Theoretically, rifling would improve the performance of an imperfect sphere as a projectile
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AGD did some spin testing a while back and concluded that, because paintballs are not solid and are relatively light, spinning produced very little to no improvement in accuracy.
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Not to derail my own thread, but I've seen that link and disregarded it. That test was done YEARS ago.
Glass of ice water? the fill doesn't spin? the spin won't take. /me points to the flatline barrel. Ok, you can spin paintballs, that's been done. Already part of that "tech tip" is utterly incorrect.
No improvement in accuracy? Well, of course not if he's using perfectly round paintballs! The paintball inaccuracy that Tom is talking about is knuckleball effect, caused by the random orientation of the seams of the paintball when it drops. Even if you impart NO spin at all, the ball will begin spinning due to vortices being created behind the seams. As the position of the seams was random to begin with, this induced spin, and the forces it create that cause deviation from an ideal flight path, is also random, thus creating a spread. This is the last factor that we can control in paintball flight.... we control velocity, we control spin, we control angle. EVERYTHING ELSE is environmental. At the very least, spinngin a paintball breaks even. In theory, its more accurate...maybe we should stop denouncing rifling as a whole as hype and look into it as a viable technology.
As for the design, I did some thinking on it. and decided that QD type fittings are unecessary, but rather, simple bearings would be a better choice there.....no modding required, just machine the delrin bolt/valve assembly to fit.Comment
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wo. most of this is mumbo jumbo to me but let me know when its all done and this thing rips! lol!Comment
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Yet another thing of lurkers flies over my head.
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