Paintball Stabilization Rumors
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Topic: Paintball Stabilization Rumors
Posted By: Blue Hopper
Subject: Paintball Stabilization Rumors
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 9:07pm
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I keep hearing the same thing. After 8 inches a paintball barrel can't get more accurate, after 12, and sometimes after 14. I hear differen't lengths from differen't people. I just would like to know where this rumor originated abnd what parts of it might be true. This along with the what prople keep telling me about a paintball increasing in spead. ------------- Notice: The views exspressed in this post do not represent that of the Tippmann Company or the Paintball community but solely the individual who type it. |
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Posted By: Shadowminion
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 9:16pm
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Try webdogradio.com , Tiger has got some good info on this and other commonly misunderstood subjects in those videos , Very entertaining and informative . they have nothing to gain or lose by telling it like it is , watch and see,, ------------- SL68-II , micro honed and polished .688" bore . Tuff Enuf . Widowmaker , under construction |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 9:19pm
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14 inches is the max effeicent length of a barrel. Beyond that it just takes more air.
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Posted By: Blue Hopper
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 9:26pm
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Why would it not get more accurate thats the way it worked for muskets and that used round rounds. One of the most accurate muskets the long barrel musket look just like a long pole.
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 9:42pm
He never said it wouldnt get more accuarate, It would just take more air. |
Blue Hopper wrote:Posted By: Shadowminion
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 10:07pm
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One factor , with Muskets , is this , the weight of the projectile , Vs the reistance it presented going thru the air once fired . Lead is Much heavier than a paintball , and its co-efficient of drag may be the same , at the same diameter projectile , but the most accurate (common) shooting piece back then , was the .36 Cal Squirrel rifle , about half the size of a paintball, and about 4 Times the weight . Much less subject to variations in "windage and elevation " than what we shoot . So,, Ya , your right , but thats like comparing a Corvette and a volkswagons 1/4 mile time . soon the "Smoke Poles " went to a Conical bullet , for better sectional stability , which they achieved , and those evolved into the conical "rounds" that target shooters , hunters and Varmint shooters use today . PS . Rifling was also introduced and widely accepted about the same time in history . ------------- SL68-II , micro honed and polished .688" bore . Tuff Enuf . Widowmaker , under construction |
Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 13 September 2004 at 11:28am
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About the speed: With a paintball gun, if the barrel is longer, the ball will have more friction with the barrel and will slow down. On a Tippmann, this doesn't matter. The gun uses the same amount of air no matter where your velocity screw is at. With a spyder though, or any gun with a regulator or RVA, it does matter and a longer barrel will use more air. ------------- 
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