Tiberius Sniper Rounds, Info from TK

[BigEvil]

I guess it really has been a long time since I've been here, no one knows me anymore...

I remember you You had a cool sig. Man i miss those. Made remembering people easy.

[Swamp Thing]

Bolt

It is my understanding that the upgrade Kit from tiberius will include a barrel, A Bolt, and a magazine.

I don't know if bolt is critical as I am many others have fired them from stock markers with typical bolts without issue.

Swamp

[jade_monkey07]

most people are also loading them straight into the barrel. completely avoiding the stroke of the bolt.

[manike]

I guess it really has been a long time since I've been here, no one knows me anymore...

I know you!


In other news... I just shot a full drum of them out of my FN303. Seriously fun. At a paced 50 yards they were definitely accurate enough that my next step is to put one of my red dot sights onto the FN.

Only trouble is getting the damn velocity down so I can do a fair comparison against paint.

Tom, is your cell still the same? I'm gonna give you a call to shoot the breeze and discuss some options if you don't mind.

I thought the valve tip unscrewed from the FN303 valve, but I almost damaged mine trying to get it off. Currently It's shooting way hot!

[luke]

I guess it really has been a long time since I've been here, no one knows me anymore...

Thanks for the answers; great minds and all that.

LOL, I remember you if that counts for anything.

(come here and give me a hug)

[Bagheera]

Hah, I remember seeing Tom on the Automag vid when I bought my first mag in '92 (right before the powerfeed came out) and the other guy in the vid was rocking the mullet!

[hitech]

Thanks guys, it's nice to know I've not been forgotten. (And yes, you certainly count!)

Manike, I'm sure Tom will know WAY more than me, but couldn't you change the main spring in the regulator to a softer one an lower the pressure?

And, just so everyone else remembers, I think a little signature is in order.



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Hey Hitech your starting to sound like me! - AGD
Hitech is the man.... - Blennidae
The only Hitech paintball round

[DevilMan]

Thanks guys, it's nice to know I've not been forgotten.

Manike, I'm sure Tom will know WAY more than me, but couldn't you change the main spring in the regulator to a softer one an lower the pressure?

And, just so everyone else remembers, I think a little signature is in order.



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Hey Hitech your starting to sound like me! - AGD
Hitech is the man.... - Blennidae
The only Hitech paintball round

Haven't seen you at any of the games though man.... You been doing alright? Check out the May game in O'ville if you can make it it'd be great to see ya!!!

Oh and welcome back...

DM

[hitech]

Yup, things are fine, thanks. Life just gets busy; the last game at Travis was the last time I have played paintball. It was a great two days of paintball!

I'm planning on making the May game. Hope to see you there.

[nippinout]

I thought the valve tip unscrewed from the FN303 valve, but I almost damaged mine trying to get it off. Currently It's shooting way hot!

Is their a regulator spring that you can shim?

You could also drill some neat-o barrel porting onto your FN303. I'm pretty sure that would work

[AGD]

The air chamber in the 303 is WAY bigger than a standard mag by almost double. You have to fill it up with something to get the velocity down.

Simon, cell phone still the same.

AGD

[billmi]

These projectiles weigh in at 3 to 3.2 grams. Well under the 3.5G max ASTM standard. It meets or exceeds all ASTM standards at this point as far as I can tell and I am a SAFETY anal Mo Fo and have all the specs on hand.

In ASTM F1979, item 2.1.2 defines a paintball as:
I don't think a projectile that is a hemisphere attached to a hollow finned cylinder meets the definition of being spherical.

I doubt that will be an issue, as the ASTM standards are voluntary, and as long as the performance portions of the standard are met (PH, how the fill affects polycarbonate, breaking consistency, etc.) there's a sound argument that the safety is all there.

[codejunkie]

Maybe a little late, but last night I was at a paintball clinic with the LA hitmen, and they had a few of the sniper rounds out with them

we tested them at about 50 feet with a rental (PMI Tracer I think) at around 240 fps (with a normal ball) anyway the ball missed the target's head by an inch give or take and ended up leaving a decent dent in the wall, I think it was drywall or something like it. I suppose at the cost people probably wont use them at close range (what's the point) but if they did it seems like it could actually be quite dangerous.

Just my .02 (worth about $.0000000000000000000000000001 AGD but oh well)

Code

[Beemer]

In ASTM F1979, item 2.1.2 defines a paintball as:


I don't think a projectile that is a hemisphere attached to a hollow finned cylinder meets the definition of being spherical.

I doubt that will be an issue, as the ASTM standards are voluntary, and as long as the performance portions of the standard are met (PH, how the fill affects polycarbonate, breaking consistency, etc.) there's a sound argument that the safety is all there.

[Gunga]

Since he's not doing it himself, I'll pimp it for him. Billmi's got a video with Gary Gibson from Perfect Circle (who makes the Tiberius & FN303 rounds) at http://www.pigtv.net

The video's the PBExtravaganza one - Gary's about 13.5 minutes in and they talk about the new Tiberius round.