Tiberius Sniper Rounds, Info from TK

[Beemer]

I too am worried about this actually making it. It is such a big change and way to many people in paintball will not accept a big change no matter what. This is going to be a big threat to all the other paintball manufactures. I won't be surprised if they launch a hype campaign against these. And we all know how easy it is to get the average paintballer to buy into hype that supports their way of playing.

That said, when I can afford it, I'm planning on making the change. If the accuracy holds up I could easily play with just these. It's what I imagined paintball was before I played my first game. It only twenty some odd years for it to come true!

Ya I hear all that..........Its like I said three or four years back in a thread. let the kiddies go play ball......and guys like you and me can suit up and play with the 303

[cockerpunk]

see my edit in my post........move the mic right out to the tail...........

im not getting above .680 at any point on the tail.

if you pinch it slightly you can get the skirt to lose its roundness and get a larger number.

[Beemer]

im not getting above .680 at any point on the tail.

if you pinch it slightly you can get the skirt to lose its roundness and get a larger number.

Ya the tail has flex and is probably is what is thorwing off the reading. With no pinch and rotating the round I get different numbers on the skirt or fins. either way I might not remember exactly what I was told and need to verify. No matter right or wrong I wil buy you the

[brycelarson]

On the rounds I shot in my test the skirt was visibly not round. They were varying levels of snug in the barrel - which I took to be because of the imperfections in the skirt.

Overall I was impressed. My test is pretty cursory - until I can put 20-30 rounds downrange it's not as good a comparison as it could be. However, 6/8 rounds fired on a mask sized target from 75' is very good. It would certainly make sighting devices useful.

[hitech]

Hey Beemer, I think you could be in trouble. Better get the cold one ready.

The back of the ball actually has a slight taper where the fins are so the fins are not actually in the main airstream but rely on the airflow to "stick" to the sides of the ball like an airplane wing.

[nippinout]

I can see my setup like this:
-Primary gun to shoot traditional sphere paintballs.
-Backup gun shoots FS paint for the long shots.

What sort of drop are we to expect from Point of Aim / Point of Impact at various distances?

[Beemer]

Hey Beemer, I think you could be in trouble. Better get the cold one ready.

Ya I double checked and my measure was off because of the round thing. I am wrong.

for everyone

[afortuna]

Will these have any problems in a Mag with a lvl X bolt? I'm just curious if they will cause the bolt to not fire. I'm guessing it isn't a problem, but thought I'd ask.

[brycelarson]

I hand loaded them flush with the back of the bolt. I don't know how impact resistant the funs are - but they seem pretty tough. I would think that most bolts are going to interact with them without problem.

[custar]

On the rounds I shot in my test the skirt was visibly not round. They were varying levels of snug in the barrel - which I took to be because of the imperfections in the skirt.

That is not surprising nor should it cause much of a problem within the barrel. I suspect when the air catches in the rear cavity, it will cause that to expand to the inner diameter of the barrel at least initially. Once past the first row of porting where the pressure dies almost completely, the skirt will reform mostly to its pre-shot shape.

custar

[Smoothice]

ummmm.... except the Z body don't have removable breech... and to get the XMag breech off you gotta pull the barrel...



I already thought of that one.... Now I'm just leaning towards running a twist lock body...

That should make it quick...

DM

Come on DM. How many Z's you have? Z's have 2 screws on the bottom to remove the feed. Thus you could mill a new feed piece to accept an odd shaped tube.

Look closely at this pic and you will see the two screws that hold the breech/feed in place



And as far as the xmag breech goes... The marker still works with it out. Right? So just leave the breech off and hand load the round through the open breech into the barrel. May have to turn up the velocity to get them to shoot at speed.

I'm just thinking out of the box I guess


Oh and I'm sure XMT would be happy to make some new x/sfl breeches to fit an odd shaped tube. If anyone really planned on using the rounds.

[mostpeople]

X-mag probably wouldn't work

The barrel screws in to hold the breech in place, it screws in a certain distance, which would probably cut into the area the ball would be loaded into.

Maybe, but doubtful.

As far as hand loading them without a breech, that might work. Someone will have to check it out!

[hitech]

I had an idea that might help people transition to the First Strike rounds. First modify the T9 to allow BOTH the hopper adapter AND the clip to be installed at the same time. Then add a selector switch that selected either the hopper or the clip. This would allow players to use normal paintballs and switch to a First Strike round during play. They could gradually learn the benefits of the First Strike rounds without having to rely on them.

[manike]

I had an idea that might help people transition to the First Strike rounds. First modify the T9 to allow BOTH the hopper adapter AND the clip to be installed at the same time. Then add a selector switch that selected either the hopper or the clip. This would allow players to use normal paintballs and switch to a First Strike round during play. They could gradually learn the benefits of the First Strike rounds without having to rely on them.

They already have that on one of their new guns. It's very cool. The barrel actually rotates around to work with either the hopper or the magazine.

[Smoothice]

They already have that on one of their new guns. It's very cool. The barrel actually rotates around to work with either the hopper or the magazine.

What are the measurements of these rounds from tip to tail?