Tippmann Paintball Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > Paintball Equipment > Gun Maintenace and Repair
  New Posts New Posts
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

Macro line ?
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
onef457z View Drop Down
Member
Member
Avatar

Joined: 19 March 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 37 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote onef457z Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Macro line ?
    Posted: 20 March 2006 at 4:53pm

I've never really worked w/ macro line before, and got an expansion chamber on ebay w/ it.  I really am not a fan on the steel braided line, so i figured i'd give macro a shot.  I can always switch if i have a problem.  So, my question is about how stiff the line feels.  Maybe i had an idea in my head of it being more flexible, but how stiff is it usually?  I feel like it might snap or something.  Hopefully i'm just over-worrying and you guys can tell me to go ahead and bend away.  Thanks!

Edit:  Maybe this is in the wrong forum section? idk



Edited by onef457z - 20 March 2006 at 5:08pm
Custom Paintjob, Polished Internals, Pen Spring, Cyclone Feed, Richochet Hopper, X-Chamber, Promark Trigger, Dye Sticky3s, Stainless Bolts, RocketCock, DOP Drop Forward, 14" Whisper Barrel
Back to Top
Bango View Drop Down
Platinum Member
Platinum Member
Avatar
Rugged Individualist

Joined: 30 January 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2573 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Bango Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 March 2006 at 5:31pm
It's pretty stiff. Kind of hard to bend. 
Back to Top
whack-a-mole View Drop Down
Platinum Member
Platinum Member
Avatar
Member of the "I Have No Life Club"

Joined: 19 August 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2872 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote whack-a-mole Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 March 2006 at 7:06pm

Originally posted by Bango Bango wrote:

It's pretty stiff. Kind of hard to bend. 

Yep. Personally, I don't like Macro line. I prefer the steel braided hose. Macro line has a habbit of leaking. Just watch out for it.
NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil.
Back to Top
TRAVELER View Drop Down
Gold Member
Gold Member

Vulcan Logic Academy Graduate

Joined: 30 January 2004
Location: Japan
Status: Offline
Points: 1503 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TRAVELER Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 March 2006 at 7:48pm
Macro line also has a tendency to blow out, so if you use it you should have an on/off for your tank. And always carry an extra length of macro line in your bag in case you need to make repairs.
For I will wander to and fro,
I'll go where I no one do know,
Back to Top
onef457z View Drop Down
Member
Member
Avatar

Joined: 19 March 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 37 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote onef457z Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 March 2006 at 3:19pm
Do you think that macroline would be a better choice w/ HPA moreso than CO2?  I have read a couple different things trying to do some macroline research, and the cold temp. from CO2 seems to add to the problems w/ macro.  After reading all the topics about HPA here, i am starting to think more and more about switching.
Custom Paintjob, Polished Internals, Pen Spring, Cyclone Feed, Richochet Hopper, X-Chamber, Promark Trigger, Dye Sticky3s, Stainless Bolts, RocketCock, DOP Drop Forward, 14" Whisper Barrel
Back to Top
Ilford Rule View Drop Down
Gold Member
Gold Member
Avatar

Joined: 05 December 2005
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 1460 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ilford Rule Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:44pm
my shop sells ridiculously high strength macroline. it works perfectly with Co2 or HPA. im gonna go pick some up 
CPro (w/ polished internals)
14" Bigshot
BT SBS
Various Rails
NcSTAR D4B
Macro
AA 68/45

CCI Phantom
45 Grips
Back to Top
--Red-- View Drop Down
Member
Member
Avatar

Joined: 13 February 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 377 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote --Red-- Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:53pm
I like the kind of hose wit the plastic hose outer shell thing
Back to Top
onef457z View Drop Down
Member
Member
Avatar

Joined: 19 March 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 37 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote onef457z Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:37pm
I am thinking about not using the macro and sticking with the steel-braided for a bit.  It seems to be easier to work with and have less of a chance to screw something up.  Thanks for the help though.
Custom Paintjob, Polished Internals, Pen Spring, Cyclone Feed, Richochet Hopper, X-Chamber, Promark Trigger, Dye Sticky3s, Stainless Bolts, RocketCock, DOP Drop Forward, 14" Whisper Barrel
Back to Top
Bruce A. Frank View Drop Down
Platinum Member
Platinum Member
Avatar
KRL Reincarnated?

Joined: 27 March 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 3063 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Bruce A. Frank Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 March 2006 at 1:37pm
Originally posted by onef457z onef457z wrote:

I've never really worked w/ macro line before, and got an expansion chamber on ebay w/ it.  I really am not a fan on the steel braided line, so i figured i'd give macro a shot.  I can always switch if i have a problem.  So, my question is about how stiff the line feels.  Maybe i had an idea in my head of it being more flexible, but how stiff is it usually?  I feel like it might snap or something.  Hopefully i'm just over-worrying and you guys can tell me to go ahead and bend away.  Thanks!

Edit:  Maybe this is in the wrong forum section? idk

Macroline is not intended to handle the high pressures of non-regulated CO2 (except for the Kapp brand). Its maximum usual pressure falls in the 265 to 350  psi range.

I do see people using it right off the ASA, and they get away with it for a while. But, it won't last and doesn't fare well with the temps of CO2. Kapp tube is the only brand I have found that will take the pressures and temperatures right off the ASA with CO2.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.04
Copyright ©2001-2021 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 0.453 seconds.