Camo tape on 98C barrel
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Topic: Camo tape on 98C barrel
Posted By: gdrumm
Subject: Camo tape on 98C barrel
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 2:37pm
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OK. So I've got a 98 Custom with a RealTree camo job on the
body. I also bought some camo duct tape in the RealTree pattern
and have put it on most of the barrel and the hopper. My question is this. On the stock barrel, there are holes about midway through and then 3 rows of holes at the tip. Are the holes there for anything specific or just looks? I don't want to screw up the aerodynamics of the marker's stock barrel if they're there for a reason. Any info would be appreciated. ------------- Gary - A.K.A. Captain Ursus http://www.fuzzyduckpaintball.com"> 
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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 3:26pm
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It's called porting. And yes, it's there for a specific reason (to let air vent out of the barrel). So I'd suggest cutting the holes out, or it will make the barrel a lot louder than it already is. I'm not sure if it would do anything to performance though. So just cut the holes out. ------------- http://www.macdev.net - MacDev Militia http://www.alienpb.com - Alien - Because winning is more fun. |
Posted By: spudcrazy
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 3:32pm
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Porting, if done correctly (at least with firearms) also reduces recoil, by venting the gases backward, thus creating an opposing force and wanting to push the gun forward rather than backwards. ------------- http://www.thelloydsonline.com/paintball - SPUDCRAZY http://www.oldmanmilitia.com"> 
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Posted By: gdrumm
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 3:51pm
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Cool. Thanks for the info, that's exactly what I was looking for.
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Posted By: rossy11223
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 4:07pm
| Just poke the holes out so the tape doesn't cover it. I don't really think it would effect the performance very much. |
Posted By: UV Halo
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 9:47pm
This doesn't apply to paintball since, at least on most barrels, the porting is directly out to the sides. This is in addition to the fact that a 3 gram paintball (this number comes from JT) moving at 85m/s (280fps) only generates 255gram meters of force. The M98 (not counting a hopper with hundreds of paintballs), weighs 1315g so, it only gets .1939m/s of acceleration (a whopping six inches in one second). The gross majority of what people experience as recoil is caused by the movement of the guns internals. The orginal patent for porting on a paintball gun was to smoothly relieve the pressure building up in front of the ball as it accelerated down the barrel. This was supposed to reduce the turbulence a ball experiences when it leaves the barrel. However today, most people believe that the biggest benefit of porting is the noise reduction. ------------- M98C- W/QwkStrpCut Comp Air & Palmer Fatty Stab Gas-Thru Stock Lapco Sight Rail W/ADCO 30MM EDOT Qloader W/ CMS Freak SS W/Stif-Tip * Flatline * Armson Stealth |
spudcrazy wrote:Posted By: KillerOne
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 9:54pm
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Either way what you really need is a flatline for that 98 - i'm sure you can get on from e-bay, buy that and you wont have to worry about any porting. ------------- US MARINES: Breeding Killers since 1775. |
Posted By: gslstar
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 10:42pm
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Hazaa!! |
Posted By: spudcrazy
Date Posted: 18 October 2005 at 11:21pm
UV Halo...like I said, porting done correctly for firearms. Thanks for the info on porting for paintball. I figured it wasn't for recoil, since there is basically none on a paintball marker ....
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Posted By: Tippyprouser
Date Posted: 19 October 2005 at 10:20pm
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what i don't get is why there is porting in the middle of the barrel...you don't need those porting holes there. I would just tape over the middle ones and leave the ones on the end uncovered. But that is just my opinion ------------- Setup: Tippmann Custom Pro E-trigger 12" All American BT Folding Stock GTA Inline Expansion Chamber Kit Dead on Pro seal Cyclone Feed System Remote Line Polished internals |
Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 19 October 2005 at 10:36pm
| the ones in the middle are needed...just tape over the whole barrel and then use a needle or a paper clip to poke through the areas where the holes are |
Posted By: TippmanHotshot
Date Posted: 19 October 2005 at 10:49pm
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Yeah, but on the stock 98 Custom barrel, even that little bit of porting will really do nothing. On other barrels, where they actually take the time to design something that works, porting plays a role in performance. But it doesn't work on that piece of crap pipe that they call a barrel. ------------- Overshooting, America's greatest pastime. |
Posted By: gdrumm
Date Posted: 21 October 2005 at 7:50pm
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OK. So if the porting makes some difference in the precision,
then couldn't I put tape over some of the wholes and effectively create
a slight backspin on the ball. Sort of a poor man's
Flatline? Or would there not be enough time from point at which
the ball hits those middle ports? Come you physics guys, help me out here.  ------------- Gary - A.K.A. Captain Ursus http://www.fuzzyduckpaintball.com">
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Posted By: TippmanHotshot
Date Posted: 21 October 2005 at 7:53pm
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I suppose that might work, but I have a feeling that even if it did, you'd barely notice the difference. ------------- Overshooting, America's greatest pastime. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 21 October 2005 at 8:01pm
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ditch stock barrel. invest 30 bucks for a j&j ceramic. DO IT! NOW! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: TippmanHotshot
Date Posted: 21 October 2005 at 8:19pm
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^^^Ohhhhh, so demanding!^^^ ------------- Overshooting, America's greatest pastime. |
Posted By: MoNkeY Hunter
Date Posted: 21 October 2005 at 10:51pm
my goodness what a foul thing to say
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