checking fps
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Topic: checking fps
Posted By: benmorse
Subject: checking fps
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:26pm
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how do u check ur fps.. im clearly a noob,:P i sthere a way to make sure everybody has the exact same fps or do u just guess at it? |
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Posted By: Notorious Bob
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:27pm
| Yes, at most fields there is a chronograph that you shoot over to find out what your FPS is. |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:27pm
| There is a machine called a Chronograph that tells you the FPS. All fields should have one, but you can get yourself one at almost any Paintball shop. |
Posted By: benmorse
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:29pm
| im assuming these chronographs cost alot though ... and if i was going to build my own little field to play in wit my friends would we all just guess at teh fps? |
Posted By: Savior_six
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:31pm
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Well paintball goggles are rated for at least 300 FPS, so if you shoot someone in the goggles and they break your going over 300 FPS. ------------- Team Salem, Kuwait 08 |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:31pm
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My bad. Sorry. Look below. |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:32pm
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NO! You could really hurt someone. A good Chronograph costs about 100 bucks I think. But that's less than ther hospitall bill if someone is bunkered by a gun shooting 400 FPS. |
benmorse wrote:
Posted By: benmorse
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:35pm
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lol...y ea i wouldnt really guess at fps.. that is way to dangerous... i would probably get everybody to pitch in there money to get a chronograpoph thx
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 29 July 2004 at 12:36pm
| No problem. You can even get Chronos that will tell you Balls Per Second, too. Those are awesome. |
Posted By: Unicorn
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 2:51pm
| You can find some of the really cheap ones for like $50, but I'm not sure how easy they are to use, or how accurate they are. If you got one of those, I'd suggest a lower speed limit, maybe 280fps. Still fast enough to get breaks and good distance. Actually it wouldn't even be noticeably different than 300. |
Posted By: whiteknight457
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 2:56pm
| they make a cheap one that you hang on ur barrel. its like 35 bux |
Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 4:49pm
haha. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 5:26pm
| you cant guess your fps lol just go buy a cheap on. i usually shoot 280-300 |
Posted By: Large Unit
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 5:28pm
| you can buya cheap chrono for around $40, and a decent handheld one for $70, have your friends pitch in andg et one. |
Posted By: Notorious Bob
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 7:29pm
Thanks for helping. Brat signyl? For what? |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 7:45pm
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Yeah whats with the signal? Anyways, if you play woods you should be at between 270-290. I think most speedball fields run at 300, not sure on that tho. Anything above 300 and your asking for problems. Also enforce a 10 foot min. for shooting another player (courtesy rule) if you get within 10 feet of someone give them the option of giving up, but if they turn to fire at you then you light them up, But keep your shots low towards the feet. You dont want to ruin a fun day of paintballin by putting one in the throat at 10 feet away. Also dont blind shoot. Blind shooting is putting your marker above or around a bunker without looking at what you are shooting and for Gods sake NEVER take your mask off while on the field. Maybee you whould goto a local public field and play a few rounds to know the basic safety rules before you start your own field. Did I over endulge? Anyways, have fun and play safe. ------------- 
-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: spyderjunke
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 7:55pm
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i shoot under 280 so i can give my gun some room to move up , your fps does not stay the sam a little thing shooting fast can make it go up but it does stay about the same ------------- http://img141.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img141&image=mvc001s6sn4wm.jpg"> 
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Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 9:15pm
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Study the Chronograph carefully, people have mistaken their fps to be too low or too high and there is a right and a wrong way to chrono yer marker as well and if I could copy and paste that diagram from another forum I would but, it wont let me. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: Notorious Bob
Date Posted: 30 July 2004 at 9:21pm
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Most fields make you take 3 non-hot shots, not just 1. |