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Forum Name: Which Gun is Best
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Topic: so...
Posted By: Beardlesstulip
Subject: so...
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 6:25am
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So how good is that c-3 gun that uses propane. Is it fast and can I put a cyclone system on it. I hate using electronic hoppers and how much is propane? Also...it's not a darn pump is it? It sorta looks it. |
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Posted By: Beardlesstulip
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 6:36am
| Disgusting...I just saw it was a pump. That makes me sick. Lol |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 8:22am
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Yeah, it's a pump. Arent any upgrades at the moment for it. Nothing wrong with pumps...they take a lot more skill than any other gun or type of play. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: Beardlesstulip
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 12:24pm
| That's true but i just thought I could put a cyclone and flatline on it and it would be awesome...but I'm not sure if you can use propane to work a cyclone...lol |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 2:11pm
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i am offended by your pump comment... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: GThomas
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 3:14pm
| Pumps are awesome. They are so much fun to play with. |
Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 5:07pm
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pumps rock!!
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Posted By: Cammo
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 9:32pm
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is the propane efficient? ------------- Tippmann A-5 Palmer Male Vertical Adapter D.O.P. Drop Forward Lapco Big Shot 14" No Trigger Spring E-grip |
Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 10:50pm
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i'd imagine that it is very efficient, simply because it uses such a small amount of propane per shot... ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
Cammo wrote:Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 11:14pm
50,000 shots with a 16 oz. tank...na thats not efficient at all. |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 2:29am
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Posted By: Beardlesstulip
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 8:17pm
| Well I understand I was just dissappointed you know? Pumps are okay but I thought it'd be nice to use this with a cyclone system or something nice and fast. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 21 June 2006 at 12:54am
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sure. because its all about speed. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 21 June 2006 at 2:35am
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well, the c-3 is all about being economical... being pump makes it cheaper to play, thus letting people play more often... also, there is a rumor there is a semi automatic c-3 in the works... just be patiant... ------------- X |
Posted By: bldhound
Date Posted: 22 June 2006 at 10:41pm
| I bought a c3 2 months ago. It's a good pump, loud in the woods though. I do have to clean the spark plug assembly in it fairly often. 50,000 shots between tanks @ $3.00 a tank, so far have only shot around 2000 balls out of it. I think propane will prove itself to be a very good propellant in future markers. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 7:26am
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Great. A propane (propain?) powered semi? Can you imagine how screwed you'd be if the sparkplug got fouled? LOL
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 3:34pm
| Propane is very eficcent, you could get a couple days off a tank... And pumps are awesome... |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 1:28am
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Posted By: Hadarac
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 7:51pm
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Posted By: God Of War
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 11:05pm
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i would get the c-3, but i dont feel like paying $200 for it ------------- Semper Fi 98custom 14" Proggressive barrel 20 oz C02 tank R/T kit EmpireII auto hopper |
Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 11:11pm
| I don't know about a semi-auto propane gun like the c3 and the reason is this: The c3 uses combustion as the source or power here. When the propane combusts it creates heat. I think the main reason they made the c3 pump was that so it wouldn't overheat. By shooting semi it will combust more quickly and heat up alot faster. If you were shoot fast for a period of time you would be literally holding a hot coal. To overcome this problem you would have to have some sort of cooling system. It's very possible and do-able but it might take some time to whip up something like that. But I could be wrong...if anyone has actuall proof of the making of a semi-auto c3 I would greatly appreciate it. |