qwerty wrote:Speaking of people coming back, Ali you haven't been around for a while have you?

I look over the recent posts a bit but no, not really. Don't have the cash for spudding at the moment but i might get something going over the winter.

Technician1002 wrote:I remember you. You vanished about the time I arrived. I read a bunch of your posts. Do you remember me? I came with a new piston valve design.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtKT0lwHNKo

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Maybe its worth mentioning that the Dump valve design used on the threshold and G3 is horribly inefficient?

The spool valve style in markers such as the ION, PMR and Dye matrix markers is far more effecient:

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I find it odd that fewer and fewer people are becoming interested in a hobby that should be steadily growing in popularity.

For many it's a transient hobby, something one does as an adolescent which goes away with time. Relatively few people here are actually over 25, and those that are tend to ...

Should be since brass is an alloy of copper and zinc... i have also had brass solder fittings before (endfeed -> thread couplers for example) in brass.

Perhaps something like the Tiberious round bumped up to 1.5-2" and loaded with bear spray?

On the subject of paintball projectiles...

they just need to get some paintball guns and shoot the pirates with these:

http://www.rap4.com/paintball/os/less-lethal-live-rounds-chili-pepper-filled-ball ...

all i can say is wow! it looks amazing!

I'm not 100% sure how it works though....

What i have guessed is...

Its a piston valve cannon with a slide valve pilot run of a constant air supply such as a paintball tank...

then the slide valve is manually pulled forward by the trigger and reset by the ...

Did the BB bounce off? i can imagine that being a little dangerous!

if you are talking about an outer sleeve with the barrel bore inside.. the the problem is if you build it to fit a 2" bore... what happens when you want to put in a 1.5" bore and the insert is smaller than the outer sleeve diameter?

makes you realize how much work goes into a game.... i mean finding out what text is on PVC?

That's what I really like about the game, the detail is fantastic and it's these little things which really bring it to life.

MW2 is amazing, and you pretty much summed it up there... its the little ...

I know that the fins drag stabalize it, i was just wondering how fast it would have to be spun to get a greater degree of accuracy.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc237/DAVID_GEN_/FirstStrike.jpg

Hi guys, haven't posted on here for a while, but i thought some of you may be able to help me with this question...

So i was just wondering what spin rate would be needed to stabilize the First strike rounds as pictured above in ...

Really nice and clean! i love the machined innards and bullpup configuration - this page is now officially in my bookmarks!

Probably plausible... i reckon the bigger the bullet the better for strength.