Paint Bullets
Printed From: Tippmann Paintball
Category: Tippmann Paintball
Forum Name: Paintball Ideas / News From Tippmann
Forum Description: Got a new idea or a way to improve something?
URL: http://www.tippmannsports.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=181821
Printed Date: 08 May 2025 at 7:13pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.04 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Paint Bullets
Posted By: ctchofday
Subject: Paint Bullets
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 5:49pm
|
what if we shaped paintballs like bullets and put fins on them to stabilize them in flight and actually make use of rifling in barrels. thatd be cool huh? then we really could be 1337 paintball snipers!!!!!! http://www.actionvillage.com/001-343-0004 - http://www.actionvillage.com/001-343-0004  apparently the idea wasnt too far fetched..... ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97 
'99 Snpr II, ½d Karni, E-Orracle, 2k4 Spstk, 2k5 Prstk, PMR SE, A5, 98 |
Replies:
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 7:46pm
|
old(ish) ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: new jersey
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 7:49pm
|
I've seen them in person, its half of a sphere with a "skirt" on it.
I will probably buy a pack one day just to try for fun.
|
Posted By: Elysium
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 8:03pm
|
I have worked on a police training range and they had a little "village" that they used to run different sceniros and they had bullet shaped rounds that were on metal jackets. I think that would be cool to have if they could be made to use Co2 instead of gunpowder. They act the same as real bullets in a rifled barrel. I like the original idea of this topic as well. I think that if we all work together we could give our ideas freely and help make Tippmann the best PB company in the industry.
SWEET topic BTW. ------------- What we do in the dark, will come to light. |
Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 8:10pm
the idea, or the actual product? i know the idea is old as dirt (as i was kinda making fun of it), but the product is relatively new, i just saw them on AVI's "new products" page, and they usually have stuff for sale within a couple days of a new product being released. ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97
'99 Snpr II, ½d Karni, E-Orracle, 2k4 Spstk, 2k5 Prstk, PMR SE, A5, 98 |
ammolord wrote:Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 10:05pm
|
Samples of these were release a few months ago and there were some vids floating around as well. Have these actually been released finally, or are they preorder? |
Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 25 May 2009 at 11:24pm
They are in stock and ready to be bought. ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97
'99 Snpr II, ½d Karni, E-Orracle, 2k4 Spstk, 2k5 Prstk, PMR SE, A5, 98 |
Posted By: Robot
Date Posted: 29 May 2009 at 6:33pm
| Must...buy...S......MG-68..... Need.... rediculous.... sniper powerz...... |
Posted By: motopsycho650
Date Posted: 30 May 2009 at 7:06am
The problem is, the round shape of a ball is the reason it breaks. If you shape it like a bullet, it will have much more strength. They may fly farther, but they would be DANGEROUS because the shape makes them NOT want to break. For the newbs, about 20 years ago a paintball bazooka was made using over sized paintballs. Everyone thought it was great until someone was hit in the head and was killed. ------------- Tunka.com - Working to keep paintball legal in Colorado's National Forests. Don't rainbow rocks/trees, be safe around non-paintball players, and please DON'T CHEAT Special Ops Brigade ID:161556 |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 31 May 2009 at 1:29am
------------- 
|
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 31 May 2009 at 1:39am
the first strike rounds have been floating around for a few months now. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 31 May 2009 at 8:22pm
LOL NEWB! . . . . at first i was making fun of statements made previously over the years, i have been around quite some time, then i link to the actual product that obviously actually works and works very well..... and you are seriously gonna sit there and write that? Btw: good job Mack. ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97
'99 Snpr II, ½d Karni, E-Orracle, 2k4 Spstk, 2k5 Prstk, PMR SE, A5, 98 |
Posted By: Flurry
Date Posted: 10 June 2009 at 7:22am
|
The rounds that you saw the Police use were simunation "Spelling" rounds. I believe they move faster than 300 fps. They are plastic bullet shaped..bullets with slots cut into the front. The when the round makes contact the tip of the round caves in due to the slots and the paint is released through the now open slots. The round itsself if basically a 9mm cut down brass with a primer and a cradle for the bullet. maybe a little extra pouder but i don't think so. The rounds are fired out of a real pistol with a modified barrel. The paint isn't as liquid as paintball paint is. Its tackier or thicker. Expensive, but very useful tools in training. When they hit you, you know about it.
Since the other paintballs got covered...I thought I would cover this one. ------------- It sucks being antisocial alone. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 9:23am
|
^^^ Good info. I have experience with simunitions . . . and prefer being hit with paintballs.
-------------
|
Posted By: paintballer19952
Date Posted: 12 June 2009 at 9:13pm
|
it doesnt madder what shpe it is as long as theycompensate with the thickness ------------- formaly pb 1995 |
Posted By: X7_Merc
Date Posted: 21 June 2009 at 7:55pm
|
Google Tiberius First Strike, and here's a youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fecvr_HWdBM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fecvr_HWdBM
It's the same round used in the FN 303 less lethal launcher used by SWAT which is basically a military grade paintball gun.
http://www.armedforces-int.com/categories/less-lethal-launcher/fn303-less-lethal-launcher.asp - http://www.armedforces-int.com/categories/less-lethal-launcher/fn303-less-lethal-launcher.asp
|
Posted By: X7_Merc
Date Posted: 21 June 2009 at 7:57pm
| And Tiberius is now mass producing the "First Strike" for woodsball snipers. Just you buy them in a tube of eight or so and they are pretty expensive. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 22 June 2009 at 1:35am
|
Mack, I'd have to say that a bullet-shaped paintball (ignoring anything preventing it's manufacture and use) would actually hurt a lot more at 280 FPS, and as motopsycho said, would be stronger, and harder to break. The shape would absorb a lot more of the impact. Look at an egg. It's been proven that an egg is much stronger when pressure is applied vertically vs. horizontally. I think the same can be said for a paintball. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
|
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 June 2009 at 11:21pm
|
If it was a true egg shape, this would probably be so. However, my understanding is that the end is open. This allows for a "crush zone" that an egg doesn't have. Additionally, the rounds have a "brittle polystyrene" shell as opposed to standard gel-cap shell to allow easier breakage on target. I haven't played with these yet, but some friends who tried them at a recent big game say they deliver as promised. An additional note on the "hitting/breaking harder" is that one of the articles I read on them mentioned that they were designed to perform in accordance with ASTM requirments at normal paintball velocities. Note: My friends were impressed enough with them that I will probably give them a try. (Lord knows I don't have enough paintball stuff already.  )-------------
|
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 23 June 2009 at 4:04am
|
Oh, on the Tib rounds, I agree. No noticeable difference. But I was talking about bullet-shaped paint in general, which is what I thought you were talking about. After rereading your post, turns out I misread it. My bad. :) ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
|