ASTM and 50Cal

[MANN]

Some of us do

getting that extra distance when you need it.

[Beemer]

Only to protect people from pressure spikes. Insurance dictates that you must be below 300(or at least it was ~4 years ago when I was shopping for field insurance). Inexperienced players with markers they know nothing of will create pressure spikes over 300 if you chrono at 300.

I dare to say that alot of Xvalve owners dont realize the velocity differences you can achieve with changing the amount of time between trigger pulls/releases.

If one chooses to use a consistent marker this is not a problem.

Like I said a lower limit is posted at the field for a reason. Nice edit

[Beemer]

Update

http://68caliber.com/?p=5682

[rabidchihauhau]

Hey Beemer,

True stuff about the US - but they just accounced that folks in Germany can shoot the 50 cal at 300 fps, while 68caliber is limited to, I think, 240.

Don't be surprised if a rest of the world vs North American standard difference erupts out of this and folks are forced to accept one or the other's standards to make it the same around the world (a requisite for international competition): and guess which way that's going to go?

[Frizzle Fry]

True stuff about the US - but they just accounced that folks in Germany can shoot the 50 cal at 300 fps, while 68caliber is limited to, I think, 240.

Doesn't really matter about Germany; they're mandating that all markers and gas supplies have a non-adjustable regulation system to avoid tampering. The problem is that HPA tanks in most of Europe (Germany included) are illegal without an adjustable regulator. The alternative is c02, but a fixed regulation system wouldn't work because output pressure from a C02 tank isn't fixed and fluctuates in different environments. There's a zero-tolerance policy on velocity, so even a single foot per second spike in velocity can result in arrest, and with the number of raids and field-tests there've been on 100% compliant fields and games it seems that it will become an issue with new laws.

Germany is not a good example of any sort of norm in the world of paintball. Most of Europe is VERY different.

[kcombs9]

"Why invest in a whole new rig for the same end result? "

All the agg kids do this anyway when ever (insert paintball manufacture name) comes out with the next years model.

[CatoRockwell]

Screw the rest of the world, we haven't converted to metric, 50 cal won't be any different.

[Dirge]

One can hope.