Automags can't shoot low velocity?

[Sledgehammer]

LOL, the official (legal) limit over here in Germany is 218fps. The Classic Mag, the Minimag and the Old style RT have all passed German legislation and therefore have to be able to shoot that slowly.

I haven't tried to turn my Level 10 Extreme down to that speed yet though.

Actually, over here a paintball gun shooting at a higher velocity then 218fps is considered a live firearm by law and therefore requires a license which you won't get for a paintball gun.

[Blazestorm]

The place where I play at often www.urbanpaintballpark.com is set at 220-230... why? Because 90% of the time you are within 20 feet of the other team, and any faster is just making the newbies which makes up 80% of the players at this field not want to play anymore. I wouldn't mind playing at 290 there, but 230 is fine, my emag can chrono that low EASY, I just turn my maxflow down to around 400 psi That's the way to adjust velocity

[netjunk1e]

I would find it hard to believe that your emag will even cycle at 400 psi. Usually they stop shooting paint at around 400 to 500.

[Blazestorm]

Nah bro, they can easily cycle that low

They can cycle at 3000 psi they can cycle at <400

Also to that mask comment up above Masks can take countless hits at 300 fps, At my field they setup 3 masks on the target range... the lens are still fine they've probably taken atleast 100,000 shots probably 10,000 to the lens (230 fps) I've been gogged from 2 feet away, and have gogged people from two feet away

[Trunnion]

i know they can take a 300 fps hit. that's not what i said. what i was asking is what happens if a gun spikes past 300 and a lens breaks? this may be a rare event, but i've seen masks get cracks in their lenses from close or hot shots. as far as i'm aware, masks are only garunteed to take impacts in the lens of 300 fps. if a gun spikes past that, the lens is no longer garunteed to hold up. i dunno, maybe it's just me, but a 300 fps limit sounds a bit risky.

[pito189]

A 300fps limit is not allowed anywhere. It is under 300fps. That I believe is the international standard.

Anyways mask lenses can stop .22 caliber bullets from I believe it was 20-30 feet. I think they won't have any trouble stopping a paintball from 2ft.

If someone got their lenses cracked, then the lenses were either more than 6 months to a year old, or not properly installed.

[hitech]

Originally posted by pito189
A 300fps limit is not allowed anywhere. It is under 300fps. That I believe is the international standard.

What standard would that be? About the only real restriction comes from field owners and insurance owners. If their insurance allows it (or they don't have insurance) the field owner can set his own speed limit.

Originally posted by pito189
Anyway mask lenses can stop .22 caliber bullets from I believe it was 20-30 feet. I think they won't have any trouble stopping a paintball from 2ft.

I'd have to see THAT to believe it. I have seen a BRAND NEW paintball mask break from a paintball shot at it from five feet at approx. 350fps. Fortunately, those masks are no longer made. The point is that ALL masks are different.

[Sinnet]

any kind of bullet would go through any lense like a knife through butter.

[paint magnet]

We always play at 300. And the airball field is roughly half the size of an indoor field People get bunkered and have some pretty bad welts, especially because there's 10 more balls in the air after the one that hit them.

[Blazestorm]

Masks are tested to much beyond 300fps, JT, Dye, V-Force, even Brass Eagle all have their masks and lenses put to rigorous testing before they even think about releasing.

[Shirow]

I played at 240-250 last night (field limit was 260) - for some reason, my bolt seemed to be sticking a little, but my marker still fired fine.