Ok, so I bought a bob long closer, the thing looks fantastic from the exterior, and before buying I brought it to my local paintball store and had the guy look it over. He said everything looked pretty great, the only problem was one sorta striped screw that we replaced.
The guy left I was going too buy it from left it with me for the night, so I filled his tank to 3000psi (the guy said it had a slight leak, but I was only buying the gun so I didn't care).
Anyways, brought it to my house and into the forest, started shooting at a sign, and heard the most of the shots hitting the target, but I couldn't see the shots. Not knowing the board, it was stuck on some stupid setting and I didn't know how to change it, so I went home and looked up the manual.
After changing it to semi, went into my backyard and shot off 1/2 a hopper, no problem it seemed, no broken balls in gun.
So I bought the gun off the guy, but I went out this morning and noticed, about 15 balls,all in one area, didn't break. So I started freaking out like wtf, so my first instinct was to go to the forest beside my house and insepct the sign. Went there, the sign was plastered with paint, didn't really see any non-broken balls (then again, it was really long grass).
The balls that didn't break where shot from 15+ feet away, and shot into the grass. The grass itself was a little moist, and a little long but not too bad. So, any idea what the problem may be ? I am hoping to go Sunday to my local paintball place, but I would like to know some of the possible problems that could have caused this.
As for the paintballs, they were from my local field, and it's definitely NOT the balls. HELP PLEASE !
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There's nothing wrong with your gun. Not all paintballs break on contact. If you go to a field you'll notice the ground is covered in unbroken paintballs. When you play you will be shooting other players, not grass so you will be fine.
There's nothing wrong with your gun. Not all paintballs break on contact. If you go to a field you'll notice the ground is covered in unbroken paintballs. When you play you will be shooting other players, not grass so you will be fine.
Thing is, I'm pretty sure that grouping had NO broken balls, all just swelled overnight by the rain....
Plus, I was only around 15 feet away.
Thanks for the comment though, so scared I just blew $350 !
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Shoot it over a chronograph your velocity just might be a bit low but it seems like the marker is working fine to me.
Definitely want to, I put the velocity up a bit, only problem is I don't have a tank anymore, I need to rent one if I go Sunday.
Now, lets say the velocity is at like 250 or something, maybe 260, if I shot that on the grass, should it break every time ?
I just don't understand why the thing didn't break, even if it was at 200 velocity shouldn't it break ?
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Shoot it over a chronograph your velocity just might be a bit low but it seems like the marker is working fine to me.
This is true to. When you go to the field check it on the chrono, if its low then that explains why they werent breaking if thats not it just ask around at your field, theres always a gun tech at my field and even if theres not the more experianced players usually have a good idea of what to look for.
Not always. Depending on the paint you could still get bounces at 300+.
I'm not saying there will be no bounces but if he's talking about shooting half a hopper and half of them didnt break then theres something not right. And he mentioned having field paint so its not like he's shooting monster balls.
I'm not saying there will be no bounces but if he's talking about shooting half a hopper and half of them didnt break then theres something not right. And he mentioned having field paint so its not like he's shooting monster balls.
This ! Exactly right, almost half my shots didn't break using good quality paint
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unless yorue shooting a hard target, there's no guarentee that they will break.
Oh, I definitely get that, but 15 balls in the same spot?
Let me ask this, is it really possible for the gun to be broken in a way that it doesn't break the balls ? I mean, maybe it's just the velocity needs and adjustment, but is the gun possibly broken ? :O
Or perhaps just a low velocity mixed with wet, medium length grass, shot from an awkward angle.
Also, another weird thing is I am having trouble locating the broken balls ! My backyard is small, and I see all the unbroken ones, bit I have only seen around 10 actually pieces of shells and etc.
On the bright side, the balls I shot on the fence and concrete all shattered
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If you were shooting the exact same paint at the exact same speed out of any other marker, you would have had the exact same result.
It's not the gun. Whether it's a low velocity, dumb luck, or crappy paint, I can't say.
Ok, thanks for the help !
I'm just hoping to god that it's just a low velocity, do you think that the guy at the paintball store may have lowered it for some reason while taking it apart ?
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Well paint doesnt break on grass easily in general. especially tall wet grass, my friend has the same result as you in his backyard. I wouldnt worry about your gun being broke, when you go to the field and shoot solid targets they will break. If it doesnt break at your field then there could be something wrong. but otherwise i wouldnt worry about it.
its ok, i shot my friend in the back 7 times in a game with dxs silver, SILVER!!!! and none broke.
It was a very bad batch for me, so it happens.
this is what I wanted to hear lol. May I ask how far away you shot ?
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Well paint doesnt break on grass easily in general. especially tall wet grass, my friend has the same result as you in his backyard. I wouldnt worry about your gun being broke, when you go to the field and shoot solid targets they will break. If it doesnt break at your field then there could be something wrong. but otherwise i wouldnt worry about it.
Yea, I should hopefully go this weekend, if not I have huge plans for the 15th.
I even took apart the bolt and etc, cleaning it nice, and made sure nothing was weird. (used youtube vids :P)
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The regs will definitely have something to do with the velocity. Really until you take it over a chronograph there is no telling if something is wrong and paint not breaking is hardly an indication of the the marker being broken. If your field paint is anything like most field paint it is probably crap to begin with so for now don't panic and use your time to read the owners manual carefully.
Bought my first "advanced" gun, help
this is what I wanted to hear lol. May I ask how far away you shot ?
