short range with my tac one

[Soopa Villain17]

well when wheelman came over today we were shooting my tac one , it was set up with a j&j ceramic and the stock spring , and i noticed it wasnt shooting very far , it was going like 50-75 feet then dropping, but a few shots did go over 100 , could this be that im using the stock spring ? should i put the red one in ? maybe the tank was a little low ? im not sure but any help would be great , oh yea ive only shot around 550 balls through it so i dont think its broke in yet

[stoupa]

Did you chrono it at about 280 fps?

[Soopa Villain17]

well i bought it from tuna and it came with a slip that said something like 284 284 285 284 284 if that helps lol ive never chronoed a gun before

[stoupa]

You have to chrono your gun before each game! Your velocity will change when using different paintballs, or when you switch the barrel. You should never play with a gun that may be shooting hot.
Remember - it's only the velocity that affects the range. If you gun is still shooting about 285 at the chrono, you don't have a problem

[Soopa Villain17]

well i dont know what its chronoed at i was shooting it in my back yard ? should i use the red srping that came with my level ten ?

[stoupa]

First, you should try to chrono. I don't think there is any need to mess with Lvl10...

[Soopa Villain17]

i have no way to chrono it? is the red spring the best one to use ? i think ill put it in anyways for when i fill my tank tommorro

[stoupa]

I really don't understand why you should change springs in lvl 10 if it's working correctly. Do you know how to adjust velocity on Mags? You can always chrono at your local field.

If it's not broke... don't fix it.

[Tunaman]

You cant just change the springs without retuning the marker. Depending on your barrel, paint etc, you may have to crank up the velocity a bit. Crank it up a little and leave it alone until you can get to a chrono!

[Alpha]

Take the valve out, adn remove the bolt.. Put a couple drops of oil on the powertube. Now slide the bolt on and give it a twist adn mix the oil around.

I make this a habit to do this before every game ebcuase it helps fight potential bolt sticks and makes it easier for the bolt to travel along the powertube resulting in less wear and tear, thus making the life of it much longer...

Get a large tape measure or somethign, and measure out 300 feet out. Set up a board or piece of cardboard or somethign out there. Put a watch around your hopper, adn stick a 1/8" hex into the velocity adjuster.

Now if the watch is digital, start the chronometer or if its analog, just watch it.

Now what you're going to be doing is trying to make it so it takes exactly, or right under 1 second for the paintball to hit that board.

So it travels 300 feet in one second.

IF it doesn't quite make it, just turn the velocity up a bit.

They should make a sheet of some sort of cardboard that will break at about 280 feet per second. That way outlawballers can chrony better.

[Soopa Villain17]

i would chrono it but the closest field is 2 hours away and i have no license , ok ill just try a bunch of diff stuff

[sabrefanpc]

acceleration of gravity= 9.8 meters/ second

d= (1/2)at^2 assuming initial velocity is 0

so you would have to be 9.8 meters above your target, or about 30 feet. and thats not counting drag. Shrter distance wouldnt solve the problem either, as then you wouldnt be able to time it.

paper is great idea though

[Alpha]

Whoa whoa.. When someone uses more then one unit of measure in a post, I just go braindead...

So your saying he'd have to be above the target to chrony using the 300 foot target method?

I've heard of guys shooting certain trees, adn if the bark chipped off they were shooting hot. This was in the olden days though.

[sabrefanpc]

basically, not acounting for wind, if he shot at a target 300 feet away and shot straight, he would have to be in a third story window and the target would be on the ground.

but yeah, the bark thing works for me in a pinch. pinecones are juuuuust right with fresh paint

how loud a cow moos has yet to be perfected but my lil bro is working on it

[automikey]

paint/barrel

If you want your chrono to be the same as the slip you got from Tuna you will need to use the same barrel and the same paint. Probably not going to happen.

Your best choice is to either buy a chrono ($50-80) or go to your field and chrono your marker, then use the same paint and barrel at home. With experience you can also judge is your marker is shooting really low or high by how far a typical shot travels. I have a tree that's 115' (measured) from my back doorstep, if I can't hit it then the marker is usually low. But then I have a chrono.

Probably you are using a smaller paint than Tuna and that allows more air to go around the paintball (rather than pushing it forward), giving you a lower velocity.

Has anyone told you how to fit the paint to your barrel?