velocity?? set at what?
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Topic: velocity?? set at what?
Posted By: 98customR
Subject: velocity?? set at what?
Date Posted: 21 February 2005 at 10:12pm
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How do you tell what your velocity is set at? I have a 98 custom...do you turn it all the way in then turn it out so many turns or something????
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Posted By: BobbyG
Date Posted: 21 February 2005 at 10:18pm
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Just go to the park and use the Chrono. you should set it at like 280FPS or so. Depends on the park. IF you or a friend has a Chrono just set it at around 280fps also.
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Posted By: Wings
Date Posted: 22 February 2005 at 6:25am
| you have to use a chrono to set your velocity. Theres simply no other reliable, safe way to do it. |
Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 22 February 2005 at 3:05pm
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all guns have differant velocitys. theres so many variables that make every gun differant. so just use a chrono like they said to find a safe speed. ------------- 
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Posted By: mayonaise 812
Date Posted: 23 February 2005 at 8:04pm
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what the non safe way to do it? |
Wings wrote:Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 23 February 2005 at 8:12pm
Why would you want know the "non safe way" of tuning your velocity to your marker? ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: crazy_dave
Date Posted: 24 February 2005 at 6:19pm
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you could shoot at a shed about 300 feet away and shoot and if
it hits the shed in a 1/2 a second then turn it down, but since air resistance slows down the paintball, make the paintball hit a shed 300 feet way in about 1 1/2 seconds err something ------------- Real guns have gills. |
Posted By: crazy_dave
Date Posted: 24 February 2005 at 6:19pm
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Posted By: eaglesin05
Date Posted: 24 February 2005 at 7:12pm
Not bad. But like you said wind resistance and gravity would slow the ball. Atleast your thinking. ------------- Camo'd 98C Remote Polished internals Dbl trigger 14" J&J Ceramic Barrel Rocket Cock 2 Trigger Slop Mod 12V Revvy 03' Dye stikies R/T Drop Forward |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 24 February 2005 at 11:46pm
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That doesnt accurately tell you what the velocity is on the marker....to shoot a shed thats 300 ft away, the velocity would have to be way passed 300 fps and thats beyond the fps limit to be used on a regulated paintball field and for the balls to be shooting that fast, they would be breaking in the barrel and shooting in all directions...and for a marker to able to reach 300 ft, an airsoft gun would have to be used and those things shoot way beyond 300 fps....theyre between 350 to 500 fps or even more than that. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition!
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Posted By: Stormcharger
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 11:31am
| You would also have a margin of error of about 100 to 200fps. You would still need a chronograph to get accurate timing. Which is what a chronograph does, measures the time as a projectile between two points. |
Posted By: bfggriffey
Date Posted: 03 April 2005 at 9:10pm
| or you could try your best to roughly make it the same speed as someone elsees gun whose is at a good speed. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 03 April 2005 at 9:59pm
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Yes, I was watching the paintballs and the one from the marker on the left was definitely moving faster. Either that or the trigger on that one was pulled first. The only accurate way to determine the speed of the paint from a marker is to use a chronograph. This is a safety issue and is not something anyone should mess around with. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mr. White
Date Posted: 04 April 2005 at 10:18pm
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Thank you Mack. This was the smartest thing I've read on this Whole page. ------------- Where's the strongbox you sidewinder you! |