Macro line ?
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Topic: Macro line ?
Posted By: onef457z
Subject: Macro line ?
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 4:53pm
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I've never really worked w/ macro line before, and got an expansion chamber on ebay w/ it. I really am not a fan on the steel braided line, so i figured i'd give macro a shot. I can always switch if i have a problem. So, my question is about how stiff the line feels. Maybe i had an idea in my head of it being more flexible, but how stiff is it usually? I feel like it might snap or something. Hopefully i'm just over-worrying and you guys can tell me to go ahead and bend away. Thanks! Edit: Maybe this is in the wrong forum section? idk ------------- Custom Paintjob, Polished Internals, Pen Spring, Cyclone Feed, Richochet Hopper, X-Chamber, Promark Trigger, Dye Sticky3s, Stainless Bolts, RocketCock, DOP Drop Forward, 14" Whisper Barrel |
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 5:31pm
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It's pretty stiff. Kind of hard to bend.
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 7:06pm
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Yep. Personally, I don't like Macro line. I prefer the steel braided hose. Macro line has a habbit of leaking. Just watch out for it. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Bango wrote:Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 7:48pm
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Macro line also has a tendency to blow out, so if you use it you should have an on/off for your tank. And always carry an extra length of macro line in your bag in case you need to make repairs. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: onef457z
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 3:19pm
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Do you think that macroline would be a better choice w/ HPA moreso than CO2? I have read a couple different things trying to do some macroline research, and the cold temp. from CO2 seems to add to the problems w/ macro. After reading all the topics about HPA here, i am starting to think more and more about switching. ------------- Custom Paintjob, Polished Internals, Pen Spring, Cyclone Feed, Richochet Hopper, X-Chamber, Promark Trigger, Dye Sticky3s, Stainless Bolts, RocketCock, DOP Drop Forward, 14" Whisper Barrel |
Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:44pm
my shop sells ridiculously high strength macroline. it works perfectly with Co2 or HPA. im gonna go pick some up 
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Posted By: --Red--
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:53pm
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Posted By: onef457z
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:37pm
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I am thinking about not using the macro and sticking with the steel-braided for a bit. It seems to be easier to work with and have less of a chance to screw something up. Thanks for the help though. ------------- Custom Paintjob, Polished Internals, Pen Spring, Cyclone Feed, Richochet Hopper, X-Chamber, Promark Trigger, Dye Sticky3s, Stainless Bolts, RocketCock, DOP Drop Forward, 14" Whisper Barrel |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 1:37pm
Macroline is not intended to handle the high pressures of non-regulated CO2 (except for the Kapp brand). Its maximum usual pressure falls in the 265 to 350 psi range. I do see people using it right off the ASA, and they get away with it for a while. But, it won't last and doesn't fare well with the temps of CO2. Kapp tube is the only brand I have found that will take the pressures and temperatures right off the ASA with CO2. -------------  
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