16" SNIPER BARREL TROUBLE
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Topic: 16" SNIPER BARREL TROUBLE
Posted By: virus
Subject: 16" SNIPER BARREL TROUBLE
Date Posted: 13 February 2011 at 9:51pm
| Hi, i have a trouble with my 16" sniper barrel in my Sierra One marker, when i fired all the paintballs going in a curve and badly. I dont know if i need to do something about my marker, like adjust pressure or something. The barrel is new. |
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 10:16am
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what is your marker chrono'd at?
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Posted By: virus
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 1:05am
| good question, let me test it. Do you believe could be the co2 pressure ? |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 10:12am
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Have it chrono'd first, 270-290 fps should be fine, and see if you get the same results.
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Posted By: Sandman_13
Date Posted: 26 February 2012 at 7:56am
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Hi Were you able to resolve your issue with the 16 inch barrel? Im having the exact same problem. My balls are flying all over the place and very inconsistent. Also have the sierre one, with the tippmann 16 inch sniper barrel, and CO2 gas |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 26 February 2012 at 8:00am
| It sound like bad paint and I would check the quality of that as well. |
Posted By: FireLiam
Date Posted: 30 March 2012 at 5:43pm
| All paint is supposed to be .67 or .68 (i actually cant remember) but each manufacturers paint is a slightly different size. Grab a couple balls that you've been playing with and drop them through the unscrewed barrel, the should sit snugly but come out of the gun with a puff of your lungs. more than a puff and the paint is too large and if it rolls freely then the paint is too small. You can buy kits to adjust the inner diameter of the barrel to help with the smaller balls. |
Posted By: arctic sniper
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 10:01am
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could be the barrel is bent a tad....ive never had over or undersized rounds before....and if the presure was over 300 ft/sec they would probly just break....would be worth it to check all three ------------- Tippmann 98 custom -14 inch barrle -trinity hand gaurd -m-16 mag -high rise/off set rail mounts -4X32 center point scope -tac LED light -solid m-16 stock *Tippmann TPX side arm* |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 09 May 2012 at 4:47am
Sincerely doubtful. In the 20+ years I've been playing, I have yet to run across a bent or crooked barrel that wasn't meant to be.
Not necessarily true. I've chrono'd paint over 350 fps without a barrel break. Check the paint itself. How old is it? Paint that has been sitting for awhile can become oblong or dimpled which can make it squirrelly after being fired. If that isn't the case, velocity is usually a culprit. As it has been noted above, if you can keep the velocity around 280fps you should be good to go.
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