Posted by: Bill "Capt Bill" Tison on May 26, 2003 at 19:00:27

The way I see it is the big barrel is actually the reservoir and after he turns to back out of the picture, you can see what might be the barrel, a single tube, probably .68 cal. I think there is a regulator on the end of the CO2 bottle and in the first frames you see a pressure relief valve. I'll just bet he is doing what I suggested below, shooting several balls out of a .68 cal barrel with a closes breech action. I know it works. I've done it. Painball out of a 12 gauge?!! HA! HA! HA! That is sooooo funny!!!! And, it proves that if you need to soften up the shock of the propellant gas, put some distance and air space between it and the paintball. Yea, a shutoff to the hopper is kind of a must. We didn't have one at Junkyard wars. Thought the weight of 6" long 1/2" bolt would hold the balls in place and give them a gravity feed. Shot the bolt and 10 paintbals about 30' into the air! Quite a gas for those didn't get hit! Paul? Did you see that? Diverter valve might work. I don't think your hopper idea will work too well. The shock has got to send those balls flying and making a mess inside the hopper. How about a hopper like a b-b gun? Tilt it forward til the balls roll into the barrel, close the bolt, pull the trigger. Cheaper than a Warp Feed. The whole reason for the dixie cup was to seal the paintballs in the barrel and hold them steady as they accellerate down the barrel. Some people use foam for sealing the back of the load foam to hold the balls in place from the front. That works pretty well. But, it's my experience that the balls pick up a spin as they slide down the barrel and scatter more than I like after leaving the barrel. That's why I use the cup. Your frozen orange juice container, with balls sealed in place with masking tape will certainly work, but I don't know how well. Give it a try! I think both ends would have to be full opened, otherwise there would be quite a back pressure that would try to force the can down the barrel. Also, you'll get better consistency if the balls are tightly packed. On the same theme, we use 2" (or 1 1/2") PVC preloaded with paintballs in a dixie cup, sealed in place with another dixie cup. Holds the balls tightly together, gives a perfect seal on the back end, keeps the balls from rubbing on the barrel as they are shot, cup opens up and falls to the ground within 5-10' of the barrel. Could be loaded from a clip of more than one and shot in a pump or semi auto action. We use the bolt action just because it's so much easier to build. Nice talking with you. Bill HellFire

Follow Ups: That looks like a 2-3" barrel..... Dale "Head_Hunters" DuPont 11:25:47 05/30/03 (0) Post a Followup Show your name as: DefaultRealnameBothNickname E-Mail address (eg: joeschmoe@aol.com): Show your e-mail address? DefaultYesNo Your Password: Don't have a password? CLICK HERE - Forgot your password? CLICK HERE Subject: Subject:Message: : The way I see it is the big barrel is actually the reservoir and after he turns to back out of the picture, you can see what might be the barrel, a single tube, probably .68 cal. I think there is a regulator on the end of the CO2 bottle and in the first frames you see a pressure relief valve. I'll just bet he is doing what I suggested below, shooting several balls out of a .68 cal barrel with a closes breech action. : I know it works. I've done it. : Painball out of a 12 gauge?!! HA! HA! HA! That is sooooo funny!!!! And, it proves that if you need to soften up the shock of the propellant gas, put some distance and air space between it and the paintball. : Yea, a shutoff to the hopper is kind of a must. We didn't have one at Junkyard wars. Thought the weight of 6" long 1/2" bolt would hold the balls in place and give them a gravity feed. Shot the bolt and 10 paintbals about 30' into the air! Quite a gas for those didn't get hit! Paul? Did you see that? : Diverter valve might work. : I don't think your hopper idea will work too well. The shock has got to send those balls flying and making a mess inside the hopper. : How about a hopper like a b-b gun? Tilt it forward til the balls roll into the barrel, close the bolt, pull the trigger. Cheaper than a Warp Feed. : The whole reason for the dixie cup was to seal the paintballs in the barrel and hold them steady as they accellerate down the barrel. Some people use foam for sealing the back of the load foam to hold the balls in place from the front. That works pretty well. But, it's my experience that the balls pick up a spin as they slide down the barrel and scatter more than I like after leaving the barrel. That's why I use the cup. Your frozen orange juice container, with balls sealed in place with masking tape will certainly work, but I don't know how well. Give it a try! I think both ends would have to be full opened, otherwise there would be quite a back pressure that would try to force the can down the barrel. Also, you'll get better consistency if the balls are tightly packed. : On the same theme, we use 2" (or 1 1/2") PVC preloaded with paintballs in a dixie cup, sealed in place with another dixie cup. Holds the balls tightly together, gives a perfect seal on the back end, keeps the balls from rubbing on the barrel as they are shot, cup opens up and falls to the ground within 5-10' of the barrel. Could be loaded from a clip of more than one and shot in a pump or semi auto action. We use the bolt action just because it's so much easier to build. : Nice talking with you. : Bill : HellFire [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ WARPIG Tank Talk ]