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  • Rabbit
    Discipline Lords Ref.
    • Jul 2002
    • 80

    #1

    Hybrid Suicide shells.

    Anyone else have any problems with these? I have had 3 sets just shatter from otherwise normal hits. I don't really want to go back to the stock shells due to cleaning hassles, but IDK, this is getting old fast.
  • Blazestorm
    I win
    • Feb 2002
    • 3523

    #2
    lol.

    How often do you break paint inside the hopper?

    Honestly, I had hybrid shells for 6-9 months and used the "suicide" feature... once... but it was so bad I had to take the rest of it apart when I got home.

    I stick w/ the normal shells now... I broke 2-3 sets of hybrid shells too...

    Normal ones work fine and are cheaper, but there are some Ebay suicide shells for $30 w/ lifetime warranty from that company...
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    • Rabbit
      Discipline Lords Ref.
      • Jul 2002
      • 80

      #3
      Using the feature isn't the point, the point is that they seem to be more brittle than the normal shells. I bought the first set because they were supposed to be less prone to breaking. And the set I bought have the warranty, I am just getting sick of replacing the things every few months.

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      • LFD92
        Ham Fisted Goon
        • Oct 2006
        • 239

        #4
        I've never had a problem with mine and I bought them when they first came out a year ago.

        Now, I hate to break the news to you but it's hard for them to be less prone to breaking when the stock shells and the suicides are composed of the same material. They are both prone to the same brittle characteristics. The difference is the "easy cleaning" feature of them.

        How close are you getting hit from? That may have something to do with the brittleness factor. If you're consistently getting hit by the same opponent and the shell is breaking then perhaps their marker is shooting a tad bit hot...
        Last edited by LFD92; 03-31-2007, 09:29 PM.

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        • Russ
          Senior Membrane
          • Jul 2001
          • 1935

          #5
          are you over-tightening the screws?

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          • Rabbit
            Discipline Lords Ref.
            • Jul 2002
            • 80

            #6
            Not a large distance on the shots, maybe 20-25 feet, if that. And it's not always the exact same shooter, so I doubt that there are that many players shooting hot. My understanding of the Hybrids was that they were made from a different grade of plastic, hence them being less brittle.

            And as far as overtightening screws, no, not possible. I use the smallest handled precision screwdriver that fits the screw-head and only snug them. I don't crank on them, as that would obviously stress the plastic.

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            • Desega
              Here's Johnny!
              • Sep 2004
              • 518

              #7
              I've never had trouble with my Suicide Shells. Mine are re-enforced with stickers though.
              I can't feel my toes . . .

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              • tyrion2323
                Euroball=goodness
                • Dec 2002
                • 1654

                #8
                Many players have been having cracking issues with their suicide shells...apparently there is an alternative shell...warrior shells? I'm not sure whether that's the name or not, but for some reason it's ringing a bell with me.
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                • skife
                  Unregistered User
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 2769

                  #9
                  you know, i've never had that problem with my revvy. :P




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                  • going_home
                    Hebrews 13:8

                    • Dec 2004
                    • 8343

                    #10
                    Warrior Shells

                    Originally posted by tyrion2323
                    Many players have been having cracking issues with their suicide shells...apparently there is an alternative shell...warrior shells? I'm not sure whether that's the name or not, but for some reason it's ringing a bell with me.
                    LuisV has them here :

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                    • UTDragun
                      Tennessee Paintvols
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 1052

                      #11
                      If you constantly break your shell, try looking at getting a pulse, theyre made a lot more stronger than halos. At cup, they had lundquist hammering a nail into a board with one.
                      embargo backwards = o grab me

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                      • CKY_Alliance
                        Team Deranged
                        • Jan 2005
                        • 1695

                        #12
                        Now what have you learned from this? Don't get shot..

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                        • Russ
                          Senior Membrane
                          • Jul 2001
                          • 1935

                          #13
                          I just got a set of the Warrior shells, and I'm not impressed AT ALL!

                          The 2 long "top" screws are a bit too long, and were FACTORY tightened to the point where they contacted the bottom, which caused a stress crack. The short screw on the bottom (near the feedneck) has already cracked the plastic.

                          These things suck, as do seemingly most paintball "accessories". Poor fit & finish. Chinese-made junk

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                          • phat4life07
                            Ann Arbor, Michigan baby!!
                            • Dec 2006
                            • 327

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Russ
                            These things suck, as do seemingly most paintball "accessories". Poor fit & finish. Chinese-made junk
                            hey.... YOU!

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                            • Russ
                              Senior Membrane
                              • Jul 2001
                              • 1935

                              #15
                              back at you

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