help with velocity tuning
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Topic: help with velocity tuning
Posted By: copybuck
Subject: help with velocity tuning
Date Posted: 20 January 2011 at 3:34pm
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Somebody told me i can adjust the velocity of my gun to make it shoot strait. Is this true? If so, how can i do this. I am new to paintball and dont know anything. Please respond. |
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 20 January 2011 at 3:41pm
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Do you have a chronograph?
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Posted By: copybuck
Date Posted: 21 January 2011 at 2:10pm
| no |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 22 January 2011 at 9:17am
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ok, that will be a small obstacle. any fps over 300 is too dangerous. you may turn up the velocity too much. what marker,barrel and paint do you use? read the threads About paint to barrel match and velocity. there are hundreds of threads here about them and air source/supply. (HPA or CO2) ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: copybuck
Date Posted: 22 January 2011 at 3:07pm
| i have 98. i use the original barrel that came with it. my paint isnt consistant, other than its all new. i use co2. does the velocity affect how the ball acts before it leaves the barrel? |
Posted By: BONE COLLECTOR
Date Posted: 23 January 2011 at 7:54pm
| if its accuracy you want upgrade that stock barrel.YOU CAN GET A JJ CERAMIC FOR AROUND $40 and it will shoot strait as an arrow |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 24 January 2011 at 6:20pm
Using what air source, which paint and at what velocity? ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
BONE COLLECTOR wrote:Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 25 January 2011 at 3:15pm
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No a regular barrel will not make your gun "shoot straight". Paintballs curve, that is what they do. Because the fps limit of 300 or less will not allow a paintball to stay level unless you put some backspin on the ball.
There are only two barrels that do that, one is a fixed amount of bottom spin (the flatline) and the other puts a top spin on the ball, (apex or apex 2).
The Apex is adjustable, so you can set the top spin to fit what you like. Personally I use the regular Apex tip set at about 5, which shoots "flat" more like a real gun out to about 70 feet.
The Apex 2 does the same thing set at 3. So it has a LOT more possible adjustment. (plus it looks a lot cooler).
so if you want to shoot "flat" get an Apex 2. Any other barrel will have curve. As that is normal in paintball... ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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