chronographing
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Topic: chronographing
Posted By: unclcrzy79
Subject: chronographing
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 11:20pm
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I'm paintballing on a real field for the first time in a couple weeks, and I'm not sure what my gun shoots at. I don't want to get in trouble if its too high or anything. I heard the place I'm going to gets pretty pissy about it if its too high. I can't afford a chronograph right now, so I'm wondering what to do about this. I have a Tippmann 98 Custom, btw. ------------- - My Work In Progress - Tippmann 98 Custom Carbine Stock Flatline Cyclone Feed SR Trigger Double Trigger Pen Spring Mod Remote Line Hair Pin Trigger Polished Internals Socom Mag Ninja |
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 12:07am
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They should have a chronograph at the field for you to check your velocity on. (After all, how will they "get pissy" about your velocity if they can't measure it?)
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Posted By: unclcrzy79
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 12:39am
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you misunderstand. When they chronograph, if you're over 300 they get pissy. I've heard of them kicking people out because of it, actually. ------------- - My Work In Progress - Tippmann 98 Custom Carbine Stock Flatline Cyclone Feed SR Trigger Double Trigger Pen Spring Mod Remote Line Hair Pin Trigger Polished Internals Socom Mag Ninja |
Posted By: Jollyroger
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 1:10am
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no, you misunderstand. :-) Ok, here is out it goes. Before you get on the field you will shoot your gun at their crono station. if it is too high, then you adjust it and re crono until it is shoot at their required FPS. While on the field, if they pull you aside and crono your gun and your shooting hot, then they get pissy and kick you off. Edit: Also. it is best to chrono your gun at least 3 times a day if using CO2. Morning, Middle of the day and end of the day. You fps will change due to temp change. (among a million other reasons) so at a minium to be safe, chrono your gun at least 3 times a day. Some fields require you to chrono Everytime you step on the field from the dead box. Though those fields are few and far between. I have been to some fields and am shocked to see that chronoing your gun is more like an "option" than a requirement. I avoid these fields. I personally carry my own chrono so i can be safe. Hurting people or getting hurt is NOT part of the game------------- 98 Custom Platinum Flatline Bipod Adjustible Stock Rufus Dawg Wicked Front Bolt/Power Tube Expansion Chamber M4 Style Handle/Sight Taco Speed Hopper 20 OZ CO2 Tank W/Neoprene Cover All Camoed |
Posted By: unclcrzy79
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 1:15am
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Ah, well. that makes much more sense. ------------- - My Work In Progress - Tippmann 98 Custom Carbine Stock Flatline Cyclone Feed SR Trigger Double Trigger Pen Spring Mod Remote Line Hair Pin Trigger Polished Internals Socom Mag Ninja |
Posted By: Jollyroger
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 1:59am
LOL.  its ok, we ALL were noobs at one time or another.  ------------- 98 Custom Platinum Flatline Bipod Adjustible Stock Rufus Dawg Wicked Front Bolt/Power Tube Expansion Chamber M4 Style Handle/Sight Taco Speed Hopper 20 OZ CO2 Tank W/Neoprene Cover All Camoed |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 11:56am
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^^^ I was never a noob. I was born with an NSG SplatMaster in hand, teethed on a barrel plug and filled my diapers with paintballs.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 4:10pm
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^^^ Whoa, whoa, whoa... They had diapers back then? ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 7:16pm
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^^^Well . . . they had burlap swaddling cloths.
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 07 April 2010 at 9:34pm
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Splatmasters were invented before lightbulbs? ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 08 April 2010 at 9:40pm
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^^^ Splatmasters have been around a long time. (The problem back then was the 12 gram CO2 cartridges. Everyone had to fill their own from their exhaled breaths.)
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 09 April 2010 at 4:13pm
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Mack the trick was to eat a lotta beans and use gas that exits another place. Made paintballs rifle acurate but the smell gave you away. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 09 April 2010 at 8:07pm
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^^^ I could never get the cartridges to fill without accidentally launching them across the room.
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Posted By: Moto13
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 12:50am
What exactly does a chrono look like, and how does it work - i can imagine the setup THEY have, but how does a small personal one work? Thanks. ------------- Life is not about what you have to do, it's about what you WANT to do! |
Jollyroger wrote:Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 2:58pm
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A small one just looks kinda like a stopwatch. It uses Doppler to track the speed of the paintball. Thats why its also called a Radar range. You can see one here hanging around the neck of my Ref jersey.  ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 3:07pm
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^^^ A simple link to a pic on the net would have provided a more useful (larger) picture. Posting the picture above just looks like an excuse to post a pic of how much stuff one has in order to look cooler than the rest of us. Very well played sir.  -------------
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Posted By: Moto13
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 8:11am
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Thanks for the pic. Now I know what it looks like. Are there particular brands to shy away from? Suggestions for purchasing one? ------------- Life is not about what you have to do, it's about what you WANT to do! |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 1:37pm
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There's not really that many choices out there. The one pictured is quite effective.
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 2:05pm
Fixed. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 18 April 2010 at 5:25am
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^^^ Silly USAF, we didn't have chisels back then . . . we had to gnaw the rocks into the proper shape.
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