airsoft

[afrankart]

Originally posted by skife
paintball guns can travel as fast as 800fps

Yeah, maybe if it is in someone's luggage on an airplane.
I seriously doubt anything can accelerate a paintball to 544 mph without breaking it. Not possible. No way, no how.

[skife]

the co2 was liquid in the gun a flash froze the paintball
is it possiable for a frozen paintball to break?

[zak406]

Originally posted by skife
Airsoft BB's dont weigh 2grams... the most i've seen a .3 grams

paintball guns can travel as fast as 800fps
A friend of mine was shooting an older gun running a siphon tube in the middle of winter and the co2 was flash freezing the paintball before it got out of the barrel

sorry but that is a pellet gun and i know for a fact that it would kill u

[Downfall]

the new air soft pellets are actually made out of corn starch, air soft guns can shoot much farther than a paintball gun, i was surprised at the range of a higher end riffle that my friend has but it's no where near a 1/4 of a mile, it is close to the length of a football field tho. It hurts alot when you get hit, a lot more than a paint ball, some times the pellets get stuck in your skin. I personally don't like airsoft, a lot of military enthusiasts preffer it over paintball.

[OfficerGoat]

Airsoft is great if you are a wanna be GiJo.. which of course attracts alot of folks to both sports. The guns are very cool .. its pretty fun to shoot em.. but I still cant get over the wanna be army aspect of it. Its just not me.

The biggest thing that turns me off on airsoft however is the fact that at least around here the kids that play it are a bunch of freakin panzys. You havent got to worry about the honor system.. you whack the little buggers and you can hear em yelp in pain... wtf.. lemme bring my paintgun up here... then you can yelp...lol

[skife]

Originally posted by zak406


sorry but that is a pellet gun and i know for a fact that it would kill u

if it was a pellet gun it would kill me? or a paintball gun


The guy didn't play like that with the paintball gun, you'd have to be effing dumb to play like that

[hitech]

Originally posted by afrankart
I seriously doubt anything can accelerate a paintball to 544 mph without breaking it. Not possible. No way, no how.

How about a 10 cubic foot dump chamber, a 100 foot barrel and a power tube tip that limited peak pressure to 100 psi?

BTW, I know that 450 is possible with a normal paintball marker and the right paint.

[afrankart]

450 fps yes. I have seen 430 fps on my mag, but we're talking 800 fps here, and I really don't think it can be done. There is too much of a surface area to mass ratio.

[StygShore]

480

I have seen 480 from a very old sniper II shooting black beuaties or old nelson, dont remember what it was. Never seen proof of anything faster from a standard paintball gun.

Styg


Note, I have also been shot at 405 fps from about 6 ft away at Michigan Monster game about 8 years ago.

[hitech]

Originally posted by afrankart
There is too much of a surface area to mass ratio.

It can. With a large enough volume of air and a long enough barrel. It may not be possible with a standard paintball marker, but I've never tried.

[mrbrutal]

My 2 cents:

I have been recently getting into airsoft and this is what I know.

Airsoft has velocity regulations usually 340 fps indoor and 400 outdoor. These velocities are measured using .2 pellets however players can use .25 during the game. These are the only weights used in airsoft play. They can shoot farther because of the hop up system which puts a backspin on the pellet. This system is effective because the solid pellets can take more abuse than a paintball. Most places play with bio-degradable pellets, those ones made of corn starch and such, which break down after about a month or so. Airsoft requires more honesty because there is no definitive way to tell if someone has been hit. Airsoft pellets have been known to embed in flesh and chip teeth. Some people like it for the realism while others hate it because its not like tournament paintball format. I have known airsoft people to use paintball fields and play airsoft like paintball. Then theres scenario paintball which plays like most airsoft games.

I dont know why paintballers trash on airsofters and vice versa. To me they are just different sides of the same coin. Paintball my be more popular and easily accessible but theres nothing wrong with airsoft either.

[B-Lazy]

FYI

Just a little FYI, frozen paintballs break very easily, in fact they shatter. Just thought you should know that.

the co2 was liquid in the gun a flash froze the paintball is it possiable for a frozen paintball to break?

[jonnyboy34]

I played airsoft for a while. Its alot cheaper, and not as much equipment. I have a APS-2 bolt action sniper rifle, i have it upgraded to like 500fps i shoot .36 gram bb's and its effective for about 150-200ft. Any one want to buy it?