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**N2_sh00ter** · June 24th, 10:09 PM

can you shoot a tippy 98c under water 0?

**oCRAZYSPRAYERo** · June 24th, 10:10 PM

good question, if you could tho i dont think the paintballs would break on target because they would be going somewhat slow

**N2_sh00ter** · June 24th, 10:12 PM

Thanks but i dont think i'll try it

**oCRAZYSPRAYERo** · June 24th, 10:45 PM

lol i wouldn't recommend it, i've shot at water but not in water

**A-5_ORdAn** · June 24th, 11:22 PM

i always wandered what would hapen it u did that.

**pigstick** · June 24th, 11:41 PM

First thing you would need to do is figure out how to keep the paintball in the chamber. I'm pretty sure paintballs float.

**N2_sh00ter** · June 24th, 11:59 PM

lol yeah, that would suck if it kept floating back up into the hopper!

**HuNtS** · June 25th, 01:37 AM

if u get cheaper paint it wont float, and tippy's are usually all mech, unless u have an electro kit for em, so you dont have to worry about that, yes it should be able to fire underwater, but you'd have to make sure u dried it off VERY good before u put it away..... most likely though the paintballs will break once u pull the trigger, because of the water...

**Uncle_T** · June 25th, 01:49 AM

wheres XJ or anyone else for this... this was brought up a while ago and turned into a big flamming war...
if i remember correctly we all kinda agreed it could be done (with certain water proofing precautions) but you would loose so much velocity it owuld be pointless (assuming the marker was COMPLETELY submerged and firing into the water or the paintball had to travel through water to get the surface)

**Smitty** · June 25th, 09:41 AM

The water would probably slow down the rear bolt so much that it probably wouldnt have enough force to operate the valve and if it did fire it probably wouldnt have enough force to recock. But you wont know until you try!

**Coenen** · June 25th, 09:45 AM

Having actually mulled this over before...
The marker will cycle under water, no problem. The thing is that the second the paint gets wet you have issues with it swelling and breaking up, you'd need to completely water proof AT LEAST the front half of the gun. This means keeeping water out of the barrel, chamber, and feed tube. You can't use an electronic hopper as the water will cook them. There's more too...meh, you get the point, like most things, it can be done but would be helaciously impractical.

**N2_sh00ter** · June 25th, 09:55 AM

I'm not try'n it.

Flatliner105 · June 25th, 10:06 AM

even if u were able to actually shoot the paintball...it wouldnt work. Paintballs weigh like 1 gram, that is no where near enough to give the paintball enough momentum to travel under water.

it would just cmoe out the barrel...stop and sink to the bottom

No paintballs doe not float, they are filled with a thick goey liquid...which is more dense then water. So it will sink.

**braka** · June 25th, 11:56 AM

no, it will not work with an out of the box gun.

**pigstick** · June 25th, 12:13 PM

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No paintballs doe not float, they are filled with a thick goey liquid...which is more dense then water. So it will sink.

I'm not sure about that. Oil is more dense then water, and it still floats.
And don't paintballs have quite a bit of oil in them?
I'm gona do a test...
*edit* Ok, you were right, the paintball didn't even try to float.

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