32 degrees star fire bolt
Printed From: Tippmann Paintball
Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Upgrades and Customizing
Forum Description: Trick it out!
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Topic: 32 degrees star fire bolt
Posted By: +paintballkid+
Subject: 32 degrees star fire bolt
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 1:33pm
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im looking to get a new bolt for my 98c ive heard some good and some
bad stories about this star fire bolt can anyone tell me if i should
spend the money? or is there something better?
------------- 98custom 
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Replies:
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 1:40pm
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Best interneals for your tippmann are the ones that come stock.
Don't fix what isn't broken. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: +paintballkid+
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 1:42pm
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so when i shoot and the ball goes nowhere like where i pointed the gun is that the barrel or the bolt?
------------- 98custom
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 1:55pm
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Barrel.
It also has to do with paint-barrel match and the consistancy of your air source. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 2:02pm
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You Wont See Me wrote:Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 2:08pm
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The bolt has very little to do with accuracy. It's like blaming the seats in your car for poor handling. |
Posted By: +paintballkid+
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 2:09pm
so an x-chamber would improve my consistancy?
------------- 98custom
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 2:23pm
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Yes. An expansion chamber would do great, but for better results look into a palmers stabalizer. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 2:40pm
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Dont get a new bolt! Get a new barrel first, or turn down your velocity, or just clean it before blaming bad accuracy on anything else. An expansion chamber will help with consistancy, but its most likly something else causing bad accuracy. ------------- 
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Posted By: Killgore
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 4:06pm
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Yup you can be shooting hot as well. Make sure you are shooting between 275 - 285 bps. I find anything higher than that the balls go crazy. Plus you can also hurt someone, break a lense....
Make sure you match your barrel to paint. To test this is easy. Stick a paintball in your barrel if it rolls out = too small. If it goes in, try and blow it out using your mouth. If it doesn't come out, or gets stuck = too big. For a perfect match you should be able to blow the paintball out using your mouth. Also make sure the barrel is clean and not oily inside. I had a star fire bolt and noticed no difference in performance. ------------- 
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 4:20pm
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I wish I could shoot 275-285 BPS. ^^ |
Posted By: Killgore
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 4:35pm
 Sorry FPS.... Oh boy this heat is getting to me.-------------
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 4:38pm
 You'd be reloading every second.------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 4:43pm
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95 or so here. How bout you? |
Posted By: 98cowboy
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 10:19pm
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Make sure your not using bad paint. You know the paint that looks like a paint egg and not a paint ball. ------------- GO BUCKS!!! |
Posted By: Killgore
Date Posted: 13 June 2005 at 10:51pm
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Temp same as yours but with the humidity they say around 100. It's been like this 4 4 days now. They say should break by wednesday. -------------
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 14 June 2005 at 1:16am
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That sucks. High humidity + high temps = looney. I should be getting a dose of your woes on friday; thunderstorms are supposed to roll in while the temp hovers around 100. Yay! |
Posted By: +paintballkid+
Date Posted: 14 June 2005 at 11:24am
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so what kind of paintballs should i buy..ive been getting 32 degrees and they have been fine or should i go for somthing else? ------------- 98custom
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 14 June 2005 at 12:49pm
| If 32 degrees works fine, don't switch. |
Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 14 June 2005 at 2:17pm
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32*s paint isn bad at all. If its working good for you keep it. If you want to try somthing else, try Draxxus. -------------
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Posted By: nEmRoĞ
Date Posted: 14 June 2005 at 4:47pm
| ^^^^Draxxus paint is pretty goo thats wat i mostly use.shoots great |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 15 June 2005 at 1:15am
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If a new bolt can make things worse then there is certainly an opportunity to make things better than stock. The Star Fire bolt seems to consistently break paint when used with a Flatline barrel, otherwise it may be little different than the stock forward bolt. I am now using the Shocktech Delrin bolt on an aluminum gas tube. The movement of the bolt on the tube is clearly smoother, when moved with a finger, than the stock parts. Whether this has any impact on real performance, I don't know. I like the lubricity (slickness) of the Delrin. As for the opinion that the stock parts are perfect, then why do most people buy new barrels? If the marker's stock parts are perfect then why do many people polish the internals? The Tippmann is a mass produced sales item. It makes the necessary profit for the company as it comes from the factory. There is always room for improvement that could only be done by a custom shop preparation or a conscious tinkerer. I see less plumes of gas leakage around the bolt and gas tube with this part. It may not really improve the marker, but it makes me more comfortable with my marker's operation. |