98 Custom setup
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Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Upgrades and Customizing
Forum Description: Trick it out!
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Topic: 98 Custom setup
Posted By: r0nin89
Subject: 98 Custom setup
Date Posted: 14 December 2007 at 2:30pm
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Alright so I'm going to post this up without saying the word I've been told to never speak. The plans for the gun are to bring it back up to stock spec and paint it with a rattle can. After that I'm going to go into barrel selection, a stock, foregrip, and sights. I'd like some suggestions on making this a "long range" setup. I'm not saying it but I'd like to build it to be quiet and have accuracy at range (THE BEST A PAINT GUN CAN). I'm not gonna go out and get some 22in barrel but I was thinking: 16-18in barrel m4 barrel grip remote gas line iron sights I know I'm not going flatline so I'd like some suggestions on a good barrel I could get in that size. Also where can i go about getting an m4 foregrip that mounts via screw sets? Suggestions for aftermarket sights?
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Rigth now I have a stock 98 Custom with nothing done to it. I'm getting back into paintball after not playing for a long time. I used to have an old spyder and the gun was a piece. Would break paint like it was its job. The first time I went the place rented 98's and I just loved how tough they were so I picked one up.Replies:
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 14 December 2007 at 4:20pm
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Well the flatline and BT Apex are the only two barrels that will actually increase your distance as they both impart back-spin on the ball with allows the ball to travel further in accordance with Bernoulli's law. Every other barrel will give you the exact same distance as the stock barrel was. According to the most basic Newtonian physics, an object weighing the same mass and traveling at the same speed with the same gravitational pull on it will travel the same distance as a like object unless, (and this is important here) it is acted upon by outside forces. So, in short, barrels like the Flatline and Apex impart an outside force (variances in air pressure based on the back-spin motion of the ball in flight) which is what allows them to shoot farther. Rifling won't help, nifty porting designs won't help, it's all going to go the same distance with the exception of either of those two barrels which are rather inaccurate at their maximum range. The other thing to remember is that the ball is still only carrying a certain amount of energy in it's flight. While FL and Apex barrels allow the round to go further, it is still only carrying the same (actually a little less) energy as a round fired from a standard barrel. That energy is what you need to allow the ball to break on it's target. In short, it goes longer, but has less energy at the end of it's trajectory leading to more bounces, which is very frustrating.
As for length of barrel, after 14" it doesn't get any quieter as you use more propellant to push the ball down the barrel than you normally would at any length over 14" which results in the same amount of decibels produced by the report of the marker. 14" barrels are very popular as they are an even balance of quieting effect from porting and gas efficiency as well as a nice balance in size that will let you tuck in tight if you need to, but still give you the ability to poke the barrel through any obstacles like briers or whatnot to get a shot off. My sincere advice would be to look into a J&J ceramic or LAPCO Bigshot for the best accuracy that you're going to get at a great price. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: r0nin89
Date Posted: 14 December 2007 at 4:41pm
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From what I've researched today: 16in j&j will be the barrel Cheap http://www.opsgear.com/Paintball-Barrel-M4-Hand-Guard-Black-p/og-m4-hg-short-black.htm - handgrip until I decide if I want to go with a $100 floating one http://www.hustlepaintball.com/Warrior-Stock-Tippmann-98-Custom-p/20670101.htm - Stock http://www.hustlepaintball.com/product-p/20000101.htm - Sight http://www.hustlepaintball.com/product-p/75000401.htm - Starter Pack for remote line I'll be ordering everything at once probably after christmas. Maybe the starter pack before then. |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 14 December 2007 at 11:35pm
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Ohhh I remember the days when upgrades cost me less than $100/ea. Those were indeed the days....
Now I do deals like this and consider them low-cost: http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/misc-paintball-items/27697-e1-planet-eclipse-eblade-worrblade-chrome-good-shape.html - link  ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: r0nin89
Date Posted: 16 December 2007 at 12:09am
| Yeah I dont want to go nuts for. My wheeling truck sucks up the big money :D Plus I dont like electric triggers. Maybe if I wanted to play a front man or if I ever played speedball but as of right now I like to either sneak or stay back in woods and pick my shots. |