Best upgrade to prevent chopped balls?
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Topic: Best upgrade to prevent chopped balls?
Posted By: ASU8
Subject: Best upgrade to prevent chopped balls?
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 11:32pm
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Any suggestions? Bolts Cyclone feeder upgrades? I have an A-5 with E grip. Thanks in advance. |
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Posted By: notom66866
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 12:30pm
| First of all do you have any upgrades already? A response trigger or an egrip? The cyclone can be very hard on paint so it may be the quality of paint you use. However if we are assuming it is strickly the cyclone the go with squishy paddles. Easy to install and affordable. But are you sure they are chopping and not breaking in your barrel or hopper. If you could provide more details about your setup we could give you a more detailed answer. |
Posted By: ASU8
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 6:12pm
| I have an e-grip on the gun and a 12 inch ceramic barrel on the gun. I have been shooting Blaze paint balls and wasn't having any problems with the paint in my 98 I was using prior to getting the A5. I am pretty sure that balls are being chopped because I am finding shells in the chamber and around the bolt with no paint in the cyclone or the hopper. I think it may be the use of Co2 and the fact that the weather has been cold. From reading it sounds like the compressed air is the best solution? if this is true can you tell me what kind of tank works best for the A 5 and possibly suggest a place to order from online? I am very new to the compressed air as I have always used Co2 with my old Tippmann prolite and 98. Thanks |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 6:26pm
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The cold weather could very easily be your culprit. Try winter paint such as RPS Polar Ice. Keep in mind that even winter paint is not really made to perform in really cold weather. |
Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 25 February 2009 at 6:30pm
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The cold weather is most likely the problem. HPA will help consistancy in such conditions, but it won't change its affect on the paintballs themselves, so take oldpbnoob's advice. ------------- 
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Posted By: ASU8
Date Posted: 26 February 2009 at 11:05am
| Thanks, a buddy and I just ordered a case of polar ice to split, we are both having the same problem with our A-5's. |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 26 February 2009 at 11:35am
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Hope it helps. IMO its the cheapest fix to start out with. If it doesn't stop it, you can still use the balls later on. Like I said though, depending on how cold it is, they may not help either. A couple of weeks back I was playing on a day that started out at 0 and "warmed up" only to about 10-12 degrees. We were using Polar Ice and it was still like using a Wagner Power Painter. Everybody was having the same problem. Ironically, the only markers that seemed to be functioning the best were bone stock semi 98's. One of the reasons I am reluctant to get rid of the one I have.
Good luck.
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Posted By: thejudge
Date Posted: 26 February 2009 at 11:36am
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speaking from experience blaze and cold dont like each other. I had the same problem when i used blaze in the winter. From the description it is actually breaking the ball when chambered and not in the cyclone so that is goodnews. it means it is most likely the cold effect on the ball. ------------- Stay low, run fast, and hope that paintball doesn't hit your... http://www.deltasquad.info/"> 
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 26 February 2009 at 12:55pm
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I play in the cold alot. Best thing I ever did was to start carrying a cooler out to the field. I put all my paint and co2 into it, and put a heating pad in the bottom, that keeps it all warm. Keep your paint in there. After each game, take your paint out of your hopper, and put it back inside the cooler. And right before the next game put in "warm" paint. Your accuracy will increase dramatically as well as decreasing paint breaking in the barrel, I have had zero breaks since I started doing this... And now the guys that play with me are doing the same thing.
One guy even put one of those cans of gell that you light on fire in his, inside a large metal coffee container, it worked well too. You just don't want it to get too hot, or it will melt your paint and could break your seals in your co2. 70 is perfect.
Use winter blend of course, and make sure that you have good barrel to paint fit. (it should roll into the barrel and stop, a light blowing on it should push it the rest of the way through, and every box is different slightly, so you really need to check it before you buy...
The faster you shoot in the cold, the faster your gun will start to freeze up too...
I have fires at our field, so that you can put your gun next to the fire between games to warm it up. ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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