cpl wrote: eh.......ick. Not a fan of it. I just don't really care for that setup much. Perhaps a 12 gram adaptor and a tac cap would help, but as of now... eh...

I have an A5 set up similar to that with a tac cap and vertical mount 3.5 oz tank. It's sweet for CQB scenarios. (Although, sometimes I wish I hadn't cut the tac cap down to 30 round size.)

carl_the_sniper wrote: Tolgak wrote: Range is the same with every marker... nub. not necessarily theoretically yes but a paintball with no barrel won't go the same distance as one with a barrel that is a short barrel and i figure it would negatively affect range, not to mention accuracy by far there are a bunch of other things that can screw up your range

Carl is correct (sort of). When I switch from my eight inch big shot to my cut down stock barrel (approx. 4 1/2 inches) I lose 30 feet per second and any accuracy beyond 50 feet.  I could always kick the velocity back up to 280 fps, but I found that the accuracy does not improve when I do this. The barrel is cut down to the point where it is not long enough to fully stabalize the the paintball before it exits. Neither the lower velocity or the accuracy is a problem for the situations I use this marker in, so I just play at the reduced velocity (and the people I shoot at close range probably appreciate it).  So Tolgak is right that the same velocity generally produces the same range with standard barrels but Carl also has a point where effective range is concerned.