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Title: Paintball minigun
Post by: Wolfala on October 23, 2009, 12:19:00 PM
Yup, i've got a stiffy for this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xOA4A2ESM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xOA4A2ESM)

(http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-violent069.gif)
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: gyrene81 on October 23, 2009, 12:46:16 PM
 :O OMG  :huh  :eek:

That would scare me...where's the paintball sniper rifle?

Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: branch37 on October 23, 2009, 01:07:37 PM
thats just not fair  :O
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Banshee7 on October 23, 2009, 01:09:47 PM
Where can I get one  :t
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: indy007 on October 23, 2009, 01:55:48 PM
:O OMG  :huh  :eek:

That would scare me...where's the paintball sniper rifle?



There are no sniper rifles. All markers are limited by insurance regulations, typically to 280 feet per second velocity.

That minigun could also not pass insurance regulations and be used on a typical paintball field. :(
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Wolfala on October 23, 2009, 02:03:09 PM
There are no sniper rifles. All markers are limited by insurance regulations, typically to 280 feet per second velocity.

That minigun could also not pass insurance regulations and be used on a typical paintball field. :(

Insurance regs? how so? cockers do 30 balls per second or up. the velocity remains consistent with any marker - not to exceed 300 fps.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Saxman on October 23, 2009, 02:20:56 PM
Anyone need to paint their house?

 :O :O :O
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: indy007 on October 23, 2009, 02:39:00 PM
Insurance regs? how so? cockers do 30 balls per second or up. the velocity remains consistent with any marker - not to exceed 300 fps.

a cocker doesn't do 30 bps without some serious electronics. You have to read the rules, and how they handle different firing modes, from semi auto to bursting to ramping. It varies from venue to venue and series to series. Full-auto is very, very widely banned.

Velocity is a separate issue, which is why I was pointing out to gyrene81 there are no "sniper" paintball markers. They all have the capability to shoot the exact same distances.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Selino631 on October 23, 2009, 02:42:19 PM
:O OMG  :huh  :eek:

That would scare me...where's the paintball sniper rifle?


here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_BBhVl_OPg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_BBhVl_OPg)
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Strip on October 23, 2009, 03:03:29 PM
There are no sniper rifles. All markers are limited by insurance regulations, typically to 280 feet per second velocity.

That minigun could also not pass insurance regulations and be used on a typical paintball field. :(

a cocker doesn't do 30 bps without some serious electronics. You have to read the rules, and how they handle different firing modes, from semi auto to bursting to ramping. It varies from venue to venue and series to series. Full-auto is very, very widely banned.

Velocity is a separate issue, which is why I was pointing out to gyrene81 there are no "sniper" paintball markers. They all have the capability to shoot the exact same distances.

The term "sniper rifle" has very little to do with velocity.....

In fact most of the military sniper rifles fire ammunition that is within 5% (velocity wise) of normal standard issue G.I. ammo.

With that in mind there are several 24" to 30" rifled barrels that will make a gun very accurate (relatively anyway) at longer ranges.

So I feel saying there are no "sniper" rifles is a bit misleading....

Strip
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: indy007 on October 23, 2009, 05:01:35 PM
Strip

Real bullets are not paintballs either. Paintballs are spherical, with an internal fluid body. Rifling has been done, but it doesn't work out well, particularly when you get a break in the neck/breech/bolt head/barrel area. It's very difficult to get the paint out of the grooves. As per the collegiate paintball thread, the single most important thing is paint to barrel match. It does not really matter what kind of gun the barrel is attached to. Also, you have to contend with energy loss over the flight. The more energy loss, the less chance of a break. The gun can't do anything about that, since the object is totally disconnected from the gun the millisecond it leaves the barrel.

Two objects with equal drag, same airfoil, fired at the same velocity (mandated to either 280 or 300 fps by insurance for all markers in play), at the same altitude, will travel the same distance every time.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Strip on October 23, 2009, 05:34:28 PM
Real bullets are not paintballs either. Paintballs are spherical, with an internal fluid body. Rifling has been done, but it doesn't work out well, particularly when you get a break in the neck/breech/bolt head/barrel area. It's very difficult to get the paint out of the grooves. As per the collegiate paintball thread, the single most important thing is paint to barrel match. It does not really matter what kind of gun the barrel is attached to. Also, you have to contend with energy loss over the flight. The more energy loss, the less chance of a break. The gun can't do anything about that, since the object is totally disconnected from the gun the millisecond it leaves the barrel.

Two objects with equal drag, same airfoil, fired at the same velocity (mandated to either 280 or 300 fps by insurance for all markers in play), at the same altitude, will travel the same distance every time.

At what point did I say velocity would be effected after the gun leaves the barrel?

Careful where you go with this, I have shot 5" five shot groups at 1000 yards and am fully aware of the dynamics.

To borrow this from Selino...
(http://www.skirmantas.com/wp-content/gallery/paitball-news/tiberiusrounds.jpg)

"Sniper" type paintball guns do exist are accurate at much farther ranges when done properly even with standard issue paintballs.

Strip
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Strip on October 23, 2009, 05:35:26 PM
FYI....

Some of the better "rifled" barrels arent even grooved.....

Strip
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Tac on October 23, 2009, 09:26:23 PM
err i dont see the point of it. may as well just pop all the paintballs into a cartridge, slap it onto an overpowered squirt gun and call it a painthrower 'cause the effect will be the same.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: gyrene81 on October 23, 2009, 10:00:46 PM
At what point did I say velocity would be effected after the gun leaves the barrel?

Strip
Truthfully? LOL...you never did say velocity would be affected after the gun leaves the barrel... :rofl

Sorry man...couldn't resist.

You hit 5 inch groups at 1000 yards with a paintball gun?  :O  :huh  :confused:
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Motherland on October 23, 2009, 10:01:38 PM
Careful where you go with this, I have shot 5" five shot groups at 1000 yards and am fully aware of the dynamics.
Pics or it didn't happen
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: mensa180 on October 23, 2009, 11:20:48 PM
1000 yards has to be typo, people have trouble getting good groups with real guns at that range.  100 yards is more plausible.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: bcadoo on October 24, 2009, 01:12:33 AM
1000 yards has to be typo, people have trouble getting good groups with real guns at that range.  100 yards is more plausible.

National Match will shoot at 1000 yards with Open Sights!!  Bullseye is just a little bigger than a basketball. 

Using a scope from the prone position I think 5 inch group is touchable by a skilled marksman with the right equipment.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: rabbidrabbit on October 24, 2009, 08:21:10 AM
A paintball gun won't toss the paint 1000 yards.  Nevermind getting sub 1/2 MOA groups.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: zoozoo on October 24, 2009, 09:34:29 AM
At what point did I say velocity would be effected after the gun leaves the barrel?

Careful where you go with this, I have shot 5" five shot groups at 1000 yards and am fully aware of the dynamics.

To borrow this from Selino...
(http://www.skirmantas.com/wp-content/gallery/paitball-news/tiberiusrounds.jpg)

"Sniper" type paintball guns do exist are accurate at much farther ranges when done properly even with standard issue paintballs.

Strip

thise are so expensive but acurate!
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: indy007 on October 24, 2009, 10:44:15 AM
At what point did I say velocity would be effected after the gun leaves the barrel?

Bringing up any version of "sniper" in paintball is a completely false statement.

Quote
To borrow this from Selino...

Those can only be shot out of 1 type of marker, a pistol. That's it, unless like I said in the other thread that you want to muzzle load one at a time. Joke would be on you. By the time you even start getting the second paintball in the barrel, I've covered over 30 yards, and put another 60 in the air at you. You will have no chance. Also, the range claims have not been empirically tested by a third party.

Quote
"Sniper" type paintball guns do exist are accurate at much farther ranges when done properly even with standard issue paintballs.

Name one. I've done this for over 12 years. I've owned every marker worth owning. The only thing that can even attempt to make the claim are flatline barrels. Those have been empirically tested, and don't have additional range, simply a flatter trajectory.. and it's still pointless because the paint won't break at those distances anyways. A paintball that bounces off is the same as a paintball that missed by a mile, doesn't count. Flatline was a marketing gimmick, like perfect rounds, finned sniperballs, etc, which is why nobody really makes them anymore, and every serious player simply use barrel insert kits.

Anybody marketing a "sniper" anything for paintball just wants your money. I'm willing to bet you can't even scratch the surface of my paintball resume, it runs deep. Going off the last line I quoted, but having to resort to Selino's post to attempt to prove your point by using a product that can be used by less than 0.00001% of paintball markers, and hasn't been empirically approved, without listing stuff you "know" works... makes me think you don't have much paintball experience.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Bronk on October 24, 2009, 12:21:35 PM
Yup have to agree best bet is to match paint to barrel. :old:
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Banshee7 on October 24, 2009, 01:26:44 PM
D'oh, nevermind, misread that
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Seraphim on October 24, 2009, 04:51:18 PM
Though I'd share an even nicer M134 http://www.pipersprecisionproducts.com/m134_6mm.htm (http://www.pipersprecisionproducts.com/m134_6mm.htm)
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Seraphim on October 24, 2009, 04:56:53 PM
And for airsoft...http://echo1usa.com/English/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_79&products_id=358&zenid=b118f9b3741aa7eb9d26d974f2dc23f8 (http://echo1usa.com/English/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_79&products_id=358&zenid=b118f9b3741aa7eb9d26d974f2dc23f8)
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Strip on October 24, 2009, 05:33:52 PM
1000 yards has to be typo, people have trouble getting good groups with real guns at that range.  100 yards is more plausible.

1,000 yards......

With 338 Wildcat round (bc in the .9 range depending on velocity) ....basically 300 Ultra Mag necked out to 338.

No not a typo....

Strip

Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Motherland on October 24, 2009, 06:54:28 PM
You shot a large, light, liquid filled projectile, either spherical or with one of those sails on the back, and were not only able to launch it 1,000 yards (something alone I can't help but raise an eyebrow at), but consistently land them in a circle 5" across? I can't but help be skeptical of this considering, as Mensa pointed out, this is no small feet even for a firearm...
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: rabbidrabbit on October 24, 2009, 08:12:45 PM
You shot a large, light, liquid filled projectile, either spherical or with one of those sails on the back, at, if I understand correctly

 
338 fps, and were not only able to launch it 1,000 yards (something alone I can't help but raise an eyebrow at), but consistently land them in a circle 5" across? I can't but help be skeptical of this considering, as Mensa pointed out, this is no small feet even for a firearm...

(http://palmwebos.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vader-fail.jpg)
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Motherland on October 24, 2009, 08:53:08 PM
NVM
Haha I'm dumb
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Strip on October 24, 2009, 08:57:25 PM
Motherland....

1,000 yards is nothing now.....2,000 yards is the new barrier albeit with .50 caliber rounds or variant like a .410

Strip
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: mensa180 on October 24, 2009, 08:57:40 PM
Strip are you claiming to get 5" groupings at 1000yds with an actual firearm or a paintball gun?  Just to be clear.  Your original post appeared to be claiming with a paintball gun, but the latest does not.
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Strip on October 24, 2009, 09:00:59 PM
The names didnt give it away?

The only way a paintball would travel a 1,000 yards is if it was dropped from 3,000 feet in the air.

Of course this is with a firearm....
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Motherland on October 24, 2009, 09:06:40 PM
Sorry strip, the way I read it sounded like you meant you had achieved that with a paintball gun (you hadn't mentioned firearms at all in the post where you first said it).
I'm unfamiliar with paintball jargon so I just skipped over this
With 338 Wildcat round (bc in the .9 range depending on velocity) ....basically 300 Ultra Mag necked out to 338.
as technical speak that I shouldn't try to wrap my head around, I never tried looking at it in the context of a firearm... seems obvious now :)
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Strip on October 24, 2009, 09:33:47 PM
True.....sometimes the clarity inside my brain reads like a dense fog to others.

Strip
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: mensa180 on October 24, 2009, 09:38:09 PM
Ok good that that's cleared up, here motherland and I were thinking you were a total moron :D.  Turns out it's the opposite. 
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Motherland on October 24, 2009, 09:39:21 PM
Though I've always known that I am a moron. :D
Title: Re: Paintball minigun
Post by: Strip on October 24, 2009, 09:49:36 PM
Ok good that that's cleared up, here motherland and I were thinking you were a total moron :D.  Turns out it's the opposite. 

I dunno.....my reply would be, " Depends on who you ask."

 :D